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FASM Art Workshops
"I got some valuable ‘take aways’, had lots of time to paint, met other painters, and got to chat with them and see their work. Those are the reasons I go to workshops. All those things enrich my art and my life." (Carolyn Hassard, January 2024 Workshop)
There will be an Art Workshop every month from January until the end of June for each calendar year, with specific details for each one found in the listing below. All Workshops will be held on a Sunday, from 10 am to 3 pm, in The Tim Horton Studio at FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton, at 1010 Main Street East.
Details for each Workshop are listed below, including information about each Instructor, the materials list, and more.
Please complete the Registration Form for each Workshop to make sure that you reserve a spot. If you wish to pay for more than one Workshop at once, please include a message that states which workshops (Jan, Feb, Mar, etc.).
Fee: Members: $100; Non-Members: $120
Registration Form
Methods of Payment:
1) by E-transfer: Send to payments@fasm.ca; please note which Workshop(s) it is for in the Message, and send at least one week before the Workshop date.
2) by Cheque: Payable to The Fine Arts Society of Milton; please indicate which Workshop(s) it is for on the message line; mail to 820 Childs Drive, Milton, ON L9T 4J2 - be sure it arrives one week before the Workshop date to ensure your payment is received in time.
*Note: Please send an email to Barb Tate (tateb2@sympatico.ca) so that she can add you to the roster for each Workshop.
Questions? Please send an email to Barb Tate (tateb2@sympatico.ca) with all of your inquiries.
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October Workshop: Palette Knife Landscape Painting (in oils), with Maria Iva
October 27th: Palette Knife Landscape painting (in oils), with Maria Iva
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Tim Horton Studio, FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton
Fee: Members: $100; Non-Members: $120
Workshop Description:
Palette knife is one of the most rewarding techniques that produces loose, eye-catching impressionistic paintings with a lot of texture. This one-day workshop will help you to become more comfortable using palette knife. It will help you to become more expressive and carefree with your painting which will bring freshness to your work. It will inspire you to explore the textures of palette-knife work as you add another dimension to your oil painting repertoire. Participants will receive step by step guidance with a lot of individual attention. The workshop is open to all levels although artists with at least some basic painting experience will benefit the most.
Materials List:
1) 2 Palette Knives (with blades 3 cm and 4.5 cm long)
2) Stretched Canvas or Canvas Board -sizes: 11”x14”, 12”x16”, or 16”x20” (for faster painters)
3) Easel
4) Palette
5) Sketchbook
6) Pencil
7) Eraser
8) Paper Towels
9) Baby Wipes
10) Trash Bag
11) Paints: Basic Palette of Colours (titanium white, cool and warm cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, red (Permanent Red or Cadmium Red or Alizarin Crimson), burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, turquois green, purple)
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January 2025 Workshop: Mastering Winter in Watercolour, with Bonnie Steinberg
January 19th: Mastering Winter in Watercolour, with Bonnie Steinberg
Sample Artwork
Award Winning Painting: "Waiting for Spring" (Watercolour and Gouache)
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2025
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Tim Horton Studio, FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton
Fee: Members: $100; Non-Members: $120
Workshop Description:
This watercolour workshop, with Bonnie Steinberg, will focus on transparent watercolour, with an emphasis on design, colour, and composition. Bonnie will use various techniques to interpret a winter landscape, including urban elements with panache! If you love colour, and want to impart its potential in winter, then this workshop is for you. Atmospheric and linear perspective will be emphasized to further its exploration. Snow, being a key feature, will also be explored for maximum results. Various techniques, new and proven, will be explored for further emphasis. A hands-on approach with demos will be sure to please!
Materials List: (NOTE: a more specific list of colours will be released closer to the date)
1) Paper: good quality 100% rag paper 140 lb and/or 300 lb (hot) smooth and cold press board if paper is in sheets, and if not, blocks are suggested
2) Brushes:
· Suggested sizes:
2" Robert Simmons white-sable-skyflow wash(*optional)
1" flat gold sable-clear hand, beveled end
#5 and #8 round gold sable
#3 or #4 rigger
#16 (½" x ½") flat gold sable(THIS IS A LIFTING BRUSH…(OPTIONAL ONLY)available from Studio Six online)
2" hake
3) A Palette (Robert E Woods or John Pike or equivalent) – scrub each paint compartment (not mixing areas) with an SOS pad to rough up the surface so that the paint will stick
4) Paints: (artist grade will give you richer colour)
· Essential minimum palette (permanent rose, cobalt blue, and aureilin yellow)
· 2 yellows, 2 reds, 2 blues
Beginners : only the three primary colours,as listed above, are essential to begin your painting class.
Please note: for more seasoned painters:
Students are always invited to bring the colours that they always use, or especially want to learn to use.
Please choose from the following colours - most painters will have most or at least some of these, so do not buy all of them, and read carefully, please. Most of these are colours I love to use, but I have marked those that are essential. Specific colours will be sent out for the specific subject with before the workshop.
• Permanent yellow lemon(holbein) or Hansa yellow medium or Light Aureolin yellow (essential)
• Raw sienna
• Opera (any brand)
• Scarlet lake
• Burnt sienna or Transparent red oxide
• Manganese blue hue
• Permanent rose (essential)
• Cerulean blue
• Cobalt blue (essential)
• Winsor blue (red shade)
• Winsor red (or green shade)
• French ultramarine blue
• Alizarin crimson (permanent)
• New gamboge or Indian yellow
• Viridian green
• Quinacridone gold
OPTIONAL Colours:
• Prussian blue
• Bright rose(holbein)
• Bright violet(holbein)
• (optional) transparent oxide red…(a transparent form of burnt sienna) m. Graham at curries or daniel smith, or qor all at curries carry this colour if you like it…!
• Quinacridone coral (optional) daniel smith makes this
New for spring 2024:
lavender and lilac are also new optional colours that will Be introduced in classes! They are not essential only optional.
5) Other Materials: 2 plastic containers (500 ml) Eraser Masking fluid eraser for liquid mask(suggested) Tissues (Kleenex) a box is great!~ HB or 6B pencils Masking tape and masking fluid Small natural silk sponge(Curry’s has these or so does Shopper’s Drug mart) Sketch book Ruler or set square for drawing
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