October 2013 Children's Drawing Program, coloring pages, press release
Topic: Kids Art Class

 

Fall and Halloween Themes for October Children's Drawing Classes at Rockland Library, 2013

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. Library policy requests that children 10 and under have an adult accompany them. Classes meet every Tuesday from 4-5 p.m. downstairs in the Friends Community Room.

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

10/01    Autumn leaves and trees
10/08    Pumpkin patches and scarecrows
10/15    Owls and bats and cats
10/22    Haunted houses
10/29    Spooky Halloween with Jack-O-Lanterns, witches, goblins, and more.

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. She expects students to be able to work independently for the most part. 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.
 
Demonstration drawings by Catinka Knoth as coloring pages

Fall leaves coloring page, pumpkins coloring page; scarecrow coloring page; owl, bat, & cat coloring page; haunted house after Charles Burchfield coloring page; spooky Halloween scene

"Let's Draw September Harvests & More!" - September children's art classes programs
Topic: Kids Art Class

Press Release

September Harvests a Theme for Children's Drawing Classes at Rockland Library, 2013

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. FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

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. Each week is a different subject.

09/03    Butterflies and Monarch butterfly migration

09/11    Farm scenes of haying and the fall harvest

09/17    Barnyard animals such as cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, roosters, geese, and ducks

09/24    Visits to the apple orchard and apple picking

Participants draw along with Knoth and  experience drawing in a safe community environment. She expects students 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.

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the children's workshops, which are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. The Friends of Rockland Library host.

Some large September coloring pages:

Farm animals coloring page

Barn & tractor haying coloring page

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.