Workshops
Artist Mentoring
Levelling Up
TAKING YOUR TALENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL IS TOUGH TO DO ON YOUR OWN.
If you’re trying to find your unique artistic voice, or want to hone your technique, are unsure of how to sell online or approach galleries with your work, Levelling Up is the solution for you!
COMMUNITY & SUPPORT ARE VITAL to growth, we do it all in trusted small groups.
Join the community and experience for yourself the game-changing power of PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING & the motivating, POSITIVE PRESSURE OF MENTORSHIP, from an established, successful, MASTER ARTIST, who has walked the road before you.
Acrylic Workshop
Pushing Colour and Light – Painting with Acrylic
Fall 2021
November 16th – December 14th
Tuesday Afternoons – 5 sessions, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity, get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see to what you’d like to express.
Make value and negative pattern work for you to produce paintings that have strength and depth. Show the Artist’s hand with bold brush strokes, and “unexpected” colour.
Canvas prep, composition, and underpainting approaches shared. Colour mixing with a touch of theory to kiss local colour bye bye, it’s time to turn up the chroma!
Explore varnish techniques to make your work glow.
Acrylic workshop
Capturing Colour and Light with Acrylic
Fall 2021
October 20, 27, November 3, 10
9:00am – 3:00pm each day
Location: Chester Art Centre, 60 Queen St., Chester, NS
Intermediate – for those who have painted with acrylic before, and would like to expand their knowledge of this medium.
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity, get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see to what you’d like to express.
Make value and negative pattern work for you to produce paintings that have strength and depth. Show the Artist’s hand with bold brush strokes, and “unexpected” colour.
Canvas prep, composition, and underpainting approaches shared. Colour mixing with a touch of theory to kiss local colour bye bye, it’s time to turn up the chroma!
Sharon will provide demonstrations to clarify each day’s lessons, and assist students individually while working.
Acrylic workshop
Intro to Acrylic; Skill level – Beginners
Fall 2021
September 13, 20, 27
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Location: Chester Art Centre, 60 Queen St., Chester, NS
This is a course for anyone interested in giving acrylic painting a try. It will start from the very beginning and work through some of the basic skills you need to start down the path of painting with acrylics. There will be a mix of demonstration and hands on work during the course.
Watercolour workshop
Intro to Watercolours; Skill level – Beginners
Fall 2021
September 13, 20, 27
Full – waiting list
10:00am – 11:30am
Location: Chester Art Centre, 60 Queen St., Chester, NS
This is a course for anyone interested in giving watercolour painting a try. It will start from the very beginning and work through some of the basic skills you need to start down the path of painting with watercolours. There will be a mix of demonstration and hands on work during the course.
Acrylic workshop
Picasso Self Portrait Painting Party
Summer 2021
July 20th
Full – waiting list
10:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Chester Art Centre, 60 Queen St., Chester, NS
The “Picasso Self Portrait Painting Party” is a fun workshop that has participants painting their own Picasso inspired portrait based on a photo of themselves and supplied style sheets.
Pastel Workshop
Expand your Colour Expression – Exploring Pastel Painting
Winter 2021
January 21st – February 25th
Full – waiting list
Thursday Evenings – 6 sessions, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Chester Art Centre
This class celebrates the pastel medium in its application and approaches. Discover an array of techniques that can be achieved with this exciting medium. Exploring colour and light, designing strong compositions, improving your observation skills, creating the illusion of depth, and mastering lost and found edges will be the focus. Under-painting with acrylic and/or watercolour is explored. Leave your comfort zone to simplify your approach to achieve exciting colourful impressionistic paintings. Demonstrations are designed to give students the tools to develop an understanding of this medium.
Pastel Workshop
Pure Pigment at your Fingertips: Painting with Pastel
Winter 2021
February 23rd – March 30th
Full – waiting list
Tuesday Evenings – 5 sessions, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts
This class celebrates the pastel medium in its application and approaches. Traditional techniques will be the foundation of instruction, colour and light the focus. Discover how to solve problems of composition and colour, create the illusion of depth, and master lost and found edges. Under-painting with acrylic and/or watercolour is explored.
Artist quality pastels produce intense colour with an immediacy that most other mediums can’t match. Demonstrations are designed to give students the tools to develop an understanding of this medium.
Acrylic Workshop
Pushing Colour and Light – Painting with Acrylic
Winter 2021
January 12th – February 9th
Full – waiting list
Tuesday Evenings – 5 sessions, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity, get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see to what you’d like to express.
Make value and negative pattern work for you to produce paintings that have strength and depth. Show the Artist’s hand with bold brush strokes, and “unexpected” colour.
Canvas prep, composition, and underpainting approaches shared. Colour mixing with a touch of theory to kiss local colour bye bye, it’s time to turn up the chroma!
Explore varnish techniques to make your work glow.
Pastel Workshop
Pure Pigment at your Fingertips: Painting with Pastel
Fall 2020
November 10th – December 8th
Full – waiting list
Tuesday Evenings – 10 sessions, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts
This class celebrates the pastel medium in its application and approaches. Traditional techniques will be the foundation of instruction, colour and light the focus. Discover how to solve problems of composition and colour, create the illusion of depth, and master lost and found edges. Under-painting with acrylic and/or watercolour is explored.
Artist quality pastels produce intense colour with an immediacy that most other mediums can’t match. Demonstrations are designed to give students the tools to develop an understanding of this medium.
Acrylic Workshop
Pushing Colour and Light – Painting with Acrylic
Fall 2020
October 6th – November 3rd
Full – waiting list
Tuesday Evenings – 10 sessions, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity, get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see to what you’d like to express.
Make value and negative pattern work for you to produce paintings that have strength and depth. Show the Artist’s hand with bold brush strokes, and “unexpected” colour.
Canvas prep, composition, and underpainting approaches shared. Colour mixing with a touch of theory to kiss local colour bye bye, it’s time to turn up the chroma!
Explore varnish techniques to make your work glow.
Acrylic Workshop
Pushing Colour and Light – Painting with Acrylic
Winter 2020
January 13 – March 23
Full – waiting list
Monday Evenings – 10 sessions, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity, get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see to what you’d like to express.
Make value and negative pattern work for you to produce paintings that have strength and depth. Show the Artist’s hand with bold brush strokes, and “unexpected” colour.
Canvas prep, composition, and underpainting approaches shared. Colour mixing with a touch of theory to kiss local colour bye bye, it’s time to turn up the chroma!
Explore varnish techniques to make your work glow.