Think you have no artistic talent? Place des Arts wants you to think again.
There are three new visual arts classes starting in the winter session specifically for adults.
Teachers Sue Cowan and Stan Hunc, both longtime Place des Arts instructors, are on a mission to get adults to discover the joy of drawing, starting with Cowan's Drawing (ages 18+) Thursday evenings, where students will gain confidence taking on subjects from still life to human figures while learning proportion, shading and composition.
In Hunc's Drawing 101 Friday evenings, beginners can learn the technical aspects of drawing using media like graphite and coloured pencils, watercolour pencil crayons, chalk, pastel and more.
And for something a bit different, Joy Kirkwood offers An Illustrated Journal on Wednesdays.
The class covers sketching and watercolour techniques, the importance of doodles, decorative borders, drawing realistically and more, all so you can jazz up your journals.
Registration is open for these and other winter session classes, which start Jan. 15, 2012, by visiting www.placedesarts.ca, calling 604-664-1636 or by visiting Place des Arts in person at 1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam.
