In this drawing workshop, you will learn the theory behind one-, two- and three-point perspective and then how to adapt these ideas to two-dimension depictions of the three-dimensional world. The focus of the drawing projects will be on the urban environment and you will learn a range of drawing techniques and materials to depict buildings, streets, and interiors. This workshop will be helpful for those wanting to do quick urban sketches as well as those who would like to make drawings that focus on architecture, both outside and inside. SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUL 12 & 13, 10AM - 4:30PM IN-PERSON

This workshop uses the pastel flower drawings of Odilon Redon as a source of inspiration. You will learn to make dream-like, ethereal flowers that merge into a coloured background. The focus is on using pastel techniques to draw flowers and to connect these flowers to a dynamic and interesting surrounding area. The emphasis will be learning to see shapes and colour as well as positive and negative space. Participants will enjoy learning some art history and applying these ideas to their work. The projects will include both representational and abstract approaches. You will be working from real flowers, artists reproductions and collage compositions. The beauty and excitement of soft pastels is their immediacy of use and the purity of the colours as they are almost pure pigment. SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUL 19 & 20, 1:30 - 4:30PM IN-PERSON

This course will concentrate on observing the ways plants grow and discovering ways to represent this in your artwork. You will learn to link the practice of observation, gathering plant information and expression of personal feelings and then develop this into a larger painting. You will be challenged to think beyond obvious human perception by investigating things such as how pollinators find flowers and the colour energetics used in these symbiotic relationships. Over the six-week period you will explore colours, plants, and pollinators through the act of seeing and close observation, preliminary studies, and then the development of one larger painting. This course will encourage a creative practice inspired by the way plants behave. FRIDAYS, JUL 11 - AUG 15, 10AM - 1PM IN-PERSON

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