Studio Open House May 26 & May 27 2017

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My Studio Open House is on May 26th from 7-10pm and May 27th 10am -4pm. 

Come and check out my studio.

On Friday night I will be doing a free interactive demo from where you can see my process and ask me questions (it's like a free class!). 

I have hundreds of paintings and drawings available from $50 - $2,000. 

I will also have info and answer questions about upcoming classes and getting ideas from you on classes for the fall.

Email for Studio Location in Stony Plain, AB.

Winter and Spring Classes and Workshops

(detail picture of current work in progress on my easel)

November 25 PD Day Workshops:
Kids Painting Morning
-Acrylic painting inspired by the Group of Seven
-Ages 7-12 yrs
-Supplies Included
-9:30-11:30am
-$35.00
Teens Drawing Afternoon
-Charcoal drawing based on black and white film stills
-Ages 13-17yrs
-Supplies included
-1:00-3:30pm
-$40.00

Held at Daphne's Studio. To register email [email protected]


Winter Painting Party
At The Stony Plain Library, 4613 52ave, Forest Green Plaza, Stony Plain
Saturday, December 3rd, 2:00-4:30pm

Get Creative Painting Through a Winter Wonderland! Join Daphne as she walks you through creating a winter themed painting inspired by past artists. We will use acylic paint, nibble on goodies, listen to christmas music, and chat about art. It's a great way to relax with friends! Bring friends or make friends. Supplies included.
$35.00
To register email [email protected]

Self Directed Classes in the Artist's Studio
At Daphne's Studio in Stony Plain

You pick your medium and your reference material that you will work from and Daphne will help you work through your paintings or drawings. Daphne will share tips and techniques on creating works of art as you work on what you want at your own pace. This tutoring and mentoring class is open to all skill levels. Class sizes are small, max. 5 students.

Adults Mondays 6:30-8:30pm  8 week session $160.00
Teens Mondays 4:30-6:00pm  8 week session $120.00
Children Tuesdays 4:30-5:30pm 8 week session $80.00

Session One
Mondays January 23rd to March 20th (no class on February 20th)
Tuesdays January 31st to March  21st

Session Two
Mondays May 1st to June 26th (no class on May 22nd)
Tuesdays May 2nd to June 20th

Held at Daphne's Studio. To register email [email protected]


Weekend Retreat:Portrait Painting From Life
At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton
Friday-Sunday, January 27-29, 2017 Fri: 5:30-8:30pm; Sat & Sun 10:00 am - 4:00pm
$219.00 (includes model fees)

Open to oil AND acrylic painters! Take a weekend retreat and devote yourself only to improving your portrait painting skills. We will cover general topics in portraiture as well as concentrating on the particularities of our models. We will be working from live clothed models focusing on creating likeness. Learning to see and record the individuality of your model is of major importance when you are painting portraits. We will cover facial anatomy and learn to discover the subtleties that are unique to a person's individuality and personality. We will also cover light and shadow, hair, and clothing. You can apply the skills you learn in this class to all your portraiture - in fact your new knowledge and ability will show in all your painting!

To register contact The Paint Spot: 780-432-0240
The Paint Spot Website


Figure Drawing with Daphne Cote
At The Allied Arts Council in Spruce Grove

This course will cover drawing accurate proportions, light and shadow, and creating interesting and dynamic figure drawings in charcoal. We will explore how to capture a persons likeness, personality, and spirit. We will spend half of the classes working from reference material and the other half from live models in an energetic, positive, and encouraging environment that sparks inspiration, creativity, and confidence. Open to students 18yrs+

Thursdays 6:00pm to 8:30pm, February 2nd to March 22nd
To register contact the Allied Arts Council 780-962-0664, [email protected], 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove

(current drawing in progress)

Figure Painting Intensive
At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton
March 24th to 26th Fri: 5:30-8:30pm; Sat & Sun 10:00am - 4:00pm

Working from live models we will learn how to paint the human form by starting with a limited pallet developing tone and then building up with color to create lively paintings in either oil or acrylic. We will explore composition, skin tones/color, painting techniques. The class will start with demos and lecture on Friday night. Saturday and Sunday will start with quick painting sketches, bring a bag lunch for an inspirational lunch break with Daphne, and the last hours will cover long poses to create finished paintings. Open to students 18yrs+.

To register contact The Paint Spot: 780-432-0240

Drawing Bootcamp : Making it Look Real

At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton

April 1st and 2nd: Sat & Sun 10:00am - 4:00pm

This workshop is packed full of drawing exercises designed to help you to see and learn valuable techniques for drawing the world around you. You will explore, line, light and shadow, perspective, texture, and composition while drawing a variety of subjects. The aim of this workshop is to improve your drawing skills so you can draw anything. 

To register contact The Paint Spot: 780-432-0240

Drawing Class in May Details TBA

At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton

Art Classes and Workshops Spring and Summer 2016

The following classes and workshops will be held
at:
The Stony Plain Public Library
4613 52 Ave, Stony Plain

Kids Classes and Workshops

Kids Drawing Classes ages 10-17yrs
Supplies provided.
Using pencil, charcoal, conte, and pen we will be
using different techniques to create interesting and
dynamic works of art. There will be a heavy focus
on light and shadows through the exploration of
shading, crosshatching, and line weight.
-6 Tuesdays 4-5pm May 3rd to June 7th
$85.00
-3 Tuesdays June 21, 28, and July 5th $42.00

Kids Painting Classes ages 10-17yrs
Supplies provided.
We will spend 1/3 classes exploring watercolor,
1/3classes on acrylic, and 1/3classes on oil paint
(with no solvents). We will learn different
techniques and the elements of design while looking
at different types of subject matter.
-6 Tuesdays 5:15-6:15pm May 3rd to June 7th
$100.00
-3 Tuesdays June 21, 28, and July 5th $95.00

PD Day Kids Craft ages 2-7yrs
Create 2 decorative candle holders while learning
about color theory.
Parents welcome. Supplies provided.
May 20th 1-2pm $15.00

PD Day Kids Paint Afternoon ages 8-14yrs
Create a painting based on Van Gogh’s Starry
Night. We will learn about color, brushstrokes,
and art history. Supplies Provided.
May 20th 2-3pm $15.00

Kids Craft Mornings ages 2-10yrs old
Get creative! Learn concepts of art and design
through play! Each Saturday we will create a
different craft projects TBA. Parents and
families welcome. A great inspiring way to
break up the summer.
Supplies provided.
$20.00 per class per student. $100.00 for all 6
Saturdays.Discount for siblings.
Saturday June 18th 10:30am-12pm
Saturday June 25th 10:30am-12pm
Saturday July 9th 10:30am-12pm
Saturday July 23rdth 10:30am-12pm
Saturday August 6th 10:30am-12pm
Saturday August 13h 10:30am-12pm

Workshops for All

Mother’s Day Weekend Floral Oil Painting Workshop
Saturday May 7th 10am-4pm
Open to all skill levels and ages.
Bring your mom or loving supporter, friend,
partner, or family member to celebrate
mothers day weekend with a workshop that
inspires creative growth while oil painting
fresh cut flowers. This workshop is all about
color and brush strokes. We start with looking
at inspiring paintings and dive in with lots of
one on one instruction.
Bring your own supplies or have supplies
provided for $30.00 (for two people)
Two person registration: $110.00
Single registration: $70.00

Father’s Day Weekend The Personal Sketchbook
Workshop
Saturday June 18th 12-3pm
An afternoon for all ages as we explore several ways
to creatively use a sketchbook that reflects you and
your life. How to capture what’s going on around
you or to creatively record your ideas. We will be
using pencil, watercolor, and pen. We will be
looking at other artists sketchbooks for ideas and
inspiration.
Bring your own supplies or have supplies provided
for $20.00.
Two person registration: $50.00
Single registration: $35.00

Adults Classes and Workshops

Expanding Painting Practice
In your choice of oil, acrylic, watercolor, or gouache
we will be exploring different subject matter and
genres of painting which will push us to learn new
techniques. This class is open to all skill levels, this
is a great way to explore painting whether you’re
new to painting or to build on already existing skills
of an intermediate or professional level. Supplies
required.
-6 Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm May 3rd to June 7th
$190.00
-3 Tuesdays June 21, 28, and July 5th $95.00
-3 Tuesdays July 12, 19, and 26th $95.00

Drawing: Making It Look Real
Great for beginners and intermediate skill levels. We
will explore different drawing techniques with the
goal of being able to draw the world around us.
There will be strong emphasis on shading, texture,
and composition.
Bring your own supplies or have supplies provided
for $20.00
-6 Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm May 3rd to June 7th
$190.00
-3 Tuesdays June 21, 28, and July 5th $95.00
-3 Tuesdays July 12, 19, and 26th $95.00

Painting or Drawing from Photos Workshop
Saturday July 23rd 12-3pm $40.00
Bring in 5 to 10 of your photo images either
professionally printed (must be on photo paper) or
on a tablet and we will go through what to look for
in reference material and how to use reference
material to get across your ideas. This is open to all
subject matter from figurative, landscape, cityscape,
still life, even abstract. We will then start on one
painting/drawing using the medium of our choice.
Open to all skill levels. A great way to get an
artwork practice going. Supplies required.

Adults Paint Night Cityscape in Acrylics
Friday July 29th 6-9pm
We will be working from images of night time
cityscapes to create dramatic paintings. A great
beginners painting class. Similar to paint from
photos.
Bring your own supplies or have supplies provided
for $20.00 (for two people)
Two person registration: $65.00
Single registration: $40.00

Portrait Painting Workshop
Saturday May 14th 10am-4pm
$70.00 (this includes model fee)
We will be working from live clothed models with a
focus on creating likeness. We will cover facial
anatomy and discovering the subtleties that describe
a persons individuality and personality. We will also
learn about light and shadow, painting hair, and
clothing. This workshop goes well with the previous
nights free portrait painting demo by Daphne. Get
inspired and the next day get your brushes wet. All
skill levels welcome.Supplies Required either oil
paint or acrylic.

Figure Drawing Workshop
Working in charcoal from a live model we will
discover the nuances and magnificence of the
human form. We will practice measuring and
proportion, how to create volume,
understanding anatomy, along with expressive
mark making.
Bring your own supplies or have them
provided for $15.00
-Friday June 3rd 5:30-8:30pm
& Saturday June 4th 10am-4pm
$125.00 (this includes model fee)
-Friday July 15th 6-9pm $45.00(this includes
model fee)

Art in the Park
Plein Aire painting outside at Rotary Park in
Stony Plain. Using your choice of either
acrylic, oil, watercolor, or gouache we will be
painting the beautiful park around us. There
will be a heavy focus on color.
Supplies required including easel.
-Sunday June 26th 12-3pm $25.00
-Sunday July 17th 12-3pm $25.00
-Sunday July 31st 12-3pm $25.00

To Register of if you have any Questions
contact Daphne at:
[email protected]

Creating Portraits Workshop April 2015

Creating Portraits Workshop

April 25th 12-5pm

Cost: $65.00

Location: Stony Plain Library, #112, 4613-52ave. Stony Plain

In the drawing or painting medium of your choice, learn about the facial structure in order to create more accurate portraits. Instructed by Daphne Côté who has experience in almost every medium. This one afternoon workshop is open to all skill levels.

To register email Daphne [email protected]

Upcoming Workshops

I will be instructing two workshops on Thursday nights this March and May in Edmonton.
Please contact The Paint Spot to register

There is also space still available in my Creating a Portrait workshop, contact Daphne to register.

Bringing Life to Figure Drawing

Description

Thursdays, March 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2015   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Through the use of a live model we will study the human form to create greater likeness, more accurate proportion, depth and volume through tonal values, as well as liveliness in our drawings. Instruction is both group-oriented and tailored to students’ personal interests and skill levels, with one-to-one attention for each student. Demos will be included. The class environment will be encouraging, positive, and energetic. Students will leave with skills to continue figure drawing on their own.

Participants receive a 20% discount on these supplies:

2B pencil, sketchbook (at least 8x10"), vine charcoal, charcoal pencil  AND while charcoal pencil, utility knife for sharpening, brown craft paper or neutral-coloured paper (pad, about 18x24”), kneaded eraser AND white eraser

Bringing Life to Figure Painting

Description

Thursdays, May 7, 14, 21, & 28   6 PM - 9 PM

Through the use of a live model we will study the human form to create greater likeness, more accurate proportion, depth and volume through studying skin tones. You will learn to add liveliness with brushstrokes and colour. Instruction is both group-oriented and tailored to students’ personal interests and skill levels, with one-to-one attention for each student. Demos are included. The class environment will be encouraging, positive, and energetic. Students will leave with skills to continue figure drawing on their own.

(The cost of this class includes the model fee.)

Participants receive a 20% discount on these supplies:

2B pencil

Sketchbook (at least 8x10”)

Walnut oil

M Graham oil paint: Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Umber,  Burnt Sienna, Titanium White

Brushes: 2 Rounds, size 8 or 10; at least 3 Brights, Flats, or Filberts, size 8

Canvasboards:

5   8x10”

3  11x14”

3  16x20”

Palette, 16x12” or larger

Please bring some painting rags. You may also wish to bring suitable painting clothes, a snack, and a drink.

By the instructor’s request: ABSOLUTELY NO SOLVENTS!

So Excited and So Grateful to be So Busy

 

 

Kassie

November 2013

48" x 36"

Oil on Canvas

(This is a commissioned work)

 

 

 

Detail of Insomniac #5

December 2013

Oil on Board
That will be in the Alberta Society of Alberta's Self Portraits: Within the Artist

 

 

These two figure drawings on brown paper were done in 10 minutes each on Feb.1st 2014

during a Saturday Model Session (I really need some time to photograph the rest of my drawings and post them but there is just so many the task seems a bit daunting).

 

This piece is still untitled
February 2014

 

 Self Portrait

February 2014

20"x 16"

oil on birch board

 

 

 

 

   I am full of good news. I have been, as always, busy busy, but now I have positive successes to report.

   My self portrait, The Insomniac#5, has been accepted into the Alberta Society of Artists juried show Self Portraits: Within the Artist which will be touring over the next two years starting this May in Edmonton and Calgary. ( above is a detail of the painting)

   I was published in the Aesthetica arts and culture magazine and website in their February issue. It was such a privilege to be published in this magazine and in the American Art Collectors magazine within 6 months of each other. It makes me smile that my work can be seen around the world in these magazines.

   I was contacted by the International Contemporary Artists publishing company and asked if I would be apart of their book. I will have two pages in the International Contemporary Artists book which comes out this May 2014.

   My website has been up for a while and I am really grateful to Christine and Stephan  at Ashworth Design for their awesome job on it. You can check it out at www.daphnecote.com .

   As you may have read or heard I am going to Washington D.C. this spring for the American Portrait Society's annual conference, and I feel very fortunate that I am the recipient of their tuition award for the conference. This will help me out immensely as after the conference I will be going to New York City to tour the galleries there. This whole trip is a dream coming true for me as is winning an international award.

    Almost every Saturday I can be found studying the human form at a local model session started and supported by professional artists who's common want in sharing the cost of a model brought us together. These model sessions have helped my work in leaps and bounds. To be able to study the human figure almost every week and to be around such supportive professional artists is an amazing gift to my life and career.

   So in general, I am just feeling very grateful to the world and my amazing family and friends.

 

This new year I started a facebook page for those of you on facebook that want to have a more up to date idea of  what I'm working on and what's happening in my artistic career. I post paintings in progress, the latest news, and include quick shots of my figurative drawing from the Saturday model sessions.  https://www.facebook.com/DaphneCoteArtist 

   

      

A Deep Study of Anatomy

   Over the past month and a half I have had the great opportunity to attend an in depth drawing anatomy course. I have been painting and drawing the human figure for more than 15 years. Sure, I know about the general concepts of anatomy, more than most, and enough to teach figurative drawing and painting classes. I have a bit of a library when it comes to Anatomy for the Artist books. I did not know all the names of the actual structure, beyond the major bones and muscles that makes up the human form (well, not committed to memory), and I didn't really know why this bulges when that's bent, or how the muscles in our body operate (especially the feet and hands). Sitting in a class, focused on something that I am extremely interested in and hearing and following a lecture and watching someone else tackle and point out details is more informative than trying to figure it out on one's own. What do all those lines that are depicted on the muscles really indicate in my anatomy books? Well, now I know. During my university years and after I have been focused on color theory and studying tonality. I have studied them so much that all that information is lodged into my subconscious and I can mix any color quite precisely without thinking about it. I would like to be the same way with anatomy and my understanding of the human form so it comes automatically. There are so many images that I wish to paint and so to speed up my process I am educating myself where I sometimes get hung up. The human form is difficult and I don't think it will ever be easy to portray, but I can educate myself to get a better understanding of it. The reason I enjoy painting the human form is because I find it so intriguing. Everyone is so different and we are more than just our bodies, we are alive full of spirit, personality, and life experiences. I will never know everything about painting people. People are amazing creatures.
   The course was interesting in so many ways. It was taught by Justin Ogilvie who is a vast pool of knowledge concerning portraying the human figure. I found his lectures invaluable. I could have listened to him all evening. For those who already have quite a bit of figurative experience I highly recommend his courses. He is very informal in contrast to his structured complex curriculum. I soaked it all in. I made sure I went to the washroom and had everything I needed before the class started because I didn't want to miss a single word. It was fast paced and intense. Time whipped by.
   The body of students in the class I attended was interesting as well. I haven't been in an art course with so many men since my university days. There were about 6 tattoo artists and a bunch of graphic artists as well. It was interesting to see different art forms come together. We all work with the figure in our artistic careers but in different ways. I love learning from others and to go around the room at the end of class to see how others interpreted the same figure while given the same instruction but with different life experiences and artistic careers was inspiring. Also being around men covered in tattoos made me want to paint their portraits. I wish that I wasn't constantly pressed for time, I would have loved to hang around after the classes to chat with them. (If you are reading this and are from that class and would be interested in modeling for a portrait, please send me an email.)

The following are some of the drawing that I did during the course. Note that they are just exercises and not, what I would consider completed work, and done in the span of 5min to 45min each.


  

 

My Sketchbook

Laying Female Nude

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012



I have always had a sketchbook. I don't really remember a time in my life when I didn't have one. I think the first 'real' sketchbook I received when I was about 9. Well I think it was my 9th birthday when my parents gave me a pink hard plastic briefcase full of 'real' art supplies. There was nothing with Crayola on it. There were 'real' brushes, a 'real' pencil set, 'real' paint, 'real' artist paper, and a 'real' sketchbook. Before that I had little notepads that I jotted down drawings and ideas or practiced my writing skills. I started keeping a sketchbook long before I had any titled art classes.
Recently, I have been reading the 'Ramona' series of books by Beverly Cleary to my young children. I remember reading them myself as a child. No wonder I loved them and felt liked I connected to the Ramona character. I was not boisterous and I never got in trouble at school but I did feel the same passion for art as Ramona did. I loved her commitment to originality and self expression. Like Ramona I was fortunate to have parents that encouraged my need for self expression and made sure I could seize every creative opportunity that came my way.
I have filled so many sketchbooks over the years that I have lost count of how many I have. I have also gone through a variety of types and sizes over the years. I am greatful to my parents for funding and providing me with so many sketchbooks. I don't know how I would live without a sketchbook. I would probably write on various pieces of paper and staple them together. I have in the past been without a sketchbook and then find any scrap of paper, napkin, kleenex, or anything that I can draw on and later attach it into my sketchbook.
Now I work in three sketchbooks. I have a small sketchbook that fits into all my bags easily (the drawings shown here are from this small sketchbook). The small one I take with me everywhere, it holds all my random ideas, quick sketches, names of artists I need to look up. It also documents inspiring experiences I have had that fuel my work. I have a medium sized bound sketchbook that I take with me when I know I will have time to draw. I take it on vacations, pull it out to study various still lives, I take it when I know I may have a chance to do at least 5 drawings. Then I have a large, higher quality paper sketchpad of paper that I can easily remove the sheets from. I use this for longer model sessions, extended drawings, softer pencils, or preliminary sketches for large paintings.
I have been teaching and painting so much that I have found, when looking back, that I started putting more notes in my sketchbook than actual sketches. This summer has been full of family and kids so while I am working on a commissioned piece (that I can't share yet as it's a surprise for the client's spouse), I can share this little project I've been working on. I have been making time to sketch. I have been trying to draw more often to exercise my skills of seeing. I have been looking at other artists drawings and copying them in order to learn from them.

(Included are images of drawings of myself and my significant other -the cheap models, the rest are studies I drew of artwork done by other artists - Daniel Graves, Steven Assael, Juliette Sristides, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.)

Self Portrait

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012

Portrait of Wes

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012

Female Seated Nude

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012

Water Glass

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012

Self Portrait

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012

Standing Female Nude

Sketchbook graphite drawing

Summer 2012