4Cats Capitol Hill - Parents & Friends Night Out

Recently I spent a Wednesday evening at 4Cats Capitol Hill for a Parent's and Friend's Night Out. My son attends art classes at 4Cats and when Maggie, the Capitol Hill studio curator, told me that she was holding an evening painting class for adults I signed up right away!

Even though I took art, photography, drafting, drawing, and majored in Interior Design in college, I never considered painting "my thing".  So I was a little curious as to how I would do in this class because often painting as an art intimidated me. Especially acrylic paint on canvas, which was on this evenings menu.

I cannot tell you how much FUN this class was!!! Maggie and her team (Dino and Neela) made us feel comfortable and walked us through the process of painting a Georgia O'Keeffe inspired painting.  The teaching process was a wonderful balance of being left to create our own inspired piece while getting little tips and tricks along the way to help us with painting technique etc.

Here are some shots of the evening.  I have to give credit to Maggie for grabbing my camera to take some shots while I was busy painting. So for once, I am in some photos!!!

Thanks to Maggie and her team for a fabulous evening.  A much needed fun night out getting creative!

 

4Cats Capitol Hill 'Under The Sea' Workshop

Back in March I photographed a workshop at 4Cats Capitol Hill located on Hastings in North Burnaby near Willingdon. I was invited by curator Maggie Murphy to take the photos which are to be featured in the summer issue of the 4Cats Magazine.  The Workshop, called 'Under the Sea', lets kids create an under the sea painting on real canvas with acrylic paint, sand and glitter.  It was amazing to see the whole process unfold and how these kids could make such cool paintings on their own.  Great job kids! 

Thanks for inviting me down! Look for the article and some of these photos and an AD for Elle Photography in the summer issue of 4Cats magazine coming soon! 

 As they say at 4Cats...."Art is Good".