Saturday November 30th Abstract Landscapes (full)

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We will start by choosing the main colour theme of your piece and mix acrylics for your 'underpainting'

Landscapes are all about depth and texture

By letting the spatula drag the colours across your board, you get very natural blending. It's addictively fun and effective

You might want some bits of flowers, or metallic foiled leaf detail, a small critter or...

We'll finish by adding a layer of coloured epoxy which will enhance the depth of colour and add a beautiful lustre

You'll be surprised how easy it is to create an enchanting masterpiece

I use holographic foils to create the base for the sky paintings. The depth you achieve is like no other medium. It's the closest thing to deep space that you can come to in the human world

Starting with the holographic foils, we'll add a sprinkle of stars, neon swirls of colour and a dusting of magic

Epoxy can be tinted to any depth of colour.  When it's all mixed together, you can stand back and watch the amazing transformation as it blends in its own cosmic way 

You will learn so many amazing things about the medium of epoxy: how to tint it, what products to use and where to get them as well as new artistic ways to use it in combination with traditional mediums such as acrylics, raw pigments and alcohol inks

 Classes are small and take place in my studio/gallery in Carleton place. It's a wonderful, large and sunny space where we don't have to worry about making a mess! 

This is a one day class from 10 am until 4 pm

All materials provided including your 18" x 24" gallery profile wood board. Bring a lunch and comfy work clothes. 

$275 + tx

For more information, directions or to secure your spot, please contact me here:

We will work on an 18"x 24" Gallery profile wood boarding you'll have the choice of an abstract theme or a landscape one.

First we start with some acrylic underpainting, to set the tone and shape of the painting. Then we design our 'garden' with metallic foils

Epoxy can be tinted to any depth of colour.  When combined with the brilliance of metallic foils, the depth of colour is unparalleled 

You will learn so many amazing things about the medium of epoxy. How to tint it and what specific products to use. You will come away with loads of ideas about how to use it in new artistic ways and in combination with traditional mediums such as acrylics

 Classes are small and take place in my studio/gallery in Carleton place. Its a wonderful, large and sunny space where we don't have to worry about making a mess! 

This is a one day class from 10 am until 4 pm.

All materials provided you just

bring a lunch and comfy work clothes. 

$275+tx 

For more information, directions and to secure your spot, please contact me here: 

One of my favourite things to teach because I loved learning it at Ontario College of Art. I accidentally ended up having to take an entire year of colour theory and have never looked back

Knowing how to translate all the colours that are in your head onto the physical plane is very liberating, and essential! We will use this knowledge to make the happiest rainbow of colours with our epoxy

I have been experimenting and excelling in this medium for many years and I am so excited to share everything that I know.

All that we learn in this class can carry over to many other mediums

We will also learn all about the wonderful world metallic foils. Rummage through my vast supply of intensely bright and shiny foils which are brilliant (literally) as an entire background layer or as finely applied detail

My goal as an artist is to always feel free to play and experiment. Everyone will have a different recipe for success. Included in mine are these ingredients: knowledge of materials, wide open space and the freedom from expectations and boundaries

Come on your own or bring a friend(s) All materials provided, you just bring a lunch and comfy paint clothes/shoes

We will work on a couple of smaller wood boards in a number of techniques

$275 +tx

Contact me to discuss securing your spot

The epoxy takes anywhere from 3 to 24 hours to cure or to be ready for foiling. So in order to achieve a special depth of colour and texture we would need about 3 separate half days add multiple layers of flowers, grasses and colour. 

This is a fun experimental stage that includes acrylic underpainting, setting the tone and layout of the painting. We then work with epoxy and foils along with other medium to create dynamic, natural textures as a base

This stage takes place over several days, as each layer cures we add metallic foils, more colour, more flowers and grass

Mid-week dates are available upon request

any day of the week except Wednesday

You can also get your own group together, and then we can discuss possible dates

Weekends, or combinations of both are also available.

Let me know if you have some dates in mind 

This class is about what you want, it's a one on one so you'll have my undivided attention. All materials included, you just bring the board you want to work on, any size/shape. Start looking around the house for that special blank space and let's make something really cool.

$500+tx