Studio Series with Darlene Kulig

SEMI-ABSTRACTED SPIRITED LANDSCAPE

Painting: From Reference to Essence!

Painting: From Reference to Essence explores design elements and colour theory to build the artist’s tool box and offers insights to open the heart of an artist to discover their “essence”. Students will work with drawing tools, thumbnail sketches and acrylic paints. We will reconnect with the divergent thinking of a child. Finding courage to be in the moment and make person-al art is a liberating and life changing thing. Each week class will start with a short lecture to better understand design and colour. I will bring something that I am working on to better understand my step by step process.

Each student will have open studio time to work on a painting of their choice. I will bring art books for students to “copy” if they are not ready to start something original. Or students are welcome to bring their own
reference or to copy my style.

Ages 18+

Cost: $160 +HST for the series (all 4 workshops)

Dates: Sundays in June - 12 noon to 2:30 pm (please note this series is on Sundays instead of our usual Saturday)

• June 4
• June 11
• June 18
• June 25

Address: Arts Etobicoke, 4893a Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M9A 1B2

WEEK ONE: We will look at the colour wheel and mix complex neutrals. Understanding value is the foundation to making art. Learning to see colour as a value and a temperature (warm or cool) is critical to making successful art. Students will have open studio time to paint.

WEEK TWO: Students will learn about composition and how to “decide” or “choose” which shapes go where by blocking out their work through developing a series of thumbnail sketches. We will breakdown how to move colour thro ugh your work to create balance and harmony.

WEEK THREE: Students will continue to look at the core design elements including Line, Shape, Value, Colour and Intensity. Students will have open studio time to paint.

WEEK FOUR: Students will now be ready to let go and critique their own work and the work of each other using the skills developed in the workshop. Students will have open studio time to paint.

Darlene began painting full time ten years ago. Her work utilizes synthesis or stylization – an approach that came into Eurocentric art from Japan in the mid 1800s. Many of Canada’s great landscape painters (  Harris being an obvious example) have done this. Darlene makes her approach unique by using strong (high key) colour and uniting smaller shapes into larger, more powerful areas by controlling her values. Her love of the abundant beauty so characteristic of the Canadian landscape is clear. What is especially impressive is that she has developed a unique and very personal approach that “feels” Canadian.

Read Darlene's full bio here: https://darlenekulig.ca/about-darlene-kulig/