2012 Blank Canvas Gallery and Education Center
Workshop Schedule
June 15
Photography for Artists
Instructor: Cal Rice
Times: 10:00 AM—3:00 PM Class Size: 16 Maximum
Location: Northwoods Bank
1200 East First Street
Park Rapids
Cost: $25— Sponsored in part by Region 2 Arts Council
(Discounts DO NOT apply)
Description: In this workshop you will learn to photograph both two and three dimensional art. These skills can be used to document your art for brochures, shows, and inventory. (See website - www.blankcanvasgallery.org - for materials list.)
June 19, 20, and 21
Painting Crystal
Instructor: June Young
Times: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
Class Size: 18 Maximum
Location: Century Middle School
501 Helten Avenue
Park Rapids, MN
Cost: $185— (Member and sponsor discounts apply)
Description: In this workshop you will learn to use the process of glazing to produce a realistic watercolor painting of cut glass crystal. You will use the subtle nuances of color and light to make a painting come alive and achieve luminosity of color.
(See website - www.blankcanvasgallery.org - for materials list.)
July 10 and 11
Drawing for Artists
Instructor: Janet Flom
Times: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM Class Size: 18 Maximum
Location: Century Middle School
501 Helten Avenue
Park Rapids, MN
Cost: $100—(Member and sponsor discounts apply)
Description: Artists are assumed to know how to draw, and while this is basically true, how one draws depends on the intended purpose. Drawing -- the ability to make the right mark in the right place at the right time -- is a set of skills which serves us throughout the painting process. Drawing for Artists will focus on how best to use drawing styles and mediums in furtherance of objectives. Preparation for this class should include a good comfort level with one’s individual medium and goals. Instructor will use lecture, demonstration and exercises to explore how to use drawing to improve artistic endeavors.
(Materials list will be provided approximately one month before class.)
July 24, 25, and 26
Drawing from Your Point of View
Instructor: Janine Merrick
Times: 1:00 PM—4:00 PM
Class Size: 15 Maximum
Location: Century Middle School
501 Helten Avenue
Park Rapids, MN
Cost: $90— (Member and sponsor discounts apply)
Description: In this workshop you will learn how to use the principles of perspective correctly in drawing and painting. You will learn how to utilize 1 point, 2 point, and 3 point perspective. (See website - www.blankcanvasgallery.org - for materials list.)
August 11 and 18
Stained Glass
Instructors: Jon and Lucy Norman
Times: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Class Size: 6 Maximum
Location: The Lightbenders Glass Studio
24557 Walden Road
Rochert, MN
Cost: $75 (Discounts DO NOT apply)
Description: This is an introductory workshop. In this workshop you will learn to cut, grind and foil glass to build a beginner’s panel of 15 pieces or less with a maximum size of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. You will also learn to solder, patina and clean up your panel. (See website - www.blankcanvasgallery.org - for materials list.)
August 14 and 15
Making Value Work
Instructor: Janet Flom
Times: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Class Size: 18 Maximum
Location: Northwoods Bank
1200 East First Street
Park Rapids
Cost: $100—(Member and sponsor discounts apply)
Description: It has been said that effective use of values is one of the most important tools for improving painting. Many artists can see and reproduce values to their satisfaction. But there is more to using this tool. Are we using value as an effective tool in designing and completing a painting, whether realistic or abstracted, or nonobjective? This class will focus on seeing, reproducing and using value as more than just a way to make objects look three dimensional in our two-dimensional painting media. Instructor will use lecture, demonstration and exercises to explore using value in painting. In advance of class, students should prepare and bring to class value scales using 3 separate colors in their chosen paint materials (lightest, darkest and a medium).
(Materials list will be provided approximately one month before class.)
September 14, 15, and 16
Power Carving a Pair of Baltimore Orioles
Instructor: Don Balfour
Times: Friday 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Class Size: 8 Maximum
Location: 23904 Vacation Lane
Rochert, MN
Cost: $100— Plus Materials Fee (Member and sponsor discounts apply)
Description: In this workshop you will be guided through power carving a 4” male with spread wings and a female perched with a clip. Materials fee $30.
(See website - www.blankcanvasgallery.org - for materials list.)
