In October 2013, the Lake Country Art Gallery held it’s grand opening of the Art House, a new dedicated art workshop space. The gallery has already hosted many fabulous workshops and is looking to offer a suite of 6 signature workshops in 2014. 

These signature two day workshops will be offered every two months beginning in the spring of 2014. They will offer the community the highest calibre of art instruction available in the valley. 


Applying to Teach a LCAG Signature Workshop in 2014

DEADLINE for all materials are to be delivered to the Lake Country Art Gallery in person or by mail, no later than JANUARY 15th

Professional artists are asked to submit a one page two day workshop on a technique, approach, art form of their choice. LCAG defines a professional artist as someone who has spent more than 5 years of concentrated time and effort on their craft. 

Come and enjoy the exhilaration that painting TreeScapes provides in this 3 hour workshop! 

Saturday, February 22, 2014: 1 – 4 pm
COST: $45 plus supplies
WHERE:  Lake Country Art House

Maximum 10 participants per class
For details and to register, visit Debby's website: www.debbymerkel.com

Smart Art I
What: 2 Day workshop with artist Katharine Doyle Almas
When: Sat & Sun November 30th- Dec 1st
Where: LGAG Art House

Details: Controlling your products - focussing on the use of texture to intensify your message – giving your abstract work ‘attitude’ and power to your realism. 
Cost: $120 plus supplies

Smart Art II
What: 2 Day workshop with artist Katharine Doyle Almas
When: Sat & Sun January 4th-5th
Where: LGAG Art House

Details: Developing your vision – how to visualise what you want to say. These 10 hours will be used to paint a small (16x20) abstract with personal intent, to understand what works or not for your style and emotional content
Cost: $120 plus supplies

Smart Art III
What: 2 Day workshop with artist Katharine Doyle Almas
When: Sat & Sun January 18th-19th
Where: LGAG Art House

Details: The end result – controlling your audience – when to stop – editing out – analyzing success. How to demand attention when your personal message goes public
Cost: $120 plus supplies

Limited to 8 participants! 
Location: The Art House (an extension of the Lake Country Art Gallery), 10356 Bottom Wood Lake Rd, Lake Country, BC 
Dates: November 24, 25, 26, 2013
10:00am to 4:00pm - $300 plus model fee

This three-day figure painting workshop is a unique opportunity for students of all levels to learn the process of painting the figure in oils. We will be using a limited palette, which provides a full range of colours while maintaining colour harmony.


The course will center on the experience of painting from a live model. There will be a single, sustained pose throughout the workshop, and students will complete one painting over the course of the three days. This will allow students to explore the stages to developing a painting. We will begin by discussing comparative measuring, to get accurate proportions in the underpainting.  Then we will move to colour and concentrate on big form modeling, next we define the planes of the face and features, and finally glaze to fine-tune the details. Students will learn how to achieve a better likeness as well as how to paint convincing flesh tones and render textures like cloth and hair. 

Each day will include a painting demonstration, discussion and individual instruction at the easel. Class sizes will be kept small to maximize individual instruction. Discussions will include comparative measuring, proportion and structure of the head, stages to developing a painting, as well as form, value, edges, balance, unity, light and modeling with colour temperature.

For more information and to reserve your space please email Bev Gordon at beverleybobshe@yahoo.ca.

Limited to 10 participants!
Location: The Art House (an extension of the Lake Country Art Gallery),
10344 Bottom Wood Lake Rd, Lake Country, British-Columbia 
Dates: November 27, 28, 29, 2013
10:00am to 4:00om - $300

This new three-day portrait painting from photos workshop is designed to help students learn how to work from photographic reference while still achieving the appeal of a painting done from a live model. It would be wonderful if we could always paint from live models, but the reality is that for various reasons ranging from economic, to the desire to paint complex expressions, or children (who will never sit still long enough) most artists must work from photos to some degree.  The trick is to know how to interpret the photo and to know what information from it to use and what to omit.  To do this the artist draws on knowledge and experience gained from working with live models, and an understanding of the limitations and pitfalls of working from photos.  For best results it is suggested that students take a workshop where we paint from the live model prior to this workshop. 

We will be working with a full palette in this class, which provide the full range of colours, allowing students to paint any colour combinations they desire. This workshop will address the stages to developing a painting including underpainting, then big form modeling, defining the planes of the face and features, and finally glazing to fine-tune the details. Students will learn how to achieve a better likeness as well as how to paint convincing flesh tones and render textures like cloth and hair. 
Once registered participants will be emailed directions on how to select a good photo to work from.  Students are asked to select three photos they would like to paint, based on the guidelines, and email them to me before the class begins so I can help them select the best one.
For more information and to reserve your space please email Bev Gordon at beverleybobshe@yahoo.ca.

Darcy Nybo Leads this four-part workshop at the Lake Country Art Gallery on November 10 an 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday November 10 -  9 a.m. to noon
Grammar 101
You hated it in middle school, but you'll love this class. Don't be tense about tenses, or possessive about your nouns. Capitalize on this class and learn how to stay away from passive verbs in business writing and how to turn a negative into a positive. No more buts, just ands and ifs.

Sunday November 10 -  1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Power of Brevity
The first of two editing classes to teach students how less can be more. Most people read at a grade eight to 10 level, and writing about that level is unproductive. This hands-on session teaches how to edit those run on sentences and how to say more by saying less. Learn how to eliminate useless words and give clear understanding of what you mean. Be prepared to write!

Sunday November 17 -  9 a.m. to noon
Editing 101
Learn how to change from writer to editor mode. Basic editing marks, removing adjectives, searching for ings and lys.  Completed assignments will be discussed as a group. Also discussions on types of writing styles, focusing mostly on CP style, with some brief overview of other styles such as medical and science style guides, or other guides as per group requirement.

Sunday November 17 -  1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Postcard Short Story
Take what you've learned about grammar, editing and brevity and use it to write a postcard short story. A postcard story is 250 words or less, fits on a postcard, and can be fiction or non-fiction. Sound easy?  Think again. Your story needs a plot, a beginning, middle and end, a climax, some action and a significant change in the main character. When you are done you'll have a finely crafted story ready to submit to contests. 

Cost is $125 for all four sessions or $38 for individual classes

Classes are limited to EIGHT - and those choosing the full toolbox will be given priority.
Please choose from the drop down menu and click buy now

http://www.alwayswrite.ca/writing_classes/

Debby Merkel Studio  Presents: Let loose painting “TreeScapes”

Come and enjoy the exhilaration that painting TreeScapes provides in this 3 hour workshop! 

Saturday, November 23, 2013: 1 – 4 pm

COST: $45 plus supplies

WHERE:  Lake Country Art House

10344 Bottom Lake Road, Lake Country BC

Maximum 10 participants per class


For details and to register, visit my website: www.debbymerkel.com

November 2nd & 3rd
at the Lake Country Art Gallery ART HOUSE
A workshop sponsored by the Lake Country Art Gallery

Paintings done in a direct manner, especially by an artist with a solid understanding of painting fundamentals, have a power and freshness difficult to attain otherwise.  Modern acrylics are an ideal tool for those wishing to explore this method.  

Join artist Rick Cepella, who paints with great expressiveness in his wild landscape works, in a two day weekend course that will delve into the tools and techniques available to artists wishing a freer means of expression while honoring the traditions of solid drawing and design.  Participants will explore various acrylic mediums, painting tools and surfaces as well as the work of artists, both representational and abstract, who have excelled at this method.  Come prepared to use a lot of paint and to fill many surfaces. Some painting experience is an asset .  

Rick Cepella is a painter, art instructor and cartoonish / illustrator living in Powell River, BC. Rick has taught art to thousands of students for over 25 years at numerous art schools, public art galleries, including The Okanagan School of the Arts, Selkirk College and the Kootenay School of the Arts (now Selkirk College). He will be the Caetani Centre (Vernon) artist is residence in October.

Supplies:

Bring your customary supplies but jars of paint and medium ( as opposed to small tubes)  are recommended, as are larger brushes.  Cheap but sturdy canvas, paper or board in sizes that will challenge you are recommended.  

Acrylic medium will be provided with the course.

Please bring samples of your work and examples of artwork you admire.          

Two day workshop

$225 members

$250 for non-members - includes a new membership to LCAG

please contact the gallery to register - lakecountryartgallery@shaw.ca / 250-766-1299

Earth, sky, bark and leaves are the elements of the landscape that will be explored in this 4 week art quilting course.

This class is designed for you to explore your creative side. You will not be taught to  reproduce the class sample, but rather teach you the methods necessary for creating your own art quilt with strata and trees.

Techniques covered:
-Creating strata that allows for plenty of exploration of texture, value, perspective, and techniques
 used to create visual drama.
-Create bark with ragged edged applique and leaves with layers and cutaways.
-Expand your machine quilting horizons, using stitching to enhance your piece. See what
 straight stitches can do and and discover free motion options
- Learn fabric framing options or choose to bind and hang using traditional methods.

Class Runs Thursday Evenings from Sept 26 - Oct 24th

This class begins with a shorter introductory class on Sept 26th which will run from 6:30 to 7:30pm in which participants will be introduced to the quilting sample (27" X 18"). Fabric options and requirements, as well as supplies will also be discussed. 


Four classes Thursday night, 2 hour classes from 6:30pm - 8:30pm will run Oct 3,10,17 & 24thPrerequites: Sewing machine in good working order with a free motion foot and an adventurous
spirit.

Maximum class size = 7 participants
Fee:$85.00
Supplies not included. 

Contact Darlene Friesen to register
http://darlenefriesen.com/

What: Writing Workshop
When: Saturday, Sept 21st, 9AM to Noon
Where: ART HOUSE (next door to gallery)
Details: Writing for the Internet or the computer screen is far different than writing for print.  With award-winning writer/mentor Darcy Nybo, learn how to grab someone's attention, keep it and make them want to stay and read more about your art.  Learn the psychology behind a well-balanced page and "The 10+10 Process" of discovering your marketing/sales buzzwords and your market's corresponding emotional trigger words.  Learn how to identify your demographic, and subsequently write directly to them.  Sign up at alwayswrite.ca/writing_classes or contact Darcy at darcy@alwayswrite.ca or (250) 869-5911.
Cost: $38
Pictured: The Ventruvian Man (1490) da Vinci; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice