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Summer Arts
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2012, Week 1: July 2 - 6
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Painting: Georgia O'Keeffe (3 days July 3, 4, 5)
The mysterious, elusive Georgia O'Keeffe moved from New York to a solitary artistic life in the desert of New Mexico. Captivated by the sacred landscape, she responded with large intimate images of flowers, objects, the landscape, powerful metaphors of life. Looking at how she lived her own myth, her colour methods, blending techniques, her painting process, you will learn intuitive design to paint inspired by her style. Media of choice. Beginner to advanced.
With visionary movement, Mossop's paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures challenge comfortable assumptions. From her B.A. Fine Art University of Western Ontario and advanced studio studies OCAD, Andrea teaches with informed depth and creative energy. An experienced instructor specializing in painting, colour theory, art history, life drawing for St. Lawrence College Brockville, Haliburton School of the Arts, Ottawa School of Art, Toronto and throughout Ontario. www.andreamossop.com
Instructor: Andrea Mossop
Cost: $167.94
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 6000A 540 
USA Resident Course Code: 2500 501 *please call*
Sketching Animals (3 days, July4, 5, 6)
Experience the joy of sketching animals with pencil, pen, or water colour. Learn a simplified approach to capture form, shape, movement, value, texture, colour, and life. Demonstrations by the instructor and hands on explorations will inspire you. Weather permitting, there will be an excursion to a local farm for sketching. All are welcome.
Diane Godwin-Sheridan graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1984. She has been teaching Fine Art at St. Lawrence College Brockville since 1988 and, also for various art groups, schools and privately. Her experience in fine art and teaching adult education prepare her to offer knowledgeable instruction in a variety of media in a relaxed & creative atmosphere. Her work is found in private & corporate collections in Canada, U.S.A and abroad.
Instructor: Diane Godwin Sheridan
Cost: $167.94
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 6000C 540
USA Resident Course Code: 2500 502 *please call*
Watercolour from the Ground Up: Beginners
If you've always wanted to tackle watercolour but need to know where to start, this course will discuss the medium from brush, pigment and paper onward. Learn foundation mixing skills such as mixing from warm and cool primaries, understanding value, mixing and laying down washes, using negative space through a series of small exercises, guided experimentation and exercises. Every subject tackled in class will include a demonstration by the instructor and colour handouts will be provided for support in your future work at home. The most portable and surprisingly forgivable medium, watercolour is a fantastic way to make more room for painting in your life.
Martha Robinson was born in Toronto and grew up in Port Credit, with summers at Youghall beach in New Brunswick. Her affection for the rural landscape, marmalade cats, birding and domestic animals was firmly established in her youth, and painting became a natural expression of those passions. Along the way Martha has also taught watercolour, acrylic and general art courses at the middle school, college and continuing education levels and is currently teaching throughout Ontario and in New Brunswick. Every November she can be found cowside at the Royal Winter Fair and because of this penchant for painting sheep, cows and the vernacular ruin of the rural landscape she is very much at home in Northumberland where painting from life and live subjects can be freely exercised. She was the poster artist for the 2011 Royal. She currently lives in Port Hope with her husband and a redheaded cat named Henry, and has good friends with sheep.
Experience across a range of media has still left Martha choosing watercolour as a media of choice, and admiration for great location watercolourists like J.S. Sargent and Edward Wesson keeps her inspired and intimidated enough to keep working hard at her craft. She is also currently enjoying painting in oils and acrylics and working with oil pastels.
Since 1993 Martha has exhibited in Canada and the United States in juried shows, small group gallery and independent shows and in public and private galleries. In the summers of 2007 and 2008 Martha was the Artist in the Park in Presqu'ile. Her most recent shows include solo exhibitions at The Lindsay Gallery in 2009, and Scott's Barn Cultural Centre in 2009 and 2010. Recent participation in juried shows includes the Fine Art Showcase at the Royal Winter Fair in 2009 and 2010 and The Peterborough Regional Health Centre Art Show.
A full listing of past exhibitions and work can be viewed online at www.martharobinson.ca
Instructor: Martha Robinson
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 6001 540
USA Resident Course Code: 2500 503 *please call*
Life Drawing : With and Without a Model
 This is a 5 day course designed for intermediate and advanced level of life drawing student, who is looking to stretch his or her boundaries as an artist. It will give an opportunity to explore the human form in different mediums, while expanding your abilities to work from previously created artworks. A live model will be available each morning to produce a variety of drawings,to be used for further exploration in the afternoon. The goal of this course is to assist the individual in finding ways to create fresh ideas, and images beyond the life drawing. A material list will be provided prior to the start of class.
Robin is a practicing multi-media artist and art instructor. Her background includes teaching at St. Lawrence College, Nepean Creative and Visual Arts Centre, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa Catholic Secondary Schools, Emily Carr School of Art, Okanogan College. The focus of her subject matter is the human form, particularly women. This allows her to express the changes within herself and othe women living in times of change.
Instructor: Robin Baker
Cost: $317.19
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 201 540
USA Resident Course Code: 2500 504 *please call*
Drawing & Painting Old Barns in Watercolour (3 days July3,4,5)
Did you know that old barns have thirty-one essential characteristics. each of which contribute to vibrant, real life paintings? Designed for the beginner and the intermediate painter, this indoor course will cover, with many demos and explanations, six lovely old barns; two in fall, two in summer, two in winter. Come and join us for a trip through Ontario's disappearing heritage.
Instructor: Alan Bain
Cost: $167.94
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 6001A 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 505 *please call*
Hand building clay teapots with Tim Storey
 Potters and clay artists have used the teapot as a canvas for expression since the beginnings of tea over 500 years ago in China. These teapot shapes have ranged from the historical to the hysterical with Tim's teapots firmly planted in the latter.
This 5 day workshop will allow students to design and build their own unique teapots without a wheel, learning design specific techniques including : slab construction, relief moulding, pinch and coil construction/decoration, slump/hump moulding, spout and handle variations , surface treatments and glazing options. Daily demonstrations and individual step by step approach leavened with Tim's propensity for fun will make this an enjoyable and fulfilling week. All levels welcome!
Since graduating from Sheridan College's School of Design [ceramics] in 1973, Tim has been combining a variety of hand-building techniques with form, function, and a wry sense of humour. Dragons, elephants, giraffes, steamships, spaceships, birds , houses, skyscrapers and snails have all emerged from his workshop; many in the guise of teapots. Tim's work can be found in many major North American collections, private, public and corporate. His work has been exhibited widely in one man shows, group exhibitions, and ceramic competitions in North America and Germany. Since 1981 Tim has lived in the Upper Ottawa Valley with his wife Artist/Blacksmith Lydia VanderStaal
Instructor: Tim Storey
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 118 540
USA Resident Course Code: 2500 506 *please call*
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2012 Schedule:
Week 1: July 2-6
Week 2: July 9-13
Week 3: July 16-20
Week 4: July 23-27
Week 5: July 30-Aug3
Week 6: Aug 13-17
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