TWS Workshop with Lorraine Simonds

“Figures That Tell Stories”

On-line, Saturday, January 24, 11.00 am to 3.00 pm

Take any street scene or landscape and add people. Suddenly, there is a story waiting to be told. Where are they going? What are they thinking? Do they see what you see? What might they do next?

Join award-winning artist, Lorrain Simmonds, from her online from her studio in Squamish, British Columbia. We’ll explore the various ways to add figures to your painting, whether detailed figures, or quick brush strokes that bring humans and their emotions into your work.

The workshop starts with freehand warm-up exercises focused on gestural drawing - the kind of quick, loose figures you can apply to landscapes, street scenes, or life drawing classes. Then we'll build on those skills together to create a more complex figurative piece.

Agenda

• Freehand gestural painting to warm up

• Two paint-along demos

• Half-hour for lunch

• Optional group sharing and critique.

$30 Registration limited to 25.

To register, email beth@bethparker.com for registration details and to reserve a spot.

About Lorraine  https://www.lorrainesimonds.com/

Lorraine is a Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and BC Representative of the Canadian Branch, International Watercolour Society .

Her artistic journey began in Plymouth, England, where she learned to draw from books and practised on the rugged English Moorlands. She then studied composition through film photography at Plymouth College of Art & Design, before earning a BA in Fine Art from the University of Leeds. She also studied under the mentorship of renowned watercolourist Thomas Schaller.

Lorraine has an admiration for traditional Chinese art, particularly its economy of brushstroke, expressive linework, and philosophy of capturing essence rather than mere likeness. These influences are evident in her signature style – loose, atmospheric, and richly textured.