Closed at present - I am teaching my students online until September.

This wonderful facility with room, storage, and great lighting.  Students explore abstract, expressionist and realism artists, working in acrylics or oils.  We have introduced Drawing Classes to enhance the student's skills and understanding. We are experimenting with layers using mediums, tissue and found textures such as fabric, paper or plastic.

Lebovic Campus
9600 Bathurst Street [North of Rutherford Rd]
Vaughan ON L6A 3Z8 | 905-303-1821

web page - Schwartz Reisman Centre

Winter 2020

Painting & Drawing Development:
Taking you to the next level


Tuesdays - 10 am - 3:30 pm
January 07 -March 24
10:00am - 3:30pm
No class March 17
  Instructor: Jacqueline Crawley
artinstructor.net is the teacher’s school website
 
Welcome Drawing and Painting students. Both disciplines will be offered in this class.
  • Drawing exercises are offered to learn technique and understand the principles of draftsmanship. Demos and instruction are offered. Drawing skill is used to make the art readable and develop ideas. Drawing for its own end is an art form.
  • Painting is ongoing through a mentorship approach. Each student is treated as an individual - their level and medium are supported to develop student’s growth. Students are encouraged to move from drawing to painting as they wish.

 The instructor, Jacqueline Crawley, has a fine art degree from the University of Guelph, worked as an Editorial Illustrator, Architectural Draftsman and has taught art for over 14 years.  Her own work is displayed at jacquelinecrawley.com.
 
Instruction is available on most topics, styles and mediums.  Challenges, where the instructor will set a task that encourages growth in an area such as Values or Texture are available.   Demos and help with techniques like palette knife, composition or colour use are given whenever there is a need.  Students with their own ideas and those who wish to experiment are welcome to use the instructor as a sounding block, critical assessment or mentor-ship.  This class thrives on diversity.

Materials - Drawing & Painting

Drawing*
Charcoal sticks or pencils HB - 4B
White Chalk or Conte
Kneaded Eraser - large
Craft paper – 18x24 approx pad size
String – 24 in long
Stomp – any size - med to large recommended
Wallpaper tape – optional for sharp edges and trim
* as class progresses other materials will be suggested.
Painting
Oil or Acrylic – best quality is always preferred. NOTE: Oils come in regular, alkyd and water soluble – all can be used together and have their own mediums. This can be discussed in class.
Mediums
  • Oil – gel or paste
  • Acrylic – Heavy Body Gel [matt/Gloss] and Fluid Body Polymer
Colours
  • Primaries – Cyan, Magenta & Primary Yellow
  • Any colour you want including Metallics or Interference
  • Whites [transparent: Zinc & opaque: Titanium]
  • Blacks [transparent: Bone & opaque: Carbon/Mars]
  • Neutrals/Earth colours – Ocher/Sienna, Raw Umber
Cloth Rags – best for cleanup for brushes and knives and spills.  Paper isn’t the best. Look for old towels or heavy T fabric. 2ft sq is a good size. Smaller rags are used for hands and paint.
String – 24" long for perspectives
Brushes - This can be discussed in class at the beginning of the session.
All shapes [Bright also available in angled, Flat, Filbert, Round] buy large, medium & small sizes
  • Nylon – crisp lines and control – stiff bristles recommended
  • Bristle – softer edges
Painting Knives – medium to large sizes in any shapes – fine pie shape is used for mixing paint as well.

Student work WIP - Spring 2019

 Examples of student work in 2016-8