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Classes & Workshops
(These make great gift ideas!)
Making art makes people feel good.
Research has provided strong evidence that participation in arts and culture is linked to quality and longevity of life, happiness, reduction of anxiety and stress, decrease in pain and the need for medications, increase in self-confidence and self-esteem along with an overall sense of achievement. (Cooley & Assoc. 2003)
Bernadine offers the following courses along with providing workshops for organizations on Creativity and Art & Health
Drawing for the Mature Student Painting BootCamp Workshops
There is a “tremendous potential for preservation of brain functions induced by the visual arts.” (Konrad Mauer & Bruce Miller)
Have you….
... always wanted to spend time making art? ... thought that one day you would take up drawing or painting again, when you are not so busy with work, family, or life? ... wondered if it is too late to begin working on your artistic skills? Not only is it never too late, participating in art activities will improve your health, sense of well-being and quality of life. In fact, research is showing that people who make art live longer, are happier, and have reduced levels of stress and physical pain.
"While learning in other disciplines may often focus on development of a single skill or talent, the arts regularly engage multiple skills and abilities. Engagement in the arts… nurtures the development of cognitive, social and personal competencies.” Champions for change: The Impacts of the Arts on Learning (Cooley & Assoc.)
Drawing for the Mature Student
(Feb 4th to Mar 10th 2012)
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(Jan 25th to Feb 29th 2012)
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Drawing Class: For the Mature Student (45+)
Next Courses will start
Feb 4th to Mar 10th, 2012
6 Saturdays
Drawing is the foundation of all art forms. It strengthens our hand/eye coordination. This drawing course focuses on training your eyes to see, your brain to interpret, and your hands to create. The objective is to introduce (or reintroduce) you to a variety of drawing exercises designed to improve your skills through an analysis of what is being seen and how that is interpreted on paper. By employing these drawing exercises, you will see a dramatic improvement in your drawing ability within a short period of time.
This class is geared towards both experienced and inexperienced individuals (over 45) who are looking for a supportive environment to practice, rediscover, and/or engage their creative drawing ability.
This is what people say about Bernadine's class:
"Thank you for giving me the courage to continue with my art and to see things in my "mistakes" and to let them work for me. Thank you for opening my life to art, an opening I have always craved and one that I will never again starve for in my life time." Kim
" It was perfect for someone like me with no experience and even less confidence as far as drawing is concerned. I learned a lot, in good company, and now enjoy getting my sketch pad out..." Valerie
"The
class was phenomenal, I enjoyed it tremendously. You helped me look at
things with a new perspective and from a new point of view. I did not really
know what we were going to take from the course, and it turned out
to be a life lesson, really. For that I am more than grateful.
Time seemed to be flying and it never felt like we have already been in
class for a couple hours. I think most of us had a hard time letting go of
the pencil, charcoal or conte at the end of the sessions - I certainly
did." Marcella
Course Details Pre-registration is required. Limited class size. See below Time: Sat 10:00 am to noon Dates: Feb 4th to Mar 10th, 2012 Number of sessions: 6 Location: William Street Studios #7, 1310 Williams Vancouver BC (Space is limited to 6 participants)
NEW!!
Bernadine is about to offer the first only Painting Bootcamp for artists. This six week course is designed to take your painting to the next level. Regardless of whether or not you are a figurative, abstract, or landscape painter, this course will shake up what you are doing and help you to discover where you next need to go. Bootcamp implies hard, strenuous, sweat-producing exercising. Creatively it means stretching beyond your comfort level, experimenting with new ideas or new materials, confronting your fear of different genres or those places where you believe you can’t go and then simply going there. Needless to say, it ain’t for creative sissies.
This course is suitable for anyone who wants to shake up their work. Throw yourself into different styles of painting and push yourself to paint quickly. Expose your work to new ideas and new ways of working. Get back into your painting groove while trying on different techniques and styles of painting.
You can use whatever medium you feel most comfortable with and/or want to experiment with.. Painting occurs outside of class time. Classes are structured to include an instructional lecture on upcoming exercise and handout. Participants will be expected to produce one painting a week and bring it to class to take part in a group constructive feedback. The latter is designed to be empowering and positive.
Prerequisites? Some painting experience. If in doubt, please contact Bernadine.
Course will start
Jan 25th to Feb 29th 2012
6 Saturdays (no class Nov 19th) Course Details Pre-registration is required. Limited class size. See below Time: Sat 1 pm to 3 pm Dates: Jan 25th to Feb 29th, 2012 Number of sessions: 6 Location: William Street Studios #7, 1310 Williams Vancouver BC (Space is limited to 6 participants)
Fees: $185.00 (for all courses) (can be paid by cheque, cash, credit card, or PayPal)
You can register online: Drawing Class Feb 4th to Mar 10th, 2012 Painting Bootcamp Jan 25th to Feb 29th, 2012
Online Payments are secured through PayPal.
OR you can arrange payment by
calling: (778) 869-0733 OR emailing: info@bernadinefox.ca
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