Watercolours on the Go!
CNOL 2002
Learn how to create an illustrated travel journal that will bring back memories for years to come. And the trip doesn't have to be any further than your own back yard.
Katie FitzRandolph's approach to these watercolours is quick and immediate, reflecting the realities of travelling. Using an ultra-compact paint set and small brushes, you can produce drawings that evoke a mood, a location, a day. Working in a bound volume, rather than on removable sheets of paper, creates a freedom to have a drawing not work out as well as you hoped, because the process is for you, not for the Louvre. Drawing is very different from photography. Spending the time to really see what is in front of you gives you a stronger memory of the location, the sunlight on your shoulder, the smell of coffee from the cafe where you are sitting, or the uncomfortable dig of a pointy rock on which you are perched. You may often look at a photograph and wonder where it was and why you took it. You will never have that experience with your drawings.
We will paint in various locations around Fredericton over the duration of the course. Bring a blank book, a small stool and your eyes. Let's really look at this town!
Materials:
Please bring
- An unlined, bound notebook – Like a Moleskin notebook
- A black ink technical pen with waterproof ink, fairly fine line - .5 is a good size.
- Small water bottle/container
- Watercolour paints
- Couple of watercolour paint brushes
- A folding stool is useful.
Dress casually and comfortably.
Instructor: Katie FitzRandolph
Dates: 2 weekends, Saturday May 18 and Sunday May 19, and Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Participants will gather in the foyer of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street.
If it's raining the group will meet at one of the following locations:
- May 18 and May 19
President's Lounge, Alumni Memorial Building, 13 Bailey Drive. - May 25
Room 104, Carleton Hall, 19 Macaulay Lane - May 26
President's Lounge, Alumni Memorial Building, 13 Bailey Drive
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Course fee: $135.00 plus HST
About the instructor: Katie’s earliest art influence was Fredericton painter Lucy Jarvis, who just happened to be her aunt.
She studied pottery in Regina and has had pottery in three international juried exhibitions in Italy and one National Art Gallery curated show designed for exhibition in small galleries. She has pottery in the permanent collection of the Saskatchewan Arts Board.
She studied oil painting in Toronto with Andrew Bodor at Central Technical School and with Marion Wilson in private classes, as well as with Jennifer Pazienza. She has studied watercolour in short courses in France and Mexico, and encaustic with Sarah Petite. Katie is a member of the Toronto art group Central Connection and has shown in their group exhibitions in several locations in Toronto.
Since retiring and moving to Fredericton, she has had a studio at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, and has shown her work in the Centre’s Charlotte Glencross Gallery. Her work is in the permanent collection of the University of New Brunswick and in private collections across Canada and in the U.S.
She can be reached at 506-455-8045 or by email at kfitzr@nbnet.nb.ca
For more information
Please contact pce@unb.ca or phone (506) 458-7106.
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