Winter Scenes January Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library, 2020

Press Release 

December 29, 2019

Winter Scenes January Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth at Rockland 

Library, 2020

Rockland - Catinka Knoth  will lead an art workshop series for adults, 

on creating scenes such as evergreen trees in snow, lacy snow covered 

branches,  buildings in a snowy landscape, winter animals, and winter 

sports. Each week will be a different subject. Classes meet 11 a.m.  

Mondays, January 6, 13, and 27th at the Community Room, Rockland Public 

Library, 80 Union St.  (The library is closed January 20th, for  Martin 

Luther King Day.) Led by Knoth, participants will  create their own 

winter art. Each week is a different subject. 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 

691-1691 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

1/06    Evergreens in snow, papercuts

1/13    Winter scenes
1/20    No class - Library closed for Martin Luther King Day

1/27     Penguins & winter sports figures

Knoth will provide instruction and guidance in drawing and creating 

winter scenes of January.  Participants will work with pencil, colored 

pencil,  crayon, and sometimes papercutting, with a focus on drawing in 

color.

Knoth creates watercolors of Maine and whimsical animal scenes, which 

she offers as cards and prints. She 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.

Attachments - art, watercolor and papercut, by Catinka Knoth

Fairy Tale Papercuts - kings, queens, princesses and princes - paperdoll chains, 4/1/19

Hans Christian Andersen, a master of storytelling and author of fairy tales, also made fantastic papercuts. In honor of his birthday on April 2, (I think), we do this enjoyable project. Easy to get mixed up in doing it, but that is ok because however you do it, you'll have fun doing it.

Here we use a sheet of copy paper folded in half the long way.
Cut this paper in half along that fold.
Place both long pieces together as neatly matched as possible.
Fold them in half, and in half again. (I may or may not show pics for this part later...). For now, think of it as a puzzle to chew on!
Draw a king and a queen, one half body for each, with their midlines along the left and right folds.
Make sure they stay connected across the panel and along the folds. (Holding hands in the middle of the panel).
Now cut them out through the paper thickness. You will be cutting away a lower area of background below the handholding connection. And you will cut away the area around the figures above their handholding connection.
When you open this up you should have x figures on each strip. (Edited re the number of figures...they are less than I'd thought, and I have not figured that out yet!)
I put a set together and made a crown of it for myself. Maybe later I'll take a pic of that to show.
Students made background pieces and attached their figures.
Of course if you want, decorate these paperdoll chains. Endless possibilities here. The cutaway sections also make good shapes for long decorations.

March motifs, adult art programs at Rockland Library 2019

Press Release: March programs issue

For:  Community Events, Art Events, Calendar Events

Contact: Catinka Knoth 

February 22, 2019

"March Motifs" Adult Art Workshop Series with Catinka Knoth at

Rockland Public Library, 2019

Rockland - Catinka Knoth  will lead an art workshop series for adults,

on creating art around March Motifs. Participants will visit themes such as

Mardi Gras, celtic designs and greens for St. Patrick's Day; the Iditarod dog sled races;  the 'Circus Comes to Town'. Each week will be a different subject. Classes meet 11 a.m. on 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

593-6085 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

3/04 Mardi Gras

3/11    St. Patricks Day greens & Celtic designs

3/18   Iditarod sled dog races & husky dogs

3/25    'The Circus Comes to Town'- acrobats and animals

Knoth provides instruction and guidance in drawing and creating March motifs. Participants will work with pencil, colored pencil, crayon, and papercutting, 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, sponsored by Wendy

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

www.catinkacards.com.

Attachments: Artwork by Catinka Knoth

Mardi Gras