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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

Happy November to you and your loved ones! As our weekly classes progress at the studio, we are quickly inching towards our End-of-Term Group Art Show celebration! Having completed multiple projects so far this term, we are thrilled to see how our students continue to develop their artwork and can't wait to share their work with you next month on Sunday, December 6th (2-5pm). Looking ahead into the new year, we have a few programs coming your way this winter, with a NEW PROGRAM added for adults!

  • Weekly Art Classes for Kids and Adults - Registration into our Winter Term Art Classes is now available online! Offering classes for Senior Kindergarten through Grade 12 & Adult Classes, we're excited to see new and returning students join us in 2027. We invite you to follow the link and enroll into the class that best fits your schedule. Classes tend to fill up quickly, so early registration is greatly encouraged.

  • NEW THIS TERM: Art Workshops for Adults - Whether you're a novice painter or a well established artist, our workshops offer the perfect space to explore painting, drawing, watercolour, and acrylic techniques. Offered on a month-by-month basis, our workshops are designed for adults wishing to further develop and refine specific skills. Each workshop consists of four sessions and will cover a different subject matter and media. We'll begin the new year with Still-Life Drawing (in January), followed by Painting a Portrait (in February), and Spring Landscapes (in March). Registration into each workshop can be found on our website and we can't wait to welcome new and returning artists as we begin these short and fun workshops!

  • March Break Art Camp - With many families already planning ahead, we're excited to announce that registration into our half-day March Break Art Camp is now available. We have full-week options as well as single-day availability, and invite you to follow the link for more information about the structure of our camp, fees and payment options. 

  • Art History Lecture Series - Art Historian Sonia Halpern will be back this winter to deliver her next Art Smart Lecture Series: "Making a Lasting Impression! The impact of Impressionist Art" running January 18 through February 22. This 6-part weekly course will focus on the years Impressionism took hold of the art world. From its rise to its inevitable demise, we'll examine the movement's stylistic priorities of light and colour through the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cassatt. We very much hope you too will join us on this journey as we experience the beauty of a style that has endured the test of time.

We hope you and your family enjoy the beautiful falling leaves and wish you a stress-free and healthy month!



Artistically Yours,

The ArtVenture Team

Art Style: Rendering of Classic Busts

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Whether it be an elaborate fresco, a detailed architectural plan or a study piece for a future sculpture, drawings would always be Michelangelo's first step towards his masterpieces. Such sketches are therefore a link between his breadth of work, providing clear examples of the amount of preparation used by Michelangelo for most of his larger commissions. Michelangelo's mastery in sculpting human forms, began with his fascination of Italian marble, as he chipped away to "free the figures" that he imagined are trapped inside of the marble.

 

Starting our fall term with an academic exercise, our high school students used a collection of bust sculptures as a source of inspiration. Working with conte and playing around with their source of light, students used monochromatic colours with sudden shards of brightness to highlight each facial feature. Like Michelangelo’s processes, the moment their 2D drawing was complete, students worked on re-creating their chosen bust as a relief sculpture. A few pictures of their process is shown below, as we prepare to showcase their final work at our Group Art Show!

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A Sneak Peek into ArtVenture's Fall Programs

Arriving each week with a renewed sense of love and determination, we watch as students work hard to reach their personal artistic best with each project presented to them! For those unable to drop by and enjoy watching their talent evolve and progress from week to week, we are happy to share a few photos of their creative process and we look forward to sharing with you their finished product on December 6th! 

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SK-Gr.2: Seasonal Trees

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Gr.3-5: Medusa Drawings

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Gr.6-8: Modigliani Portrait Painting

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Gr.9-12: Relief Clay Sculpting

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Adults: Sun Flower Rendering

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Art History - Lecture Series

Quote of the Month

"I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing."

Vincent van Gogh

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