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
October 20
Hummingbird at Mom’s Bougainvillea
watercolour, 12 x 4.5 inches
My lovely mom and I were not the only ones who appreciated this beautiful bougainvillea vine; this little hummingbird wanted to join the club.
A bit of masking fluid, a bit of skewer engraving, a touch of colour charging, and lots of layering are some of the techniques we will explore as we work with this cheery, not-ready-for-fall, scene.
November 3 – This class is FULL
November 10 – with a minimum of 5 students
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
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.