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Workshops & Tutorials

Current Workshops & Tutorials:

 

Plein Air Oils Workshop
 September 11 and 12
Come and enjoy a fun filled two days developing your painterly skills, and gaining insight on how to approach and successfully complete a plein air oil painting. Through the enriching guidance of Gaye Adams and her delightful teaching methods, explore the possibilities of painting with oil in the great outdoors. A popular and effective workshop instructor, known for her easy affable way with students, Gaye invites you to join her workshop in Port Coquitlam.

For more information visit www.gayeadams.com or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Continuing to Paint
 Mondays, from September 27 - November 22, 7-10PM
Evergreen Cultural Centre
This inspiring 3 hour program lead by Artist and teacher Judith M. Atkinson is designed for painters of all levels. It's a study course on contemporary painting practices and principles using a variety of media of your choice, oil or acrylic or watercolour. The course will cover colour theory, composition, skill building and technique along with masterwork painting references. Dive and enrich your creative talents.

For more information or to register email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit judithmatkinson.com. Registration deadline is September 9, 2010.

Art Focus Artists' Association Demonstrations
Art Focus operates free demonstrations from local artists and experts. The demonstrations are open to the public, and anyone is welcome to attend. All demonstrations take place from 7-9pm at The Outlet in Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam. The 2010 / 2011 schedule is:

  • September 22, 2010 - Acrylics with Jack Prasad
  • October 27, 2010 - Oils with Donna Zhang
  • November 24, 2010 – Pastels with Sue Cowan
  • January 26, 2011 - Acrylics with Janice Robertson
  • February 23, 2011 – To be confirmed (acrylic or watercolour) with Laury Ravenstein
  • March 23, 2011 – Watercolour with David McEown
  • April 27, 2011 – Watercolour, alla prima and plein air painting techniques with Alfonso Tejada
  • May 25, 2011 - Oils with Mike Svob


For more information call 604-461-1009.

Gaming Seminar
 October 13
Coquitlam College, 516 Brookmere Avenue
Come and learn about all the new regulations and how-to tips to properly complete the gaming application with Ursula Cowland, Executive Director, Licensing and Grants Division from the Ministry of Housing and Social Development. The seminar is free for anyone who is interested, but due to limited space you must pre-register. Please RSVP to Joanne at  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it providing us with your name, organization, and phone number.

Drawing Realistic Portraits with Graphite
 October 16 and 17, 10AM-4PM
This two day workshop will help you to bring your drawings to a whole new level of realism and depth. The first day we will combine short demos followed by hands on applications of each technique. The second day we will apply these techniques create a completed portrait from your reference photo. You will learn how to choose great reference photos, an easy way to create accurate line drawings right from the start, realistic shading and textural techniques and more. Whether you are a portrait, landscape or still life artist your drawing skills will reach a new level of realism by the end of the workshop.

For more information visit www.experienceit.ca/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?ProcessWait=N&aid=3359 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 


Previous Workshops & Tutorials:

 

Bookmaking Workshop

Saturday, July 10, 10AM - 12PM at Port Moody Arts Centre
Port Moody Arts Centre will be hosting a free community bookmaking workshop with Beth Howe, Assistant Professor in Visual Arts at Emily Carr University’s Print Media Department.

 

Demystifying Public Art Commissions

Sunday, July 11, 1-4:30PM
Alliance for Arts & Culture, 938 Howe St, Suite 100, Vancouver, BC
This workshop will examine different types of public art competitions and how to pursue, win and complete one. With a growing awareness amongst politicians, civic leaders and developers of the benefit of public art, more and more public art competitions are being set. With the intention of demystifying the process for artists, the session will begin with an artist’s talk by Adrian Göllner. He will illustrate the relationship of studio-based artwork and site-specific work to public art commissions. Then, after breaking down and discussing the commission process, participants will consider an actual public art commission opportunity, create a concept for it and then assess the approach from the perspective of a jury.

 

East Meets West Watercolours with Joy Kirkwood

Wednesday, May 12 - Wednesday, June 2 • 7 – 9PM at Place des Arts
Experience the beauty and poetic flair of Chinese brush painting combined with the structure of traditional Western watercolour techniques. Comparing and blending the two approaches frees one up to discover a third way of painting - your own. No previous artistic experience required.

 

Mastering Acrylics

Saturday, May 29 & Sunday, May 30 • 9:30AM – 4:30PM at Evergreen Cultural Centre
Learn everything you need to know to master acrylic painting. Techniques that are successful when using oil paints or watercolours do not often yield good results when applied to acrylic paints. The focus will be on learning the specific properties of acrylics and how you can use them to achieve fantastic results. You will also learn the forgotten ‘golden rules’ of the great painters on how to create vibrant, luminous paint effects in any medium. Come prepared to take notes, ask questions, and paint.

 

Drop-in Artist Demonstrations & Workshops

Saturday, May 29 • 10 – 11:45AM at Port Moody Arts Centre
Learn the ancient Japanexe technique of silk shibori, used to create embellished textiles by shaping cloth and securing before dyeing. Suitable for all ages.

 

Artist Talk by Chris Tyrell

Saturday, May 29, 11AM at the ACT in Maple Ridge
Whether you're an emerging artist or are already established but siimply want to more effectively find an audience for your work, you don't want to miss this opportunity to hear Chris, an acclaimed expert on Marketing and the Arts. Copies of Chris's book The Artist Survival Kit will be available at the talk.


As part of our Moving the Arts Forward Series, ArtsConnect hosted many talented educators who gave us insight on a variety of topics, including How to Market Your Art and How to Photograph Your Art. Read on to discover some of the great things we've learned: