Abstract Places with Megan Fitzgerald

How can we use abstraction to paint the feeling of a place?

In this 5 week class designed for both beginners and advanced artists, students will create an abstracted landscape painting on canvas. Participants will start by learning or reviewing the elements of design to build a valuable foundation. From there, students will be guided through methods in abstraction such as intuitive drawing, alternative mark-making and acrylic mediums. These explorations are combined with analysis of modern and contemporary artists who create abstracted paintings inspired by nature.

Please Note: The County Arts Lab now upstairs! Classes now take place in unit 2E of the Picton Armoury (Main Street level). The most convenient access is through the Main Street entrance, but you can also enter through the back/Mary St. entrance and use the interior stairs to reach the main floor (please note there is no elevator in the Armoury). There is an accessible parking spot on Main Street in front of the Armoury building (Crepe Escape/south side).

Art supply fee - Please note that the cost of supplies is not included in the course fee; this amount depends on the course, and will be automatically added to your total. If this cost is prohibitive for you, please contact Stacey at [email protected] before registering to make alternative arrangements.

Offline registration - We prefer to take payment and registration through this form, but if you are not comfortable with this option and it is more than 2 weeks before the course begins, please check the "Offline" box in the Billing Information section below. We will contact you with alternative payment options. Payment must be received at least one week before the course begins.  

Processing fee - This covers transaction and ticketing fees. We've decided to use Regfox, the most affordable ticketing platform we could find, which will collectively save our participants over $1000 in processing fees per year.

Policies and Waivers - We've included these as part of the registration process (thank you for your patience!) to save some paperwork on your end and get straight to creating when we are in person!