CKNotes 4: April 2015

Saturday, April 25, 2015

May Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library, 2015

Press Release:

May Themes Art Workshops for Adults at Rockland Public Library, 2015

Rockland - Local artist Catinka Knoth will lead workshops on creating

art for May themes such as American Wetlands Month and International

Migratory Birds Day, at Rockland Public Library. Each week will be a

different subject. Classes meet 11 a.m. Mondays, in the Community

Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Led by Knoth, participants

will create their own art. 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.

5/04 May baskets

5/11 Frogs, herons, & egrets

5/18 Migratory birds and warblers

5/25 Library closed for Memorial Day

Knoth will provide instruction and guidance in drawing and creating the

May themes. Each week is a different subject - such as frogs, lily

ponds, herons, egrets, warblers, and migratory birds. Participants will

work with pencil, colored pencil, crayon, and perhaps scissors, with a

focus on drawing in color.

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, which is sponsored

by Wendy and Keith Wellin. For more information about Knoth's work

visit www.catinkacards.com.

Attachments: art by Catinka Knoth, (photos by Knoth)

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

May Children's Drawing Program at Rockland Library, 2015

Press Release:

"Let's Draw Marvelous May!" - Children's

Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library, 2015

Rockland - Children will draw Mother's Day cards and May baskets,

migratory birds, Memorial Day themes, and marsh life at this month's

children's drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public

Library.

The ongoing workshops, sponsored by Wendy and Keith Wellin, for age 6

and up, (including the young at heart), are free and open to the

public. Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult.

Knoth expects participants to be able to work independently for the

most part. The workshops provide all materials. Classes meet every

Tuesday, 4-5 pm., Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union

St., hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young,

children's librarian, 594-0310.

May is also American Wetlands Month. Children will explore marsh and

wetland habitats by drawing such animals as egrets, frogs, and beavers.

International Migratory Birds Day is another May celebration and a

chance to draw Spring warblers and other migratory birds. Knoth leads

attendees in step-by-step drawing instruction for the day's theme. She

encourages adults to participate and discover that drawing is for

everyone.

5/05 Mother's Day cards & May baskets

5/12 Marsh & Wetlands Life

5/19 Memorial Day

5/26 Migratory birds

Attachments:

Demonstration drawings by Catinka Knoth -