Fall and Halloween Themes for Children's October Drawing Classes at Rockland Library
Topic: Kids Art Class

Press Release:
Rockland - Children, and those young at heart, will explore fall and Halloween themes in the ongoing drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union  St. The "Let's Draw Together!" workshops, geared for ages 6 and up, also welcome adults. Children 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult. Classes meet every Tuesday from 4-5 p.m. in the Friends Community Room.

October's subjects may include:  autumn leaves and trees; pumpkin patches and scarecrows; owls, bats, and cats; and a spooky Halloween with Jack-O-Lanterns, witches, goblins, and  haunted houses.

The workshops, sponsored by local patrons Wendy and Keith Wellin, and hosted by Friends of Rockland Library,  are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Participants draw along with Knoth's demonstrations. Knoth, a Rockland artist, is known for her watercolors of Maine scenes and animal drawings. Her work may be seen at www.catinkacards.com. For more workshop information, call Jean Young, children's librarian, at 594-0310.

Pumpkins demonstration drawing

Scarecrow and crows demonstration drawing

Pumpkin & scarecrow art by kids

Owls, Cats, & Bats demonstration drawing

Owls, Cats,& Bats drawings by kids

Autumn Themes Free October Art Workshop Series at Rockland Public Library
Topic: Art Class

Press Release: 

Rockland - Catinka Knoth   demonstrates drawing and painting  October's autumn themes, with a focus on drawing in color, 11 a.m.  Mondays, October 3rd, 17th, 24th, and 31st, at the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St.   Led by Knoth, participants will  create their own  colored drawings of apple motifs, fall leaves, autumn landscape scenes, and Halloween pumpkins .  If time allows, Knoth will demonstrate watercolor techniques.  Knoth provides the  classes  free of charge and open to the general public, with materials supplied, and  Friends of Rockland Library host. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Knoth will provide instruction and guidance in drawing October fall themes. Each week is a different  subject, as follows:
10/03        Apples and apple trees
10/17        Autumn leaves
10/24        Fall scenes
10/31        Halloween pumpkins 

Apple tree

Autumn Leaves

Visions of Fall
Halloween Jack-O-Lantern and Black Cat

"Scenes of September in Maine" Art Workshops, at Rockland Library
Topic: Art Class
September press release:

Rockland - Catinka Knoth   demonstrates drawing and painting  scenes of September in Maine, with a focus on buildings, 11 a.m.  Mondays, September 12th, 19th,  and at Noon September 26th, at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St.   Led by Knoth, participants will also make their own barn, schoolhouse, and farmhouse drawings in color. The  workshops are free and open to the general public, with materials supplied, hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

 Knoth will demonstrate painting another version of  her watercolor, "Haying at Harjula's". Knoth will lead students in drawing several scenes of iconic  Maine buildings. She will guide students in simple aspects of the principles of perspective.  Scenes of well known buildings from St. George and South Thomaston  along the St. George peninsula will be the subjects for the classes. Each week is a different building - a barn, a former schoolhouse, and a typical Maine farmhouse.

Each week is a different scene:
09/12    11am    Harjula's barn and haying in September
09/19    11am    The Little Green School House     
09/26    Noon    A Maine farmhouse

See a photo of this old Maine farmhouse in September:

September Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Library
Topic: Kids Art Class

Press Release:

September Harvests a Theme for Children's Drawing Classes at Rockland Library

Rockland - Children, and those young at heart, will explore farming, harvest, and seasonal themes in this September's ongoing drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. The "Let's Draw Together!" sessions, geared for ages six and up, also welcome adults. The library requests that children age ten and under have an adult accompany them. Classes meet every Tuesday from 4-5 p.m. in the Friends Community Room. September subjects  include butterflies and Monarch butterfly migration; farm scenes of haying and the fall harvest; farm animals such as cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, roosters, geese, and ducks; and visits to the apple orchard and apple picking.

The workshops, sponsored by local patrons Wendy and Keith Wellin, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Participants draw along with Knoth and  experience drawing in an interactive community environment. Knoth,  known for her watercolors of Maine scenes and animal drawings, also gives watercolor workshops and classes. Her work may be seen at www.catinkacards.com. For more information, call Jean Young, children's librarian, at 594-0310.

09/06    Butterflies and Monarch butterfly migration
09/13    Farm scenes of haying and the fall harvest
09/20    Barnyard animals such as cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, roosters, geese, and ducks
09/27    Visits to the apple orchard and apple picking

Previous Demonstration Drawings:

Drawings of the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse - Rockland Library Class
Topic: Art Class

We started today with a bit on perspective - a very simplified version. We did a couple almost cubes in one point perspective, and then a 'cube' in two-point perspective - where it angles away from the viewer. We have a tendency to draw the top so that it looks as if it is a lid flapping up or a pitched roof. It takes practice to learn to see what the difference is. We want to make it according to the mental map in our mind and not according to the shapes our eyes are seeing. If you could hold up a piece of glass to a scene and trace the view, you would see how different the shapes are than what you think they are.

My demonstration drawings for the class on the Rockland Breakwater. Student work follows. The class drew their Breakwater Lighthouse drawings directly freehand in crayon following along with my scribbly whiteboard marker drawing.