VAB hosting 8-week drawing workshop

The Brampton Guardian
Friday, February 23, 2007

Artist Keith Moreau will be teaching an eight-week workshop at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studio in March.

Moreau, an experienced illustrator and art instructor, will be teaching Drawing in Colour and Black & White on Thursdays from March 1 to April 19 from 7 to 9 p.m.

In the first two weeks, students will participate in simple exercises to understand perspective. Following weeks will feature still life drawing, then portraits. Two weeks are then devoted to the unique white-line drawing medium of scratchboard, and then two weeks of coloured pencil.

This workshop costs $40, including some supplies and tools for in-studio use.

The VAB Creative Studio is located in the lower level of the Bartley Square Mall, at the corner of Hurontario Street and Steeles Avenue. For information or to register, call 905-453-9142.

Students show off works of art at VAB's Fridge Front Gallery

The Brampton Guardian
Friday, February 23, 2007

Fridge Front Gallery in Shoppers World usually shows the works of Visual Arts Brampton's younger students. For the next few months, it will also feature creativity from three Brampton schools.

Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School will start the series of exhibits, with a display from March 5 to 20. Sunny View Middle School art will be shown April 2 to 13, while McCrimmon Middle School pieces will be on display from April 13 to 27.

Brampton residents will also be able to view select works online by visiting visualartsbrampton.com.

Any school in Peel can book a free exhibit at Fridge Front Gallery. For information, teachers, principals or parents can call 905-453-9142 or e-mail mailto:visualartsbrampton@gmail.com

More new books, part 7

Photography, art collections

• Exile's Exiles: The Happy Few, John Reeves (photography of Canadian authors, poets, artists, novelists, photographers, by a Canadian photographer; included are Roch Carrier, Margaret Atwood, Jane Urquhart, Morley Callaghan, Barry Callaghan, Guillevic, Ray Ellenwood, Mimi Parent, Fernand Outlette, and Claire De.)
• Newsweek Great Museums of the World: National Gallery London, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (editorial director)
• Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of The Image Makers, Elizabeth McLuhan and Tom Hill

Art history

• Indian Art, Philip Rawson
• A.J. Casson: Early Works in the McMichael Canadian Collection / Première oeuvres a la collection McMichael d'art Canadien, Ian M. Thom with Gérard Bourlier
  

Photography how-to books
While many are older titles, they all focus on concepts still relevant today.

• How to Photograph Sports & Action, Robert McQuilkin
• The Art of Scenic Photography, Tom Grill and Mark Scanlon
• Photographing Wildlife: Techniques for portraying animals in natural habitats, Pat Caulfield
• The Complete Book of Photographing Birds, Russ Kinne with Roger Tory Peterson (a second copy of the publication)
• The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques, John Shaw
• How to Get the Best Travel Photographs, Fredrik D. Bodin

Other

• Toronto Architecture & Urban Design Awards 2005 Jury Report, Robert Freedman (chair)
• Tropical Beaches, 1999 Calendar, Hallmark
• Toronto Real Estate Board, 2000 Calendar (images of old homes across the original Toronto)
  
• The Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada, 1985 calendar (artwork of historic buildings)
  
• Tribute Kids, Christmas 1996, Famous Players (features Space Jam with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny)
• YES Mag, May/June 2003
• Elm Street, Summer 2003
• Canadian Geographic, July/August 1997
• National Geographic World: for kids who dare to explore, March 2002

Sunny View Middle School at Fridge Front

Sunny View Middle School is now booked to display at the Visual Arts Brampton Fridge Front Gallery in Shoppers World, from April 2nd through 13th.

The exhibit while feature Teri Petrillo's Grade 6 Art/Language Arts classes, who are currently working on Value and One Point Perspective.

Drawing in Colour and Black & White workshop

Drawing in Colour and Black & White
With Keith Moreau

8 weeks, March 1 to April 19
Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 pm

• Week One & Two: Keith will help you understand perspective in simple exercises.
• Week Three: Drawing a still life arrangement.
• Week Four: One portraits in pencil
• Week Five & Six: Learn the unique white-line drawing medium of scratchboard, while working from animal illustrations.
• Week Seven & Eight: Keith will help you master coloured pencil, while drawing an image of your choice.

This workshop is just $40 for the eight weeks, including some supplies and tools for in-studio use.

Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studio
Lower level of the Bartley Square Mall
Northeast corner of Hwy 10 (Hurontario) and Steeles Avenue

Contact us for more information, or to register.

This course will be announced on daytime at exactly 11:20 am, 5:20 pm, and 11:20 pm today (Monday 19 February 2007). Tune in to Rogers Community Cable 10 to see Keith Moreau and his artwork.

Acrylics workshop with Debra Ali

VAB member Debra Ali is planning to teach an acrylics workshop this April at the Visual Arts Brampton studio. Details and the date is all TBA currently.

To see her work, visit www.debraali.ca

More new books, part 6

• Eyewitness Explorers Mammals, Dorling Kindersley (publisher)
• Eyewitness Books Prehistoric Life, William Lindsey
• Canada: A Picture Book to Remember her by, Ted Smart
• Simon & Shuster's Butterflies & Moths, Mauro Daccordi, Paolo Triberti, Adriano Zanetti
• Peterson First Guides: Fishes, Michael Filisky
• Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish: 2005-2006 edition, Government of Ontario
• A Guide to Field Identification: Seashells of North America, R. Tucker Abbott
• Seashores, Herbert S. Zim PhD, Lester Ingle PhD
  

Congrats to Makini, Aleksandra, Emily, Carl, Samantha, Andrea

Congratulations to VAB youth class students Aleksandra Ciurzynska, Makini Calliste-Woollard, Emily Ing, and Samantha Dell'Anno, all of whom successfully applied for Mayfield Secondary School Regional Arts Program (Visual Arts). Makini is still deciding between Mayfield, and a music program at another school.

Congratulations also go out to Andrea Wang, who is accepted in Cawthra Park Secondary School Regional Arts Program (Visual Arts), and Carl Caldeira, who is accepted into St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School visual arts program.

Now a word from a notable, quotable dead person:
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his mind is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

– St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 7 March 1274)

Home Assignment list, 2007

1. Shoes hanging by their laces, from a door knob
Any type of shoes, so long as they have laces, on any type of door knob or handle.

2. Multi-person or motorized transportation

YES: cars, trains, airplanes, stagecoaches, Vespas, boats, buses, subways, monorails, rickshaws, elephants.
NO: rollerskates, skateboards, hang gliders, soapbox car.

3. Reflection of yourself
Draw a mirror, or any other reflective object, with a reflection of yourself.

4. Cards
Either a deck of playing cards, or some sports cards. They should be drawn in an interesting arrangement, from an interesting view (not just an "overhead" shot).

5. Television playing program
Any program on the screen of any television set. Please don't draw the TV straight-on, or else it will just look like a picture with a border.

6. Electronic device
Any electronic device other than a TV. If you need to plug something in, or put batteries in it, chances are it's electronic.

7. Household room interior
The inside of any room, so long as it's in a house/apartment.

8. Deck/porch/greenhouse/solarium
Any outdoor or somewhat outdoor relaxation area.

9. A scale model
An object made to look like a much larger object, such as a boat, spaceship, car.

10. Musical instrument
Any instrument.

11. Just returned
Multiple objects that you'd have if you just returned from a particular event or place. Returned from school (backpack, textbooks), from a vacation (suitcase, maps), from a birthday party (lootbag), hockey practice (sports equipment), whatever.

12. Under your bed
Whatever the view is from under your bed. There should be something under the bed, so that it's an interesting view.

13. Food in preparation
Any meal or snack, in the process of being made.

14. Tree in two seasons
The same tree, in two different seasons. Winter branches, spring buds, summer foliage, falling leaves.

15. Indoor plant
16. DVD player with DVD disc(s) and case(s)
17. Board game

18. Holiday decorations
Any holiday or celebration, whatsoever.

19. Scene through a window
Make sure we know it's through a window, and not just a landscape, or a photo in a frame. Any window whatsoever, anywhere.

20. Stuffed animals
21. House
22. Bath toys
23. Inside your backpack.
24. Inside your closet
25. Clock
26. Folded clothes/towels

27. Tools
Building tools, kitchen tools, dentist's tools, etc.

28. Food in a container
29. Other toy (not bath, stuffed, electronic)

30. Fear
Something that you fear. Spiders, bees, monsters, invisible people, whatever.

Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School to exhibit

From March 5 to 20, Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School will be on display at the Fridge Front Gallery.

Brathwaite is part of the Peel Board, and is located around Sandalwood Parkway and Dixie Road. The school was built in 2003, and has 1,658 students.

http://haroldmbrathwaitess.peelschools.org/

Youth year end project decided

We skipped the year end project last year, but it's back again this year. While previous years we've focused on graphic design-related things, this year it's "industrial design".

Industrial design, you say? Does this mean we'll be drawing a factory?

No, industrial design is the design of any item that's mass-produced. From toothbrushes to toilets, from chairs to cars, from blenders to telephones. Industrial designers are the people who sketch, model, and make these items.

For now, we're thinking of the project being design a piece of furniture. It can be either futuristic or fun, but it should be something that no one's ever seen before. (ie, don't just draw the chair you bought at the store.) The key is to make it unique, while still making it usable. A chair just isn't a chair unless it can be sat on.

You'll be drawing the item you imagine from the front, the side, and the top.

Should you start now? No. Maybe brainstorm some ideas, but don't start all-out on it, until we've had some slideshows of cutting-edge industrial design, and more importantly firmed up the concept. There's nothing worse than doing an assignment that isn't going to be assigned.

McCrimmon Middle School to exhibit

Friday April 13 to 27, McCrimmon Middle School will be on display at the Fridge Front Gallery.

McCrimmon is part of the Fletcher's Meadow Family of Schools, in the Peel Board, and is located around Chinguacousy Road and Sandalwood Parkway. The school was built in 2003, and has 827 students in grades six through eight.

http://www.peel.edu.on.ca/schools/rapidfacts/mccrimmon.htm