Category Archives: The Break

Featured Artist part 2

I love painting the sea. There can be so much action and to capture that in a painting is like freezing one moment in time. The challenge in painting seascapes is always to capture that moment and still convey the action of the sea. Standing on a beach anywhere you soon realize that the seaContinue reading “Featured Artist part 2”

A Walk in the Woods: Early Stage

Even though this is a step-by-step painting with each step fully explained and demonstrated each student has the ability to exercise their creativity and make the painting their own. You will see this happening in the various stages as they each progress and learn the process of colour mixing, along with the correct handling andContinue reading “A Walk in the Woods: Early Stage”

A Walk in the Woods

This painting was selected as our November landscape class for several reasons. First off it is a great fall scene and as such makes a nice wrap-up class for our 2014 painting classes. I picked this painting deliberately to showcase the very first PBS TV program that Bob Ross did. For years his first yearContinue reading “A Walk in the Woods”

Battle of the Canvas

The Renfrew Art Guild held their first Battle of the Canvas paint-off in conjunction with the Art in the Park art show and sale. Ten competitors were group into 2 groups painting both Saturday and Sunday. Each artist was required to paint a 16 x 20 pre-stretched canvas in twenty minutes. They could paint anyContinue reading “Battle of the Canvas”

Golden Product Information Workshop

Andrea Warren, the representative for Golden Paint, is giving a 2 1/2 hour demonstration of the Golden line of products. Yes, she is coming to Carleton Place!!! Packed with information and techniques on Golden products you will get to take home info packages and sampler products. The last half hour will be a question andContinue reading “Golden Product Information Workshop”