ABOUT MY SKETCHY FRIEND
I have been creative since I first started to embroider, sew and make macaroni decorations as a child. My grandmother created stories of the east coast by hand drawing on burlap sacs and hooking rugs with strips of reclaimed woolen clothing. I caught her creativity and the need to interpret the world in colour. My "watercolour style" is referred to as "Painterly", "Fresh", "Lively", "Happy". I do not like perfect photographic paintings. I want to feel the subject and want the viewer to feel that vibrancy and sensation I feel and see when I choose to paint the subject. I prefer wet into wet watercolor and the casual accidents that bloom and blend lend to this spontaneous vibrant rendition of the scene. I keep evolving, stretching and finding ways to show people how I see the world. I strive to evoke a essence of subject. I hope my work brings a smile to those who own it. I think we live in a beautiful country and I choose to celebrate that.
WWW.CarlaFlegel.com. Carla@MySketchyFriends.com 250-240-3840
OUR WATER COLOR WORKSHOP
Let’s get SKETCHYSun, Jun 211063 Ganske Rd
LEVEL 1 WATERCOLOUR July 11 & 12Sat, Jul 111063 Ganske Rd
Paint WATERCOLOR Greeting Cards. JULY 26 10-1pm 1063 Ganske RdSun, Jul 261063 Ganske Rd
Hounds of Cuchulain :: Stories, Drinkin’ songs, Battle cries, August 21 @ 6pmFri, Aug 211063 Ganske Rd
EFREN GONZALEZ 3 day Oil Painting Workshop @ the MACSat, Aug 22McMillan Arts Centre
LEVEL 2 watercolour Sept 5 & 6 1063 Ganske RdSat, Sep 051063 Ganske Rd
Juried FINE ART EXHIBITION Route 19A Sept 12 & 13Sat, Sep 121063 Ganske Rd
Art BITES at the MAC September 20 1-3pmSun, Sep 20McMillan Arts Centre
Route 19a ART STUDIO TOUR Sept 26/27Sat, Sep 261063 Ganske Rd
Monarchs & Mexico, Sketching, 8 daysFri, Dec 11Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Mexico City Art Tour Feb 22-27 6 days 5 nightsMon, Feb 22Mexico City
Irina Bartnik
Amazing painting class well organized, plenty of examples and simple tricks that made me so much more comfortable about painting and not looking for perfection!
Freda Lombard
Carla Is a patient delightful instructor!
Diane Goodwin
Carla your teaching style is fun, informative, ad very helpful no pressure to be a perfect artist. Get your brush wet and be creative wherever you are!
Donna Telford
I have taken several of Carla’s classes and highly recommend them. She is so much fun and every class has taught me a huge variety of things
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