You must be a registered AANL Member to participate. Registration opens at 8pm on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

Facilitator: Elizabeth Piercy Parsons

Location: 4th Floor Arts and Culture Centre, St. John’s

Workshop Overview:

The workshop will include instruction and practice in traditional strokes, such as C, and S, the impact of using different brush shapes on the result, as well as scrollwork, floating and shading. Worksheets will be provided. There will be discussion of how these can be used in the painting practice. After initial instruction, participants will create a landscape scene.

Biography: Elizabeth began acrylic painting in approximately 1986, and took lessons in folk art in Germany, where she lived at the time.  An excellent instructor began the course with clear instructions in brush care, acrylics and brush strokes.  Having returned to Newfoundland, Elizabeth attended workshops in Watercolour, and then Oil Painting, through the St. John’s fall activity guide.

Elizabeth is a certified Interior Decorator and as an architectural drafts person she has enjoyed painting home portraits.  It is always a joy to surprise people with a personal gift. Her favourite medium is Watercolour with Acrylic as second, for a more serious work. Oil painting is a work in progress and very promising.
Elizabeth's art has been shown in markets a few times and she sells on FB Marketplace. She has recently submitted pieces to auction.

ACC Requirements: No open food or beverages is allowed in rooms during bookings, beverages in closed tumblers only.

AANL Requirements: The maximum for attendance for AANL workshops is 15 members. Only members in good standing can attend. A few days after your application is received, you will receive an email to confirm if you are confirmed or on the waitlist. Please note that we will be taking pictures at the event for our social media and website, by registering for our event you allow us to use these images in this manner. If you with to opt out, please contact AANL or let an AANL representative at the event know.

Supplies:

• Sketchbook with smooth paper

• Drawing pencils and eraser

• 8 x 10 Canvas board

• Acrylic set of basic colours suitable for landscape. (Suggested: Titanium White / Lemon Yellow / Yellow Ochre / Burnt Umber / Viridian Green / Ultramarine Blue / Cerulean Blue / Alizarin Crimson / Cadmium Red / Cadmium Orange. )

• Water container

• rags/paper towel for cleaning brushes

• Table Cover

• Brushes: Round, sizes 6 & 8; Flat, sizes 6 & 8; a Liner brush. Do not be deterred if you don’t have the colours or brushes. We can share.