NEW MODEL - 3 session workshop
Fri. May 1 - Online via Zoom 6:30-8:30 PM
Sat. May 2nd and Sun. May 3rd - in Person at Recreation and Arts Centre 10:00 AM-3:00 PM.
Cost:
Members - $225.00
Non-Members - $245.00
Registration Opens July, 2025
and closes April 25th, 2026
Class size limited to 12
In this workshop, let’s have a bit of fun in discussion, painting and exploring creative process, to find our own way! With the many lessons we have learned along the way and our tool-box of painting fundamentals, sometimes it is difficult to “let go” and just enjoy the creative process!
Although there is always something more to learn, we should not be driven to slavishly copy or reflect someone else's style or technique. How about your painting, your energy, your style, your way! How do we get there in our painting journey?
Ideas for our paintings will evolve in the creative processes that we employ. We engage our visual responses, thoughts and feelings, in arriving at a finished painting. Our first lines of drawing, marks or paint applications only express part of the journey. Paintings may start with photos and sketches or combinations of both. What we have already learned about, shapes and values, edges, colour and composition, surfaces and visual textures, all seem fundamental in creating bold statements in painting. Of course, there are many other layers in these visual relationships to be explored in developing our painting ideas.
Taking a fresh look at creative process may include a more experimental or random start, to get the creative juices going. Perhaps even, new ways of mark making, or surface prep and textures, in revealing a more personal interpretation of chosen subject matter in paintings. Even the ground or surfaces may vary including types of paper, wood, metal, plastic, or canvas.
The workshop will include demonstrations, as well as personal instruction and critiques. The demos will include, experimental applications of paint, mark making, printing techniques, and integration of shapes, forms and colour as part of the creative process. Workshop participants are encouraged to paint in their own style or chosen direction (ex. representational, non-representational).
Water-media, or acrylics may be used in this workshop. It is recommended that participants choose one only for the workshop cycle. (suitable for oils in your home setting but please do not bring oils to use during the workshop). Bring your own photo references and/or sketches and studies. Please see the full supply list on the SSWRAS workshop registration page.
Since the 1970’s this artist’s award-winning paintings have been exhibited in solo shows and group shows in Canada and the US and international exchange shows in Europe and Britain – ex. The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. Years of peer group participation include, the Federation of Canadian Artists (SFCA), the Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS), the prestigious B.C. artist’s peer group Painters at Painter’s and the Calgary Stampede Artists Studios. As a signature member (SFCA) of the Federation of Canadian Artists, his service activities have included positions at the board level, VP level, and contributions to workshop and educational programs. Examples of his paintings and articles have appeared in publications such as Art Avenue and International Artist’s Magazine. Richard is respected as an instructor and mentor to emerging as well as established artists and has facilitated many workshops in Canada, US, Britain, France and Spain.
Richard McDiarmid’s paintings can be found in commercial galleries and corporate and private collections in many countries worldwide
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