Take a Walk on the Wonderful Side: Painting
Registration
$425.00
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Heather Sayeau
Monday to Friday, August 5 – August 9, 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm
This five (5) day excursion is for everyone who likes to paint, and for those who wish to learn more about painting. Lunenburg is a masterpiece with endless subject matters from architecture to florals, marine subjects to figures on the street. Participants will paint both from life – en plein aire- and from photos (provided in bad weather.) Daily demos by the instructor followed by helpful exercises will tune up technical skills; e.g., colour mixing, composition, brush techniques, perspective. Take a walk in Lunenburg with Heather and create beautiful art from what’s around every corner. Easels are provided.
Students should bring:
- paints (acrylic or oil): titanium white, ultramarine blue , cerulean blue, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson. Optional colours: sap green, raw sienna, burnt umber.
- linseed oil, odourless paint thinner and glass jars with lids (for oil painters)
- long handled brushes- #6, #8, #10
- smaller canvases – 6×6, 6×8, 8×8, 8×10, 10×10, 10×12- choose the sizes you like – bring at least 2 canvases per day.
- rags
- paper palette
- sunscreen & hat
- lunch
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Heather Sayeau
Heather Sayeau received her Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Education from NSCAD University in Halifax in 1981, and taught Fine and Media Arts at NSCAD alongside her practice for thirty years. Sayeau is an oil painter with a focus on landscape, still life, and the figure. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions since 1982 and her work appears in public and private collections across Canada and abroad.
“I am a painter. Painting is what I do and what I long to do when I am not painting… Teaching is the wonderful offspring of painting; sharing my experiences, challenges, successes, and defeats with people. Learning the ‘toolbox’ of techniques opens the door to oneself and I am always delighted to watch students grow a new facet of their creative self. I have had the privilege to instruct students of all ages. I like to work with each student individually — helping them hone each one’s unique expression.”