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ACWR Sketch Night at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum – DRYPOINT ETCHING

08 Monday Apr 2013

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Next Arts Council Windsor Region Sketch night will be hosted by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald at Windsor Printimaker’s Forum Monday, April 29, 6-9pm (420 Devonshire Rd)

Please go here to register: http://acwr.net/sketchnights/

We will be sketching on Plexi glass using a process known as drypoint. Participating artists will be able to print these plates at the forum that evening.  Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald will be instructing this mini workshop.

Pre-registration with the ARTS COUNCIL will be required. There will be an additional fee for materials $10 for ACWR members $15 for non ACRW members.

Please register early on the ACRW site, so that we have enough materials. Please go here to register: http://acwr.net/sketchnights/

The Arts Council Windsor & Region would like to thank the artistic designs of Dave Kant (original design concept) and Christy Lister (final design rendering), for the creation of the Sketch Night Logo, 2013.

Links to location map: http://wpfstudio.org/contact/

Dr Spellman’s Studies of India Woodblock Workshop

02 Tuesday Apr 2013

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It was a great pleasure for me to work with Dr Spellman, retired Professor from the University of Windsor, and his class from UNI-COM.

UNI~COM is a voluntary organization of seniors (50 and over) retired, semi-retired, or still employed. It is hosted by the University of Windsor and is designed to provide opportunities to its members to participate in Study Groups, attend Speaker Luncheons and to practise their skills in programs and/or projects of service to the citizens of our community.

Dr Spellman has collected many antique Indian fabric wood blocks. I taught his students on the use of these blocks.
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Dr Spellman concluded his course “Highlights of India” with a trip to a local Tai restaurant. Link to photo below.
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Portrait Party Sketch Night

05 Tuesday Feb 2013

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I was privileged to be the host of yet another successful community sketch night on February 4th, 2013. A great group of sketchers got together and spent a couple of fun filled hours sketching each other, resulting in a great mutual admiration meeting by the end of the evening.

A bit of History on the ACRW Sketch Nights

The Arts Council-Windsor Region has spearheaded a unique community sketch night. They are scheduled for every other Monday. What is unique about them is that a different organization or artist hosts each sketch night.  Each organization puts its own spin on the night.

Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald,  President of the Windsor & Essex County Plein Air Society, will be hosting the second session of 2013 at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum.  Elizabeth is inspired by the artist Julia Kay who spearheaded Julia Kay’s Portrait Party. JKPP is a  communal project in which more than 700 artists from all over the world have so far made more than 30K portraits of each other in less than 3 years.  It should be great fun. Bring your sketchbooks, and drawing tools.

ACWR Sketch Night is made possible with the partnership of local artists Dave Kant, Christy Lister, Elizabeth MacDonald, Mary Wheeler,  Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, and the Arts Council of Windsor and Region.

ACWR Sketch Nights

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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I am pleased to announce that I will be one of the hosts for the Arts Council Sketch nights. My night will be Monday December 10th from 6 until 9. Location and theme of my sketch night will be announced soon. Each night is hosted by a different artist or art group. We are really excited about what will be taking place during these evenings.
Here is the post from the Arts Council site followed by a link.

The Arts Council Windsor & Region is facilitating bi-monthly Sketch Nights in partnership with local artists, businesses and organizations.

How do you become involved?

–Become an ACWR member 
-Fill out the form below

We want you to make this event/workshop/semi-collaborative sketching time your own! Have any suggestions on how to make this open sketching group awesome? Potential partners or themes? We want to hear them! Come out on Monday, November 12, meet the group of sketchers and share your ideas.

There are 3 sessions to lead Sketch Nights into the new year (all sessions are at 6pm unless otherwise noted):

 Monday, November 12 – Exquisite Corpse style drawing session lead by Sketch Night member Dave Kant @ ACWR (1942 Wyandotte St E)

Monday, November 26 – Live nude model session lead by Sketch Night partner SHO Art, Spirit and Performance  @ SHO (628 Monmouth Rd)

Monday, December 10 – TBA Sketch activity with Plein Air artist Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald

Please Note: Our goal is to make sketch night accessible and affordable for everyone. However, due to material costs there may be reasonable supplementary fees for certain Sketch Night activities.

Questions? Please email info@acwr.net or call us at 519 252 2787.

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Chatham Ontario Art Camp

20 Saturday Oct 2012

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It’s always a great time with the Chatham, Ontario Arts Council group. Thanks for having me back once again.

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Lunch with the Chatham group is always a pleasure.
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It was a very windy and damp day.  In the afternoon, we moved inside the Chatham Cultural Center where we finished our paintings.

Join Me Plein Air Painting In Tuscany in May 2013

19 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Hosted by Toscana Americana Workshops

Watercolor en Plein Air in Tuscany with Artist/instructor Elizabeth G MacDonald May 8-15, 2013 Cortona, Italy

I am very excited to offer a workshop in Tuscany next spring 2013.

In this workshop I will be focusing on sketching and watercolour en Plein Air.  The day will begin with a short discussion, demo and question period.  Throughout the day, each student will receive individual instruction.  We will Alternate between quick sketches in a journal, and larger paintings. As an urban and a landscape painter I am at home painting in any environment.  The focus will be on capturing the rapidly changing light and contrasting values as the day progresses.  You will also learn how to interpret colour using a limited palette. I will teach you how to edit what you see en Plein Air to create your cherished memory of Tuscany.  As an added bonus I will show you how to use photography as a tool to plan your composition,photograph your work for the web or to make art cards from your paintings.  These keepsakes can be shared with friends and family. You will learn how to work Plein Air painting into your daily life.  I will be only demonstrating watercolour, but if you are an experienced painter who wishes to do your own thing you are more than welcome to participate at the same cost.  You may bring any mediums you like with you.  However, if you bring oils do not bring thinners, as they are prohibited from flights.  You may purchase thinners at the local art store.

This workshop is suitable for the beginner or the experienced painter.  Click these links for frequently asked questions, workshop information and registration rates.

I wish to introduce you to the joy of painting in the largest studio in the world, the great outdoors.  When I paint en Plein Air I experience nature and the world in an intimate way not experienced by the casual observer. The experience exhilarates me. I am also a photographer. When I capture nature and life through a camera lens I feel more like a voyeur, stealing a moment in time.  However, when I paint I become immersed in my surroundings with all my senses.  I am alert, and the scene becomes a part of my existence.  My heart yearns to interpret what is before me. By painting en Plein Air I go beyond copying that stolen moment in a photograph in the studio. I live the moment. I live the painting. The experience becomes a memory not soon forgotten.  When people see my work, I’d like them to experience a bit of what it was like to be there.  There is no greater joy for me then when I introduce others to painting en Plein Air.

Ciao!

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