Create with Navy: Painting workshop

Thursday, July 16, 2020

In this 45-minute workshop designed for all ages, art teacher Navy Chadsey, BFA 17, will instruct you how to paint a bumblebee above flowers.

The painting is very beginner friendly, and taught in an untraditional way to achieve a painterly effect. We will be painting the background last, including scrunching up paper towel and dabbing it on the canvas to create clouds in the sky. This class is designed to remind you that there are no rules when it comes to painting!

Materials needed:

• Acrylic paint: black, white, yellow, blue (we will be mixing paint to make light blue)
• A small canvas (approximately 8x10 inches) or a blank sheet of paper to paint on
• One medium painting brush (approximately 1/2 an inch) and one small painting brush (approximately 1 cm)
• A cup/container of water
• A painting palette or plate
• A few sheets of paper towel (for drying your brushes and dabbing clouds in the sky)

Navy Chadsey began teaching art classes while studying Fine Arts at Concordia a few years ago.

She found her niche by launching Create with Navy – customized art events she presents in homes or businesses for all ages and occasions.

The diversity of events and classes she teaches is one of her favourite aspects of Create with Navy although she will be the first to admit her soft spot for teaching painting classes at retirement homes.

Eager to teach even more art, Navy is currently studying to become an art teacher in the classroom. Follow her creative journey on Facebook and Instagram.