Lunenburg Art Gallery
2010 Workshops

Mary Ann Archibald - Oil or medium of your choice

March 11, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm (one half-hour for lunch- bring your own)

Subject - PORTRAITURE

Mary Ann is a professional painter of portraits who has studied in the studio of Daniel Greene (with Wende Caporale) in New York and Roberts Howard in Massachusetts. She has valuable and interesting information about this genre which she is willing to share with us as a donation to the art gallery. Mary Ann's work can be seen at www.maryann.ca

She will start with a short lecture and then get right into a 45 minute demo, using a limited earth palette and painting in oil. The limited palette will consist of ivory black, zinc white, raw umber, cadmium red (or vermillion), yellow ochre, and Indian red.

We will work from a live model using a tonalist approach. Participants will bring easels, palettes(medium of your choice), mahl stick, dental floss and an old house key.

The fee for this intensive workshop is $25. It is open to all levels.

This workshop is limited to twelve participants. You can assure your spot by sending the $25 fee to Ruth L. Flower, PO Box 475, Lunenburg, NS BOJ 2CO. Please make your cheque payable to the Lunenburg Art Gallery, with a notation Archibald portrait workshop.

Eliza Schurman - Water based paints of any variety

April 17, 9 am - 4 pm (hour lunch break)

Subject - "Focus on the Big Picture"

Eliza is known to most of us. She is an enthusiastic and well informed teacher. Her works are vibrant and follow no set pattern as she constantly tries something new. She is at home in most mediums and subject matter.

This workshop will focus on art Elements and Principles that bring paintings together. The elements in painting are your tools, i.e. colour, texture, values. The principles are used to organize and apply the elements.

Enjoy the fun of working together and developing a process that will make your paintings sing. Bring one or two paintings on which you would like some feedback.

Open to beginners and advanced students alike.

The fee for this workshop is $40. We would like a non-refundable deposit by March 15 to be sent to the Lunenburg Art Gallery, with a notation "deposit for E. Schurman workshop".

Alvaro Castagnet - Watercolour

August 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Internationally acclaimed watercolour artist Alvaro Castagnet is a man of boundless energy and enthusiasm. His passion for art is infectious. His demonstrations are quite breathtaking and his ability to impart his knowledge and pass on his skill is great. Alvaro has an impressionistic approach to painting and utilizes dramatic light and colour to create mood and mystery. We will learn how to simplify our paintings with a loose and free style that borders abstraction.

Alvaro is the author of WATERCOLOR PAINTING WITH PASSION and the DVD, INSPIRED WATERCOLOR. He has won numerous awards world-wide and has conducted workshops throughout Europe, Australia and the Americas. His work has been featured in International Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic, and the Artists Magazine, in addition to a number of art magazines in Australia. His website www.alvarocastagnet.net displays examples of his work.

Alvaro is coming here from Uruguay, via Maine. The fee for this five day workshop is $450. Due to limited space we require a NON-REFUNDABLE deposit of $100 by August 3l, 2009 (non post dated cheque). This will ensure you a place in this popular artist's workshop. The remaining $350 will be due in June 2010. In case of workshop cancellation, your money will be returned to you.
Please contact Ruth Flower - 902-634-3536.

THIS WORKSHOP IS FILLED

David Lacey - Acrylic (Plein Air)

September 18 and 19

David is a very successful artist and produces a large body of work. He lives in Hall's Harbour and is inspired by his surroundings, but also paints in southern France where he teaches popular workshops. He is widely collected. His web site is: www.davidlaceygallery.com.

He is presently painting in acrylic although he has used other mediums successfully.His work is distinguished by vibrant colour and a glow that comes from his acute sense of and use of light and contrast. His style is painterly and impressionistic.

He likes to start early, 8 - 8:30 am and go to about 3 pm. He expects people to work hard and leave happy!

This workshop is limited to 15 participants. The fee for the two days is $150. We require a non-refundable deposit of $50 by August l5th. In case of cancellation, your deposit will be refunded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE 2010 WORKSHOPS PLEASE CONTACT Ruth Flower 902 634 3536 or ruthlflower@eastlink.ca

2011 Workshops

Oil/Acrylic Workshop

The Lunenburg Art Gallery is very excited about an upcoming workshop in September 2011, with David Lussier.  Among his many credentials is his membership in the National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters (USA).  For those who do not know of him and wish to learn more, visit his website at www.davidlussiergallery.com Also, in the July/August  issue of American Artist,  you will find a seven page article featuring his work.

We will send more information at a later date, but for some of you, we know you are planning for 2011 already, and we wanted to let you know that this workshop will be available. For more information, or to indicate an interest (space will be limited to twelve), please contact:

Colleen Galloway at colgal@eastlink.ca
or
Ruth Flower at ruthlflower@eastlink.ca