Start An Artistic Business in 12 Easy Steps
with Instructor Bruce Outridge
As a working artist, you are probably counting on your other job pay the bills. If you have ever wanted to use your creativity to make extra money then this is the workshop for you.
Bruce will teach you the fundamentals of building a creative business, using the tools of today to help you understand new online business models, social and business networks. Learn how to find your target market, set up your business and create your own plan for success. Included in this workshop will be a copy of Bruce’s latest book, “How to Start an Artistic Business in 12 Easy Steps.”
This informative & stimulating class is open to all artists who are serious about selling their work.
This workshop takes place on:
Saturday, March 31
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Cost $75.00  OAS members $65.00
About Bruce
Bruce brings his expertise to the Oakville Art Society’s children’s and adults class programs. Specializing in custom illustration for the transportation industry as well as the creator of the comic strip “The Pride Junkie” Bruce operates his own illustration company in Burlington, Ontario. He has studied in various courses within Ontario including Sheridan College, individual art courses, and the Halton Board of Education.
The ‘Four Gentlemen’ - Beauty in Chinese Brush
with Chinese Brush Master Baoxing Zhang
Come; explore the Chinese culture through the beauty and harmony of Chinese brush painting.
Chinese brush painting Master Baoxing Zhang will teach you how to use Chinese brushes and ink to paint the ‘Four Gentlemen’. According to legend, after the Ming Dynasty was taken over by the barbarian Manchus, the scholar intellectuals retreated to simple mountain sanctuaries to continue to practice the ways of traditional gentlemen. The Four Gentlemen and the mountains in which they lived became the symbols of their world.
The bamboo—a virtuous life, with humility
The orchid—beauty in the face of obscurity
The plum blossom—constancy in the face of opposition
The chrysanthemum—triumph of hope over adversity
Sumi-e is more than a technique, it is a Spiritual Journey.
All materials are traditional and will be provided. Suitable for all experience levels
This workshop takes place on:
Thursday, April 5
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Cost $70.00 OAS members $60.00
About Baoxing
Baoxing began his training at 6 years of age with his well-known artist father and with various private teachers. Later studied at art universities & colleges in Bejing during which he and some friends organized and ran the Student Art Association of Peking University. He is a member of Sumi-é Artists of Canada.
Acrylic Abstraction – Bold & Expressive Approaches
with Instructor Gwen Tooth
Experiment and play your way to beautiful, original and expressive abstract paintings. Experience various approaches to abstraction. Find your personal artistic signature. Learn to trust your own creative instincts. Absorb the guidelines for colour use, concept, composition and design as you tease the boundaries of your imagination. Play with some of the new acrylic products and push their boundaries along with yours. The art classroom becomes your safe place to fearlessly experiment with the guidance of your instructor.
This intense workshop covers the gamut of abstract painting.
You will:
- Draw in black and white and colour, based upon different word themes – feelings or actions. Find your personal painting signature. Introduction to painting materials. Review of colour wheel and loosening up techniques. Instructor mini-demos with glazing and fluid acrylic.
- Paint with a limited palette chosen intuitively and used expressively. Review of limited palette and complimentary palette. Organization of values to give a painting a design. Instructor mini-demo showing intuitive process and gestural expressive strokes.
- Venture further into methods of abstraction. Practice zooming in on your favourite object. Painting with suggested themes or ideas as a starting base for expressive painting. Process of abstracting gradually from a specific object or idea (large painting). Zooming in until only essence of object remains.
- Look at approaches to luminosity. Instructor mini-demo of final glaze technique. Discussion about Value (3D) versus Flat paintings (form versus design). (Rembrandt versus Picasso, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse)
- Paint with no end result in mind. (Non-objective) Just start and have a conversation with the canvas. See where it wants to go. Let your expressiveness out. Non-objective or pure abstraction. Instructor mini-demo.
- Review concepts – signature in work of each artist; zooming in with object in mind, painting shapes versus objects and themes. Use of various tools – palette knives, scrapers, brushes, hands.
Each day will include a discussion of current art magazines, books, websites and e-mail newsletters. Students will progress at their own rate with continual individual mentoring as well as group information sessions.Materials List
This workshop takes place at
Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre on:
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 13, 14 & 15
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Cost $150.00 OAS members $135.00
About Gwen:
Gwen Tooth has passionately pursued many art disciplines for forty years. She shows her paintings regularly and specializes in teaching expressive acrylic abstraction techniques. Gwen completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005 from the Ontario College of Art and Design University, where she studied drawing, painting, and printmaking.
Challenges of Painting Water in Acrylic
with Instructor Anna Kutishcheva
Water holds a special fascination for many artists, both for its sense of power and dynamic motion and for the dazzling effects of light and color. The painting of oceans, rivers, lakes and ponds can be beautiful, but managing to get the water and reflections to look like actual water can be challenging. Water may be the small, soft ripples of a calm pool, the gentle warm rolling waves on a romantic beach or the fierce power of a storm breaking on a rocky shoal. This dynamic and powerful energy can be hard to capture realistically for many artists.
Anna will help you understand the complexities of painting water and how it is affected by its surroundings, reflections, depth and clarity.
This workshop takes place on:
Sunday April 15
10 am to 3pm with 1 hour for lunch
Cost $40.00
This class is geared to beginners & intermediate but is not suited to an absolute beginner
About Anna:
"During my childhood, as long as I can remember, whole summers were spent near the water. I was fishing with my granddad and dad, going on vocations to the Black sea, playing in the streams. Water has a sacred meaning for me, it reflects and changes the world around it, it gives and takes life, it's included in many ancient traditions and legends. I love to watch water, and spent many days capturing colors and patterns of waves of the Great Lakes. As soon as I get this feeling of expanse, color, movement, rhythm, and rush inside me, I'm ready to mix paint and follow the energy and shapes of waves, on canvas with my brush."
To see more of Anna’s work http://www.mahnart.com/
Acrylic Techniques
with Peter John Reid
Acrylics can be applied like watercolours, oils and a 101 other ways unique to acrylics. Many of these techniques will be demonstrated; you'll learn where and when you can use them and try some out for yourself.
Peter is very knowledgeable, supportive instructor, his class are jam-packed with information, inspiration, and laughs which will leave you enriched (and exhausted!). But, oh so glad you attended!! His definitive book on acrylic painting will be available for sale on the first day at the price of $35.
It is recommended that if you already own a copy, please bring it. In-class paints & mediums supplied by Tri-Art Ltd. a Canadian manufacture of finest quality artist paints.
This very popular class is limited to 8 (so sign up early) to allow lots of personal attention. Material list in Pdf
This workshop takes place at
Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre on:
Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost $170.00 $160.00 OAS members
About Peter:
Born in Plymouth, England, raised in Toronto, and for the last twenty-some years residing in rural Grey County in the heart of Niagara Escarpment country has provided him with a wealth of inspiration. His driving force has always been a need to create, in all mediums: wood, stone, plastic, and metal, but mostly in paint.
“It is much like hunger: the longer it goes without expression, the greater the outpouring of creative energy, although results aren’t guaranteed, the results become more consistent with experience. I am getting closer to my creative visions as the years go by. My goal is to become a better painter and to never stop growing”. www.peterjohnreid.com
Discovering Encaustics
with Instructor Bruno Capolongo
This 2 day encaustic workshop is geared to students new to this exciting medium. The fluid nature of the encaustic process lends itself to the exploration of colours, patterns, structured and unstructured shapes, and even highly rendered effects for lifelike results. Artists have long been drawn to encaustics because of their versatile applications, including effortless impasto effects and translucency, if desired. An award-winning artist and popular instructor, Bruno will introduce you to the basics of this ancient, luminescent medium, including material, surface and painting with examples and demonstrations of traditional and contemporary techniques. Bring your sense of adventure and go home inspired. Materials, tools and equipment are included with registration, just come ready to learn and paint! See Bruno's artwork at www.BrunoCapolongo.com.
This workshop takes place at
Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre on:
Friday & Saturday, April 27 & 28
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Cost $195.00 $185.00 OAS members
Master Class in Acrylic Workshop
with Instructor Didi Gadjanski
By now, you have a clearer view of yourself as an artist, so we bought in much sought after artist/instructor Didi Gadjanski to inspire you and to further develop the abstract style and techniques of working with acrylics.
This 3 day long workshop will consist of painting projects suited to intermediate and advanced painters and will deal with concept and construction of abstract or simplified images painted on complex textural surfaces. Artists will experience process and consideration of designing an intricate surface suited to their own theme and symbol on canvas / board / or yupo aiming to create distinct style of their own.
The workshop is limited to 12 students for maximal individual attention in the development of their images and execution to its full potential.
This workshop takes place at
Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre on:
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday May 9, 10 &11
10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Cost $275.00 OAS members $255.00
About Didi
The painter Didi Gadjanski made her name as a water media and acrylics artist. She masters various techniques, among which she feels very comfortable. She shows spontaneity in her approach to the research, making that her signature and independent style. In her work she is able to create a wonderful tension of textures and styles. The body of work is a result of a thoughtful search of a meaning and soul, done on canvas, paper or yupo. The background is her avid traveling, interest in diverse cultures and the research of the human emotions in response to these topics. The resulting work is not a closed site, it leaves and open door for you to complete it with your own response to the painting, that gradually reveals a world to be, always offering something new. Her palette moves from the earth tones to brighter colors that act as a call of attention, but she is able to invert the usual order of the hue, showing that it is not the color itself, but the intention and display of the elements that can alter the perception. On top of this, Didi is not only an experienced artist, but a successful teacher in several workshops, and is also a member of various art societies. See more of Didi work at www.ddgadjanski.com
Creativity & Collage Workshop
with Instructor Janice Tayler
Come and celebrate your artistic voice in this exciting class with award-winning artist Janice Tayler as you discover the exciting results that mere paper, found objects paint and your imagination can produce.
Janice will teach you lots of new mixed-media and painting techniques while exposing you to creative art exercises that will inspire you. Deepen your understanding of artistic technique in composition, color, texture and design and combine this with your own personal expression. This is collage in a new and exciting way. Working with everyday tools and media, you will create provocative, meaningful art. You will receive lots of one-on-one guidance in this fun and inspiring class.
Perfect class for beginners.
Some materials will be provided – feel free to bring magazine pictures, papers and any found object you may like to work with.
Materials List
This workshop takes place on:
Sunday, May 27
10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Cost $150.00 $140.00 OAS members
About Janice
Janice Tayler received a BA Honours (1990) in Theatre and Dance from the University of Winnipeg and a BFA with Distinction (2004) in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University in Montreal. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tayler divides her time between Winnipeg, Montreal, New York and Toronto. She is represented by Latitude 44 Gallery, Toronto, Warehouse Artworks and Lacosse Gallery, Winnipeg. For the 5th year Tayler will be exhibiting her work in Toronto at the Artist Project, Queen Elizabeth, Exhibition Center, March 1-4, 2012. Along with teaching painting, drawing and mixed media workshops in Montreal she has also done lectures and demonstrations on her art as well as the History of Modern Art and Dance.
OIL with COLD WAX: CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
with Instructor Janice Mason Steeves
COLD WAX ONE:
In these lively workshops, participants explore techniques of working with cold wax medium and oil paint to create vibrant paintings. Students discover how to build up layers of paint to create overlapping colour fields and experiment with a wide variety of tools and methods for creating texture. Because this workshop focuses on the painting process, and is experimental in nature, the class appeals to those who are open, flexible and willing to play. You should have some prior painting experience and a desire to broaden your painting skills.
This workshop takes place on:
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday June 11, 12 & 13
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Cost $160.00 OAS members $150.00
About Janice
Janice Mason Steeves has been a painter for over twenty-five years. Graduating with an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manitoba, she held Clinical and School Psychology positions in Manitoba and Ontario before leaving the field to focus on painting. Further studies were completed at the Ontario College of Art and Design where she graduated with an Honours Diploma in Drawing and Painting and was the recipient of the Nora E. Vaughan Award. Janice exhibits her work annually in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and in the U.S. and is represented by galleries in Canada and the U.S.A. Her work is included in numerous corporate and public collections both in Canada and internationally, including among others, The Government of Ontario Art Collection; The Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, ON; CIBC World Markets, London, UK; First Gulf; Intrawest Corporation and the Senvest Collection, Montreal.
See more of Janice's work: www.janicemasonsteeves.com
Realism to Abstract in Watercolour & How To Control Shapes In a Wet In Wet Painting
with Instructor Merv Richardson
The overall focus of this workshop is to introduce artists to a spontaneous, intuitive approach to watercolour. Merv’s love of nature and architectural subjects are transformed into beautiful washes of striking color and loose detail. Merv will guide you through various watercolour techniques to help you loosen up, moving from realism towards representational and abstracted form. Through exercises and demonstrations you will be able to see how flexible this medium can be; you will also learn to use the wet-in-wet technique to produce paintings that are loose and flowing but still retain control and recognizable shapes.
Come away from this workshop with new confidence as you take your watercolour painting to a whole new level.
This workshop takes place on:
Friday & Saturday June 15 & 16
10 am to 3pm with 1 hour for lunch
Cost $165.00 $150.00 OAS members
This class is geared to beginners & intermediate but is not suited to an absolute beginner
About Merv
Merv Richardson has been painting in watercolour since 1977. Merv is a member of The Canadian Society of Painters In Watercolour(CSPWC). He teaches all levels of students, and instructs at workshops throughout Ontario. Merv has served frequently as a juror for art shows, and was a juror of membership for CSPWC in 2007/2008.
“Watercolour is a wonderful, exciting medium; I like to express architectural and landscape subjects in a manner which stretches a representational viewpoint by means of a spontaneous, intuitive approach to my work”. www.mervrichardson.com
OIL with COLD WAX: CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
with Instructor Janice Mason Steeves
COLD WAX TWO:
A Workshop for Students Who Have Completed Cold Wax One
Focusing on the process of Abstraction, this Cold Wax Two Workshop will move into an easy-to-understand introduction to Colour, Value, Design, and Balance as we further develop our paintings. Much emphasis will be placed on the importance of Creative Risk (Play), Surrender and Trust in the art-making process. There will be time for discussion about the artistic process and sharing of ideas, as well as creativity exercises and positive critique of students’ work. Come with a willingness to play.
This workshop takes place on:
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday June 18, 19 & 20
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Cost $160.00 OAS members $150.00
About Janice
Janice Mason Steeves has been a painter for over twenty-five years. Graduating with an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manitoba, she held Clinical and School Psychology positions in Manitoba and Ontario before leaving the field to focus on painting. Further studies were completed at the Ontario College of Art and Design where she graduated with an Honours Diploma in Drawing and Painting and was the recipient of the Nora E. Vaughan Award. Janice exhibits her work annually in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and in the U.S. and is represented by galleries in Canada and the U.S.A. Her work is included in numerous corporate and public collections both in Canada and internationally, including among others, The Government of Ontario Art Collection; The Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, ON; CIBC World Markets, London, UK; First Gulf; Intrawest Corporation and the Senvest Collection, Montreal.
See more of Janice's work: www.janicemasonsteeves.com
A Comprehensive Approach to Landscape Painting in Oil/Acrylic
with Instructor Harold Frontz
The act of painting usually starts with an emotional response to the landscape, it can be breathtakingly beautiful, dramatic, moody or subtle and how you convey this is ultimately completed by the observer through their emotional responses to your painting.
Harold’s step-by-step methods will help you overcome many of the challenges when painting landscapes and inspire you to create strong and powerful paintings that elicit an emotional reaction from the viewer.
Harold will demonstrate daily and each session features handouts, demonstrations, and individual attention focused on each participant’s unique needs. With the interest in landscape painting, this workshop is invaluable for those interested in reproducing the varied wonders of nature.
Session one: students are introduced to traditional painting methods including drawing, composition, tonal values, color properties, and brushwork.
Session two: students receive instruction in painting the elements typically found in the landscape including trees, water, clouds, ground planes, and manmade structures.
Session three: participants are taught how to quickly identify a suitable subject, accurately sketch in the basic shapes, create a strong value pattern, choose the appropriate colors, and deftly apply the paint.
Session four: students will use the information acquired during the previous three days to develop additional paintings with assistance from the instructor. Participants may choose to paint in the studio or outside if the weather permits."
This workshop takes place over 4 days on:
Monday, June 25 to Thursday, June 28
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost $280.00 OAS members $270.00
About Harold:
Harold Frontz is a versatile painter with an aptitude for all facets of landscape, seascape and still life painting. He has been strongly influenced by artists of the Massachusetts Cape Ann School and received instruction in Plein air painting at the British Mounts Bay Art Centre in Newlyn, the birthplace of outdoor painting in England. He has travelled extensively and has painted plein air in Cornwall, England and Northern Italy.
Harold's paintings are best described as impressionistic, featuring an interesting variety of temperatures, intensities, and values. Harold uses only archival products in his works of art including professional-grade paints on oil-primed linen canvas. Harold divides his time between painting and working as a consultant in the behavioural healthcare field. He holds a Masters degree in Social Work, and a Doctorate in Counselling.
Painting Flowers that Glow in Watercolour
with Instructor Ann Fullerton
In this workshop Ann will help you teach you how to create glowing colours to help make your florals sing. You will develop your own personal style and get an understanding of the process of creating an aesthetic painting through a series of demonstrations. You will learn how to apply washes of colour and glazes to give them transparency and brilliance to enhance your work. Come, find inspiration, and reveal your painting voice as you experience this fresh and fearless approach to watercolours.
Ann makes lots of time for guidance and one-on-one coaching.
This workshop takes place on:
Sunday, June 24
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Cost $50.00 OAS members $40.00
About Ann:
Her background as an award winning art director & designer gives her work a strong sense of design, composition and understanding of colour. She began working in watercolour in the late 80's. She has taught classes since 1993 and has painted hundreds of commissioned works. Currently you can find her work on display at NuArt Framing Gallery in Mississauga and Jaggard's Gallery, in Burlington. Her work has been featured on Corporate Calendars and her editorial illustrations have appeared in publications such as Canadian Gardening Magazine. A former instructor at Sheridan College (Oakville Campus), she offers private and semi-private classes in her home studio. During the summer months she offers plein air classes in her garden.
See more of Ann’s work at www.annfullerton.com
Due to overwhelming demand we have booked Peter for a fall session
Acrylic Techniques
with Peter John Reid
Acrylics can be applied like watercolours, oils and a 101 other ways unique to acrylics. Many of these techniques will be demonstrated; you'll learn where and when you can use them and try some out for yourself.
Peter is very knowledgeable, supportive instructor, his class are jam-packed with information, inspiration, and laughs which will leave you enriched (and exhausted!). But, oh so glad you attended!! His definitive book on acrylic painting will be available for sale on the first day at the price of $35.
It is recommended that if you already own a copy, please bring it. In-class paints & mediums supplied by Tri-Art Ltd. a Canadian manufacture of finest quality artist paints.
This very popular class is limited to 8 (so sign up early) to allow lots of personal attention. Material list in Pdf
This workshop takes place at
Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre on:
Saturday & Sunday, October 20 & 21
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost $170.00 $160.00 OAS members
About Peter:
Born in Plymouth, England, raised in Toronto, and for the last twenty-some years residing in rural Grey County in the heart of Niagara Escarpment country has provided him with a wealth of inspiration. His driving force has always been a need to create, in all mediums: wood, stone, plastic, and metal, but mostly in paint.
“It is much like hunger: the longer it goes without expression, the greater the outpouring of creative energy, although results aren’t guaranteed, the results become more consistent with experience. I am getting closer to my creative visions as the years go by. My goal is to become a better painter and to never stop growing”. www.peterjohnreid.com
If you are interested in teaching a workshop please contact Mary at: :
oasclasses@hotmail.com
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