THURSDAYS | May 4, 11, 18 & 25 | 6:45 - 8:15PM | Ages 13 - 17 | Discovery Centre

This youth art class is inspired by gouache painting and ink blown art. Art Instructor Candice Arnold will guide students through various art processes and demonstrations. Students will experiment and explore a variety of alcohol ink techniques, then create their own koi fish art. Registrants will also learn about the gouache painting process. The class will culminate with beautifully intricate insect artwork, filled with patterns and symbolic spring imagery.

‍May 4: Learning to use Alcohol Inks | Experiment & Explore

Students will learn how to experiment with alcohol inks and create abstract designs. Colourful, translucent effects, line texture and ‘stippling’ will be encouraged.  A demonstration will be given on basic alcohol ink techniques; including layering colours, blending with alcohol and eyedroppers, creating texture and ‘stippled’ effects with brushes. This will be an exploratory learning class, to get a feel for the art materials and techniques.

‍May 11: Painting Koi Fish with Alcohol Inks

Students will take what they learned about alcohol inks and create a beautiful koi fish. They will hand paint the koi face and outline the body, then create spontaneous colourful tail and fins using ink blowing techniques with straws, inks, isopropyl alcohol and eyedroppers.

‍May 18: Gouache Insect Painting Introduction

Students will learn about gouache painting. The theme will be to create one large colourful insect, such as a bee, beetle, dragonfly, butterfly, or moth. Intricate patterns and symbolic spring imagery will be encouraged, using a variety of vibrant colours with gold and black ink. Using their imaginations, students may want to include colourful nature motifs and patterns inside their insect.

‍May 25: Gouache Insect Painting Details

Continuing work on their gouache insect paintings, students will add black India ink to outline insects and metallic inks for highlighting and embellishing. Background scenery and images can be included using symbols, patterns, nature motifs, writing, whatever inspires them! Using their imaginations will be highly encouraged.

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About the Instructor:

Candice Arnold graduated from the University of Manitoba with her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 2005. She has since explored her love of teaching at the Esplanade utilizing materials such as clay, painting, printmaking, pastels, charcoal, and inks. She began with the Esplanade as our Summer Arts Camp Instructor in 2006, continuing in that role for 4 summers while also transitioning into her Esplanauts Instructor role in fall 2006. Alongside her 16+ years of experience with us, she has also facilitated programming at both Medalta and Inspire Café.

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A patron may withdraw their registration up to two weeks prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund. No refund will be issued within the two weeks prior to the start date, but withdrawals during that time period will be considered on a case by case basis and may result in a credit applied to the patron’s name. No credit or refund will be issued to any withdrawals within three business days before the start date of the program.

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