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$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

Watercolour Class - Eyes, Nose & Mouth

CLASS IS FULL 

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

Paint along with me for this 2 hour watercolour online Zoom class! We will go over the eyes, nose and mouth. Focusing on specific facial features is important to your overall portraiture skills. All of the class information is here for you.

                  Saturday July 17 10-12pm ET

$45 Canadian - (PayPal converts currency for you, if necessary). 

Email me for e-Transfer or personal cheque. 

nora904@yahoo.com  

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In this Zoom Online Class we will explore facial features with watercolour paints.

We'll paint together, learning about the importance of warm and cool colours, keeping shapes strong and then adding pencil for those finishing touches. 

Build the eyes, nose and mouth as you watercolour with me! 

 

Some Watercolour Painting experience is suggested.

Please be familiar with Zoom before attending.

SUPPLIES

Do not feel like you have to buy anything - bring what you have. However,

 PAPER

I'll be using - 9x12" Fluid Hot-Pressed Paper (from Above Ground/Toronto) and paint sits a bit differently on this paper. I do NOT use Arches Hot-Pressed Brand (yuck!). If you think now is the time to try hot-pressed great - but it's another element during the class. Maybe just focus on features...?

PAINT

I use Winsor & Newton and/or Holbein Tube Paints that are squeezed out and dry on my Winsor & Newton Cotman Compact Travel Set 14 pan palette. 

Yellow Ochre

Permanent Rose (Rose Madder Genuine or Aliz. Crimson)

Cad. Red

Cerulean Blue

Ultramarine Blue

Cobalt Violet

Burnt Umber

BRUSHES

Use the brushes you like and are familiar with.

I use synthetic pointy brushes sizes 6, 8 and 10. 

Loew-Cornell 7020 Ultra Round 

and

Kingart Original Gold 9020 Max Round

OTHER

6B pencil and paper towels

Questions? Just ask  - 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.

Double Check your Time Zone.

Email confirmation sent out after you Pay. 

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

Waiting Room opens at 10 minutes before the class begins.

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. 

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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  

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 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.

2 weeks today!

There are a few spots left in my upcoming portrait workshop. It's here in Toronto, in the Finch and Bathurst area. I've been busy making lots of handouts and I'll be doing demos in watercolour and gouache. I'm super excited about it. All levels and materials are welcome

Contact Adele at wgaworkshops@gmail.com if you're interested. Only $60!!

PORTRAIT WORKSHOP

Save the Date! 

I'll be teaching An Approach to Portrait here in Toronto next month. It includes demos, handouts/pdfs and your own painting time, all at an awesome price! I'm super excited about it. : )

contact Adele at wgaworkshops@gmail.com

Today's homework - the ear

With all my drawing experience, there's one thing I've been avoiding. The ear! So far I've gotten away with squiggly lines covered with enough hair as not to draw attention to it. Today I thought, while looking through some old drawing exercises from my first art teacher, Mark Thurman, that it was time to have a better understanding of the ear. I think it was time well spent. : )

Doodlewash Interview!

Charlie O'Shields, who initiated #WorldWatercolorMonth as July starting this year, has interviewed me for his blog. Super thilled about it. It was very gracious of him and I'm extremely happy with the interview! 
Link HERE at Doodlewash to read it!

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.

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!

Cawthra Art Group

I just finished teaching the wonderful Cawthra Art Group. We spent 4 weeks together covering cafe scenes, cityscapes, still life and, as you can see, Einstein portraits! It was a fantastic experience with lovely and talented artists! 

Thanks again to a warm and wonderful gang!