Drawing Scenes of September in Maine - September adult art classes
Topic: Art Class

Press Release:

Knoth Teaches "Scenes of September in Maine" Adult Art Workshops, at Rockland Library

Rockland - Catinka Knoth  will  teach drawing  scenes of September in Maine, with a focus on buildings, at 11 a.m.  Mondays,  Rockland Public Library, the Community Room, 80 Union St.   Led by Knoth, participants will make their own  drawings in color. Knoth offers the  workshops free and  open to the general public, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Knoth will lead students in drawing several scenes of iconic local Maine buildings. Students may experience simple aspects of  perspective theory. They will also practice the technique of coloring in without using outlines. Familiar buildings from St. George and South Thomaston along the St. George peninsula and Rte 131 will be the subjects for the classes. Each week is a different building - a grange, two churches, and a classic Maine house.

09/09    St. George Grange

09/16    Finn - Am Church    

09/23    A classic Maine house

09/30    Church at Wiley's Corner (click for photo)

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.

Stovetop Strawberry Oat Squares - a cooking experiment of my own invention
Topic: Recipes

Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse - drawing lesson, adult art class, 8/12/13
Topic: Art Class
Images oversize for blog limits.

Reference photo of the breakwater - quite a few years ago with Instamatic camera, on ferry to North Haven.



My whiteboard follow-along demo drawing. See the 'cat face' those dormer windows make?



Student drawings group display:



Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse - student drawings and exercises, adult art class, 8/12/13. We did some practice box drawing to get just a 'feel' for perspective - trying for somewhat correct and wrong versions. Then we made these boxes by coloring in without outlines. A big challenge is to make vertical lines be vertical. Class then drew a follow-along drawing of the scene, with some help from my too dark small reference photo.

"Let's Draw  Up a Collection of August Maine Memories!" Children's  Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library, 2013

"Let's Draw  Up a Collection of August Maine Memories!" Children's 
Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library, 2013

Press Release:

Rockland - Children will continue exploring Maine memories this summer 
at the weekly drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public 
Library. Knoth leads children, (and adults), ages 6 and up, in 
follow-along drawings on a variety of motifs. Children age 10 and under 
should be accompanied by an adult.

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the workshops, which are free and open 
to the public with all materials provided. Classes meet every Tuesday, 
4-5 pm, Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., hosted 
by the Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young, children's 
librarian, 594-0310.

August themes  will include subjects such as: Maine lighthouses and 
boats, Maine birds such as puffins, eagles, ospreys, chickadees, Maine 
farms with blueberry farming and belted galloways;  and a Maine country 
fair. Each week is a different theme.
8/06        "Let's draw Maine lighthouses and boats!"
8/13        "Let's draw Maine birds!"
8/20        "Let's draw Maine farming scenes!"
8/27        "Let's draw a  Maine country fair"

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. She expects participants to be able to 
work independently for the most part. Knoth, known for her watercolors 
of Maine scenes and animal drawings, also gives art workshops for 
adults at the library. Her work may be seen at www.catinkacards.com

Lighthouses and Boats - August Adult Art Workshops Series at Rockland Library
Topic: Art Class

Press Release:

Rockland - Catinka Knoth will teach drawing  Midcoast Maine lighthouse 
and boat scenes,  Mondays in August  at 11 am. in the Community Room, 
Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St.  Led by Knoth, participants make 
their own lighthouse and boat drawings  using colored pencils and 
crayons. Each week is a different scene:
8/05        Marshall Point Light
8/12        Rockland Breakwater
8/19        Sailboats by Rockland Breakwater
8/26        Lobsterboat heads home by Marshall Pt.

Knoth offers the  workshops  free of charge with materials supplied. 
The workshops are hosted by Friends of Rockland Library and open to the 
general public. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Participants will learn in the first session how to make a drawing of 
Marshall Point Light. Knoth will show how to depict  the white forms of 
the  tower, the pylons, and the walkway, by making the "negative" 
shapes of the deep blue sea that shows behind these objects.  The dark 
turret and cap of the building will appear with the use of minimal 
strokes. Broad swaths of crayon marks and accent strokes will suggest 
the rocky shoreline. The dark green of Hupper's Island in the 
background provides further negative shapes to  define  the walkway. 
This is a subject that needs no preliminary drawing. Knoth  has taught 
students of all ages to do their own variations of this view.

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, sponsored by Wendy and Keith Wellin, at Rockland Public 
Library. For more information about Knoth's work visit www.catinkacards.com