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Rockland - Catinka Knoth will give a free demonstration of painting fall leaves in watercolor. Participants may join Knoth at the "Messy Art Room" studio at 11 a.m.  on Monday, October 4th, Lincoln Street Center for Arts & Education, 24 Lincoln St. They will see wet-in-wet, splattering, negative painting, and sumi-e style painting techniques.

This introduces  the four part watercolor workshop series, "Painting Fall Themes", that Knoth will teach on Tuesdays 10-Noon, October 5-26, at Lincoln Street Center. The class is available by suggested donation of $25 per lesson. Contact Knoth to confirm space, at 596-0069 or 542-7317, or visit www.catinkacards.com.

Each Tuesday is a different subject related to fall themes.
10/05    Fall Leaves
10/12    Fall foliage landscape
10/19    Gourds
10/26    Halloween, pumpkins

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 9:47 PM EDT

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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 may 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; 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.

Kids' Art from 2009 workshops:

Swallowtail butterfly


Hay and Tractor


Barnyard Farm Animals


Apples and Apple Bough

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 3:37 AM EDT

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Painting the Sights of September -  Watercolor Demonstration and Workshop Series with Catinka Knoth

Rockland - Catinka Knoth will give  a  watercolor demonstration on painting a  Maine barn in September scene, on Friday, Sept 3, 11am at Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education.This event is free and open to the public. Knoth will create another version of  her watercolor, "Haying at Harjula's". Onlookers will see how the glazing of watercolors builds up the tones of shadow areas. The demonstration precedes a four part studio watercolor workshop series Knoth will teach, "Painting September  Scenes",  focusing on the sights of September. Participants will explore Monarch butterflies; sunflowers and late summer gardens; haying and fields; apples and orchards; The  class will meet every Tuesday, 10am-Noon, Sept 7, 14, 21, 28,  at Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St.

Each week is a different motif:

• 9/07     Monarch Butterfles
• 9/ 14    Sunflowers and late summer gardens
• 9/21     Haying and fields
• 9/28     Apples and orchards

Participants may sign up by suggested donation  of $80 for the complete series, or $25 per individual session. Call Knoth at 596-0069 or 542-7317 to confirm space.

Knoth, known for her watercolors of Maine scenes and whimsical animal drawings, regularly gives workshops in watercolor and drawing for adults and children. Her website www.catinkacards.com shows examples of her art and teaching. Lincoln Street Center for Arts & Education is a non-profit organization offering opportunities for community engagement of all ages in the arts, theatre, health and fitness, and education, and online at www.lincolnstreetcenter.org

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 2:46 AM EDT

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Watercolor of Monroe's & Sheep's Islands, Owls Head, Maine, a demonstration painting now available as a notecard to download!


Purchase a printable notecard of this painting to download and print at home!  Or contact me by email - info@catinkacards.com

$2.95 - Monroe's & Sheep's Island printable frenchfold notecard to download and print at home. Prints on 8.5"x11" paper. Fold into quarters to fit A2 envelope. Let me know if you prefer this in a different format.

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 2:51 PM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 14 August 2010 8:13 PM EDT

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