Mega cutesville Bluffs buddies (Taken with Instagram at Scarborough Bluffs)
Not a bad day off (Taken with Instagram at Scarborough Bluffs)
Self-portraits by the Junior Artists (Taken with instagram)
Scratch that-meet Fine Oak’s newest MASCOT! (Taken with Instagram at Fine Oak Art School)
Fine Oak’s newest student! (Taken with Instagram at Fine Oak Art School)
Feel like a kid and come play with paint in the adult art class! (Taken with Instagram at Fine Oak Art School)
Adult art class starts in one week: Wednesday May 16. Sign up please! (Taken with instagram)
Fleeeuuurrrssss (Taken with instagram)
Maryanna Hardy giving artist talk and workshop at Fine Oak
TORONTO – Artist and illustrator Maryanna Hardy hosts the second instalment of Fine Oak Art School’s monthly series of artist talks and one-day art workshops. Fine Oak Art School is bringing practicing artists direct to the curious public.
On Saturday, May 26th, at 8 p.m., Maryanna Hardy will be giving an artist’s talk and unveiling her latest work. The talk is free and open to anyone, and will be followed by a reception with music and drinks.
Hardy will be speaking about her new series of large scale narrative drawings. This series is a collaboration with friend and writer Jordan Coulombe, drawings that are as much about their relationship as they are about the story he wrote. Coulombe will be participating in this talk and reading his short story titled “The Winchester”. Hardy will also be talking about her book of drawings “So I’ve Been Told” and new additions to her “Dream Log” series. These new drawings will be up for the night of May 26, in coordination with the presentation. You can see more of Hardy’s work at www.maryannahardy.com.
The next day, Sunday May 27th, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m., Hardy will be leading a workshop on narrative drawing, alongside Erica Beyea. The two artists will guide participants along creating their own drawing based on a narrative of their choice. All skill-levels are welcome and made comfortable; from people who “can’t draw a stick-figure” to folks confident in their rendering skills. BYOB and snack potluck, this workshop is entirely unintimidating and a lot of fun. The workshop is $60 with HST and art supplies included.
“I want to bring the work of young, interesting and practicing artists to the attention of adults interested in art but who don’t necessarily frequent the Toronto art scene. I am on a mission to take the intimidation factor out of visual art,” said Erica Beyea, artist and founder, Fine Oak Art School. “These talks are free, and open to anyone. It allows everyone to have the chance to learn from some of the many fantastic and successful artists in our community.”
The monthly series will continue throughout 2012, with other artists leading the talks and workshops. Upcoming artists include: Jess Riva Cooper, Stewart Jones, Nicole Aline Legault, Niall McLelland, Jeremy R. Jansen, Rob Macinnis, Lisa Cristinzo and Tibi Tibi Neuspiel.
Fine Oak Art School has been teaching adults who haven’t picked up a paintbrush since grade school and art-school dropouts since September 2011. Founded by artist Erica Beyea, Fine Oak employs active artists to teach adults how to make great art of their own. Aside from workshops, Fine Oak also runs a variety of eight-class courses with a maximum of seven students in each course
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