Instructor: Deborah Tilby
Date: June 8 & 9
Time: Sat & Sun, 10-4
Class Code: 0613-DT-OW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: May 31

A workshop designed to help you begin to develop or expand your knowledge of colour in representational painting with exercises covering value, temperature, intensity and more.  Oil is the preferred medium ( using odourless thinners, so no scent), but acrylic paint may also be used.

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Perfect for everyday use, this durable yet attractive handled basket is woven in the tradition Nantucket style. It has an oak wood base. The sides are woven with natural cane over reed spokes. It has an oak wood swing handle. This is a basket that is fun to weave and even more fun to use.
Tools to bring: scissors, an old towel, spray bottle, ruler, approx. 12 clothes pins, pencil, knife for carving.

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Learn how to make a beautiful garden sculpture from an old t-shirt in just one day. Using Paverpol (a water based, non-toxic textile hardener), a wire armature, tin foil  and strips of old t-shirt, you will create a sitting figure in black or bronze then highlighted with the paint color of your choice.  After two weeks of curing your statue is ready for the outdoors and completely weatherproof for all seasons.   It's fun and easy and no experience is required.

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Instructor: Jeanne Aten
Date: June 14, 15 & 16
Time: Fri, Sat & Sun, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $225
Class Code: 0613-JA-PW
Registration Deadline: June 7

A fun way to learn the secrets of composition.
Starting with foundation shapes to give bones to the composition. Using "Washi" (Japanese tissue paper) we will create texture to work on and help loosen up the painting practice.
We will continue to work on top of the tissue with watercolor or liquid acrylics to enhance the piece and bring it to a satisfying completion.
Working in a mostly abstract manner and if there is time push towards a realistic subject matter albeit an expressionistic way.

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Instructor: Tony Bounsall               
Date: Sat & Sun, Jun 15 & 16
Time: 10-4pm  
Cost: $200 (Some Materials Included)
Class Code: 0613-TB-PH
Reg Deadline: June 7

There is a quiet revolution going on...thousands of people armed with iphones are taking photographs and making art everyday. It is called "iphoneography" or mobile photography. This workshop is a "call to arms" if you own an iphone or ipad, come join the revolution!
On Saturday we will be looking at several "must have" apps, several wonderful FREE apps and what you can do with them. Part of the class also is used to create and incorporate hand made texture components to your iphotographic repetoire after shooting with several of your new apps. On Sunday we will be hand colouring prints made from the Saturdays shooting and post processing blitz, rephotographing and reprocessing them.
Be prepared to be amazed at what you can do with a camera phone and a few apps. If you like the look of plastic camera Low-fi images, 18th century wet plates, grunge, distressed images or complete  experimental abstracts this class is for you.

* Participants should have an I-phone  4, 4s or 5 or an I-pad to work with and should already have an account set up with I-tunes so they can purchase apps if they wish to and download free apps. There will not be enough time to walk people through setting up an account during class*. Students should be prepared to purchase several apps. A notebook and pen. Participants should also have several favourite images that they have already shot to work on in case of bad weather.

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Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: June 17 & 18
Time: Monday and Tuesday, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0613-DC-AW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: June 10

This 2 day workshop is designed for the absolute beginner.  You will learn to apply basic acrylic painting techniques to create your own art pieces.   Using the time honoured teaching methods, instruction and demonstration, acrylic painting will be demystified.  Please bring a good sense of humour!

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If you would like to get beyond the barriers and blocks that hold you back from your desire to paint, this is the program for you!  If you want a fun, unforgettable, inspiring weekend leaving you with the tools to successfully paint on your own, then you must take this workshop!
To do this course, you are NOT asked to create, invent, imagine, conjure up, fabricate or know anything. You are simply asked to DO the course step by step, as honestly and as faithfully as you can without skipping or combining steps, or adding anything to the instructions for each. Preliminary sketches, measuring, and drawing are NOT asked of you. If you are an experienced painter, you ARE asked to suspend all that you know or have learned in the past and just DO the course, without editing, questioning, or culling out what you don't like. Results are dependent on doing the simple steps in sequence and NOTHING ELSE!"

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Instructor: Burcu Arat Sup
Date: June 23
Time: Sun, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $80
Class Code: 0613-BAS-PD
Registration Deadline: June 14

Why brand yourself? In this workshop the main focus is teaching the steps of Branding for Emerging and Established Artists; creating a logo, a simple website, a blog, a business card, offline and online portfolio  will be discussed.
Do it yourself : Online and offline tools for creating your own branding.
Hire a Professional: Tips, tricks, what to look for when hiring a pro, budgeting.
Burcu will be doing reviews and interactive criticism to the existing branding , so its important everyone brings their materials.

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: Jun 21, 22 & 23
Time: Fri, 7-9; Sat & Sun, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $300
Class Code: 06132-NP-AW
Registration Deadline: Jun 14

Please Note: The whole workshop will take place in North Saanich at Nicholas' Studio

Through Artists' Eyes is a class for women who want to find out more about themselves by exploring the beauty of their own bodies through modelling and painting.
The class starts with a group meeting to introduce the students to one another, to Nicholas, and to the process. An individual modelling session is scheduled for each woman, in which she explores being with her body in a relaxed, safe, quiet studio atmosphere, while images are captured on still camera for use as reference for her own painting. The group then comes together for two days of guided painting, with each woman painting herself.

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Date: Jun 27 & 28
Time: Thur & Fri, 10 - 4
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 0613-NP-AW
Registration Deadline: Jun 21

This class is about pouring passion into your art. It's about creating a painting, not just how to paint.
It will challenge and delight beginner and advanced artists alike with techniques many students have not experienced. We will use both ancient techniques of the masters and those specific to the new medium of acrylic paint and digital photography. You'll be guided through the process of transferring and painting an image of one of Victoria's premier Flamenco dancers,in ways you may never have tried before.
The techniques and ideas you learn are transferable to any subject but I guarantee this class will change the way you see your own art.

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Come and experience this fresh and fearless approach to watercolours. Sandhu will teach through demonstrations & short lectures on drawing, composition and fundamentals of watercolour techniques. Learn by doing with lots of one-on-one coaching.

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In this workshop, students will learn step by step wet felting technique. Unspun sheep wool fiber will change into sturdy fabric with a little soap, water, and a lot of elbow grease. You will make your own design with different colours of wool and end up with a piece of felted fabric; this is the basic technique you need to know to start your new hobby. Please bring an old hand towel, all other materials are provided.

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Instructor: Gillian Redwood  
Date: July 13 & 14
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 - 3 pm 
Cost: $150
Code: 0713-GR-PW
Reg Deadline: Jul 5

Trees, forest, land, sky, water and plants are full of life and movement. This workshop will explore ways to create an expressive spirit in your art. We will discover the power of gesture and line, and spend time sketching outdoors to gather visual material for a painting. If you want to open the doors to creativity, this is the workshop for you!

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: July 14
Time: Sun, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $80
Class Code: 0713-NP-PW2
Registration Deadline: July 7

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Instructor: Andrew Kent
Date: July 14
Time: Sun, 9-5
Cost:  $225
Class Code: 0713-AK-MMW
Registration Deadline: July 5

In one day you can make and take home your own classic Rustic Willow armchair. Learn basic frame building techniques and how to bend and shape willow shoots. All tools and materials supplied, Please wear practical clothing and bring a lunch. Please advised that the finished product is large and may not fit in a regular vehicle!! Arrangements can be made to be picked up at a later date

This one day course is taught by Instructor Andrew Kent, who has been building in the Rustic style for over 15 years.

Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: July 15 & 16
Time: Monday & Tuesday, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0713-DC-DW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: July 11

Taught with patience, humour and the practical goal that you will be able to enjoy drawing for the rest of your life!  This workshop is designed for the absolute beginner and those who wish to refresh their drawing skills.  We will explore the five key techniques of drawing and the different ways of combing creatively too.  Using time honoured teaching methods, instruction and demonstration, drawing will be demystified.  Please bring a good sense of humour.

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In this is two-day workshop on painting seascapes in acrylic or oils you may paint a scene along with Linda or paint a scene of you own choosing. The secrets of keeping the appearance of water horizontal and the use of a lateral composition, while incorporating diagonals and verticals in a seascape, is explained and explored.

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This workshop will teach you how to your artwork sell online. Creating an online store: tools, tips and tricks. We will be discussing international online malls such as  ETSY, ARTFIRE, MEYLAH, IMAGEKIND. There will be an interactive  Q&A session during the class. Documents will be supplied to follow up after class. (Computer and internet knowledge is required. Please mention at the time of registration if you already have a website or blog address and if  you are actively selling). Please bring a notebook and a pen to take notes.

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: July 26, 27 & 28
Time:
Fri, 6 to 10 pm;
Sat & Sun, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $195
Class Code: 0713-NP-PW
Registration Deadline: July 19

Developing your own unique style as an artist takes time, thought, and experimentation. This 2 1/2 day workshop will help you move closer to that style. 
On Friday evening, we’ll use a technique I’ve developed to help you identify specific elements that attract you in a wide range of paintings, such as colours, genres, levels of contrast and subject matter. 
On Saturday and Sunday, you will do a painting using the elements you have identified as important in your own art. For simplicity, we’ll all work in acrylic, but you can use any canvas and brush size, as well as the colour palette of your choice. 
At the end of the weekend you’ll have a finished work, and new insight into what fuels your artistic engine.

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This quick and short four-day-course will be devoted to painting the landscape. Each class will focus on a different season, eg: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. This course will concentrate on the understanding of the importance of simplification and massing in the landscape. The exercises will provide you with the necessary hands-on practice in completing a landscape painting.

Materials:
Your paint box of colours
4 - 16x20 canvas

Recommended for advanced beginners and beyond.

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Working from life and photographic reference these drawing workshops focus on “the portrait”; and offer a wealth of information in mark making, foundation drawing and learning to see and select your subject. Students will be working with charcoal on acrylic ground providing a unique surface to best explore the many properties of charcoal and its rich abilities for expression using light and dark.
Workshop sizes are small, allowing for plenty of personal attention and encourages all levels of skill. Students are required to bring a 2b and 4b pencil. All other materials, drawing tools, and substrates provided.

Gabrielle studied Fine Arts at Langara College, Graphic Design and Illustration with Capilano College, and under her father, the late LeRoy Jensen. Gabrielle has spent the last 20 plus years drawing and understanding its essential foundation in the construction of art. Gabrielle currently resides on Salt Spring Island where she owns a picture framing shop, teaches drawing, and explores various mediums including painting and collage.

Instructor: Tony Bounsall               
Date: Tuesday to Friday, Aug 6 to 9
Time: 10-4 pm  
Cost: $395 (Some Materials Included)
Class Code: 0813-TB-PH
Reg Deadline: July 31

This workshop will focus on creative exploration and innovative mixed media techniques using encaustic medium and paints; image transfer techniques; plaster and joint compounds; building foam; sprayed stencils and masks; stylus incising; and much, much more! Push your encaustic art up to the next level with this upbeat, technique-rich class. Relax and have fun. The class is suitable for all experience levels. A supply list will be provided. 

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Instructor: Burcu Arat Sup
Date: Aug 10
Time: Sat, 2 – 4 pm
Cost:  $32
Class Code: 0813-BAS-PD
Registration Deadline: Aug 2

This workshop’s main focus is to discuss copyrights and infringements, copying from other art forms. What’s derivative art, what’s copying? There will be valuable information and documents about selling art to retailers and wholesalers, insurance, sample documents for agreements, licensing your art, renting your art. There will be an interactive Q&A session during the class. Documents will be supplied to follow up after class. Please prepare a brief about the level of your knowledge in legal matters. Please bring a notebook and a pen to take notes.

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Instructor: Gillian Redwood  
Date: August 10 & 11
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 - 3 pm 
Cost: $150
Code: 0813-GR-PW
Reg Deadline: Aug 2

Drawing/sketching outdoors and painting indoors. A day to draw and sketch ‘en plein air’ and a day to paint, with some instruction. However you are free to develop your own ideas. Drawing materials provided. Ideal for those with some painting experience, who would like help and feedback along the way.

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Would you like to learn how to make a beautiful flower for your hair or pin? Nuno felting is a Japanese technique which combines wool fiber with thin shear fabrics (silk, cotton voile, or lace). The wool fiber is worked through the fabric and makes beautiful new textured fabric. It is exciting to see the transformation. Please bring scissors and a hand towel, all other materials are provided

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Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: Aug 12 & 13
Time: Mon & Tue, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0813-DC-AW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: Aug 8

This 2 day workshop is designed for the absolute beginner.  You will learn to apply basic acrylic painting techniques to create your own art pieces.   Using the time honoured teaching methods, instruction and demonstration, acrylic painting will be demystified.  Please bring a good sense of humour!

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: Aug 16, 17 & 18
Time: Fri. 7-9 pm; Sat & Sun, 10–4 pm
Cost:  $300
Class Code: 0813-NP-AW
Registration Deadline: Aug 2

Please Note: The whole workshop will take place in North Saanich at Nicholas' Studio

Through Artists' Eyes is a class for women who want to find out more about themselves by exploring the beauty of their own bodies through modelling and painting.
The class starts with a group meeting to introduce the students to one another, to Nicholas, and to the process. An individual modelling session is scheduled for each woman, in which she explores being with her body in a relaxed, safe, quiet studio atmosphere, while images are captured on still camera for use as reference for her own painting. The group then comes together for two days of guided painting, with each woman painting herself.

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If you would like to get beyond the barriers and blocks that hold you back from your desire to paint, this is the program for you!  If you want a fun, unforgettable, inspiring weekend leaving you with the tools to successfully paint on your own, then you must take this workshop!
To do this course, you are NOT asked to create, invent, imagine, conjure up, fabricate or know anything. You are simply asked to DO the course step by step, as honestly and as faithfully as you can without skipping or combining steps, or adding anything to the instructions for each. Preliminary sketches, measuring, and drawing are NOT asked of you. If you are an experienced painter, you ARE asked to suspend all that you know or have learned in the past and just DO the course, without editing, questioning, or culling out what you don't like. Results are dependent on doing the simple steps in sequence and NOTHING ELSE!"

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Come weave a classic Shaker style storage basket in the elegant shape called a Cat’s Head basket. These baskets start with a square base with the basket resting on the four points of the base. It is woven in a unique way to achieve a rounded shape. We will focus on how to shape with the continuous twill pattern. This adaptation uses natural and dyed reed to emphasis the diagonal pattern of the weave.
Tools to bring: sharp scissors, a measuring tape, an old towel, spray bottle, approx. 12 clothes pins, knife for carving.

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Make a beautiful sculpture for your home in this one day workshop.  Using Paverpol Wrappers to achieve a smooth looking form and clear Paverpol hardener with your choice of colorful fabrics and decorative accents, you will create your own unique piece of art.  This method is for indoor use only.  See supply list for details on fabric choices.

This is an excellent workshop for those wanting to try painting in oils, or already using them but wanting to do some more!
Starting with making a good composition we will go through the steps to complete a painting each day. Barbara will demo demo and give lots of individual help.  We'll have fun and learn some things too. 
On the Fisrt Day we will complete a simple still life, to get the feel of the paint.  It can be any object or objects of your choice to be painted from a photo. It's best to keep it simple with no more than 2 or three things. You can bring what you want to paint or use one of Barbara's supplied photos. On the second day, we will paint a subject of your own choice from your own photo or one of Barbara's supplied photos.  She will be painting a small landscape or similar painting. 
(If anyone wants to paint in acrylics, that would be acceptable too. No odors , using walnut oil and odorless mineral spirits for thinning)

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Instructor: Ann Hunter
Date: Sep 7 & 8
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 - 4pm
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 0913-AH-WW
Registration Deadline: Sep 4

The objective of this workshop is to help each individual student improve their technique and understanding of wet-on-wet watercolour in their own way. Emphasis will be on the main elements of design, value, temperature and technique – not on subject matter. The format will combine demonstration, work time and critique (or Ias Ann prefers to call it: sharing time). To her, there are two main segments to understanding painting. The first part is technique – the elements of value, line, temperature etc. these are valuable to the specific technique. The second segment is about design, without a good design a well crafted technique can only go so far. We will emphasize the first segment on the first day of the workshop and the second on the second. Ann is looking forward to meeting everyone and having lots of fun.

Ann Hunter has been involved with watercolour as an artist and teacher for over 30 years. The recipient of numerous awards, she has been represented by galleries in Western Canada through many solo and group shows. Her work has been published worldwide and her original paintings are in collections across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.  As a teacher, Ann has influenced the work of many local and international students.  She has given countless workshops in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Mexico.                   

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Instructor: Tony Bounsall               
Date: Sat & Sun, Sep 7 & 8
Time: 10-4 pm  
Cost: $180
Class Code: 0913-TB-MMW
Reg Deadline: Sep 4

Relax, have fun and create! Artist Trading Cards are a fascinating pastime for a great number of artists. The cards are always 2½" × 3½", a size that fits into standard baseball card storage sleeves. A variety of art materials and techniques will be covered. At the end of the class you get to trade cards with your fellow ATC creators. This weekend is a great way to exchange your art & ideas. A materials fee of $20 is to be paid to instructor to cover supplies.

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: Sep 15
Time: Sun, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $80
Class Code: 0913-NP-PW2
Registration Deadline: Sep 11

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We will be weaving two styles of pouches using a variety of willow barks and cedar bark. First we will discuss the harvesting and preparation of tree barks for basketry. Then we will weave a Point Pouch which will allow us to explore several weave patterns such as twining, plaiting and twill. Then we will weave a diagonal plaiting pouch with willow bark.
Tools to Bring: sharp scissors, preferable with a sharp point, an old towel, spray bottle, flat screw driver or basketry packing tool.

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Instructor: Linda Anderson
Date: Sep 19 to Nov 7
Time: Thursdays, 1 - 3.30pm
Cost:  $230
Class Code: 0913-LA-AW
Registration Deadline: Sep 13

This 8 week course should be of interest to beginner and intermediate painters or anyone who wants to review the technical planning procedures plus learning how to apply acrylic paint to take advantage of all of its properties.

Students will gain confidence to have fun while painting in Acrylics and learn how to plan a painting from their own reference material, how to choose the right composition, how to paint with a chosen colour scheme in order to create the right mood, time of day or year. Students will also learn several ways  to handle the medium of Acrylics for different effects. Demos for visual instruction as well as written notes. This class is for beginners and/or people with little experience in painting.

Linda is an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and 2nd Vice President of Victoria Chapter. Past President and past vice president of south Okanagan & Similkameen Chapter and past secretary of the Victoria chapter of the FCA.  Associate member of Coast Collective and has been Workshop instructor for Artists groups in Sooke, West Shore, Duncan, Princeton, Osoyoos, Keremeos, Oliver, Summerland, Penticton, Peachland and Merritt.

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Instructor: Mark Heine               
Dates: Sep 20, 21 & 22
Times: Fri, Sat & Sun; 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $330
Class Code: 0913-MH-OW
Reg.Deadline: Sep 13

Through a combination of live demonstration, AV presentation, and one on one coaching. Mark Heine will demonstrate his unique approach to painting and working with digital photography.
Mark will discuss and demonstrate the concept, content and composition of his painting, canvas texturing, use of Adobe Photoshop (including one on one preparation of each student's image), his philosophy and approach to paint application using water soluble oils on canvas. Other topics for discussions will include materials, surfaces, finishes, promotion, promotional materials, galleries and the internet. With one on one coaching, students will complete their own painting. The 3 day time frame, allows for a useful, mid-painting as well as final critique at the end of days 2 and 3.

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Instructor: Kathy Cameron 
Dates: Sep 21 & 22
Times: Sat & Sun 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $180 (Some Materials Included)
Class Code: 0913-KC-MMW
Registration Deadline: Sep 18

Two days to immerse yourself in the magic and joy of mixed media.  You will learn how to incorporate found treasures, memorabilia and ephemera into beautiful pieces of art through a variety of painting, aging and collaging techniques.  This will be a time to discover, share, create and have fun.  Start collecting interesting and meaningful bits of paper, buttons, keys, lace, pictures or anything that catches your eye.  If you can glue it you can collage it!  We will be working on a variety of surfaces and supports from watercolour paper to wood cradle panels and leave with a nice selection of completed art pieces.  No experience is necessary, just a willingness to play and colour outside the lines.

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 Learn how to make a beautiful garden sculpture from an old t-shirt in just one day. Using Paverpol (a water based, non-toxic textile hardener), a wire armature, tin foil  and strips of old t-shirt, you will create a standing figure in black or bronze then highlighted with the paint color of your choice.  After two weeks of curing your statue is ready for the outdoors and completely weatherproof for all seasons.   It's fun and easy and no experience is required.

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Instructor: Burcu Arat Sup
Date: Sep 28
Time: Sat, 1– 4 pm
Cost:  $48
Class Code: 0913-BAS-PD
Registration Deadline: Sep 20

In this workshop Burcu will be teaching promotional campaigns for your ONLINE brand  such as using a Blog to reach your fans, instructions to create Business Facebook Page or criticizing existing pages, Using Twitter and Pinterest for your brand or your store; maintaining online presence tips, Google Ads; Creating a budget for  campaigns. There will be an interactive Q&A session during the class. Documents will be supplied to follow up after class. If you do not have any online presence, I strongly suggest  taking SELLING ONLINE class before this workshop. Please bring all existing marketing materials you have. Please bring a notebook and pen to take notes.

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Beneath every good painting is a good abstract design or understructure.  The “old masters” were masters of composition. If you traced the shapes of one of their paintings without the detail and added color to those forms, you would have a great abstract painting. There are many degrees of abstraction.   You will be introduced to at least 10 different ways of changing a common subject into a strong and dynamic abstract painting.

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This workshop is for students who have basic hands on knowledge of felting. We will make a beautiful felted bag - your choice of shape and colour. Using resist means the purse is made in a single piece with no seam. No stitching is required. At the end of the day, you will take home your felted bag and a beautiful handmade wooden button for embellishment. Please bring scissors, a felt pen, and a hand towel. All other materials are provided

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Watercolours Are Fun!! Begin your experiment with watercolours , the  fun way to paint. There is no wrong way to do this.  So we will look at how the paint and paper react using different amounts of water and paint, and different papers, to achieve different effects. We will also look at how to present your paintings: matting and framing. Great introduction for beginners and for people with some watercolour experience.

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Come and experience this fresh and fearless approach to watercolours. Sandhu will teach through demonstrations & short lectures on drawing, composition and fundamentals of watercolour techiniques. Learn by doing with lots of one-on-one coaching.

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Painting Plein Air (in the great outdoors) is a joy. To be in natural light with all of creation for a subject,  what could be better for an artist!  Jim is a plein air painter who has developed a technique of painting with acrylics.
The course will include discussion on visualizing the painting, techniques of how to set up a plein air painting, Jim's technique of painting with acrylics complete with demonstration.  Students will paint three paintings or more.

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If you’ve used Paverpol or even just heard of it and are interested in trying out some of the different products and techniques that are used with it, then this class is for you.  You will make three projects in the day – a mixed media canvas, a wine bottle decoration and a ‘carved stone’ sculpture.  The Paverpol products you will use include Art Stone, Relief Decoration, stockinette, Paverplast and of course Paverpol textile hardener.  Learning how paverpol can be used with other products opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities.

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Instructor: Allan Kirk

Date: Oct 12 & 13
Time: Sat & Sun 10-4
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 1013-2-AK-DW
Registration Deadline: Oct 04

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Date: Oct 19 & 20
Time: Sat & Sun 10-4
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 1013-AK-DW
Registration Deadline: Oct 11

"I always carry my pen, Pentel Aquabrush and sketchbook with me. Such easy flexible tools enable me to work wherever I am. This freedom and flexibility allows me to build a sketch book that is  not only a rich source of material for later studio work, but in itself is a source of finished sketches and a journal of memories." Allan Kirk. Each day every student will create at least two finished Pen and Ink sketches

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: Oct 18, 19 & 20
Time: Fri. 7-9 pm; Sat & Sun, 10–4 pm
Cost:  $300
Class Code: 1013-NP-AW
Registration Deadline: Oct 1

Please Note: The whole workshop will take place in North Saanich at Nicholas' Studio

Through Artists' Eyes is a class for women who want to find out more about themselves by exploring the beauty of their own bodies through modelling and painting.
The class starts with a group meeting to introduce the students to one another, to Nicholas, and to the process. An individual modelling session is scheduled for each woman, in which she explores being with her body in a relaxed, safe, quiet studio atmosphere, while images are captured on still camera for use as reference for her own painting. The group then comes together for two days of guided painting, with each woman painting herself.

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Come experience the versatile world of mosaics! In this 2 part workshop you will learn what adhesives work best for different foundations, what type of grout to use, different materials that can be incorporated into your designs, etc. You will come home with a finished 12" x 12" hanging artwork that can be hung in a window or a wall, whatever you prefer!

We will supply the framed piece of glass that you will be working on, as well as the adhesive & coloured grout, along with many types of glass pieces and nuggets, with a few design ideas to choose from (but feel free to brainstorm some design ideas ahead of time!).

Optional: Please bring any ‘found’ objects that you might want to add to your project – like shells, coins, beach glass, tiles, broken china, rocks, metal house numbers, etc.

You will need to bring: rubber gloves, a sponge, safety glasses (if you don’t normally wear prescription glasses), and a work apron or smock (as you will get dirty during the grouting process!), a dust mask, and if you happen to have a pair of tile/mosaic cutters on hand, that would be helpful!

Get ready to have fun!

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Instructor: Allan Kirk
Date: Oct 21 to 24
Time: Monday to Thursday, 10-4
Cost:  $375
Class Code: 1013-AK-WW
Registration Deadline: Oct 16

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Date: Oct 28 to 31
Time: Monday to Thursday, 10-4
Cost:  $375
Class Code: 1013-2-AK-WW
Registration Deadline: Oct 23

Working quickly in an impressionistic way, learn and practise the immediacy and flexibility of the watercolour medium.  Working outdoors with light, transparency, wet-in-wet watercolours,  and lost and found edges are the qualities that set watercolours apart. Each day every student will create at least one watercolour painting, working both outdoors and in the studio.

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Instructor: Joan Larson
Date: Oct 26 & 27
Time: Sat & Sun, 10– 4 pm
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 1013-JL-PW
Registration Deadline: Oct 18

Learn or improve your abilities to render "The Horse." 
We will practice drawing the horse, focusing on proportion and structure, then look at composition, value and painting techniques.  There will be demo's each day as well as discussion, critiques and self directed painting time.  Handouts will be provided to assist students. Open to all mediums and all levels of experience.  

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Date: Oct 26 & 27
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 - 4
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 1013-NP-AW
Registration Deadline: Oct 23

This class is about pouring passion into your art. It's about creating a painting, not just how to paint.
It will challenge and delight beginner and advanced artists alike with techniques many students have not experienced. We will use both ancient techniques of the masters and those specific to the new medium of acrylic paint and digital photography. You'll be guided through the process of transferring and painting an image of one of Victoria's premier Flamenco dancers,in ways you may never have tried before.
The techniques and ideas you learn are transferable to any subject but I guarantee this class will change the way you see your own art.

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Here is an opportunity to make a pine needle coiled basket with waxed linen thread and a walnut slice start. We will explore plain and V-stitch patterns with coloured waxed linen thread. Each participant can design their own basket working on ways to shape and create pattern with stitches. Joan will have extra long California pine needles for you to use but she will talk about gathering and preparing local varieties of pine needles and other natural materials suitable for this diverse basketry technique.
Tools to bring: scissors with a sharp point, an old tea towel or cloth, size 20 tapestry needle.

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If you would like to get beyond the barriers and blocks that hold you back from your desire to paint, this is the program for you!  If you want a fun, unforgettable, inspiring weekend leaving you with the tools to successfully paint on your own, then you must take this workshop!
To do this course, you are NOT asked to create, invent, imagine, conjure up, fabricate or know anything. You are simply asked to DO the course step by step, as honestly and as faithfully as you can without skipping or combining steps, or adding anything to the instructions for each. Preliminary sketches, measuring, and drawing are NOT asked of you. If you are an experienced painter, you ARE asked to suspend all that you know or have learned in the past and just DO the course, without editing, questioning, or culling out what you don't like. Results are dependent on doing the simple steps in sequence and NOTHING ELSE!"

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Instructor: David Goatley    
Date: Nov 9 & 10
Time: Sat & Sun 9.30-4.30
Cost: $230    
Class Code: 1113-DG-OW
Registration Deadline: Nov 1

Portraits are one of painting's greatest challenges, but there are ways of approaching them that can help you rise to the challenge! Over this weekend we will explore the basic proportions of the head, the drawing difficulties of capturing a likeness, the importance of tone to building convincing form and the complexities of colour- painting what you actually see in a face , rather than what you think you know. Working from a model , we'll start out in Black and White paint, progressing to  colour  as the weekend develops. David will demonstrate every step of the way, showing you the techniques that have made him one of this country's most respected portrait painters.

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: Nov 13, 14 & 15
Time:
Wed, 6 to 10 pm;
Thur & Fri, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $195
Class Code: 1113-NP-PW
Registration Deadline: Nov 8

Developing your own unique style as an artist takes time, thought, and experimentation. This 2 1/2 day workshop will help you move closer to that style. 
On Friday evening, we’ll use a technique I’ve developed to help you identify specific elements that attract you in a wide range of paintings, such as colours, genres, levels of contrast and subject matter. 
On Saturday and Sunday, you will do a painting using the elements you have identified as important in your own art. For simplicity, we’ll all work in acrylic, but you can use any canvas and brush size, as well as the colour palette of your choice. 
At the end of the weekend you’ll have a finished work, and new insight into what fuels your artistic engine.

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This class is suitable for people with some experience in acrylics who want to improve their skills and develop their artist voice.
Day one will start with a group critique of paintings brought from home- this is an optional activity but a great opportunity for artistic growth. Then students will paint on images of their own choosing. Any size, any subject matter. Bring lots of reference material so you have choices.
Janice will do one prepared demo over the course of the 2 days- painted in stages. The rest of the time she will work individually with people as much as possible. Mini demos may occur if there is need and interest.

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Award winning B.C. based artist, received a number of awards, including the Bronze Medal in the Federation of Canadian Artists Signature Members show, the Margaret and William Foley Award at the 2001 Adirondacks National Exhibition of Watercolors in New York, and the Foreign Award at the Houston Watercolor Society's exhibition in Texas, 2004.  Her collections can be found as far as Australia, Singapore, Japan, Europe and the United Kingdom.

A dynamic composition can turn a common, ordinary subject into an extraordinary painting.  Find out what makes a painting stand out by its strong design.  In composing, you create a road map for the eyes.  You will be introduced to many kinds of compositions that command attention by the positioning of their elements in unusual ways, and will be composing your paintings in new ways to maximize their impact. Come prepared to analyze your paintings and those of others to understand how they can be strengthened through:   (a) thoughtful placement of shapes and directional lines   (b) establishing a focal point in strategic positions on your canvas   (c) using tone and color to support the compositional structure.

"A well-composed painting is half done." (Pierre Bonnard)

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Learn how to make a beautiful garden sculpture from an old t-shirt in just one day. Using Paverpol (a water based, non-toxic textile hardener), a wire armature, tin foil  and strips of old t-shirt, you will create a sitting figure in black or bronze then highlighted with the paint color of your choice.  After two weeks of curing your statue is ready for the outdoors and completely weatherproof for all seasons.   It's fun and easy and no experience is required.

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Working from life and photographic reference these drawing workshops focus on “the portrait”; and offer a wealth of information in mark making, foundation drawing and learning to see and select your subject. Students will be working with charcoal on acrylic ground providing a unique surface to best explore the many properties of charcoal and its rich abilities for expression using light and dark.
Workshop sizes are small, allowing for plenty of personal attention and encourages all levels of skill. Students are required to bring a 2b and 4b pencil. All other materials, drawing tools, and substrates provided.

Gabrielle studied Fine Arts at Langara College, Graphic Design and Illustration with Capilano College, and under her father, the late LeRoy Jensen. Gabrielle has spent the last 20 plus years drawing and understanding its essential foundation in the construction of art. Gabrielle currently resides on Salt Spring Island where she owns a picture framing shop, teaches drawing, and explores various mediums including painting and collage.