Tuesday Painting Workshops
With Artist Rachel Harbour: 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Artist & Instructor Rachel Harbour introduces several different painting techniques in an in-class setting. Beginners welcome! Registration & payment required in advance.
Each 3-hour workshop, led by Rachel Harbour, includes all materials for only $40.00
Register at gallery@bellevillelibrary.ca or call 613-968-6731 x2040
November 10
Poppies, Like Monet
acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
November and poppies are, for many of us, inextricably linked. Let’s begin this month looking at these beautiful flowers in the landscape, as inspired by Claude Monet. When he was in his 30’s, Monet and his young family were living in Argenteuil, a Paris suburb. In 1873, he painted his family out for a country walk in “The Poppy Field near Argenteuil,” which we will use as our inspiration to create our own version of a child wandering through a simple, sunny field.
November 17 – This class is FULL
November 24
Poppies, Close-Up
watercolour on paper, 7 x 10 inches
Zooming in on our poppy field, in this workshop we will use a simple watercolour palette to create a close up of these striking flowers. We will prime our paper with a glowing lemon yellow and then build out our composition with complementary reds and greens to capture the liveliness of this iconic bloom.
December 1 – This class is FULL
December 8 – limited space left!
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
A Visit with Manly MacDonald
acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
Manly MacDonald, Canadian artist born in Point Anne, has been referred to as the “Interpreter of Old Ontario” as he captured scenes of rural life in this province that now exist only in memory. Like many landscape painters working in an impressionistic style, MacDonald painted outside even in the coldest months of the year, and in this workshop, we will celebrate that approach by use of large brushes, palette knives and lots of thick paint to create a snowy, Manly MacDonald inspired, farmhouse scene.