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KELLY ALLANSON
SILVERSMITH INTENSIVE Full - 2nd workshop added. See below
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN JEWELLERY MAKING
FOR BEGINNER TO EXPERIENCED STUDENTS
5 Days - 5 Stunning Projects
Friday March 20 - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
This workshop is perfect for all skill levels. Projects will be adapted to match individual skill levels and were chosen for their beauty and variety of techniques not typically offered.
Tidal Earrings (or Pendant) In Sterling and/or gold-fill
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Making a statement is what these earrings are all about! Mixed metals can be worn with anything!
Learn the intricacies involved in making perfect sterling silver step bezels for faceted round stones. You'll get tons of practice constructing the bezels from tubing of different sizes that fit inside each other. This keeps the stones supported from underneath during setting. Next, learn to work with gold-filled wire. You'll nestle all six of your bezels between numerous strips of rolled, gold-filled wire to create a stunning radiating pattern that looks fabulous from any direction and in any shape. Lastly, wires are soldered to square sterling silver bars and finished with choice of a tube jump ring and ear hooks or classic studs. * Heavier wire is best for pendant, thinner is best for earrings. Your choice of: Natural stones or Cubic's & mixed metals or all sterling. |
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Raw Edged Pendant or EarringsThis show stopping pendant will take you through all the steps of metal processing. You'll melt down scrap sterling silver into an ingot mold and roll it out to create a raw, rough piece with natural edges. The final shape will be determined by the rolling mill. Next, you'll construct a statement "frame" to fit. Then we dust the surface with real gold filings. Once you determine the "balance" point you will make round or square tube bails for the pendant or ear wires for the earrings. The beautiful multi bail shown is a bit challenging but Kelly has a trick! Lastly, you can leave it with a subtle rich finish or patina as in the photo. |
Tapered Collet Set Ring with Wrapped or Forged Style Band
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Subtle changes in a technique can create the most stunning pieces.
We begin by taking the typical standard tube setting most often used to set stones and instead learn to slim and angle it to create an elegantly tapered bezel. This is called a collet setting and it gives your ring a very clean and modern design element. You'll measure, cut and form your tapered bezel. Next, you'll learn to finesse the shape further with the use of a collet block and tube setting punches. Fabricate your ring band in either style. You can texture it with the rolling mill and overlap the edges or choose to off set them. (Looks great with or without a patina finish.) Or you can keep the band more elegant in design and let your new collet making skills steal the show! |
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Pave RingThis ring is all about the bling!
Spend the day honing your skills with a needle file and learn all about the intricacies of bead setting. You will set 5 faceted, 3mm stones into a classic sterling silver infinity band. You will have a selection of different coloured natural faceted stones to choose from. (Or cubic zirconias, if you prefer). You can pair this along side another ring you own to stack or wear it proudly on its own. Either way, once it's on your finger, you'll never want to take it of! |
Sand Cast Mongram or Roman Numeral
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This fabulous week-long intensive workshop designed specifically to teach you essential jewellery fabrication techniques. No other class out there comes close to matching the number of techniques you'll learn and the finished pieces you'll go home with!
All tools required for the workshop will be supplied along with handouts for reference.
Additional tools, metals and stones will be available for purchase before or after class each day.
All tools required for the workshop will be supplied along with handouts for reference.
Additional tools, metals and stones will be available for purchase before or after class each day.
Visit Kelly's website at www.kellyallanson.com
March workshop full.
New - second workshop announced! Wednesday April 15 - Sunday April 19, 2020. Use April registration button below.
5 Days
Level: Beginner to Intermediate.
*Projects will be adapted and made more challenging for those with experience.
Max 12 students
Dates: Friday March 20 - Tuesday March 24, 2020
Tuition: $745.00 + 5% tax (plus $200.00 material fee paid to instructor upon commencement) ($300.00 deposit reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan)
Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm daily
Location: Nanaimo, BC Downtown area TBA
New - second workshop announced! Wednesday April 15 - Sunday April 19, 2020. Use April registration button below.
5 Days
Level: Beginner to Intermediate.
*Projects will be adapted and made more challenging for those with experience.
Max 12 students
Dates: Friday March 20 - Tuesday March 24, 2020
Tuition: $745.00 + 5% tax (plus $200.00 material fee paid to instructor upon commencement) ($300.00 deposit reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan)
Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm daily
Location: Nanaimo, BC Downtown area TBA
DEAN NIMMER
100 DRAWINGS & PAINITNGS WORKSHOP
Monday, March 30 - Friday April 3, 2020
Nanaimo, BC
 Book cover Dean Nimmer
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We are thrilled to introduce you to Dean Nimmer, author of two best selling books and originator of the 100 Drawings & Painting workshops! Join us and see just how easy it can be to over come the biggest hurdle in art making... Where to begin?
The objective of this workshop is to strengthen the development of your drawing and painting concepts and techniques through a rigorous concentration on the process of art making. |
Book cover Dean Nimmer
This is not a traditional drawing class and as such students will explore a wide range of subjects and media as well as experiment with collage, painting and mixed media applications.
Dean has a very broad definition of “drawing” that’s not limited to black and white art done with paper and pencil.
In order to explore as many variations as possible we will be creating mixed media artwork using a combination of charcoal, markers, pencils, water-based paints, collage, monotypes etc. that celebrate color and experimentation beyond traditional techniques.
This is not a traditional drawing class and as such students will explore a wide range of subjects and media as well as experiment with collage, painting and mixed media applications.
Dean has a very broad definition of “drawing” that’s not limited to black and white art done with paper and pencil.
In order to explore as many variations as possible we will be creating mixed media artwork using a combination of charcoal, markers, pencils, water-based paints, collage, monotypes etc. that celebrate color and experimentation beyond traditional techniques.
The projects you will do in this class emphasize spontaneity, sketching, and expanding your creativity.
You will work from both observation and imagination and unlock your artistic eye. This will enable you to develop more intuitive, emotional and dramatic compositions.
Each morning will begin with 20 fast paced exercises and in the afternoon you will select some pieces to develop further with Deans assistance.
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Like running a visual marathon with an emphasis on process, the exercises will inspire your creative spirit, bolster your confidence and open new avenues to enthusiastically making art in the future. |
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You can only learn by doing, not fretting. It is in the making, where you find the discipline of creating. Find inspiration and renewed confidence to paint in your authentic voice! Although diversified, the supply list is simple and has been kept to a minimum, One to practice what he preaches, Dean makes over 1000 pieces each year! He thinks of art making as soul food to nourish the spirit. |
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Emeritus Professor, Dean Nimmer is the author of the 5-Star rated books, “Art from Intuition” and “Creating Abstract Art.” In addition, he has over 40 years of experience as a teacher and practicing professional artist with 200+ group and one-person shows worldwide. www.deannimmer.com |
5 Days
Medium: Acrylic / Mixed Media
Level: All - Novice to professional
Dates: Monday March 30 - Friday , April 3, 2020
Tuition: $675.00 + 5% tax ($300.00 deposit reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan)
Hours: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm daily Friday 9 - 3
Location: Cedar Hall, 2388 Cedar Road, Cedar, BC (15 minutes south of downtown Nanaimo)
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Medium: Acrylic / Mixed Media
Level: All - Novice to professional
Dates: Monday March 30 - Friday , April 3, 2020
Tuition: $675.00 + 5% tax ($300.00 deposit reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan)
Hours: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm daily Friday 9 - 3
Location: Cedar Hall, 2388 Cedar Road, Cedar, BC (15 minutes south of downtown Nanaimo)
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ADRIANO FARINELLA
Cloud and Sky Painting Workshop
Wednesday April 22 - Sunday April 26, 2020
Victoria, BC
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This workshop has been designed to teach you numerous skill building exercises along with the more nuanced, intuitive aspects of painting a landscape with a focus on clouds and sky. This is not a step-by-step on how to paint clouds from photographs but rather it is about conjuring and sustaining a creative flow in your painting practice that will allow you to access more easily your singular creative voice. |
You'll be inventing your landscapes and will begin by creating numerous small scale landscape motifs. You'll also learn the benefits of painting with a limited, muted colour palette exclusively in the early stages of the process.
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It’s the variations on a theme that will help you improve your painting skills by repeatedly practicing the fundamentals of line, value, color, and shape making. You'll finish each with the use of high chroma colours along with glazing techniques to achieve rich, beautiful paintings that glow with depth. |
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This approach teaches the most about Adriano's process of studio painting however, if you prefer to work with photo reference (and many do) you are encouraged to be open to interpreting them and using them only as a jumping off point rather than copy them exactly.
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Painted Sketches - Direct & Indirect Painting You will work with direct painting methods as both an end in itself and as a set-up for indirect painting methods used during the finishing phases. Direct painting is more intuitive and done quickly and reactively. Indirect painting seeks to refine those initial decisions while still honoring the original energy and spirit present in the early stages. |
Our goals with these exercises:
- To gain a better understanding of how to use direct painting both as an end in itself, and as a set-up for indirect finishing phases
- To use low chroma colors to compose paintings from imagination (or photo sources if students prefer that) and introduce high chroma colors both directly and indirectly as the painting moves from beginning to finishing stages
- To keep value and design in mind as drivers of the composition
- To learn to use glazing as a way to shift the temperature and tone
- To give careful consideration to the concept and use of color harmony as it pertains to the beginning, middle, and finishing phases of painting.
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The first half of our week we'll work on our small painted sketches. By focusing the first few days exclusively on your 15 - 20 paint sketches, you will gain a deeper understanding of the process and expectation You'll experience the benefit of utilizing a muted value scale of colours and the small sketches will strengthen your sense of color and temperature as compositional tools. This also allows you time to work out your ideas as you begin to develop one of your sketches into a more refined larger scale studio painting. ( Max sze 30" x 30") |
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Adriano will demonstrate and explain everything he does so you'll benefit regardless of the use of source material or pure invention. Personal critiques are on-going for everyone with a quick group critique at the end of each day. |
Adriano says.... "My goal is always to get to the place where I stop thinking about painting while I’m painting. It’s a brilliant sensation to conjure that kind of creative freedom. At it’s core it’s not just about painting or any art form really. That kind of creativity requires presence. It requires a clear and clean energy, free of the burdensome past and worrisome future. It requires that you stand only in the moment you’re in which makes one feel more like a channel and a vehicle for art to move thru rather than mechanistically executing a task".
www.adrianofarinella.com
www.adrianofarinella.com
5 Days
Wednesday April 22 - Sunday April 26, 2020
Hours: 10 - 5:30 daily - Sunday 9 - 3
Level: All
Sturdy floor easel required. (See registration form)
Mediums: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, oils, pastels, etc.
Adriano will demo in oil and some of the techniques are specific to that medium however, the concepts are universal and can be applied to any medium.
***Note: This is a SOLVENT FREE workshop. Supply list will specify alternatives.
Tuition: $1495.00 + 5% tax Deposit of $500.00 reserves you space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan)
Plus fee of approx. $40.00 required upon commencement for copy of Adriano's spiral bound guidebook.
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds Hall (20 minutes from downtown Victoria) Click here for map
Wednesday April 22 - Sunday April 26, 2020
Hours: 10 - 5:30 daily - Sunday 9 - 3
Level: All
Sturdy floor easel required. (See registration form)
Mediums: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, oils, pastels, etc.
Adriano will demo in oil and some of the techniques are specific to that medium however, the concepts are universal and can be applied to any medium.
***Note: This is a SOLVENT FREE workshop. Supply list will specify alternatives.
Tuition: $1495.00 + 5% tax Deposit of $500.00 reserves you space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan)
Plus fee of approx. $40.00 required upon commencement for copy of Adriano's spiral bound guidebook.
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds Hall (20 minutes from downtown Victoria) Click here for map
KATHERINE CHANG LIU Sorry Workshop full Join wait list here
MENTORING FOR ARTISTS
Monday,April 27 - Friday, May 1, 2020
Saanich Fairgrounds near Victoria, BC
Katherine Chang Liu Mentoring Artist
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When choosing an artist for our mentoring workshop we knew we wanted to bring you the best of the best. A practicing artist who has attained real commercial success, one with an exhaustive set of credentials and accomplishments too long to list and of course, glowing testimonials.
And that is just what we've done. We are thrilled to announce that Katherine Chang Liu will be delivering her much sought after "Open Studio" mentoring program exclusively for us, here in Canada! This workshop is for you if you feel you have aquired enough technique and are now ready to develop your own style along with more personal intent in your work. Join us and learn how to express that idea in your own way with your own voice. |
Working with Katherine will help you understand and clarify your strengths and ideas, A key component of Katherine's approach is to teach by private evaluation. She meets with each artist for a private one-on-one critique which enables her to become attuned to your unique and individual form of self-expression. Her approach is to give helpful, honest feedback and suggestions but she is not critical.
Katherine will also present many insightful power point lectures on a diverse range of artists, each with unique voices of their own. These presentations often touch on many forms of visual language as it pertains to contemporary art and are not limited only to painting.
This workshop is not limited to painters. It is open to assemblage artists, sculptors with fabrics, collage artists, photography and more. In all of Katherine's workshops, you will see both 2D and 3D artists, from abstraction to photorealism.
Katherine has her finger on the pulse of contemporary art developments so the opportunities for her assistance are wide and varied. If you have sewn before, you may want to know if and how sewing can be a component of your art or if you are a photographer perhaps you are wanting to make more personal and contemporary photography.
This workshop is not limited to painters. It is open to assemblage artists, sculptors with fabrics, collage artists, photography and more. In all of Katherine's workshops, you will see both 2D and 3D artists, from abstraction to photorealism.
Katherine has her finger on the pulse of contemporary art developments so the opportunities for her assistance are wide and varied. If you have sewn before, you may want to know if and how sewing can be a component of your art or if you are a photographer perhaps you are wanting to make more personal and contemporary photography.
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A testiment to just how popular Katherine's workshops are is that hundreds of her students have repeatedly taken her workshops.
In fact, her critiques are one of the primary reasons most have sought her guidance and encouragement for more than 10 years in a row! Katherine ends the workshop with a stimulating and informative group critique session that benefits everyone. |
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Join us and explore your potential while being both supported and challenged. Katherine believes every artist can succeed by understanding her/his own natural artistic strength while also developing a committed idea to work on. She has had the pleasure of working with many artists to accomplish just that. She follows these artists from year to year, and many have reached their goals: to be established artists in their own communities, to be art instructors, or jurors of exhibits, or winners of awards.
Once registered you will have the opportunity to return annually before registration is opened to the rest of our email list which allows Katherine to help you with your follow through.
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There will be no demonstrations or supply list sent for this workshop. Bring what you are working in or wish to focus on. We do not have the facilities for all mediums, for example pottery, so please email me before registering if in doubt.
Is this workshop for me?
Katherine says " I consider the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now really looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Katherine says " I consider the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now really looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Katherine Chang Liu received her MS degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities.
Liu had 43 solo exhibitions; at colleges, museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe (New Mexico), Long Island (NY); as well as galleries in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lyon (France), Rome (Italy), Turku (Finland), Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In the early part of her career, Liu was more active in competitive exhibits, winning 45 awards. She has since been invited to serve as juror or co-juror for over 60 national, regional and state-wide art competitions, including the 2018 Wisconsin Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
The Watercolor USA Honor Society honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, she is one of few woman painters who received that honor.
Katherine Chang Liu has exhibited in over 100 invitational exhibits, and was included in the Chicago Navy Pier Show, Art Miami, Art Paris, Art Copenhagen, Art Santa Fe, and the Los Angeles Art Show.
In recent years she also exhibited in international invitationals in Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Singapore.
Her work has been featured in 104 magazine and newspaper articles, as well as 40 books.
Public collections include the Virginia Museum; the Chrysler Museum of Art (VA); Palm Springs Desert Museum (CA); Western VA Museum (VA); Hickory Art Museum (NC); State Collection of Baja; the Art Association of Aga, Finland; Musée de la Communication, Bern, Switzerland; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France; and Macau City Museum of Art (Macau).
Her work is also included in the collection of US Department of State; Utah State University Harrison Museum; Georgetown University; Center for Employment Law; Virginia Tech University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Liu had 43 solo exhibitions; at colleges, museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe (New Mexico), Long Island (NY); as well as galleries in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lyon (France), Rome (Italy), Turku (Finland), Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In the early part of her career, Liu was more active in competitive exhibits, winning 45 awards. She has since been invited to serve as juror or co-juror for over 60 national, regional and state-wide art competitions, including the 2018 Wisconsin Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
The Watercolor USA Honor Society honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, she is one of few woman painters who received that honor.
Katherine Chang Liu has exhibited in over 100 invitational exhibits, and was included in the Chicago Navy Pier Show, Art Miami, Art Paris, Art Copenhagen, Art Santa Fe, and the Los Angeles Art Show.
In recent years she also exhibited in international invitationals in Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Singapore.
Her work has been featured in 104 magazine and newspaper articles, as well as 40 books.
Public collections include the Virginia Museum; the Chrysler Museum of Art (VA); Palm Springs Desert Museum (CA); Western VA Museum (VA); Hickory Art Museum (NC); State Collection of Baja; the Art Association of Aga, Finland; Musée de la Communication, Bern, Switzerland; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France; and Macau City Museum of Art (Macau).
Her work is also included in the collection of US Department of State; Utah State University Harrison Museum; Georgetown University; Center for Employment Law; Virginia Tech University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
5 days Sorry Workshop full Join wait list here
Mediums: Many. Assume some oil paint but very large workshop space.
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Katherine describes the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Dates: Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1, 2020
Tuition: $995.00 + 5% tax $300.00 or email here us if you prefer alternate payment plan
Hours: 10:00 - 5:30 Mon - Thursday & Friday 9 - 3
With extended studio painting hours until 9 PM!
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds Hall (20 minutes from downtown Victoria) Click here for map
Mediums: Many. Assume some oil paint but very large workshop space.
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Katherine describes the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Dates: Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1, 2020
Tuition: $995.00 + 5% tax $300.00 or email here us if you prefer alternate payment plan
Hours: 10:00 - 5:30 Mon - Thursday & Friday 9 - 3
With extended studio painting hours until 9 PM!
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds Hall (20 minutes from downtown Victoria) Click here for map
DAVID M. SLONIM
Painting: Experimenting, Risk Taking & Growth For All Painting Styles
Monday, September 28 -Friday, October 2, 2020
Nanaimo, BC
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Would you like to paint better than you ever have before? PAINT YOUR STYLE In this workshop you can paint your way -- Abstract. Realism. Impressionism. Surrealism. Still life. Landscape. This workshop is open to anyone in any medium* who wants to take their work deeper, further, faster. David will share his 30+ years of extensive study and knowledge; distilled for you and served up with the encouragement to fearlessly take risks. |
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YOUR GROWTH IS THE PRIORITY
Your growth as an artist will accelerate as we study great artists and unlock the universal secrets of image structure. Join us and learn how the ABSTRACT STRUCTURE is what makes a painting a good painting, regardless of style or genre.
David will demonstrate how the master's paintings throughout art history were built on an abstract structure even when the finished painting was representational.
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At a primal level, it's this abstract image structure that moves us-- through the use of line, shape, space, value, color, and texture.
IMAGE STRUCTURE TOPICS LINE STRUCTURE: Beautiful art has beautiful bones supporting the whole. VALUE STRUCTURE: Paintings that move us distribute light and dark to convey feeling. COLOR STRUCTURE: Great paintings, like great music, are a tension resolved by harmony. Mastery of the abstract visual language is the key to captivating your viewers and is accomplished through the skillful use of the universal principles of design, composition and visual communication. |
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Just some of the many topics we'll cover:
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There will be power point presentations, demos, exercises, and games to isolate the key principles, discussions and demonstrations. There'll be individual painting time at your easels with personalized one-on-one instruction, encouragement, critique and feedback.
Each day will end with a group critique and recap of what we covered that day. Workshop content has been carefully designed to help you reach your personal goals. |
David's demos are not step-by-step "how to paint a finished painting". Instead, he demonstrates a mindset, an attitude of exploration, and risk-taking to help you become the best version of yourself as an artist.
You'll paint lots during this workshop as that's the best way to good paintings. It will be inspiring and fun, with an upbeat atmosphere and you'll go home ready to create your best work yet!
You'll paint lots during this workshop as that's the best way to good paintings. It will be inspiring and fun, with an upbeat atmosphere and you'll go home ready to create your best work yet!
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Everyone will receive printed handouts on the workshop content so you'll have a permanent record of everything covered. We'll steal from the masters, laugh a lot and eat a little chocolate. Because chocolate. "Come, be encouraged and inspired in a fun, upbeat atmosphere and go home ready to create your best work yet." - David Sorry - No pastels in this workshop. |
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David has been a professional painter for over thirty years and is represented by numerous galleries: NEW YORK | Muriel Guepin Gallery, THE HAMPTONS | Quogue Gallery, BOSTON | Newbury Fine Arts, INDIANAPOLIS | Long-Sharp Gallery, JACKSON HOLE & SCOTTSDALE | Altamira Fine Art, CHICAGO | Anne Loucks Gallery
See more of David's work at: www.davidmichaelslonim.com &
www.davidslonimpresents.com
See more of David's work at: www.davidmichaelslonim.com &
www.davidslonimpresents.com
Monday, September 28-Friday, October 2, 2020
5 Days
Level: Intermediate to advanced (Must be familiar with your tools and materials and able to paint independently)
Sturdy floor easel required. (See registration form)
Medium: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, collage, or oils. *SORRY NO PASTELS (David will paint in oil)
***Note: This is a SOLVENT FREE workshop. Supply list will specify alternatives.
Hours: 10 - 5:30 daily - Friday 9 - 3
Tuition: $845.00 + 5% tax $300.00 reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Location: Cedar Hall, 2388 Cedar Road, Cedar, BC (15 minutes south of downtown Nanaimo)
Click here for map
5 Days
Level: Intermediate to advanced (Must be familiar with your tools and materials and able to paint independently)
Sturdy floor easel required. (See registration form)
Medium: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, collage, or oils. *SORRY NO PASTELS (David will paint in oil)
***Note: This is a SOLVENT FREE workshop. Supply list will specify alternatives.
Hours: 10 - 5:30 daily - Friday 9 - 3
Tuition: $845.00 + 5% tax $300.00 reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Location: Cedar Hall, 2388 Cedar Road, Cedar, BC (15 minutes south of downtown Nanaimo)
Click here for map
MICHAEL SHEMCHUK
ABSTRACTION BY DESIGN
Wednesday October 21 - Sunday October 25, 2020
VICTORIA, BC (Saanich Fairgrounds)
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Join us as San Francisco artist Michael Shemchuk guides you through his unique process of constructing eye catching contemporary abstract paintings. You will paint tons in this workshop! It is fast paced with loads of techniques. Shem has shared something new and exciting at each consecutive workshop! |
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Working in the mediums of paint, paper, graphite and clear varnish you'll create mixed media art works on 7 wood panels of different dimensions while utilizing a variety of different approaches.
The guiding principle we'll use throughout the week is Abstraction by Design. This principle and the techniques learned will enable the artist to engage in their collage, paint and design skills simultaneously.
Our focus will be on texture, color selection, color mixing, surface manipulation, deconstruction, placement, and visual balance. It can often be as much about what we remove as what we choose to keep.
The guiding principle we'll use throughout the week is Abstraction by Design. This principle and the techniques learned will enable the artist to engage in their collage, paint and design skills simultaneously.
Our focus will be on texture, color selection, color mixing, surface manipulation, deconstruction, placement, and visual balance. It can often be as much about what we remove as what we choose to keep.
The 3 different sized formats we'll work on, offer a challenge to one’s approach both visually and spatially. We begin by limiting our color choices and manipulating textures and backgrounds. Next, we move into placement, markings, visual balance and additional color selections. All the while, you'll be applying and manipulating traditional mediums in unconventional ways.
Formats:
3- 16”x16” Wood panels (triptych) the challenge is to have each panel work together so they can hang as a suite or individually.
2- 9”x 72”x 3”D. Totems: These ever popular elongated wood panels will provide a segmented surface of color & texture. (See below for more details regarding pricing.) Hung vertically or horizontally the challenge is to successfully design linearly now.
2- 24”x48” Wood panels: lastly we go BIG! These two panels together total 48 x 48! This size of painting will present another whole new set of challenges. We'll approach this work as a colour-collage painting, a type of patchworked surface with collage & markings. Again, our goal is for these two panels to hang together successfully individually or as one 48" x 48 " piece.
Formats:
3- 16”x16” Wood panels (triptych) the challenge is to have each panel work together so they can hang as a suite or individually.
2- 9”x 72”x 3”D. Totems: These ever popular elongated wood panels will provide a segmented surface of color & texture. (See below for more details regarding pricing.) Hung vertically or horizontally the challenge is to successfully design linearly now.
2- 24”x48” Wood panels: lastly we go BIG! These two panels together total 48 x 48! This size of painting will present another whole new set of challenges. We'll approach this work as a colour-collage painting, a type of patchworked surface with collage & markings. Again, our goal is for these two panels to hang together successfully individually or as one 48" x 48 " piece.
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Over the course of our five days together, we'll glue, sand, scrape, remove and rebuild layers of paint and paper to create richly textured and complex surfaces. Once the techniques are learned, we’ll then begin to place even more focus and emphasis on designing, refining and simplifying.
You’ll build your design skills thru the use of structure, color mixing, layout and balance creating a surface of both formal and asymmetrical arrangement along with a richness of depth. Restraint with cohesion is paramount and what may look deceptively simple is in fact the most challenging aspect.
The results are simply beautiful!
You’ll build your design skills thru the use of structure, color mixing, layout and balance creating a surface of both formal and asymmetrical arrangement along with a richness of depth. Restraint with cohesion is paramount and what may look deceptively simple is in fact the most challenging aspect.
The results are simply beautiful!
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Shemchuk is represented by several fine art galleries and shows his work internationally. His mixed media abstractions combine the use of color, line, textures and composition that result in a pictorially designed space that is layered with both visual meaning and an undeniable intentionality. See more of his work at www.mshem.com |
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Level: ALL
Dates: Wednesday October 21 - Sunday October 25, 2020
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10 - 5:30 Sunday 9 - 3
Studio painting hours available until 8PM Wed - Sat
Medium: Acrylic house paint / water based paints & medium
Flying in? Email us here for info on shipping panels home.
Material fee $180.00 for 2 custom Totem cradled wood panels. Approx. 9" Wide x 72" Long x 3"Deep
(Totems fee due upon commencement)
Tuition: $995.00 + 5% tax ($300.00 deposit reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds, 1528 Stelly's Cross Road, Victoria, BC. Click here for map
Dates: Wednesday October 21 - Sunday October 25, 2020
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10 - 5:30 Sunday 9 - 3
Studio painting hours available until 8PM Wed - Sat
Medium: Acrylic house paint / water based paints & medium
Flying in? Email us here for info on shipping panels home.
Material fee $180.00 for 2 custom Totem cradled wood panels. Approx. 9" Wide x 72" Long x 3"Deep
(Totems fee due upon commencement)
Tuition: $995.00 + 5% tax ($300.00 deposit reserves your space or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds, 1528 Stelly's Cross Road, Victoria, BC. Click here for map
ROBERT BURRIDGE
LOOSEN UP WATERMEDIA WORKSHOP
IT'S LIKE 4 YEARS OF ART SCHOOL!
Monday, October 26 - Friday October 30, 2020
Victoria, BC
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This flagship Burridge workshop offers an amazing variety of painting subjects for everyone! Designed for the professional painter who is stuck in a style as well as for the novice who wants to conquer their fear and dive right in. |
Burridge's popular "Loosen Up" workshops nurture individual success and personal enrichment with a big emphasis on daily painting projects at your own pace. It is stress-free, but be warned; you could end up with too much enthusiasm for painting.
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Starting each day with multiple small "warm-up painting exercises" and building up to larger-format paintings, Burridge's positive approach towards the act of painting will inspire you to loosen up, have more fun and paint more! Expect an intense, concentrated and lively workshop where you will create many works of art using spontaneity for maximum effect. |
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This workshop has become a must for artists who want the confidence and permission to paint the way they have always wanted to paint.
Students will take home numerous handouts of useful and need-to-know information. Burridge's newest color combination technique is also demonstrated. A positive attitude is a must! |
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We’ll paint ethereal landscapes, trees, chickens, florals, fruit and more! This workshop will be a blast! For a sneak peek of what you're in for, click on the video links below.
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5 Days
Medium: Acrylic
Level: All Levels
Dates: Monday, October 26 - Friday October 30, 2020
Tuition: $825.00 + 5% tax $300.00 reserves your space or email ushere if you prefer alternate payment plan.
Hours: 10:00 - 5:00 daily & Friday 9 - 3
Extended studio hours: paint til 7 PM Monday - Thursday
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds, 1528 Stelly's Cross Road, Victoria, BC. Click here for map
Medium: Acrylic
Level: All Levels
Dates: Monday, October 26 - Friday October 30, 2020
Tuition: $825.00 + 5% tax $300.00 reserves your space or email ushere if you prefer alternate payment plan.
Hours: 10:00 - 5:00 daily & Friday 9 - 3
Extended studio hours: paint til 7 PM Monday - Thursday
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds, 1528 Stelly's Cross Road, Victoria, BC. Click here for map
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TESSA PEARSON
SCREEN PRINTED WATER BASED MONOPRINTS
Perfect for landscapes, floral's, abstraction....whatever you decide.
Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8, 2020
Location: Nanaimo, BC
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We are thrilled to bring to you UK artist Tessa Pearson for this fun, fast paced workshop!
Unique painted monotypes are created by painting directly onto the unmasked open mesh of a silkscreen, covering the whole area before pulling the paint through the mesh using a blade. This is then repeated to build up layers of colour. The textures and mark making are spontaneous and unrepeatable which leads to an exciting and original painting every time. |
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Tessa will introduce you to this exciting technique with an initial discussion of the process, examples from her own works and other contemporary printmakers.
She will then demonstrate the open screen technique and over the course of our workshop you will explore techniques of layering, mark making and colour mixing, We will use stencils, collage and other water soluble media. You'll begin by making multiple small experimental pieces, working towards a series of larger finished prints. |
There is much to cover so we have limited the attendance to only 8 artists in order to provide lots of one-on-one time with Tessa and plenty of hands-on practice.
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Email us here and we'll contact you with full details once registration officially opens.
Email us here and we'll contact you with full details once registration officially opens.
3 Days
Medium: Acrylic
Level: All Levels
Max: 8
Dates: Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8, 2020
Tuition: TBA Fee will include use of screen, squeegee and most materials.
Hours: 10:00 - 5:00 daily
Location: Nanaimo, BC TBA
Medium: Acrylic
Level: All Levels
Max: 8
Dates: Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8, 2020
Tuition: TBA Fee will include use of screen, squeegee and most materials.
Hours: 10:00 - 5:00 daily
Location: Nanaimo, BC TBA
What will it be? One day? Or day one!