Makini in the Booster, Glenn Bernabe online

An article about VAB student Makini Calliste-Woolard has appeared in this week's Brampton Booster, the Thursday newspaper published by the Guardian. A longer version of the article appears online.

Our upcoming workshop, taught by Glenn Bernabe, appears online and will hopefully make the print edition. Over the last few months, The Guardian has begun to publish articles online immediately, before the print edition comes out.

Pastel artwork on display at Artway wins international award

Glenn Bernabe's "The Portrait" was recently awarded an Honourable Mention from the Pastel Journal Magazine's 2010 Pastel 100 Annual Juried Competition.

In his newsletter, Glenn writes: "This Competition represents the best pastel art in North America and to be included with this select group is indeed an honour. All the winning pieces are printed in the April Issue of the Pastel Journal Magazine which is on Newstands now so pickup you copy today before they're all gone!"

"The Portrait" is currently on display at Artway Gallery, Brampton.

Pastel portraiture workshop with Glenn Bernabe, April 11 and 18

Pastel portraiture workshop with Glenn Bernabe PAC, AOCAD Two Sundays, April 11 and 18 10 am to 5 pm, with an hour for lunch $110 for Visual Arts Brampton members $125 for non-members

“Portraiture is a way of recording people. Their personality, character, status, the place and time they lived, the environment in which they live or simply showing beauty.” Designed for those with minimal drawing skills, this portraiture course focuses on applying measuring methods, proportion, and alignment when depicting the human face and figure. Using pencil, charcoal and pastel, students will work from a live, clothed model, capturing the face in simplified terms through basic structural studies of the face and skull as well as understanding the body and its form. Tuiton includes both instruction fees and the model's fee. Class size will be 6 to 12 students. Workshop to be held at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studios, 1 Bartley Bull Parkway, Suite 10, at the corner of Highway 10 and Steeles Avenue in Brampton. To register, contact Visual Arts Brampton at: 905-453-9142, or visualartsbrampton@gmail.com