Art for Communication

I did a workshop yesterday morning for a new group of people living with Aphasia.

Communication is not only the spoken word and for anyone who has Aphasia drawing can be another way to communicate.

I have created a program that seems to work really well with the group of people that I work with but it is always great to try it out with new people .... to see how they react.

More about the program here.

Everyone did really well and seemed to have a good time.

Here are their final paintings

And this was the best part for me .... someone handed me this drawing with the evaluation of the morning. Fantastic!

Workshop tomorrow

I am very pleased to be conducting a workshop tomorrow for the Sumi-e Artists of Canada. We are going to have fun with resists on rice paper. Anyone who has ever worked on this paper knows how thin and fragile it can be so it seems hard to imagine adding a resist to the surface. It is a very fun process and you can get some fantastic results. Looking forward to tomorrow. 

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Workshops are held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre from 9:30 am to noon on these Saturdays. Cost: $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members.

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Workshop

I will be conducting a workshop at the Japanese Cultural Centre this Saturday. Information is here. Should be good.

Stain Painting

Another great workshop......Lots of great ideas. 

Tried stain painting on raw canvas. I had some good results. Here are a couple of them.