Linda Hankin was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts where she lived with her parents until her father`s death. She then moved to her mother`s home town of Montreal, Quebec. Even though she was painting and drawing since childhood, she began the studies that would lead to a B.A. in Visual Art from Brock University at the age of thirty three. After her graduation, her energy and enthusiasm helped foster a quickly developing career. Large paintings became the norm and her work was shown at American and Canadian galleries both solo and group. She has accepted several teaching contracts in the Niagara region including Rodman Hall in St. Catharines, The Pumphouse in Niagara-on-the-Lake, School Boards throughout the Niagara Peninsula, and Brock University. In 1999 she founded the “School of Ideas”, a fine art school and contemporary art gallery. It’s mandate is to show work in the area of environmental philosophy, science, the universe, spirituality and mystical associations with the natural world. Linda has conducted workshops in Spain, Newfoundland, Wales and the UK to only name a few. Her work can be found in Spain, Italy, Newfoundland, Ontario, Germany and Holland.
About the Workshop
Do you think your "still life paintings" have become boring and uninteresting? Maybe you just need to loosen up before you start to paint. If the answer is yes, then this workshop with Linda Hankin is for you.
The workshop will start with an exercise, introduced in Betty Edwards book, entitled "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain". This exercise will be helpful in discovering ideas that have been hidden in our unconscious right brain. Linda will demonstrate a warm up exercise for all guild members and talk about how to use these results in our own work. It will be the springboard to developing a still life painting and bring in another element of surprise.
All members are welcome to the first part of the workshop, which will start directly after our announcements. After a short coffee break, only those members who registered and paid for the workshop will set up their supplies in preparation for their own painting as Linda circulates and provides guidance.
Supplies
1- a white candle that will be broken into a piece for drawing
2- a full sheet of watercolour paper (140 lb.) to be torn into quarters
3- pastels or conte or coloured pencils
4- water colour paint (transparent, opaque, gouache, tempera, acrylics) or medium of your choice
5- newspaper to cover the table, masking tape
6- members are asked to bring in something animate (from the garden) like a leaf, twig, use your imagination or an inanimate object of anything that you are attracted to. This can be flat or three dimensional.
All are cordially invited to see Linda`s collection of paintings at her studio and residence, by appointment, Email: croll.linda@gmail.com or telephone: 905-382-6513
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