Time: 12:30 (immediately following drawing session) Location: Upstairs meeting room RCA (Lunch provided by Livessence when you renew your membership) Please RSVP by May 10 so we can order lunch for everyone in attendance Please bring a $35 cheque/cash for your membership Jaine Buse Secretary

Sat. May 17 Boardroom RCA 12:30 (following drawing session) Lunch provided when you renew your membership or join. Please bring $35 cash or cheque payable to Livessence Society for your annual fees. Jaine Buse Secretary

Hi to all, just a small reminder that you can keep up to date with sessions, meeting and exhibitions with the Livessence website. http://www.livessence.com. This Saturday, May 3, there will be no drawing. Next drawing session is May 10. The calendar is on the website, and if you want to know who the model is or if it is draped or undraped or costumes or such, it will be listed on that day. All members are also welcome to send three photos of their work to be included on the website. For those of you who already have websites, this is a perfect opportunity for an inbound relative link, which helps your site out a great deal. The AGM is coming up on May 17, if you are attending, please RSVP ASAP but by May 10 for sure, so that we can have a nice lunch available for you as a returning member. If you would like to stay involved and support the group, consider re-joining as a member to keep your toe in the water. We would love to see you back at the sessions and in the exhibitions. All the best, Julia

*The following workshop is now open to all. If you are interested, we recommend you sign up right away as there are only 10 spots in total. If you know of someone who might be interested, please forward them this email.* Painting the Portrait From Life with Ingrid Christensen One Day Workshop plus Half-Day Demo *Instructor:* Ingrid Christensen *Date*: June 28, 1 – 4 pm DEMO June 29, 9:30 – 4:30 WORKSHOP *Location*: Rotary Centre for the Arts, Painting Room *Cost*: Members – $140 (includes modeling fee), Non-members – $165 *This workshop is now open to all. For information about becoming a member, please see our membership page .* Learn how to paint a complete, alla-prima portrait in this exciting two-part demo and workshop. *On Saturday, June 28, * *you’ll watch Ingrid demonstrate* the painting of an entire portrait, from start to finish. As she works, Ingrid will thoroughly explain both her process and her materials and answer any questions that you have. *Then, on Sunday, June 29, you’ll paint a portrait* of your own in the time-honoured, traditional manner: from life. Working from a model ensures both better understanding and better painting: you learn to discern subtle colours, values and colour temperatures without the distortion and simplification of a photo reference. You’ll see 3-dimensional form easily and learn how to translate it believably to the canvas. For oil and acrylics. Demo will be in oil. *Click here to sign up. * This message was sent by: *Federation Of Canadian Artists – Central Okanagan Chapter* *Box 501, 101, 1865 Dilworth Drive, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9T1 *