Spring Has Sprung!
Registration
$325.00
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Heather Sayeau
Wednesday - Friday, April 29 – May 1, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
This workshop is for people who would like to improve their skill level in painting and to explore ways of making an image. Each day will begin with a demo of a technique followed by a practice session. Each student will work on subject matter either from life or from photos which will be provided. Still life, florals, landscape, and abstraction are among the subject matter covered in these sessions. Using house paint brushes, spray painting, staining the background, and drawing in paint are all possibilities for exploration. Learn some of the many ways to take your painting to a new, exciting level. Lets make some juicy, bright paintings to celebrate the return of colour to the world.
Students should bring:
- Oil or acrylic paint- titanium white, cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow, ( dandelion yellow) lemon yellow , alizarin crimson, cadmium red.
- Linseed oil, odourless thinner and a mason jar with a lid ( for oil painters )
- 1” house paint brush plus # 6,#8 #10 hogs hair flat brushes
- Canvases – 8×10 10×12, 12×16, 24×24 – bring a variety of sizes – 2 canvases per day
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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.”