Penguins and Sports figures, adult class art display, 1/27/20

Start with simple black circle and tear drop cut out shapes arrangements. You might be able to also see very simplified winter sports figures in them.

After some exercises of arranging shapes and drawing them, do some that could be penguins. It's ok if you can't really imagine a penguin or know what they look like. Guess first and draw your guess. Then find out!

I put penguins in the January programs for their black and white imagery. They are not arctic animals of the north, and they are not even all in Antarctica.

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

Penguins and sports figures - adult art class, 1/28/19

We started with black and white abstraction practices. Cut a sheet of paper into quarters. Color one of these quarters black, (crayon). Cut out a variety of teardrop shapes from this black piece. Make an arrangement of the shapes on another piece. Copy that arrangement by coloring into imaginary outlines. Make another arrangement that could be a sports figure pictograph. Copy/draw it just as you did before. Make an arrangement that could be penguins. Draw that too. Final drawings - work on a full sheet and use reference photos of real penguins.

Penguin collage cards, art class, kids and adults, 1/15/19

Cut card stock into quarters. Color a piece black, (or close enough), with crayon. Good to use the side of a broken peeled crayon. Freehand cut various tear drop shapes from this blackened card. Now arrange on a blank piece of card until you see something resembling a penguin. Remember that some penguins have big white bellies. Stare at your arrangement or keep moving the pieces until a penguin shows up. It seems your mind eventually lets you see invisible edges - it fills in the blank for you! And if it doesn't happen - just make an arrangement you like. Then stick the pieces down. (Use whatever!)

You might try just drawing one of these freehand by coloring in the shapes into the imaginary outlines. That's always a good practice to work at even if you don't like it. It helps you look at things differently and keeps you flexible!

I find these beautiful - these black shapes against the white grounds.

"Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes!" January Children's Drawing Workshops with Catinka Knoth, at Rockland Public Library, 2019

"Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes!" January Children's Drawing Workshops with Catinka Knoth, at Rockland Public Library, 2019

Press Release:

Rockland -  Children will draw winter animals and scenes this January, 

at Rockland Public Library's ongoing drawing workshops led by artist 

Catinka Knoth. Participants draw and create along with Knoth as she demonstrates how to convey a variety of subjects. Winter subjects may include arctic animals such as snowflakes, polar bears, snowy owls, hares, and foxes; houses in a snowy landscape, and winter sports. Each week is a different focus.

Tuesdays  4-5 p.m.  "Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes!"

1/01      No class - library closed for New Year

1/08       Polar Bears

1/15       Penguins

1/22       Winter Themes, Scenes, and Sports

1/29       Arctic Animals

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the workshops, which are free and open to the public, with all materials provided, and geared for age 6 and up, Knoth expects participants to be able to work independently for the most part. Library policy is that children age 10 and under  be accompanied by an adult. Classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, in the 

Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. The Friends of 

Rockland Library host.  FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

Attachments - Demonstration art and whiteboard drawings  by Catinka Knoth