Classes, workshops and more

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Residents of Saint Mary's and Marianne Villa art program.

The focus of the art program I run at St Mary's and Marianne Villa is on maintaining and improving fine motor skills, cognitive skills, and on pure recreational enjoyment.

The residents I work with have varying levels of physical and or mental impairment. I have prepared for each session, two projects of different challenge levels.

I passionately feel that the act of creation is as important to those at the end of life's journey as it is for those at the beginning. One only has to see the look of joy in the eyes of a dementia patient who is creating, to see the value of these activities. Often no other program has the ability to hold the attention of these patients except for their weekly art program.

I also have found, that the resulting 'art' is a bridging tool for families to connect with their loved ones in care.

"C" and "L" 's work

"C" and "L" 's clay reliefs.

"C" had lots of fun with a pallet knife and acrylic paints on this one.

I love the perspective "L" put into this painting, I feel like I'm standing at the foot of the tree, and looking up, way up.

"G" 's work

"G"'s Mom says: Our six year old son loves to attend art classes with Robin. He has so much fun with her. He can hardly wait to see what he will be working on next. She has a wide selection of medias (materials) and resources, which has broadened our son's interest in different art techniques. He often chooses the direction of a session and the one-on-one teaching focuses directly on his learning pace.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Fund Raiser for Canadian Red Cross, Disaster Fund

Saturday, June 18th, 1-4 pm
At Robin's Studio in Belmont
Cost $25.00 per person, all profits go to the Canadian Red Cross Disaster Fund for the victims of the Slave Lake wildfires, and the floods in both the west and in Quebec.
The event:
This 3 hour workshop is for all ages and abilities. You are welcome to drop in for one hour or for the entire 3 hours.
I'm going to set up the canopies around the pond, if Mother Nature is unco-operative we'll have to squeeze into the house so pray for a nice day.
I'll supply the art material, and instruction, all you need to bring is your sense of fun and a willingness to experiment.
Please e:mail me or call 519-644-0546, to reserve a spot, space is limited
Edit June 19th: We had a perfect day for our work shop. Everyone had lots of fun and went home with a very personal piece of art.
We raised $100.00 which has been sent to The Canadian Red Cross to add your donation click here

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Spring classes

Spring classes at the Art Gallery of Lambeth This session we will be studying, basics of drawing, form, and value. There is a couple of spaces left in my Thursday night class. 6:30-7:30, starting April 7, and of course I can take private students on a more flexable schedule, in my studio. contact 644-0546

Wasn't that a pARTy

April 8th

A good time had by all

pARTy Feb 18th

Classes and Workshops

I teach private classes, and workshops for 3-15 students.

I teach both mixed media contemporary, and a classic drawing skills class called ‘Yes, you can draw!'

Teaching fee's: Kids and seniors: $95.00 for 6 - 1 hour sessions.

$125.00 for 6 - 1 hour sessions for adults.

A $30.00 basic material package is purchased the 1st session . This usually lasts through several series of sessions. Specialty supplies may have a higher fee.

Private lessons are in my studio in Belmont (15 minutes South East of London, or 15 minutes North East of St Thomas).

Unfortunately, my studio is too small to work with more than one or two students at a time, please contact me for directions.
For groups of 3-10, I come to you, or if nessessary a hall can be rented. If it is necessary to rent a space for a larger group the cost of the rental will be added to the workshop fee.

For art supplies I recommend Mercury Art Supply, Wellington and Baseline or Gutheries, Meadowpark plaza off Exeter Rd in London.

Workshops

are $25.00 per hour regardless of the size or age of the group, plus each participant pays a material fee of $10.00 (full day workshops $20.00).

I supply everything they will need except for photo copies of photos or other personal objects they may wish to incorporate into a collage.

A favorite is the pARTy!

What's a pARTy?

It's a group lesson/mini workshop. You invite your friends, I bring the art supplies and we pARTy!

pARTy's for adult learners are approx 2 hours, they take place in either the hostess's home, or a rented location.

are for all skill levels, and are designed to be fun and informative, making them a perfect team building exercise, girls night, or just for fun.

The best thing is, is that this is an all skill levels kind of event, from beginner to pro. Absolutely no creativity or 'talent' is needed.

The focus is on colour and texture not drawing, allowing participants to experiment and have fun.

pARTy goer's are required to bring copies of photos and other items that relate to the photo. See the hints below. Each participant goes home with a unique and personally meaningful work of art.

I require a minimum of 3 participants. Teaching fee per pARTy goer is $25.00. Kids pARTy's are an hour, and cost $15.00 per child (8 and up) with a 4 child minimum Contact me to book a class or a pARTy.

Let's have some fun!

What to bring to a pARTy

Each pARTy goer needs an apron or old cloths, -gesso and acrylic paint do not wash out EVER- Photos that relate to each other in some way. These need be copies, as they are going to be cut up. I recommend they be photocopied or printed on your home computer. Interesting transfers can be done if they are printed with an inkjet printer and printed on glossy photo paper. Regardless of the kind of printer, cheap paper works best, or bring pictures from magazines, pages from old books like phone books, children's books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, recycled or antique paper.

Other possibilities are wrapping paper, greeting cards, ticket stubs, play programs and product labels.

Fabric: Fabric in a collage looks more interesting when the fabric looks lived-in .

Found objects: Can include jewlery, dried flowers and leaves, rusty bits-a favorite of mine is crushed rusty bottle caps found on my walks, coins, pebbles, shells, feathers, wire, beads, thread, aluminum tape for mufflers and heat ducting, thin copper sheeting etc, etc, as long as the object isn't too heavy, the skies the limit!

Classes, workshops and more

Saturday, October 1, 2011