Upcoming North Shore Arts Association workshops: 

Susan Guest-Macphail, Mixed Media,

Studio, August 8 and 9.

The workshop is designed to help you loosen up and ‘paint’ with paper.  The first session will be devoted to creating interesting colored papers using a variety of techniques including gelatin printmaking.  During the second session students will cut them up, and glue them down to create either realistic or abstract works.  You will use simplified collage as a method to create your choice of real or imagined creations.

Caleb Stone, Oil and Watercolor

Outdoors on Monhegan Island, August 15, 16 and 17.

Paint on beautiful Monhegan Island!  Each day will begin with a meeting at the Trailing Yew Inn front yard then going to a location.   Mr. Stone will demonstrate how to capture a strong composition and strong design.  He will demonstrate how to make good value and color choices necessary to capture the feeling of light and atmosphere.  Students will begin their painting with an assist from Mr. Stone in order to answer any questions.  At the end of each day there will be a group critique to help participants improve and learn.

 Mark Shasha, Oil

Outdoors, August 29 & 30.

Capturing the Living Landscape.  Painting in oils outside is tricky enough, clouds, wind and sea refuse to stand still for the artist. During this two day workshop, award winning artist Mark Shasha will help you tackle the problems and share his insights from 30 years of experience.  Mark will discuss composition, traditional materials, and methods to help you conquer the challenges and reap the rewards of capturing the natural color, light and mood of a landscape.

The North Shore Arts Association’s galleries are open, free to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m. More information on all North Shore Arts Association events is available by visiting  their website at www.nsarts.org, and by email at arts@nsarts.org