Figure Drawing/Painting Workshop

Figure Drawing/Painting Workshop

Learn the art of figure drawing/painting using our step by step method. Beginner and advanced students will benefit from this workshop. Students will be working directly from the nude as Senior ARA instructor Fernando Freitas will teach you the basics of gesture, proportion, and morphology. Finally finishing with big form and small form modeling. The end effect is a dramatic three dimensional figure. Students will have the choice of either

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The Monart Art School of Ottawa is celebrating its 15th Anniversary!

The Monart Art School of Ottawa is celebrating its 15th Anniversary! We have enjoyed fifteenth years of sharing visual arts with the community of Ottawa. We feel so blessed for all the experiences and we cherish all the memories our students have helped us built. We thank you for being part of the Monart family and we hope to have a big celebration to mark this milestone soon.

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Registration for the March Break Camp 2018

Registration for the March Break Camp 2018

Art Around the world! Date: March 12th – 16th , 2018 Time: From 9am to 4pm Price: $300 for the full week. *Early drop off and pick up available at $5 per hour. All taxes and materials included. Cash or cheque only. Please make cheques payable to: Monart Art School of Ottawa. You can mail in your registration form and a cheque or drop it off at the Monart Art

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Painting Portrait from a Photo

Date: October 26, 27 and 28 Duration: 3 days Location: Monart Art School Ottawa, 2445 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite B2-244 Instructor: Fernando Freitas Price: $350.00 The workshop focuses on creating a painted portrait using a photo reference. Participants learn the key principles of working from photos, and most importantly, what to keep and what to leave out from the photographs.

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Drawing the Structure and Anatomy of the Head

Date: June 15th – 17th, 2017 Time: from 10:00am to 4:00pm Duration: 3 days Location: Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, 2445 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite B244 Instructor: Esteban Rodriguez Price: … This 3-day drawing workshop focuses on creating a solid understanding of the anatomy of the head as the base for building the structure of the portrait. Participants will be taken through a number of shorter poses, where with a

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Alla Prima FigurePainting With A Full Palette Workshop

Alla Prima FigurePainting With A Full Palette Workshop

Location: Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, 2445 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite B244 Dates: December 3 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Fee: $150 (this includes model fees) Instructor: Kristy Gordon This figure painting workshop is designed for artists who want to learn the alla prima painting technique through observation of the live model. Alla prima means “at once” in Italian and is an approach to painting that is done in a quickly

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December camp “Winter Places and Animals”

Dates: December 21st to the 24th Time: from 9:00 to 4:00 or 9:00 to 12:00 Name: The theme is “Winter Places and Animals” The students will be Drawing and painting all the different animals and places during the winter season from different parts of the world. Some will be covered in snow and other with palm trees and beautiful flowers and animals. This will be a wonderful adventure and lots

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