As per website:
Welcome to The Art of Making Joyful Art, Arts Etobicoke’s 8-week Seniors Paid Program at Cloverdale Mall.
This course will offer a balance of technical skills as well as insight into the mindset required to make joyful art. Easing in with basic and FUN drawing exercises we will explore how to observe and describe – without judgment and “see” how we approach art with our own unique perspective. A fundamental skill in making art is understanding value. We will be doing a value study in each class looking at the work of Etel Adnan, Kandinsky, Johanne Itten and Vasarely among others. We will learn to make thumbnail sketches and black and white doodles to awaken our creativity. Darlene will bring in something that she is working on to better understand her step by step process. Each class time will be spent on developing a painting either from your own reference, a famous artist or copying/adapting my style.
NOTE: We will work in an environment that feels comfortable to share, learn and be creative in. There will be feedback to facilitate learning.
WEEK ONE
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• Using Black and White we will “Block Out” and paint the Gray scale on card stock.
• Students will learn about “The Power of the Other” as it relates to Positive and Negative shape.
• Students will learn about “The Power of the Other” as it relates to relative colour and reproduce colour squares from a circa 1960 Vasarely Print.
WEEK TWO
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• We will look at tints and mix a “Drifted” tint scale on card stock.
• Using a restricted palette, we will paint a value exercise on card stock using black, white, one warm colour and one cool colour exploring the implications of temperature.
• Students will have open studio time to develop their creativity making doodles and paint on canvas.
WEEK THREE
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• We will look at tones and mix a tone scale on card stock. * We will look at the colour wheel and paint a cube.
• Students will have open studio time to paint on canvas.
WEEK FOUR
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• We will copy a Kandinsky black and white drawing on card stock and explore the relationship between music and art.
• Students will have open studio time to paint on canvas.
WEEK FIVE
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• We will look at shades and mix a shade scale.
• We will continue to look at the colour wheel and explore complimentary systems.
• Students will have open studio time to paint on canvas.
WEEK SIX
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• We will look at “Frame of Reference” and breakdown how to design and block out the “Big Divisions” in a painting.
• Students will have open studio time to paint on canvas.
WEEK SEVEN
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• We will paint Johannes Itten’s “Paint Two Grids of Squares” and discern likes and dislikes. Students will be surprised at new colour possibilities from this simple exercise and expand their colour palette.
• Students will have open studio time to paint on canvas.
WEEK EIGHT
• Quick and FUN drawing exercise to warm up.
• Using our dazzling doodle skills we will draw our “Life Story” from Shell Silverstein’s The Giving Tree
• We will review the concepts learned from week 1 to present day.
• Students will have open studio time to paint on canvas.
End of course Puzzle Party! Darlene will make available for purchase her cards/puzzles that can be found in The AGO Gift Shop. She will share the accompanying stories that went into the making of some of her most personal work.
Dates: Thursdays, September 25 to Nov 13
Times: 11:30am – 1:30pm
Price: The class will be offered at a discounted rate of $153.68 (tax included) for the 8 week program.
Artist facilitator: Darlene Kulig
If you are interested and choose to register, please note that regular attendance is important to the smooth facilitation of this program.
Venue: Cloverdale Common - Cloverdale Mall
250 The East Mall
Toronto
Ontario
M9B 3Y8
Upcoming Dates:
25 September 2025
02 October 2025
09 October 2025
16 October 2025
23 October 2025
30 October 2025
06 November 2025
13 November 2025