Winter Scenes Adult Art Workshops January 2014
Topic: Art Class

Winter Scenes Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library

Press Release: Rockland - Catinka Knoth  will lead an art workshop series for adults, on creating scenes such as evergreen trees in snow, lacy snow covered branches,  buildings in a snowy landscape, winter animals, and winter sports. Each week will be a different subject. Classes meet 11 a.m.  Mondays, January 6, 13, and 27, at the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St.  (The library is closed January 20th, for  Martin Luther King Day.) Led by Knoth, participants will  create their own winter scenes. Each week is a different subject. Knoth provides the  classes  free of charge, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host the workshops, which are open to the public. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

1/06/14    Evergreens in snow
1/13/14    Penguins & winter sports
1/20/14    No class - Library closed for Martin Luther King Day
1/27/14    Winter scenes


Knoth will provide instruction and guidance in drawing and creating winter scenes of January.  Participants will work with pencil, colored pencil,  crayon, and sometimes papercutting, with a focus on drawing in color.

Knoth paints watercolors of Maine and whimsical animal scenes, which she offers as cards and prints. She teaches a free weekly children's drawing class at Rockland Public Library, sponsored by Wendy and Keith Wellin. For more information about Knoth's work visit www.catinkacards.com.

Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes! January Kids' Drawing Classes
Topic: Kids Art Class

Demonstration drawings by Catinka Knoth

"Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes!" January Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library, 2014

Press Release: Rockland -  Children will draw winter animals and scenes this January, at Rockland Public Library's ongoing drawing workshops led by artist Catinka Knoth. Participants draw along with Knoth as she demonstrates how to draw a variety of subjects. Winter subjects may include arctic animals such as polar bears, penguins, snowy owls, hares, and foxes; houses in a snowy landscape, and winter sports. Each week is a different focus.

Tuesdays  4-5 p.m.  "Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes!"
1/07        Polar Bears
1/14        Penguins
1/21        Arctic Animals
1/28        Winter Scenes and Sports

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the workshops, which are free and open to the public, with all materials provided, and geared for age 6 and up, Knoth expects participants to be able to work independently for the most part. Library policy is that children age 10 and under  be accompanied by an adult. Classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, in the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Friends of Rockland Library host.  FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

Christmas Angel - Poem and Card, 2013
Topic: Seasonal/Holiday

An Angel's Song

The Angel plays its song,
The Music moves along.
Not a note or beat is wrong,
So All may know that they belong.

There is no special Word,
Like each branch that holds a bird
From which those wings have whirred,
And every One will soon have heard.

The Music forever does resound
As it plays entwining along the ground,
Sending blessings the whole World round
To ensure that All be found.

Catinka Knoth 12/23/13
Christmas/Winter

Download a pdf of this Christmas Angel & Poem card  to print out as a frenchfold card. 

December 2013 Adult Art Classes - Cards and Scenes for the Holiday Season.
Holiday Cards, Ornaments, & Scenes Adult Art Workshops at Rockland Library

Press Release - Rockland - Catinka Knoth will  lead an art workshop series for adults, on drawing and making holiday cards, scenes, and ornaments,  11 a.m.  Mondays, December 3, 10, and 17th, at the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St.   Led by Knoth, participants will  create their own art for the holidays. Knoth provides the  classes  free of charge, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host the workshops, which are open to the public. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.



Knoth will provide instruction and guidance in drawing and creating December's holiday  themes. Participants will work with colored pencil, crayon, and  paper cutting and folding, with a focus on drawing in color.

Knoth paints watercolors of Maine and whimsical animal scenes, which she offers as cards and prints. She teaches a free weekly children's drawing class at Rockland Public Library, sponsored by Wendy and Keith Wellin. For more information about Knoth's work visit www.catinkacards.com.

December 2013 Children's Art Classes - Cards and Scenes for the Holiday Season.
Topic: Kids Art Class
"Let's Draw Pictures and Cards for the Holiday Season!" Children's Drawing Workshops with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library

Press Release: Rockland - This month children will explore motifs from the traditional celebrations of December in the free drawing classes at Rockland Public Library led by Catinka Knoth. Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanza,  Winter solstice, and the New Year offer lots of imagery for creative fun. Students will draw images such as holiday wreaths, trees, gingerbread houses, ornaments and decorations; Santa Claus, toys, & elves; reindeer and sleighs; gift giving and more.



12/03    Chanukah
12/10    Gingerbread houses & holiday decorations
12/17    Christmas holiday cards
And, pending notice of city closures:
12/24    Christmas trees, & Winter Solstice
12/31    New Year's Celebrations

Class often starts with a period of guessing and brainstorming ideas for the
session's drawing. Knoth then leads children age 6 and up in "follow along"
drawings.  She expects children to work independently and encourages adults to participate by making their own drawings. If time allows, Knoth takes group photos of the students' work at the end of class.

Classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5pm, in the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Children 10 and under need adult accompaniment. The program, sponsored by Wendy & Keith Wellin, is free with all materials supplied, and hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. Contact Jean Young, children's librarian, at 594-0310 for more information.