painting eggs

Now when I told the seniors they were painting eggs they probably didn't think that this was how they would do it, remarkably they turned out pretty well.

TIME TO PAINT

THIS WAS THE LAST WEEK OF THE ARTIST PLAYGROUND HOME SCHOOL ART PROGRAM. WE HAD A FANTASTIC YEAR OF ART CREATION. OUR LAST FEW WEEKS WE CONCENTRATED ON 3D ARTWORK THAT INCLUDED FABRIC COLLAGE, CLAY SCULPTURE, MASK MAKING, TISSUE FLOWERS, TYEDYE TSHIRTS AND MOSAICS. THIS IS MY TYE DYE VERSION

Caricatures with Kelli

Kelli Gannon hosted the Airdrie Artist Guild Demo Night on April 14th, Here I am with his renditions of Me!

Fireweed

I was teaching the seniors to paint mountains and decided to finish my own version, seems I never finish any of the paintings I demo, so this is a first. You can see their versions at myhomeschool art site in the Prince of peace members pages.

Didsbury Memorial Complex Expo

Didsbury 25th art, travel and trade expo
April 10th and 11th sat 9-6 and sunday 12-5
Two reasons to come out, I'll See you there & Jennifer Jones and her losing curling team will be here too For more info visit www.didsburychamber.ca

Speaker Night with Michelle Grant

On Tuesday I had Michelle Grant of Calgary come out to talk to us (The Federation of Canadian Artists - Calgary) about drawing the skeletal proportions of the horse to prepare for the painting. Thanks Michelle. This is great for preparation for paintings for the Calgary Stampede!

The Critique

Recently we had a critique with Jean Geddes. Here she is examining my artwork and commenting on all the artists artwork who came out for the Federation of Canadian Artists critique with Jean Geddes Workshop

thinking of you sandra

Whilst my friend Sandra from elementary school is in the hospitalI painted a thinking of your card just for her.

The Karin Jurick Painting before the artsy style took over!!

portrait for the Karin Jurick paintings challenge

karin jurick portrait challenge

The portrait challenge for Karin Jurick

I love secrets and this was a secret project where the artists submitted their own renderings of Karin Jurick
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5CYNe50os

Inukshuk

Ok Something else a little different from me, maybe in the new year I will get back to painting in My own style. This is for my Christmas Card MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Karin Jurick portrait challenge

This was the latest challenge from Karin Jurick. In early December she sent artists a photo of another participant, I don't know who the lady is but I was pretty excited about doing the challenge and actually completed her in 2 days, then made a few minor adjustments but then I had to repaint it after scrubbing it off. Hmm, Let well enough alone...

Paintings of the Totems in Airdrie

A Gift for the mayor of our sister city Gwacheon in Korea.

Vote so Aviva insurance pays for our seniors art program

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf1160

Senior Art Enrichment | Aviva Community Fund
Source: www.avivacommunityfund.org
"Painting sees no age or gender, and speaks to every language found on earth."- anonymous

"Seniors make up the fastest growing age group in Canada." We must help by encouraging healthy and active lifestyles, to promote mental and physical well-being, to encourage sociability and to engage in an atmosphere of creativity and learning.

An art enrichment program designed to enrich the livelihood of the seniors in our community strives to offer satisfaction.To experience the pleasure of painting, to satisfy their creative spirit , to develop a sense of self appreciation and to find value and accomplishment in their work of art.

Art is possible for all people. Programs are also designed to motivate individuals who have physical challenges associated with aging and the constraints of health issues. Whether it is a hearing disability, Hodgkin’s, dementia or the entire realm of age related suffering, It is therapeutic to every individual who is involved in the art creation process. Persons confined to wheel chairs and other devices will be able to participate in this cognitive approach to learning. Individuals who have had a stroke can introduce the skill of painting to relearn. Painting is a way of expression and freedom. Its rewards go beyond the physical nature of the process. Let us give a program the seniors will benefit from, each in their own way.

Footnotes 1. anonymous quote - L.Rossin webpages. 2. Seniors make up the fastest-growing age group. Statistics Canada. Estimates of Population, Canada, the Provinces and Territories (Persons). CANSIM Table no. 051-0001. Ottawa.

The same mountain view from Canmore painted in 2 different mediums

I used the same photo to do both workshops I have not completed either of them but here they are.

Workshop with Doug Swinton

This weekend I attended another workshop. This one was oils with Doug Swinton. I like his strategy - SIMPLIFY. By painting with the biggest brush you have and by finding the correct value the colour is yours to see. I probably will not use this approach to many of my paintings but I do enjoy watching him as he pounds out a big 24 X 30 painting in 45 minutes. I realize I like to watch others paint as much as I like painting!
Here are pictures from the workshop.

Art Workshop in Cochrane, Alberta

Well I attended the workshop with Marilyn Kinsella Watercolourist She sure has become proficient with her skills. I must say I was impressed with the way she moved the colour onto the paper and could delicately conjure up the rocky mountains with out even using a photo. She said - I have painted them thousands of times from every angle. And she was so very good. Here is a simple painting I worked on.

Artists view of the hoar frost on a tree

This is part of my fair weather series. I thought I would post a cold tree as this is how it is feeling out there at this time of the year. It is a 12 X 12 painting so part of the left side is missing in the view.