Art Bites Classes for February 2024
$40/Class – supplies included
AM classes: 10am – 12 pm
PM classes: 1-3 pm
Register online or at the MAC Office
About Art Bites:
Art Bites is a fun way to try out all different kinds of art mediums without investing a lot of time and money. Our instructors are welcoming and encourage everyone to ‘just have’ fun creating art. Try something you’ve always wondered about, or take a class with a friend or family member just for fun! Our classes run from Sept-Dec in the fall and Jan-Jun in the spring
Ready for more? Try our Art Gems classes and explore techniques and mediums in a more in-depth workshop setting. No experience necessary; all supplies included.
Feb 4 AM/PM – Painting with Gouache with Gordon Wilson
A relatively obscure medium known mostly to commercial illustrators, gouache is becoming more popular due to its flexibility and forgiving nature. Gouache is similar to watercolour, but it is opaque instead of transparent. This allows the artist to create a variety of results that go beyond traditional watercolour.
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About the Instructor: Gordon Wilson enjoys taking seemingly complex art styles and making them accessible and easy to learn. He has a degree in design and education and has taught in high schools for 15 years, as well as other venues. Prior to teaching Gordon was a commercial designer and illustrator for 20 years working in television, publishing, and advertising.
Feb 11 AM – Carving a Lino Block with Margie Davidson
This class will include information about printmaking as an art form and a hands-on experience of blockprinting on cloth with textile paint.
This class is now full
About the Instructor: Margie Davidson is a quilt artist and surface designer. She enjoys painting, sunprinting, and blockprinting as well as cooking up colour with natural dyes. Her award-winning quilts have been exhibited in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States.
Feb 11 PM – Dramatic Drawing with Carol Ann Owers
What is dramatic drawing, and how can a simple subject become more powerful and exciting?
In this class, Carol Ann will show you several ways to incorporate drama into a drawing. By manipulating colour, angles, exaggeration, angles, and colour, and careful use of darks and lights, you can create a mood to your piece.
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About the Instructor: Carol Ann has two passions; painting and teaching art. Her career in commercial art led Carol Ann to develop and teach two art postgraduate programs for George Brown College in Toronto. She has taught groups and private classes in various art centres and was an art instructor on cruises. Carol Ann enjoys sharing her love of art and teaches Art Bites and Art Gems classes at the MAC.
Feb 18 AM – Soft Pastel Impressions with Lucy Wallace
Learn the beauty of layering soft pastels to create rich shimmering colours in this intro to Pastels class with instructor Lucy Wallace.
This class is now full
About the Instructor: Lucy works primarily in soft pastels. She loves the feel of the medium and the luscious colours. Lucy has a BA in Studio Art (U of S). She is a Signature Member of Pastel Artists Canada, a member of Pastellistes de France, Art du Pastel en France, and holds Active Status with the FCA, and has multiple award-winning works held in permanent and private collections in Canada and abroad.
Feb 18 PM – Block Printing on Fabric with Margie Davidson
This class will include information about printmaking as an art form and a hands-on experience of blockprinting on cloth with textile paint.
This class is now full
About the Instructor: Margie Davidson is a quilt artist and surface designer. She enjoys painting, sunprinting, and blockprinting as well as cooking up colour with natural dyes. Her award-winning quilts have been exhibited in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States.
Feb 25 AM – Northern Lights Splendor with Adina Barugolo
In this class, Adina Barugolo will guide you through this mixed media collage class using brilliant acrylics and colourful ribbons of paper to recreate the glorious Northern Lights as they reflect over the water and the islands that surround us.
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About the Instructor: Born in Port Alberni, Adina graduated from Kwalikum Secondary, and furthered her art education in Venice, Italy before completing certification in Applied Arts and Interior Design at Vancouver Island University.
Most recently Adina’s reconnection to Vancouver Island, people she’s met, and friends and family have all contributed to her desire to create landscapes and memories of family and journeys which is expressed vividly in her most recent works. Adina strives to inspire others and to communicate with others how she visually perceives her world, her inspirations and her life’s journey.
Feb 25 PM – Slow Stitch with Margie Davidson
Learn how hand stitching can be a relaxing, creative, mindful art practice and how it connects to the “slow movement” culture.
This class is now full
About the Instructor: Margie Davidson is a quilt artist and surface designer. She enjoys painting, sunprinting, and blockprinting as well as cooking up colour with natural dyes. Her award-winning quilts have been exhibited in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States.
