Rose Heart

Rose Heart is a delightful, easy to do painting and just in time for Valentine’s Day. This is our first class for 2015 and you can see this class here along with our other classes. You can also see the description and registration information for this class here. This painting is done on a black gessoedContinue reading “Rose Heart”

A Walk in the Woods: Finished

After and interesting, fun day of painting the students are ready to display their masterpieces. The fee for this class is all in – the only things that the student has to bring is their lunch, their apron (or dress for a mess), their smile and of course their creative enthusiasm. They of course mustContinue reading “A Walk in the Woods: Finished”

A Walk in the Woods: Almost Finished Stage

The students have made great progress on this painting. You can now really see the different creative approaches that each student has applied to their painting, particularly so when you look at their interpretation of the water.  

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”

Painting Magic

  I had the pleasure of doing a hands on oil painting demonstration for the Renfrew Art Guild at their monthly meeting Tuesday, November 4, 2104. The purpose of the demo was to show the use of the Bob Ross medium (liquid clear) on a black canvas and the application of transparent oil paint toContinue reading “Painting Magic”

LANDSCAPE BASICS: AN OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP

  PRESENTS LANDSCAPE BASICS: AN OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP This is a five week one day per week oil painting workshop providing instruction on the techniques for painting the elements of a landscape in oil paint. The workshop is suitable for all levels of artistic experience. DATES: Friday, October 10 to Friday, November 7, 2014 INSTRUCTOR:Continue reading “LANDSCAPE BASICS: AN OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP”

The Wolf

 THE WOLF with guest artist Marylin Bolender, CRFI, CRWI Saturday, May 10, 2014 Check out our other classes This is a really interesting painting to do with several techniques and material applications. We want you to be able to focus on the painting of the Wolf so we will have prepared the 18″ x 24″Continue reading “The Wolf”

Crocus in the Snow

CROCUS IN THE SNOW Saturday, April 26, 2014 Check out our other classes I am please to announce our first class for 2014 . Crocus in the Snow is a floral painting designed to hopefully welcome spring. These spring flowers are painted on a 12 x 16 canvas using the Bob Ross Floral Method. ThisContinue reading “Crocus in the Snow”