Strathearn Art Walk 2025

Strathearn Art Walk

I am excited to participate 2 days this year!    Strathearn Art Walk September 6-7, 2025 12 – 7 pm   My location: Purple zone #34 (see map above) Strathearn Park, 8728 97 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB  

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Sketching in Ontario

Reena Drew

A couple weeks ago, I was in Kingston, Ontario for my youngest daughter’s graduation from Queen’s University. I always like seeing new places and scoping out potential paintings. At some point, I will paint the Kingston harbour so I can capture all the details that made it captivating. From the reflections created by the light…

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Fun Art Classes

Registration for all the classes below are on the movelearnplay.Edmonton.ca website then click>registered programs>arts programs>adult programs> ***painting classes are now under Painting Classes and drawing classes are separate under Drawing and Mixed media art programs. The classes are listed alphabetically. I put the class code with each class that may work in the search. ALTERNATIVELY, …

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Capturing the Summer Skies: thunderheads – Aug 13

Watercolour Exploration Week – 5 Day Art Retreat w/ 4 Different Instructors  Monday, August 11th – Friday, August 15th 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM $495 ($395 + $100 Supply Fee) $105 ($80 + $25 Supply Fee) per Workshop Class Limit: 15 Students Summer Week-long Retreat at Artelier!   Summer Skies: Thunderheads,  Aug 13  Work on…

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Grassi Lakes Hike and Waterfall

My daughter, Reena, was home from university for a few days and we took off a day to hike in Canmore. She hiked on and left me to watercolor sketch at the beautiful waterfall on the grassi lakes trail. I did a quick ink sketch too. This fall I will be teaching some sketching classes…

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Let the Rivers Flow, Art Show

I am excited! I took 19 paintings today to have them set up in an art show at The Carrot Community Coffeehouse for the month of August. Woohoo! A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted to move up my art show from November to August. On that short notice, I pulled together waterfalls and…

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Hidden Depth – A Painting Journey

Julie Drew

What to paint, listening and responding… Whether I am walking, hiking, on a bike, or in a car, I am soaking in the view, the details and the beauty of the world around me. I am open to possibilities and yet when one comes it sometimes seems to leap out to catch me, other times…

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Northern Lights in Watercolor Workshop

Northern Lights in Watercolor  Workshop  Register at Paintspot.ca Nov 1310 am – 4 pm. $80 Capture the beauty and movement of the Northern Lights using watercolor in this step-by-step workshop. These simple landscapes can be done by beginner to advanced students. Learn to: work with pouring and wet into wet to create movement in a…

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Aurora Borealis

“Mom! Mom! Wake up! You said you would go with me. I got an Aurora red alert. You said to wake you up!” Reena whispered as she shook me awake. I dragged myself out of bed, threw on more layers and drove out with Reena east of Edmonton into the frigid -28C to see what…

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Ornaments, and Traditions

Julie Drew

  Last Sunday, we drove out past Drayton Valley, to the Alberta provincial Crown forest land to tromp through the woods and choose our Christmas tree. This has become a tradition in recent years for Sam and I and our youngest daughter, Reena. Then, we bundled it up on our car to bring home. I…

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