Art Classes (Montreal and West Island)
Canadian visual artist Deirdre McCay has been giving art courses (drawing, oil, watercolour) across the Montreal area for the last 30 years. Check regularly for art workshops and updated class schedules.
Oil Painting Techniques (Introduction)
10 weeks from September 28 to November 30
Wednesdays 7-10pm
This course starts with the technical aspects of oil painting including how to buy and maintain oil painting equipment, the correct set-up procedures (such as how to make your own painting mediums and varnishes), and colour mixing theory and techniques. In the following classes, students will experiment with the ways that light (value), colour, shape and texture affect the composition and feeling of their paintings, and learn the proper way to layer oil to achieve different effects and permanent results. Subject matter will involve both realistic and non-representational elements. The teacher will demonstrate how design elements (pictorial language) are common to every style of art work. Students will be encouraged to research the painting methods of many different painters.
COST: $225.63 (materials not included)
Dollard-des-Ormeaux residents pay $208.48
Using Light to Create Drama in Your Oil Paintings NEW!
10 weeks from September 27 to November 29
Tuesdays 7-10pm
In this course we will look at the way light can be used to make simpler, more dramatic images. After viewing examples by famous artists, students will be taught how to prepare small sketches in pencil to plan light in their oil paintings. Then small monochromatic paintings ( Renaissance underpainting method) will be made from these sketches. Students will be taught how to organize images with one subject that will be based on the work of a famous artist of his/her choice. The emphasis will be on learning to use the negative space (background) to create a feeling of drama around the subject.
COST: $225.63 (materials not included)
Dollard-des-Ormeaux residents pay $208.48
Classes offered at:
Dollard Center for the Arts
12001 boul de Salaberry
Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec
H9B 2A7514-684-1010 EX : 213 for information (Barbra Sprogis)
http://centreartdollard.com/English/adult.htm
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Services Offered by Deirdre:
- Private Art Classes
- Group Art Classes
- Critiques (Private or Group)
- Portfolio Preparation Advice (for Fine Art or University Students)
- Painting or Drawing Demonstrations (for Art Societies)
- Jury Work (for Art Competitions)
- Talk/Conference Preparation for Art Societies
Course Contents:
- Drawing Instruction:
- Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- All Subjects Including: Portraiture, Figures, Landscape
- Renaissance-based Drawing Techniques (Italian and Flemish Styles):
- Gesture Studies
- Compositional Movement/Rhythm
- Cross-hatching Techniques
- Light Studies
- Painting Instruction:
- Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
- Mediums: Oil, Acrylic, Pastel
- Renaissance-Based Painting Techniques:
- Mono-Chromatic Under-painting (Italian Style Technique)
- Creation Light: Using Light/Values for Unity, Drama
- Color Theory: Color Mixing, Color Harmony (Balancing), Using
Color to Create Emotion
- Brushwork:
- Textural Use of Paint to Produce Space
- Balancing of Paint Texture
- Composition:
- Composition Theory
- Link between Composition and Psychological Reactions of Viewers
- Linear/Atmospheric Perspective:
- 1,2,3 Point Perspective Theory
- Perspective + Creation of Pictorial Space
- Art Therapy Techniques
- Colour: How it Creates Emotion
- Gesture, Lines, Forms: Creating Different Psychological States
- Self-Discovery through image creation
- Dance and Image Production: Using Movement to Work Through Obstacles to Creativity
Rates:
Private Classes: Deirdre McCay’s studio: $60.00 per hour
Lessons at your home or studio: $60.00 per hour + travel time (2 hours minimum)
Group Lessons and other services: depends on location, duration and number of students. Contact us for more details.
