Modigliani Portraits

Today we will be learning the way Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani would create his expressionist portraits by drawing a self portrait!

In celebrating our 50th Anniversary, we are revisiting some of our favourite MAGSaturday activities from the past. This is the 450th MAGSaturdays activity! Be sure to claim your free Anniversary membership to receive discounted admission into MAGSaturdays.

Funky Tie-Dyed Paintings

Today we will have fun working with bright and light acrylics on black canvas sheets to make beautiful, colourful, textured paintings mimicking a tie-dye effect. Groovy!

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Faux Stained Glass Window

These multimedia pieces yield beautiful results! We will create a geometric pattern on clear sheets, then use translucent colours to make stunning replicas of stained glass windows.

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Still Life Bicycle

Have you ever really looked at a bicycle? They have so many intricate parts that they would make a great still life drawing composition!

In celebrating our 50th Anniversary, we are revisiting some of our favourite MAGSaturday activities from the past. This is the 456th MAGSaturdays activity! Be sure to claim your free Anniversary membership to receive discounted admission into MAGSaturdays.

Voyager Tile-Style Watercolours

We love local artists! Dawn Detarando and Brian MacArthur are the creators behind Voyager Art & Tile, and today you’ll get to make some watercolour pieces that resemble their Red Deer famous tile work!

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Paint Texture Exploration

What kind of textures do you see in nature? We’ll be exploring contrast and shape in our artwork today by painting light colours onto a dark canvas. Our subject matter? All of the textures that we can find outside!

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Pixelated Landscapes

This project will present a great opportunity to learn about colour and composition. We’ll be choosing an image of a landscape, and then breaking it down into a colour grid using watercolour paints. The result will be a beautiful abstract piece!

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Multimedia Gardens

We will create beautiful, expressive gardens full of great big flowers today! Lots of materials will be available for use: watercolours, markers, foam, felt, and more!

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Graphite Mountainscapes

Who doesn’t love the mountains? We’ll create moody landscape pieces, and learn a little bit about the different kinds of pencils artists use to achieve different shading effects.

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Abstract Spring

Today we will create a simple but beautiful abstract art piece using collage methods, with the goal of gathering textures and colours that remind us of springtime!

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