Montreal workshop day 1

It’s a bit of a different post today because it’s day one of the first of my summer workshops. The weather took a turn for the better so we were able to paint outside all day which really helped. It would have been quite a different experience had we been inside a classroom! I have to say it was a really fun group of people who were all up to the challenges I gave them and they turned out some wonderful paintings by the end of the afternoon. Today we worked on finding and keeping lights and darks in the painting and tomorrow we will experimenting with wet on wet. I think they are ready for that. As for me, it was a bit of a challenge to paint in front of a crowd and talk at the same time but you can see my demo below, in progress and at the end of the day.

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Here is my demo in progress:

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Here is the painting at the end of the day:

Montreal demo day 1

And here is a montage of the great work the students did:

Student Work


15 Comments on “Montreal workshop day 1”

  1. Jane Hannah says:

    Hi Shari :: today was an amazing workshop — thank you! You have shown me enough for one whole year of practice 😉

  2. Mary says:

    Looks like you had so much fun today and their paintings are great too!
    Wish so much i could have been there peeking from behind everyone!
    But instead was enjoying this beautiful day on the lake in my kayak and missed seeing you on the campus. Have wonderful day tomorrow and can’t wait for my workshop this summer!

    • We did have fun Mary! I guess I will really have to plan another day this summer. I will get working on it. You must have really had a gorgeous day on the lake. It was perfect weather.

  3. Andrew says:

    I’m super jealous of all your students! What a privilege!

  4. Ross C says:

    I agree with Andrew.
    Looks like you all had a very productive time. But, Shari, I would watch out for those “students”… from what I can see, it looks like some of them are pretty darn good.

  5. Tim Mooney says:

    Great results …. your and the class’s

  6. Monique says:

    It looks like a best day.You are right ..it was beautiful..I gardened all day..being outside was perfect.
    I would have liked this even better though:)

    Do you have to be advanced to take your workshops?

  7. Liz S says:

    how fantastic – looks like a great workshop!

  8. Gina says:

    I am so jealous — I should have been there!


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