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MARCH/APRIL  2010:     New class series just  posted!

 

 

 

Thinking about summer and skies, longing for colour and warmth?

 

 

VACATION PAINTING

The next best thing to being there

Are you yearning to revisit a special place drenched with sun and sand?
Or is there a region that you have always wanted to visit?
A sunset that you savour?
After all the winter monochrome
Are you craving lots of colour?

Working in oil or acrylic, you will learn to translate your travel inspirations onto canvas. Jan will share her knowledge of how to use reference photographs to create fresh, spontaneous paintings saturated with colour and life.


DATE/TIME

Mondays:

March 22, 29, April 5

6:30~8:30PM

OR

Tuesdays:
 March 23, 30, April 6
6:30~8:30PM

$65

Participants are responsible for their own materials and a list is provided upon registration. Students can use the instructor's acrylic paints only for $20.

To register: jan@janyates.com
All classes are held in Grimsby, ON

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SMALL WONDERS                                           

oil or acrylic

Don't have time to paint a large masterpiece but in need of a creative ‘fix'?  No worries at all-go SMALL!

You will paint on canvas sized 6x6inches to 8x10inches. This is an opportunity to experiment with concept, colour and composition. It is also a good starting point to work out ideas for a larger painting. Values, brushwork and application will be addressed and you will complete some wonderful small paintings! A materials list is provided upon registration

DATES/TIME:

MONDAYS, MARCH 15, 22, 29
3:30~5:30PM

$65

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Sky + Land                                  Oil or Acrylic

In this series, we will look at the significance of sky and land for a balanced and dynamic composition. Whether as a backdrop to build on, or for their own remarkable beauty, you will learn to render sky+land by utilizing values, colour relationships and brushwork.

Participants supply their own materials. A list is provided upon registration. Instructor will charge $20 for the use of her acrylic paints only.

 

DATES/TIME:

Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6

3:30PM~5:30PM

$65

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 Encaustic Painting

 

 

Ancient and intriguing, this method of painting originated in Greece, where it was used for the earliest easel and mural painting. A heady combination of colour, melting wax and heat, encaustic mixes dry and oil pigments in hot beeswax.
Jan will demonstrate techniques including: fusion-'burning in', preparation of supports and grounds, glazing, layering and scraping, build up and texture, line and edge, collage and image transfer. Participants will explore these methods hands on with the expert guidance of the instructor. This workshop is enjoyable for those with no previous art-making experience as well as returning artists who want to further explore this alluring and tactile medium.

 

DATES / TIMES

SATURDAY, MARCH 27 

 

 

  HALF DAY:


10:30AM~1:30PM
$45 *
A $25 material fee for wood supports, beeswax and pigment is payable to the instructor


PARTICIPANT PROVIDES:
Materials for collage (fabric, paper, glass, stones, shells. etc.)
OPTIONAL
oil pastels/ oil bar/sticks

FULL DAY:


10:30AM~4:30PM
$65
*A $35 material fee for wood supports, beeswax and pigment is payable to the instructor


PLEASE BRING A LUNCH

PARTICIPANT PROVIDES:
Materials for collage (fabric, paper, glass, stones, shells. etc.)
OPTIONAL
oil pastels/ oil bar/sticks

classes held in Grimsby, Ontario

 

 

*ENCAUSTIC PAINTING MEDIUM FOR SALE

 

PURE, REFINED, UNBLEACHED BEESWAY MIXED WITH DAMAR RESIN.

USE NATURAL, OR FOR GLAZING AND IMPASTO,  ADD COLOURED PIGMENTS

$18 LB

 

 

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OPEN STUDIO

 

Guidance and instruction in your subject and media of choice

All levels are welcome

Ongoing Mondays and Tuesdays,

6:30~8:30PM

$65 for a series of three, two hour sessions.

 

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  Do you own a cottage or vacation home?

 

 

  Would you like to own an original painting?

                                

~Jan is now offering Arts for Patronage~

  Own original art in exchange for letting the artist spend time in your vacation home. Yates is also interested in Artists' studio exchange in Canada and Europe. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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