Who I Am & Why I am Here!

Who I am:

My name is Carey-Lynn Melnychuk & I am an artist & instructor in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I own & run an art school called Gail Adams School of Art which was established over 25 years ago. I have been teaching art classes at the school for over 15 years now. I started running the school about 6 years ago & recently purchased it a little over a year ago. This is my full-time job. The art school runs year round teaching students from 6 years to adult. We currently have close to 190 students. I teach a majority of the classes & have 2 other regular teachers & a substitute teacher who help me out.

I am also an artist. I try to complete 2 pieces per year. It isn't as much as I would like, however, with my full-time job, it can be difficult to find the time to create my own artwork. I work primarily in chalk pastel and in scratchboard. These are completely different mediums which offer me their own challenges. My subject matter is usually wildlife. I love to zoom in onto an interesting part of the animal or scene, creating an interesting point of view.

Why I have chosen to blog:

As an artist & instructor I am happy to share what I have learned over the years with my students and to anyone else who is interested. We all have something that we are good at & we all do things in our own way. I think that it is important to share our stories with others so that we can all learn from one another in order to find out what works for each one of us.

I am hoping that by sharing my "art stories" that you will learn a little about me, my artwork & my process of creating my art.

If you would like to view all of my artwork, please visit my website at www.careylynnmelnychuk.com

I hope that you will learn something here!