CKNotes 4: June 2014

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Maine coastal floral scenes - July adult art classes at Rockland Library

"Lupine at Mosquito Harbor in Martinsville", painted quite a while ago... We'll play off this image at Monday art class, 11 am. July adult art class, Rockland library, 7/7/14. All levels! If you have wonderful lupine scene photos, bring them. We work with colored pencils and crayons.

"Coastal Maine Floral Landscapes" - July Adult Art Classes with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library, 2014
Topic: Art Class

Press release:

Rockland - Catinka Knoth will give a series of free drawing classes on depicting Maine coastal floral scenes, at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union Street. Classes meet in the Community Room, 11 a.m., Mondays in July. The first scene will revisit Knoth's painting "Lupine at Mosquito Harbor, Martinsville..". Participants will create art using pencils, colored pencils, crayons, and scissors, with an emphasis on drawing in color. Each week is different scene. Knoth will give instruction and guidance. She invites students of all levels to come make art in this communal and diverse environment.

Each week offers a different scene to explore:

7/07 - "Lupine at Mosquito Harbor..."
7/14 - "Rosa Rugosa - Beach Roses by the Maine Seashore"
7/21 - "Oriental Poppies in an Early Summer Garden"
7/28 - "Daisies by Marshall Point Light"

Knoth provides the classes free of charge, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host the workshops, which are open to the public. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Knoth paints watercolors of Maine and whimsical animal scenes, which she offers as cards and prints. She also teaches a free weekly children's drawing class at Rockland Public Library, sponsored by Wendy and Keith Wellin. For more information about Knoth's work visit www.catinkacards.com.

Catinka Knoth

241 Broadway, Apt. B

Rockland, Maine 04841

207-596-0069, 207-691-5544

Website:

http://www.catinkacards.com

Blog:

http://catinkacards.com/cknotes

Prints at Fine Art America

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/catinka-knoth.html

Facebook Artist Fan Page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catinka-Knoth/76702205114

Youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/catinkarts

Monday, June 9, 2014

Blue Jays and lilacs drawings and exercises, adult art class, 06/09/2014.

Exercises – lilac curving conical shapes, as wiro whirlwind forms, as stacking circles, wiro with scribbling creating the forms, conical forms in scribbling with lighting.

A) Wiro figure Blue Jay to feel the form behind as well as in front.

B) Color in Bluejay markings as simply as possible while creating the form with the markings - no outlines. Placement of the legs will indicate where that white belly is; no outline for the white belly.

C) Final drawing: as you like it!

Not in order here!