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Drawing and painting animals
Chalet Jean-Chénier, 515 rue Jean-Chénier (secteur Aylmer)
Workshop/class
Visual Arts
Visual Arts - Drawing
Visual Arts - Painting
The Objective eis allowing the participants a chance to explore the art of animal drawing and painting. They will be given theory and demonstrations of different techniques and will get to practice either on their own or while being guided by the instructor.
Session structure: 3 hours of theory and technique demonstrations, followed by guided and/or individual practice.
Week 1 – Presentations, Observation and References: presentations of the participants and review of the plan, and theory on reference images.
Week 2 – Proportions, Sketches and Colour Testing: theory and demonstrations on how to get the right proportions, sketching and
explorations of the colours.
Week 3 - Steps, Things to Consider and Creation: Review of the steps of the creation process, of the important aspects to consider during the creation, and beginning of the creation itself - fur.
Week 4 – Drawing and Practice : Tips on how to draw realistic fur, and start of the final drawing.
Week 5 – Drawing: Continuing the final drawing.
Week 6 – Perfecting the Drawing: Continuing the drawing and adding the final details.
Week 7 – From Drawing to Painting: Theory on the differences between drawing and painting animals, new colour testing with the paint and transfer of the sketch onto the canvas.
Week 8 - Painting: Application des techniques de fourrure avec la peinture, peinture finale.
Week 9 – Painting: Continuing to work on the final painting.
Week 10 – Extra Tips: Adding the finishing touch, if need be, and information about products and mediums to help with bigger projects, to bring the creation to the next level.
The needed material is listed on the AVG web page.
Regarding the instructor : Audrey Grenier is a multidisciplinary artist from l’Ange-Gardien. She specialises in animal drawing and painting, but she also works with photography and sculpture/carving. She just finished her Baccalaureate in Visual Arts. She is also recipient of an award from AVG and one for Public’s Favorite artwork with FemmExpo 2024.
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Chalet Jean-Chénier, 515 rue Jean-Chénier (secteur Aylmer)
515 Rue Jean Chénier
Gatineau J9H 4L4
