Works On Paper
2024 Visiting Artists
Along with our local and regional workshop instructors, two artists from outside our area will join us at Rice Lake Arts this season.
In late July (July 27-31) David Armstrong, accomplished printmaker and bookmaker will share his expertise and love of nature offering a workshop in paper and bookmaking. David joins us from his home in Dartmouth, NS. In early August (Aug 3-7) we are pleased to offer a mixed media workshop by Sarah Davidson, Canadian born and trained artist who will join us from their studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Handmade Paper and Books
With David Armstrong
In this workshop you will have the opportunity to make beautifully textured, subtly coloured handmade paper using natural and recycled materials.You will begin by exploring the grounds at Rice Lake Arts to collect materials for use in your paper. David will guide you through the papermaking process step-by-step and you will use that paper to create a unique handmade book using ancient binding techniques such as Coptic stitching. No experience is required.
This workshop runs for 3-Days or 5-Days (optional 2 day add on)
If you choose the optional 2-day add on to the workshop, you may wish to create a simple second book or try a more challenging binding method.
Dates & Details
1) 3 Day Workshop: SAT – MON July 27 – 29
2) 5 Day Workshop: SAT – WED July 27 – 31 (includes 2 day add on)
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Maximum Size: 10 participants (minimum age 16)
Fee: 3 Day Workshop – $380.00 including taxes & materials/equipment
Fee: 5 Day Workshop – $575.00 including taxes & materials/equipment
Your Instructor
BIO
David Armstrong
Paper and Book Examples
Metamorphosis! Mixed Media Drawing & Collage Inspired by Nature
With Sarah Davidson
This workshop welcomes anyone curious about mixing mediums and experimenting (advanced drawing skills not required!). Taking inspiration from the natural environment at Rice Lake Arts, participants will learn to use a variety of materials to create layered multimedia compositions that express their perspective on the landscape and the natural world. Materials will include watercolour, coloured pencil, ink, soft pastel and collage.
This workshop runs for 3 Days or 5 Days (optional 2 day add on)
If you choose the optional 2 day add on your workshop, you will have the opportunity to develop a larger work, and receive additional one-on-one feedback from Sarah.
Dates & Details
1) 3 Day Workshop: SAT – MON Aug 3 – 5 (August long weekend)
2) 5 Day Workshop: SAT – WED Aug 3 – 7 (includes 2 day add on)
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Maximum Size: 10 participants (minimum age 16)
Fee: 3 Day Workshop – $380.00 including taxes & most materials/equipment*
Fee: 5 Day Workshop – $575.00 including taxes & most materials/equipment*
*Note: For both the 3 & 5 Day workshops most materials/equipment are included, however, you will receive a short list of items via email that we ask you to bring along.
Your Instructor
BIO
Sarah Davidson
ARTWORK
Animal Drawing
Are you an animal lover? Do you enjoy drawing these wonderful creatures? Then this workshop will help you to better understand the underlying structure of various quadruped skeletons, their commonalities and the unique properties that create the distinctive look of each animal.
On the first day of the workshop you will study the body forms of animals by drawing a variety of animal skulls, skeletons and bones from Tina’s collection, and we will make a visit to our charming cow neighbours who pasture next door. The second day of the workshop will be held off-site at Haute Goat, just a short drive from Rice Lake Arts, where you will spend the day with Tina drawing a variety of animals, including goats, pigs, horses, llamas, sheep and more. Haute Goat has a lovely cafe where you can take a break to enjoy home made food and other items crafted on their 200 acre farm.
Dates & Details
1) SAT & SUN June 22 & 23
2) SAT & SUN July 13 & 14
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Maximum Size: 10 participants (minimum age 16)
Fee: $320.00 all taxes, materials & your visit to Haute Goat included. You are invited to bring your sketchbook & any favourite drawing materials.
Your Instructor
BIO
Tina Seemann
ARTWORK
Connecting with Nature through Observational Drawing
Carefully observing the world through drawing has many positive impacts for the individual and our relationship to the natural world. If you enjoy drawing, doodling and mark-making and want to hone your skills and develop new approaches to representational image-making, this 2 day workshop is for you. In this workshop Miriam will share an an approach to drawing that is organic and personal, but still makes use of classical drawing techniques such as contour, value and tone. You will work with materials such as graphite, fine line pens, conte chalk, ink and watercolour.
Dates & Details
1) WED & THURS July 3 & 4
2) WED & THURS Aug 21 & 22
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Maximum Size: 10 participants (minimum age 16)
Fee: $320.00 includes taxes, materials & equipment. You are welcome and encouraged to bring your sketchbook & any favourite drawing materials.
Your Instructor
BIO
Miriam Davidson
STUDENT ARTWORK
You are registering for Rice Lake Art’s
Handmade Paper and Books Workshop
3 Day Workshop: SAT – MON July 27 – 29
5 Day Workshop: SAT – WED July 27 – 31 (includes 2 day add on)
10 am – 5 pm
Please fill out the form below – if you have any questions, let us know in the message section. Your registration will be finalized once you e-transfer the workshop fee of $380.00 for the 3 Day Workshop or $575.00 for the 5 Day Workshop to info@ricelakearts.ca. We are set up for auto deposit, no password required.
Once payment is received, we will email you confirmation of your enrollment.
You are registering for Rice Lake Art’s
Metamorphosis! Mixed Media Drawing & Collage Inspired by Nature Workshop
3 Day Workshop: SAT – MON Aug 3 – 5 (August long weekend)
5 Day Workshop: SAT – WED Aug 3 – 7 (includes 2 day add on)
10 am – 4 pm
Please fill out the form below – if you have any questions, let us know in the message section. Your registration will be finalized once you e-transfer the workshop fee of $380.00 for the 3 Day Workshop or $575.00 for the 5 Day Workshop to info@ricelakearts.ca. We are set up for auto deposit, no password required.
Once payment is received, we will email you confirmation of your enrollment.
You are registering for Rice Lake Art’s
Animal Drawing with Tina Seemann Workshop
SAT & SUN June 22 & 23
SAT & SUN July 13 & 14
10 am – 4 pm
Please fill out the form below – if you have any questions, let us know in the message section. Your registration will be finalized once you e-transfer the workshop fee of $320.00 to info@ricelakearts.ca. We are set up for auto deposit, no password required.
Once payment is received, we will email you confirmation of your enrollment.
You are registering for Rice Lake Art’s
Connecting with Nature through Observational Drawing with Miriam Davidson Workshop
WED & THURS July 3 & 4
WED & THURS Aug 21 & 22
10 am – 4 pm
Please fill out the form below – if you have any questions, let us know in the message section. Your registration will be finalized once you e-transfer the workshop fee of $320.00 to info@ricelakearts.ca. We are set up for auto deposit, no password required.
Once payment is received, we will email you confirmation of your enrollment.
David Armstrong, accomplished printmaker and bookmaker, joins us from his home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Recently retired from his teaching role at Nova Scotia School of Art & Design, David has extensive background in a range of visual media, specializing in print, book and papermaking. As well, he is an expert in bushcraft and sustainable building practices; he currently runs his own creative endeavour Ember Arts (www.emberarts.ca) on his spectacular 70 acre property in Cape Breton, NS. Check out his website and join us for his workshop this summer at Rice Lake Arts.
Paper and Book Examples
Sarah Davidson works primarily between drawing and painting to create compositions in which shadowy, biomorphic figures and delicate, foliated fragments mingle. Both the eye and the mind work towards the known–animals, plants, brush marks, lines–but are caught in a space of undoing. A question floats among the forms: who’s seeing who, and how?
Sarah Davidson (they/them, b.1989, Canada) lives and works in New York, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include NARS Foundation, New York, NY (2023), Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC (2022), Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA (2021), and Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON (2019).
For a full bio, exhibition record and to see more of Sarah’s work visit www.sarahdavidson.ca
Miriam Davidson is an art educator, with many years of experience teaching drawing practice in schools, university and community-based settings. Her approach encourages slow, careful observation working to connect your eye, your hand, and your sense of touch to sensitively and accurately depict what you see. She creates a supportive, low stress learning environment, that respects your individual approach to drawing.
SLEEPING CAT SERIES
Student Artwork
Tina Seemann is a highly experienced character designer and cartoonist who began her career in the animation industry before becoming a freelancer, and then an instructor in the post-secondary arena. Tina worked as an assistant animator at Nelvana Studio, and spent 10 years at TVO working in children’s programming on shows such as Polka Dot Door and Book Mice. Tina taught at the International Summer School of Animation, Sheridan College Classical Animation Program and Centennial College. She recently retired from MaxtheMutt School of Animation & Design Arts, a premiere animation school in Toronto that she co-founded and ran for 26 years.
