CREATIVITY AND PLAY

WINTER 2025

BOARD GAMES. Come On!  Let’s get together and play some of these fun games, many of which we played as kids or played with our kids or grandkids.  We’ll have a selection available - e.g. Scrabble,  Scattegories, Yahtzee, Boggle,  Rummikub or you can bring your own games.  Sign up with a friend or two and meet others who are out to have a good time!

If you are curious, please register, even if you are not able to attend every week. We would relish your presence and input.

BRIDGE SUPERVISED. Play bridge like a pro. If you are learning bridge or want to practice or refresh your skills, you can enjoy the game in an informal social environment.  You either win, or you learn or you enjoy yourself, or all three!  We will compare results to see how different players bid and played each board.  Playing bridge is a life-long learning pleasure. This is not for beginners.

CREATIVE WRITING. Instructor: Ellen Green

Come and enjoy this writing workshop where you can exercise your creative side and share your writing with your classmates and listen to their stories as well.  From interactive exercises and group discussions, this 6-week course will focus on character development, dialogue, memoir, structure, genres of writing and more. Participants offer helpful hints on how to improve other writer’s work, always in a warm and inclusive setting. It doesn’t matter your level of writing when you begin; everyone has a story to tell and we can’t wait to read yours.  Maximum 12 participants.

DRAWING WITH AN ERASER. Instructor: Deanne Hall-Habeeb

Drawing with an eraser is a reduction technique using an eraser on a soft penciled-toned background. For this course you’ll need charcoal and B pencils, a soft cloth,  a variety of erasers and particularly you’ll need a kneaded eraser.

This special eraser is found at any art store as well as on Amazon.

The technique will be explained step-by-step. Below are some examples of what can be done using this method. Subjects to draw include hair, fur, feathers, textured tree trunks, objects with highlights.

Here are some drawings done with this technique.

THE JOY AND MAGIC OF WATERCOLOUR PAINTING. Sharon is an artist with a passion for teaching watercolour painting.  She will first show colour and tones- an important part for the shapes in each painting and will create a visual reminder for creating primary, secondary, and complimentary colors.  Sharon will demonstrate painting techniques with the brushes and other materials required for the course.  The classes will proceed according to information the students share – what moves them - their experiences and interests and the classes will be organized to meet the needs of the group.