ARTBARN! - WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT WORKSHOP

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I am soooo happy to announce that I am now teaching at the Artbarn here in Toronto. The lovely well-lit school is at 250 Eglinton Ave.West (near Yonge). I'll be there on Sunday April 30 from 1-3:30 for a WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT WORKSHOP. There's lots of parking in the area. Beginners Welcome and Materials supplied! Hope to see you there. 

p.s. Click on Artshow and Workshops above this post to see what's happening next!

SPRING FLOWERS!

 

Click PayPal button to purchase 
$80 - 5x7' original watercolour painting in 8x10"mat

Here's the painting from yesterday's Zoom Watercolour Painting Class. It went great. The artists who joined me, and painted along, really embraced the "lots of colour" approach. We also talked about painting white objects on white paper with watercolour, which is tricky. They were a very attentive talented group.

I'm thinking my next class might be in oil! #hmmm

Portrait Drawing Practical Tips... Again!

The Portrait Class on Zoom went so well... it's Back! For those who missed it last time, all the information is here for you. Click the PayPal BUTTON when you're ready to register.

FULL - SEE YOU NEXT TIME

PORTRAIT DRAWING PRACTICAL TIPS

Tuesday Nov. 23, 6:30-8:30pmET

$40 CAD 

PayPal will convert currency for you, if necessary. 

Email me for e-transfer or cheque. nora904@yahoo.com  

😀

 In this Zoom class we will explore portraits

using a practical approach

with lots of helpful tips!

An easy-to-remember block-in method

using lots of measures of facial features,

as well as using comparisons to find a likeness,

will all be demonstrated.

Get your sketchbooks out and your pencils ready,

as you draw-along with me

learning many portrait tips along the way!

Some portrait drawing experience is suggested.

Please be familiar with Zoom before attending.

Questions? Just ask - nora904@yahoo.com

SUPPLIES

 I will email you a line drawing 

that you need to print out (or trace) three times.

A sketchbook (9x12") or Newsprint Pad,

Your favourite dark pencils or pens,

(I'll use 6B pencil and charcoal pencils)

A few coloured pencils

PDF

You will receive an email with a PDF 

of all the handouts that I cover,

after the class.

PLEASE NOTE: I will communicate with you through the email address you use with your PayPal account unless you tell me otherwise.

Double Check your Time Zone.

Email confirmation sent out after you Pay. (It will include a line drawing you'll need).

This class is not recorded (just like real life 😉).

Waiting Room opens 10 minutes before the class starts

See you on Zoom!

Portrait Drawing Practical Tips... Again!

The Portrait Class on Zoom went so well... it's Back! For those who missed it last time, I hope to see you THIS TUESDAY EVENING on Zoom! All the information is here for you. Click the PayPal BUTTON when you're ready to register. 

FULL

PORTRAIT DRAWING Practical Tips

TUESDAY JUNE 29, '21

6pm - 8pm EST

$40 CAD 

PayPal will convert currency for you, if necessary. Email me for e-transfer or personal cheque. nora904@yahoo.com  

😀

 In this Zoom class we will explore portraits

using a practical approach

with lots of helpful tips!

An easy-to-remember block-in method

using lots of measures of facial features,

as well as using comparisons to find a likeness,

will all be demonstrated.

Get your sketchbooks out and your pencils ready,

as you draw-along with me

learning many portrait tips along the way!

Some portrait drawing experience is suggested.

Please be familiar with Zoom before attending.

Questions? Just ask - nora904@yahoo.com

SUPPLIES

 I will email you a line drawing 

that you need to print out (or trace) three times.

A sketchbook (9x12") or Newsprint Pad,

Your favourite dark pencils or pens,

(I'll use 6B pencil and charcoal pencils)

A few coloured pencils

PDF

You will receive an email with a PDF 

of all the handouts that I cover,

after the class.

PLEASE NOTE: I will communicate with you through the email address you use with your PayPal account unless you tell me otherwise.

Double Check your Time Zone.

Email confirmation sent out after you Pay. (It will include a line drawing you'll need).

This class is not recorded (just like real life 😉).

Waiting Room opens at 5:45pm EST.

See you on Zoom!

Zooming Along

 

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$80 - 5x7"original painting in 8x10"mat

Thanks so much to everyone who joined my Zoom Flower Painting Demo!! It went great. And here is the end result. I'm very happy with it. I ended up adding the little red bud after all - otherwise I didn't change a thing. Cheers to all those familiar faces and so nice to meet new people too!! See you on Zoom soon.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING DEMOSTRATIION - REGISTRATION

Hello and Welcome! The 2 hour Live watercolour painting demonstration information, for Saturday June 12th from 10-12pmET, is all here for you. I've been teaching art for 8 years and a year ago, I brought it to Zoom! You will be watching me paint - this is not a paint along class.

Just click the PayPal button when you are ready to register. 🙋

 

In this Zoom demonstration, I will discuss how I set up my still life, go over my watercolour art supplies then paint a flower painting for you, discussing colour, composition and technique.

Everyone gets a front row seat!

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WATERCOLOUR FLOWERS - DEMONSTRATION

SATURDAY JUNE 12, '21

10-12pm ET

$40 CAD

PayPal will convert currency for you, if necessary. 

Email me for e-transfer or personal cheque. nora904@yahoo.com

😀

PLEASE NOTE: I will communicate with you through the email address you use with your PayPal account unless you tell me otherwise.

There will be a 5 minute break. There will be time for questions.

Double Check your Time Zone. Demo is 10-12pm Eastern Time.

Email confirmation sent after you Pay. 

Zoom LINK will be emailed Thursday Evening. Confirmation email requested.

This demonstration is not recorded (just like real life 😉).

Waiting Room opens at 9:45am EST.

See you then!

Questions? Just ask - nora904@yahoo.com

looking forward to the new year

$60 - 5x7original watercolour painting with 8x10"mat.

Look below for the step by step process. I remembered to take pics along the way!

Enjoy. Happy New Year!!

sketching on a thursday afternoon

This little sketch happened today. I'm enjoying making short videos of my painting process. You can see this one painted HERE on Instagram. The clips are 1 minute each because that's the length limit Instagram accepts. So... it's in two parts. ; )

wildcat - step by step

First I drew the lion, from a photo reference on pixabay (free image site), with a 6B pencil, trying to be as loosey-goosey as possible. I do try to keep the structure of the subject while making big confident lines. 

Next, I start with the eyes. I like to paint them together, not one at a time because eyes work as a pair. It's easy to get off balance if you focus on only one eye, then the other. Work the eyes together. I don't finish the eyes though... just get some darks and lights in them. 

Working down the page, darks and lights, transparent and opaques. I never liked painting washes in watercolour. I can never get the washes dark enough and contrasty enough. I end up having to do many washes... I prefer this more direct approach.

The whiskers wrap around the muzzle, helping bring the mouth forward. Saving the highlights in the eyes as I finish them up. Then, a few calligraphy marks and... my friend is finished!

Toronto Watercolour Society Portrait Demo

I had a great time at the Toronto Watercolour Society meeting last night. The awesome and hilarious Brian Smith did a portrait demo for us, with a big screen projecting his work. : )

A few spots left..

There are still a few spots left in my upcoming workshops! Three Thursdays for only $55! We will be doing hand studies, animals and abstracts from sidewalk cracks.

Contact Adele at wgaworkshops@gmail.com

Watercolour Classes - a few spots left!

I'll be teaching Watercolour Classes, here in Toronto, starting in 3 weeks! We'll do classes in Hand Studies, Animals and Abstracts.

contact Adele at wgaworkshops@gmail.com

Only $55 for non-members. : )

Hope to see you there.

two for you

$80 - 8x10"painting

This is the demo that I painted for the lovely Mississauga Art Club. The Iris is a flower with such a magnificent shape, a real joy to paint.

Great Art Show!

Well, thanks to this fantastic mild November we are having, lots of people were out enjoying the weather yesterday. The walk through traffic at our Toronto East Rotary Art Show was pretty constant. Great mood and energy all day. Made some new friends too! Until next year. Happy Painting Everybody! 

take centre stage

$80 - 8x10"painting

Here is the Watercolour Demo I did last night for the lovely Willowdale Group of Artists. Biggest crowd I've ever painted in front of, with about 40 people. Lots of positive feedback. Thank you so much to all the member who came out to see me for the first meeting back this year!

Bayview Watercolour Society

A few evenings ago, I did a Watercolour Demo for the Bayview Watercolour Society. First I spoke about my work as a daily painter, then about learning to draw from life drawing sessions and finally about being an urban sketcher. After the break I painted a small still life set up, which you can see in the bottom right.

Great wonderful intimate group. Thanks to everyone that attended!

Teaching and Horses

The lovely talented artists in the Self-Portrait Drawing Class I'm teaching did wonderful on Thursday night!

And... today I did a little 'horse homework'. 

Watercolour Demo - April 13, 2015

If you're in Toronto on Monday April 13, 2015, I'll be doing a watercolour demonstration! Actually, first I'll be talking a bit about life drawing short poses, since so many fellow life drawing artists will be there, then I'll be doing a flower demo. There will be cookies!