Happy Halloween! October 2016

My (crayon) demonstration drawings from kids' class and from adult art class. You might be able to pull the Halloween scene line drawing for your own coloring fun.

Halloween jack-o'-lanterns, practices and final drawings, adult art class, Halloween 10/31/16

Practices: draw four sets of scary expression with dark crayon
Next page: draw four large circles, draw encircling lines on the first circles horizontally; draw vertical encircling lines on the next column of circles. Now wrap expressions on those globes.
Final drawings: make up a scary jack-o'-lantern scene in color.

Spooky Halloween scenes - witches, bats and cats, jack-o'-lanterns, haunted houses, ghosts, vampires, goblins, mummies - kids art class, adults and kids, 10/24/16

Visions of Autumn watercolor frenchfold note card printable download

Print out on 8.5" x 11" letter paper. For frenchfold card, fold paper in half then half again. My logo &  info will show on the back as shown here. You see the folded card on top.

Or, print twice by turning the sheet around after the first pass. Use cardstock for a heavier card. Frenchfold is for lightweight paper.
 In my Etsy  shop ($3.95) to download and print

Fall foliage, trees, scenes & exercises - student drawings, adult art class, 10/24/16

Exercises involved practices in constructing trees as forms; conceptual trees like spheres, umbrellas, boxes, cones. Students were very skeptical about these conceptual trees, until they stepped back and saw them on the wall. So, hold your judgment until you look at it from a distance! Art often surprises you from that point of view.

The final drawings were to make up a scene using the practices or to work from a piece of my art that I handed out.

I have just finished making up my watercolor, Visions of Autumn, into a printable download card, (again). You can find it in my  Etsy shop. 

November adult art classes with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library, 2016

Press Release
October 21, 2016

Woodland Animals and November Themes Adult Art Workshop Series with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library, 2016

Rockland - Catinka Knoth will teach drawing woodland animals and themes of November, with a focus on drawing in color, 11 a.m.  Mondays, in the Community Room, Rockland Public Library,

80 Union St. Knoth leads participants in working with colored pencils

and crayons to create their own colored drawings of woodland animals and November themes. Students will use a variety of exercises and methods to help develop new ways of seeing, observing, and designing. Knoth provides the classes free of charge and open to the general public, with materials supplied; Friends of Rockland Library host. FMI Knoth at

691-5544 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Knoth will give instruction and guidance in drawing November's themes.

Each week is a different subject, as follows:

11/07      Deer

11/14      Woodland animals

11/21      Wild turkeys & pheasants

11/28      Native American motifs - patchwork quilts/patterns

Knoth paints 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: photos & art by Catinka Knoth

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Press Release - Themes for November Children's Drawing Classes at Rockland Library, 2016

Rockland -  "Let's Draw in Celebration of Native American Heritage
Month, Thanksgiving, and the Coming of Winter!" is the November program for the ongoing free drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library. Children will explore such motifs as woodland animals; Native American designs, lodging, hunting, and game; and foods and family gatherings.  Knoth leads children age 6 and up in these "follow along" sessions every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, in the library's Community Room, 80 Union Street. Children 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult. Knoth expects participants to be able to work independently and encourages adults to join in the drawing fun.  Local patrons Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the program, which is free with all materials supplied, and hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. Contact Jean Young, children's librarian, at 594-0310 for more information.

Each week is a different subject:
11/01    Let's Draw Deer!
11/08    Let's Draw Woodland Critters - Chipmunks, Squirrels, mice! 
11/15    Let's Draw Woodland Animals - Bears, raccoons, foxes
11/22    Let's Draw Turkeys, a Pilgrim Feast, and a Cornucopia for
Thanksgiving!
11/29    Let's Draw Native American Designs and Motifs!


attachments:
Demonstration drawing by Catinka Knoth

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Catinka Knoth
241 Broadway, Apt. B
Rockland, Maine 04841
207-691-5544

Website:
http://www.catinkacards.com

Blogs:
http://cknotes4.blogspot.com/
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

'Catinka's expenses fund' campaign at GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/t66efvcc