KATO WAKE
A KALEIDESCOPE OF PAINTING...exporing the wonderful world of colour, line, shape, mixed media paint, abstraction, design...

Beginners to advanced
Sunday, JUNE 20 - 25th
Includes all lunches, two dinners, daily snacks, yoga. 5 full days, $485 + GST

Spend a week expressing your unique creative gift under the watchful eye of instructor Kato Wake. This is a loose but structured week – inviting you to begin new works or work on existing ones. Daily 'lessons' will spark new ideas, challenge, educate and inspire. Colour, shape, line, collage, abstraction, landscape, personal storytelling and art history will be incorporated. Work in acrylics or any medium you choose – large or small, paper, wood or canvas. For all levels. Kato's teaching style is fun, dynamic, personal and inspiring. An intimate holiday with your highest artist self!
"I love your art and your teaching style."
"You were a warm and wonderful teacher and it was an amazing experience."

"Taking your colour workshop was a real turning point for me. I'm aware of the influence of colour on my painting in a way that makes me feel much more in control of the outcome."
                                                       interior designer/painter

KATO WAKE, (www.katowake.com) innovative teacher of painting, design fundamentals and computer graphics. Experience includes: designed promotional materials for Stratford Festival, taught at Toronto’s International Academy of Design, creative director of a Canadian new media project funded by the Canadian Film Centre, CBC and Historica. Currently is educational and creative director for billysbestbottles.com.

MATERIAL LIST
Please bring all your materials with you…. the following is a guideline....
Curry’s art store from Barrie will bring further supplies to purchase on Wednesday.

PAINTS: acrylic (recommended because they are faster drying)
oil or watercolour. (Email me katowake@sympatico.ca if you would like to discuss your palette)
Brushes – an assortment: thin, med and wide
Spray water bottle
rags, paper towels
apron
wax paper or disposable pallets
plastic spoons or pallet knives
plastic containers for mixing and for water
painting surfaces...board, canvas, wood...whatever is rocking your world
sketch paper (something medium quality...not newsprint) for
exercises...14x18?
black construction paper
ruler
xacto knife
glue
pencils 2B, 4B, 6B
white eraser
charcoal
Indian ink

WINE AND BEER will be served at the opening and closing night dinners only.
If you wish a glass of wine after yoga, or whatever, please feel free to
bring your own. Thanks...

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