Maine Drawing and Painting Art Workshops with Rockland artist
Catinka Knoth
Learn to draw and paint Maine coastal scenes in watercolor. Depict lighthouses, belted galloway cows,
lupine, beach roses, lobsterboats and more in these Midcoast Maine art
workshops. Join watercolor artist Catinka Knoth for classes in her
Rockland studio.
2009 Art Workshop Listings
You may schedule any of these workshops for yourself or your group year round. The dates as listed below depend on adequate sign-ups. Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session,one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Learn to draw and paint a Maine
lighthouse. Join watercolor artist Catinka Knoth
as she leads you in a step-by-step lesson on how to draw and paint
Marshall Point
lighthouse. Participants will create their own drawings and
watercolor paintings of the beloved Port Clyde lighthouse
(remember that lighthouse scene in the movie Forest
Gump?). This self contained two hour
workshop, is held at the artist's studio. You may bring your
own reference materials and supplies. Some will be available if
needed. Contact
the artist to schedule your class.
First Session: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 10-Noon. Studio #2, Lincoln Street
Center, Rockland
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Available most Thursdays: 10-Noon,
May: 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
June: 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25
July: (7/2 no session), 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30,
August: 8/6, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27
September: 9/3, 9/10, 9/17,9/24
Contact: Catinka Knoth, email: workshops@catinkacards.com, tel:
207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
"Get Your Brush Wet Watercolor Sampler" - an exploration of basic watercolor techniques. Create a series of samples to use for future painting reference. Use brainstorming, self observation, and hands-on instruction to work up your own watercolor resource. Processes and techniques may include washes, calligraphy, negative painting, textures, values, colors.
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
"Birds & Brushes" Watercolor Workshop Series Let your imagination soar, your brush take flight, as you express the freedom and beauty of birds. Students will work in the studio creating from either their own or provided reference photos. Each week will be a different bird - cardinals, finches, warblers, hummingbirds, herons, & egrets. Catinka will demonstrate exercises and painting techniques such as sumie style calligraphy, working with washes, creating textures with wet-in-wet and drybrush, direct painting, and using negative spaces to create white shapes. Beginner to intermediate levels. Supplies available if needed.
Starts 10am - Noon, Tuesday, June 2, additional first class is Saturday 10-Noon, June 6
Continues Tuesdays 10am - Noon, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23.
Classes are at the artist's studio, Studio #2, Lincoln Street Center, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland, Maine
Call Catinka Knoth at 207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317, or email workshops@catinkacards.com
Fees: $100 - 4 session series, $30 drop-in fee
"Let's Draw and Paint a Maine Scene!"
The workshops below are tentatively scheduled May - mid October, for Wednesdays 10 - Noon, at Catinka's studio, and possibly Wednesdays 2-4pm. You may schedule any of these workshops for yourself or your group. Or, combine them into a two or three day workshop. Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Classes are at the artist's studio, Studio #2, Lincoln Street Center, 24 Lincoln St. Rockland, Maine
Call Catinka Knoth at 207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317, or email workshops@catinkacards.com
Learn to draw and paint a Maine Lighthouse
Learn to create a scene of lupine in the Maine landscape.
Learn to paint a Maine scene of beach roses on the shore
Paint a Maine poppy garden scene.
Learn to paint a watercolor of a Maine lobsterboat harbor scene.
Learn to draw and paint Belted Galloway cows.
Learn to create a scene of
lupine in the Maine landscape.
Join watercolor artist
Catinka Knoth as she leads you in a step-by-step lesson on how to draw
and paint the iconic blue and purple lupine that bloom along the
Maine countryside in June. Participants will create their own
drawings and watercolor paintings of these hardy abundant wildflowers.
You may remember Barbara Cooney's The Lupine Lady, an
enchanting children's book. This self contained two hour
workshop, is held at the artist's studio. You may bring your
own reference materials and supplies. Some will be available if
needed. Contact
the artist to schedule your class.
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Contact: Catinka Knoth, email: workshops@catinkacards.com
tel:
207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
Learn to paint a Maine scene of beach roses on the
shore Join
watercolor artist
Catinka Knoth as she leads you in a step-by-step lesson on how to draw
and paint the Rosa Rugosa that bloom along the Maine shoreline in late
June early July. Participants will create their own drawings
and
watercolor paintings of these fragrant wildflowers. This self
contained two hour
workshop is held at the artist's studio. You may bring your
own reference materials and supplies. Some will be available if
needed. Contact
the artist to schedule your class.
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Contact: Catinka Knoth, email: workshops@catinkacards.com
tel:
207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
Paint a Maine
poppy garden scene. Join
watercolor artist
Catinka Knoth as she leads you in a step-by-step lesson on drawing
and painting scenes of these brilliant flowers of early
summer. Childe Hassam's watercolors of wild poppies blooming
in Celia Thaxter's Isle of Shoals gardens will also provide
inspiration. Participants will create their own drawings and
watercolor paintings of these dancing flowers. This self
contained two hour
workshop is held at the artist's studio. You may bring your
own reference materials and supplies. Some will be available if
needed. Contact
the artist to schedule your class.
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Contact: Catinka Knoth, email: workshops@catinkacards.com
tel:
207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
Learn to paint a watercolor of a Maine
lobsterboat harbor scene. Join watercolor artist Catinka
Knoth
as she leads you in a step-by-step
lesson on how to draw and paint a lobsterboat docked at the pier after
coming in from haul. Participants will create their own drawings and
watercolor paintings of this aspect of coastal Maine
life. This self contained two hour
workshop is held at the artist's studio. You may bring your
own reference materials and supplies. Some will be available if
needed. Contact
the artist to schedule your class.
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Contact: Catinka Knoth, email: workshops@catinkacards.com
tel: 207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
Learn to draw and paint Belted
Galloway cows.
Join watercolor artist Catinka
Knoth
as she leads you in a step-by-step
lesson on how to draw and paint "Belties" or "Oreo Cookie Cows".
Participants will create their own drawings and watercolor paintings of
these stalwart gentle creatures. Visit the Aldermere farm in Rockport
while you're here. It is home to the oldest herd in the
United States, started in 1953. This self contained
two hour
workshop is held at the artist's studio. You may bring your
own reference materials and supplies. Some will be available if
needed. Contact
the artist to schedule your class.
Fees: $30 each/two or more, $50/single. Private workshops are $65 - 2 hour lesson & $110 - double session, one student; $150 - up to 5 students.
Contact: Catinka Knoth, email: workshops@catinkacards.com
tel:
207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
Let's Draw Together! - Children's Drawing
Workshops with artist Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library (home page),
Rockland Public Library (map page)
Free ongoing weekly drawing workshops, for ages 6 and up, a
great family activity. Children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult. Participants follow along step-by-step as
Catinka demonstrates. They create their own drawings in the process and discover how
well they can draw. Free and open to the public, these workshops are sponsored by Wendy and Keith Wellin and hosted by The Friends of Rockland Library. Materials provided. Community Room. FMI Jean Young, children's librarian,207-594-0310.
Tuesdays, 4-5 pm, Community Room (downstairs), Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St, Rockland, Maine
Spring Themes
Summer Themes
Fall Themes
Winter Themes
From summer 2008 press release with summer calendar:
"Let's Draw Up a Collection of Maine Memories!" - Children's Summer Drawing Class
Children will be exploring Maine themes and motifs in this summer' s ongoing children's drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library. Children ages 6 and up follow along with Knoth in drawing a variety of subjects. The workshops, sponsored by the Wellin Family Foundation, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult. Parents and the young at heart are invited to participate with their children. Weekly classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, Community Room, Rockland Public Library,80 Union St. Rockland, Maine, hosted by the Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310
Knoth believes that everyone can draw if they keep their minds and eyes open, and that drawing by 'following along' allows one to discover new ways of interpreting subjects. Knoth, known for her watercolors of Maine scenes and animal drawings, also gives watercolor workshops. Her work may be seen at www.catinkacards.com
Summer Themes
July
"Let's Draw Some Maine Town Scenes!"
"Let's Draw Birds of Maine - chickadees, ospreys, herons, eagles!"
"Let's Draw Our Favorite Dogs and Cats!"
"Let's Draw Whales, Dolphins, and Harbor Seals!"
"Let's Draw Maine Lighthouse Scenes!"
August
"Let's Draw Maine Scenes with Lobsterboats and Sailboats!"
"Let's Draw a Maine Farm and Belted Galloway Cows!"
"Let's Draw a Visit to a Maine Country Fair!"
"Let's Draw Animals of the Maine Woods - bears, deer, and moose!
Spring Themes
June:
"Let's draw gardens, strawberries, and lupine!"
"Let's draw Father's Day cards and summer activities!"
"Let's draw visits to the seashore!"
"Let's draw Independence Day celebrations!"
May: "Let's Draw Marvelous May!" - May baskets, Mother's Day cards, migratory birds, and marsh life
April: "Let's Draw April Awakenings!" - Spring flowers, the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, birds, and baby animals
March: "Let's Draw a March Medley!" - Iditarod Sled Dog Race, St. Patrick's Day motifs, Easter and spring, the circus.
Winter Themes
February: "Let's Draw February's Celebrations!" - Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, winter sports.
January themes: "Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes"
Winter motifs may include polar bears, penguins, snowy owls, arctic
hares and foxes, houses in a snowy landscape, frozen
lakes with skaters, and ice fishing.
December themes: “Let’s Draw Pictures and Cards for the Holiday Season.”
Fall Themes
November's themes celebrate Native American Indian heritage and the coming of winter.
"Let's Draw Bears, Racoons, & Foxes!"
"Let's Draw Deer and Moose!"
"Let's Draw Turkeys, Pheasants, and a Thanksgiving Horn of Plenty!"
"Let's Draw Winter Woods and Wildlife!"
October Fall and Halloween Themes
"Let's Draw Monarch Butterflies & Butterflies"
"Let's Draw Fall Leaves, Trees, and Cornstalks"
"Let's Draw Owls and Bats"
"Let's Draw Halloween Cats and Jack-O-Lanterns"
"Let's Draw Witches, Goblins, Halloween"
September themes - Farms, gathering the harvest
Farm scenes, haying, squirrels, chipmunks
See my demonstration drawings and kids' art
Cows, pigs, sheep
Chickens, roosters, ducks
Apples, apple trees, pumpkins, scarecrows
Previous Children's Workshops
Let's Draw Birds and Eagles.
Let's Draw Marshall Point Light
Let's Draw Cats
See my demonstration drawings of cats and kids' art
Let's Draw Dogs
See my demonstration drawings of dogs and kids' art
Let's Draw Whales, Dolphins, and Harbor Seals
Let's Draw Rabbits
See my demonstration drawings of rabbits and kids' art
Let's Draw Horses
Possible adult workshop lesson and subject suggestions:.
Maine farmhouse
Maine moose
Maine loon
American Masters - Learn Watercolor by Studying Art History
Edward Hopper watercolors - study and paint from his paintings of Pemaquid Light and Talbot's House in Rockland
Winslow Homer - study and paint from his watercolors of children on
the shore, Sloop Bermuda, Schooners at Sunset.
Childe Hassam - study his watercolors of garden scenes and wildflower coastal
landscapes.
Frank Benson - learn from his watercolors of birds, waterfowl and hunting scenes.
Contact Catinka
Knoth, tel: 207-596-0069, or 207-542-7317
email: workshops@catinkacards.com
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