Open Studio – Everyone Welcome

The studio will be open for anybody to just come and paint, collage, draw, create!
$5 drop-in fee for associates/ $10 for non-associates. Call in advance to book and check availability.

Thursdays, 12.30-4.30 pm & Fridays, 12.30–4.30 pm

Figure Drawing/Painting

Every Friday Morning, 9.30 to 12pm: Life Drawing/Painting.

See details below.

Children and young adults  can explore art & their creativity in a fun & creative environment.  Children will be introduced to the principles and elements of colour & design always encouraging self-expression through different projects.  Each project will be lead by experts in that particular field. Some of the  Students  will be exposed to drawing, acrylic, watercolour, collage, printmaking and clay, stained  glass, paper making & more!

Instructor: Desiree Bond
Date: Jan 25 to Feb 29
Time: Wednesdays, 9.30-12
Cost:  $210
Class Code: 0112-DB-AC
Registration Deadline: Jan 18

NOTE: The numbers will be very limited on this class, register early to save a spot!

This course is designed for artists with basic painting experience who are interested in taking their paintings to the next level. We will be using Still Life (if desired) and images (as our primary source of inspiration) to create loose, "painterly" renderings as well as exploring the use of a limited palette, design and composition. There will be classroom demonstrations, as well as time to work independently (with guidance) on students chosen projects. The class is designed to be a relaxed and social environment, as well as creative and meaningful. Acrylics

Instructor: Linda Anderson
Date: Jan 25 to Feb 29
Time: Wednesdays, 1 - 3.30pm
Cost:  $175
Class Code: 0112-LA-AC
Registration Deadline: Jan 18

In this class, students new to acrylics will get step by step instruction on  how to plan a painting from photos,  how to create a pleasing composition, using color to create form and distance as well as learning  how to apply a Colour scheme to the painting. Demos for visual instruction as well as written notes. This class is for beginners and/or people with little experience in painting.

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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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Instructor: NO INSTRUCTOR              
Date: Fridays, Jan 27 to Feb 24 
Time: 9.30 to 12 pm  
Cost: $40 for 5 sessions (ONE SESSION FREE)
Class Code: 0212-CC-P
(or $12 drop-in fee - Code: 2012-CC-FDDI)

Some artists say that if you can paint the body you can paint anything. Come and  dive into the world of life drawing and painting. Models will go through different sets of poses of different lengths during each session. A mix of gestural poses  followed by short and long poses each Friday. No instruction. Any medium and any skill levels are welcome. Just bring your regular supplies and have fun!

Some artists say that if you can paint the body you can paint anything. Come and  dive into the world of life drawing and painting. Models will go through different sets of poses of different lengths during each session. A mix of gestural poses  followed by short and long poses each Friday. No instruction. Any medium and any skill levels are welcome. Just bring your regular supplies and have fun!

Instructor: Anne Miller
Date: March 7 - April 25
Time: Wednesdays, 6.30 - 9 pm
Cost:  $ 230
Class Code: 0312-AM-WC
Registration Deadline: Mar 2

Welcome to beginners painters and for those with little experience but want to learn more!
In this series of classes, we will cover the basics of watercolour painting. With an introduction to the materials of this medium, we will learn how to use the paints, paper and water with confidence to create fresh and beautiful paintings. 
Every week, we will move forward with aspects and techniques such as basic rules of composition; experimenting with transparent and pure watercolours and colour theory; learn wet in wet and dry brush techniques; and develop confidence in how to start and develop wonderful works from a blank piece of paper!
We will cover a variety of subjects from landscapes, still life, developing your own interpretation and style with your own subject matter as we move along. 
The emphasis of this course will be learning to enjoy the process of playing with juicy colour and developing vibrant paintings, while learning techniques that you can build on as you develop your skills as a watercolour painter. 

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Spend a 6 weeks  deep into the world of still-life. Learn from the masters,  light and darks, focal point, treatment of backgrounds and more!

Keith Hiscock was born in Victoria, BC, and he has been working as a professional artist for over twenty five years. His home in the Pacific Northwest and places to which he has traveled inform his artistic practice. From earlier abstractionist explorations to his current forays into magic realism, this self-taught artist's work is distinctive and compelling. His punctilious attention to detail and uncanny ability to create surreal distillation of light and atmosphere are of a very high order.

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Date: April 4 - May 9,
Time: Weds. 9.30-12
Cost: $210
Class Code: 0412-DB-AC
Registration Deadline: March 28

NOTE: The numbers will be very limited on this class, register early to save a spot!

This course is designed for artists with basic painting experience who are interested in taking their paintings to the next level. We will be using Still Life (if desired) and images (as our primary source of inspiration) to create loose, "painterly" renderings as well as exploring the use of a limited palette, design and composition. There will be classroom demonstrations, as well as time to work independently (with guidance) on students chosen projects. The class is designed to be a relaxed and social environment, as well as creative and meaningful. Acrylics

Instructor: Linda Anderson
Date: April 4 to May 9
Time:
Wed, 1.30-4pm Class Code: 0412-LA-AC
OR
Wed, 6.30-9pm Class Code: 0412-LA-AC2
Cost:  $175
Registration Deadline: March 30

In this class, students new to acrylics will get step by step instruction on  how to plan a painting from photos,  how to create a pleasing composition, using color to create form and distance as well as learning  how to apply a Colour scheme to the painting. Demos for visual instruction as well as written notes. This class is for beginners and/or people with little experience in painting.

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Instructor: Stephen Norton 
Dates: April 12—May 24 (Plus first class on April 5 for a field trip into the Rock Shop to pick your stone
Times: Thursdays, 6.30-8.30pm
Cost:  $250 (Plus cost of stone, price will depend of choice, average 20 lbs cost is $40)
Class Code: 0412-SN-MMW
Registration Deadline: Mar 30

Feeling daring?  How about carving 20 to 40 lbs of soapstone?  Produce a BIG sculpture.  Join Stephen for a guided course on how to carve soapstone from start to finish.  Learn how to carve, how to deal with big stones, and to have a great time doing it.  Experienced or new to the art, everyone is welcome.  Take the plunge.  Bring your own image or imagination.  First class you pick and buy your own rough stone.  By the last week, you’ll have a finished masterpiece, ready for display.  All tools supplied.

Instructor: Elfrida Schragen
Date: May 3 to 24
Time: Thursdays, 1 - 4 pm
Class Code: 0512-ES-PC
Cost: $175
Registration Deadline: April 27

Struggling with getting a likeness in your portraits? We will be exploring basic proportions, alternative ways to start ,underlying structures, sculpting with paint, finding the uniqueness in a subject, and highlighting. There will be an opportunity to complete or near complete, two portraits, working with live models.
Prerequisites: A comfort with basic drawing and a comfort and familiarity with your medium (preference will be given to those working in oil, but pastel and acrylic may be adaptable)

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Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: Jan 20
Time: Friday, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0112-DC-DW
Cost: $80
Registration Deadline: None

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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Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: Jan 21 & 22
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0112-DC-AW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: Jan 13

or

Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: March 16 & 17
Time: Friday & Saturday, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0312-DC-AW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: Mar 9

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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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 or 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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This course is to explore the theory of color. You will work on small vignettes, creating a visual note book of using colour to create form  and  distance. Choosing the  right  colour, temperature & value  and knowing why  are key elements in a successful painting.
For ALL MEDIUMS

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"I really like oil paint, and I would like to convert everyone to this medium! You have time to mix your paint without it drying out,  the colours don't change when they dry, and you can build up texture easily just by using a pallet knife!  Join us in this class where beginners and the experienced are welcome to explore this versatile medium.  Brush work, the use of the pallet knife, composition, and colour mixing will be learned through hands-on experience.  The class is self-paced, and you are free to choose to work on a second painting with a different subject, on the second day of the workshop, or to continue on your first painting, and perfect what you have started.  I like to focus on individual students' needs, and on the enjoyment of putting paint to canvas!"

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In this two day class, students will learn the fundamentals for building pop-up and movable books.   We will start with basic pop-up structures and progress to more complicated, articulated ones, all of which are used commonly in commercially made pop-up books.
Each student will leave with a bound book containing samples of structures they can use for future pop-up book creation. No experience is required but there will be a fair amount of cutting with an Xacto blade. 

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Join Bryony for an action-packed ,two day watercolour workshop painting the wonders of birds!    .
Learn some exciting techniques to render the soft down, the intricacy of feathers and the sparkle in the eyes of our feathered friends. Bryony will provide taxidermied specimens so that you can chose your model's best side, and really understand the magnificence of the birds around us.
Bryony will show you gesture drawing, from the calligraphic sweeping strokes to capture the character of the model, to the more intricate detail of the directions of the head feathers; everything from top to talon.

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A great workshop for intermediate painters or those with SOME painting and drawing experience who want to achieve realism and detail in their acrylic paintings. Working from photographs, you will begin by creating a detailed drawing.  From there you will proceed to paint, concentrating on values, colour mixing and glazing.

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Imagine this fabulous piece of art in your garden all year round.  Learn how to make it yourself using wire, tin foil, old t-shirts and Paverpol, a non-toxic, water based fabric hardener.  She stands 6 ft tall, made with black Paverpol and highlighted with your choice of color.  This is a fun and easy class and no previous experience is required.

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Hand printed monotype using photos as a departure point. Great for use in card making, art journalling, collage and encaustics.
No press is required, just hand burnishing.  No experience necessary, just your enthusiasm.

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A dynamic composition can turn a common, ordinary subject into an extraordinary painting.  Find out what makes a painting stand out by its strong and dynamic design.  You will be introduced to many kinds of compositions that command attention by the positioning of their elements in unusual ways.
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. 

Sophia Morrison taught art for the Calgary School Board, University of Calgary, and was instrumental in developing an art curriculum for Alberta junior high schools. Her involvement in art centers across the province won an award from Alberta’s Minister of Culture.  Her clay work was exhibited at an international competition in Faenza, Italy.

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Instructor: John Woods
Date: Feb 22 & 23 & Mar 15
Time: Wed & Thur, 12-4 pm
Cost:  $140 (All materials included)
Class Code: 0212-JW-CW
Registration Deadline: Feb 17

Two days of wallowing in "Glorious Mud" with a mind to create figure or fantasy... functional or outrageous... exploring hand building and sculpture of clay, various ways to bring colour to your work and options in turning your effort to stone through oxidation firing. No previous experience necessary only a curiosity and willingness to get muddy.  If you know what you want to create it will be an opportunity to use space, materials and tools. If you bring curiosity, John will introduce you to clay and its possibilities. All you need is an old shirt!

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Instructor: Connie Kaziechko         
Date: Sat & Sun, Feb 25 & 26
Time: Sat. 10-4pm; Sun. 1 - 3 pm 
Cost: $140
Class Code: 0212-CK-MMW
Reg Deadline: Feb 17

If you love to scrapbook, this class is for you.  Combine scrapbooking, decoupage, photography and more to create a 10 x 12 mosaic collage using ¼ inch plate glass and tempered glass.  Images, photos, drawings, stamps, and more are bonded to plywood and grouted.  Be prepared to be amazed at the artwork you create!

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Instructor: Chiarina Loggia
Date: Feb 25 & 26
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 -4 pm
Cost:  $195 + $50 Material Fee payable to Chiarina Loggia on day of workshop (All Materials included in that fee)
Class Code: 0212-CL-MMW
Registration Deadline: Feb 17

NOTE: This workshop takes place at The School House Studio, 4495 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, Victoria, BC

A two day workshop that takes you from creating the image on the solar plate from a prepared transparency to learning how to ink the plate to create a hand-pulled print. The prints are inked with oil-based etching inks. Both the single and the double exposure techniques are taught to create four unique plates. No printmaking experience necessary. Assistance and guidance with preparing the transparencies is provided.

"Chiarina Loggia is a multi-award winning printmaker working and teaching out of the School House Studio in Metchosin. The studio is large and well equipped, with an etching press, lightbox and other printmaking materials. For more info go to:  http://chiarina.com/  "

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Instructor: Sandhu Singh          
Date: Sat & Sun, Feb 25 & 26
Time: 10-4pm  
Cost: $180
Class Code: 0212-SS-WW
Reg Deadline: Feb 17

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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Soapstone is the softest naturally-occurring stone, and is the easiest to carve. This workshop covers all you need to know to carve soapstone - tools, design, roughing out, through to finishing and polishing. You will go home at the end of the day with a finished carving of a seal (about 5 inches long). Wear old clothes or a shop apron - you will get dusty!

     Katherine Woods has been carving for over forty years in stone and wood. She taught carving and wood turning at Camosun and Tools ‘n Space Woodworking for  twenty years. Her sculpture appears frequently at Sooke Fine Arts and at local galleries.

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Instructor: Kathy Cameron 
Dates: Mar 3 & 4
Times: Sat & Sun 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $175 (Some Materials Included)
Class Code: 0312-KC-MMW
Registration Deadline: Feb 24

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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Instructor: Grant Fuller            
Date: Mar 2, 3, 4
Time:
Fri, 7-9 pm;
Sat & Sun, 9.30-4.30pm  
Cost: $250
Class Code: 0312-GF-WW
Reg Deadline: Feb 24

On Friday evening Grant Fuller will do a demonstration painting for participants in the studio and we can meet and greet. On Saturday and Sunday we will paint in the studio but if we get really good weather we will do some outdoor sketching and photography. Otherwise Grant will provide photo reference of similar subjects and do paint-along step by step demonstrations. Links to materials available on request

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Learn exciting techniques to transform your photographs into memorable works of art. Discover how to artificially age, bleach and recombine photographic images, this is a hands on class not a digital class. Turn your photographs into a one of a kind original. Artists, photographers and anyone interested in photo-based mixed media, scrap-booking or art journaling will find this class interesting. No experience necessary, just your enthusiasm. 

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Join Leslie in creating a still life painting in watercolor by working directly from studio set ups. Emphasis will be on lighting, composition, mixing colours, and design.

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Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: March 16 & 17
Time: Friday & Saturday, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0312-DC-AW
Cost: $160
Registration Deadline: Mar 9

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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Click Here to learn more about Deborah Czernecky

Join Leslie in creating a still life painting in watercolor by working directly from studio set ups. Emphasis will be on lighting, composition, mixing colours, and design.

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Click Here to learn more about Leslie Redhead

Instructor: Deborah Czernecky
Date: March 18
Time: Sunday, 10 - 4
Class Code: 0312-DC-DW
Cost: $80
Registration Deadline: Mar 9

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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Click Here to learn more about Deborah Czernecky

Date: March 19
Times: Monday 1 - 3 pm
Cost: $35 (All Materials and adult companion included) 
Class Code: 0312-CC-P
Reg. Deadline: March 15

This is your chance to play with paint and get messy!! Inspired by Jackson’s Pollock masterpieces, Kids and kids at heart  can  splatter, drip and throw paint to create  very unique pieces!

Instructor: Sheila Lintaman             
Dates: March 20 & 21
Times: Tuesday & Wednesday, 1-4 pm
Cost:  $110 (All Materials & Adult Companion included!)
Class Code: 0312-SL-MMW
Reg.Deadline: March 16

Ever wondered about making mosaics?? Come see how easy and fun it is to create your own beautiful images using broken tiles, dishes and other found objects in this 2-day workshop for all ages.

Instructor: John Woods
Date: Mar 22 & 23 & April 7
Time: Wed & Thur, 12-4 pm,- April 7, Sat, noon - 3pm
Cost:  $140 (All materials included)(Price Includes Adult Companion!)
Class Code: 0212-JW-CW
Registration Deadline: Feb 17

Two days of wallowing in "Glorious Mud" with a mind to create figure or fantasy... functional or outrageous... exploring hand building and sculpture of clay, various ways to bring colour to your work and options in turning your effort to stone through oxidation firing. No previous experience necessary only a curiosity and willingness to get muddy.  If you know what you want to create it will be an opportunity to use space, materials and tools. If you bring curiosity, John will introduce you to clay and its possibilities. All you need is an old shirt!

Click Here to learn more about John Woods.

Soapstone is the softest naturally-occurring stone and is the easiest to carve. This workshop covers all you need to know to carve soapstone - tools, design, roughing out, through to finishing and polishing. You will go home at the end of the day with a finished carving of an owl (about 5 inches high). Wear old clothes or a shop apron - you will get dusty!

     Katherine Woods has been carving for over forty years in stone and wood. She taught carving and wood turning at Camosun and Tools ‘n Space Woodworking for  twenty years. Her sculpture appears frequently at Sooke Fine Arts and at local galleries.

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Instructor: Chiarina Loggia
Date: March 24 & 25
Time: Sat & Sun, 10 -4 pm
Cost:  $160 + $30 Material Fee payable to Chiarina Loggia on day of workshop (All Materials included in that fee)
Class Code: 0312-CL-MMW
Registration Deadline: March 16

NOTE: This workshop takes place at The School House Studio, 4495 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, Victoria, BC

"Chiarina Loggia is a multi-award winning printmaker working and teaching out of the School House Studio in Metchosin. The studio is large and well equipped, with an etching press, lightbox and other printmaking materials. For more info go to:  http://chiarina.com/  "

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Add a whole new dimension to your garden with a beautiful fabric sculpture.  This piece stands 3’-4’ tall and is made with paverpol, a non toxic fabric hardener that can be used indoors or out.  You will build the form, then dress it using black or bronze paverpol in your choice of style and accent color.  This is an advanced class for students who have taken a previous paverpol class.

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Instructor: Nancy Dolan
Date: March 31 & April 1
Time: Sat & Sun, 12.30 -4.30 pm
Cost:  $95
Class Code: 0312-ND-PH
Registration Deadline: Mar 23

This workshop will focus on creating a good composition and pushing yourself beyond your normal limits.  What makes a good composition? a great one? a compelling one? how to train your eye and be more mindful while composing your image. Lots of tips and tricks to push your average ‘snapshots’ to a higher level. After the classroom session, we’ll explore the beautiful grounds of Coast Collective and apply your new knowledge. Bring along your camera, charged batteries, clothing appropriate for the weather and a desire to have fun!

Session 2 we will review students’ photos, explore some techniques on the computer with Photoshop editing to improve your compositions as well as some field  ‘play’.

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: March 30, 31 & April 1
Time:
Fri, 6 to 10pm;
Sat & Sunday, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $195
Class Code: 0312-NP-PW
Registration Deadline: March 23

This 3 day workshop is designed to start the process of identifying the elements that make up our personal artistic style. The way we paint comes from the way we see and think. Group discussions  of what style is and how our personal definition shapes our art.
In the afternoon we form small groups to view paintings from art history that illustrate different styles. Each person will make a list of the elements that they are drawn to in the paintings. With this list as a guide you will choose an image to paint over the next two days.
Saturday and Sunday we do a painting using the elements we have individually identified as important in our own art. We paint in acrylic for simplicity but each artist may use whatever they wish for canvas and brush size and color palette. It’s a guided tour of our own artistic engine.

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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 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: Alesha Davies Fowlie
Date: April 14
Time: Sat 10 - 4
Cost:  $80
Class Code: 0412-ADF-WW
Registration Deadline: April 6

Working on synthetic Yupo Paper is an exciting adventure. The bright white surface makes your paint colours bright and luminous. As it is completely non-absorbent, Yupo also offers entirely new challenges not solved by traditional watercolor techniques. During the day we will explore various methods and techniques and explore a vibrant, bold, and free approach to watercolour painting. This class would suit someone with painting experience or an adventurous beginner who doesn’t mind jumping in and learning as they go along.

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Join Bryony to paint the glorious flowers of Spring! Delve into the exquisite richness of spring blooms. Explore their character, what makes a tulip leaf so distinctive, their talcy texture, the blush on petals, the brilliance of the iris and really capture the essence of the flower.   Is drawing your nemisis? Bryony will demonstrate some tried and true methods of drawing to take the struggle away and replace it with joy . She will show you how to blend your colours,and not mix, creating results that are vibrant and fresh, just as nature intended.

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Hand cut stencils derived from  your photos. The popularity of Banksy and street art makes it a very popular class. Stencilled images can be used for Art Journalling, T Shirts, fabric arts etc. Great for use in card making, art journalling, collage and encaustics. No experience necessary, just your enthusiasm.

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Instructor: Klaus Bohn 
Dates: April 28
Times: Sat, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $80
Class Code: 0412-KB-PH
Registration Deadline: April 20

Go deeper into the fun of photography! In this workshop you will deal with the workings of the camera and how to control the outcome, composition and seeing the light. There will be practical experience in the fields of Coast Collective and an evaluation and discussion of work produced.
You only need a camera, preferable digital and a tripod

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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 or 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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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 that 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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Placing art in your garden will give it a whole new sophisticated look.  In this workshop you’ll use wires, tin foil, t-shirts and Paverpol, a water based, non toxic, fabric hardener, to create heron for your home.  Use the sample in class for your template or bring your own photo examples.  A previous basic Paverpol class is recommended before taking this class.

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Beneath every good painting is a good abstract design or understructure.  Degas was a master of design.  If you traced the shapes of one of his paintings without the detail, put color in those forms and added texture or scumbling, you would have a great abstract painting.  That’s because the underlying structure is a good abstract design. There are many degrees of abstraction.   Learn how to change a common subject into a strong and dynamic abstract painting.

Sophia Morrison taught art for the Calgary School Board, University of Calgary, and was instrumental in developing an art curriculum for Alberta junior high schools. Her involvement in art centers across the province won an award from Alberta’s Minister of Culture.  Her clay work was exhibited at an international competition in Faenza, Italy.

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Instructor: Natalie Shumka                      
Date: June 2 & 3
Time: Sat & Sun, 10–4pm
Cost: $160
Class Code: 0612-NS-OW
Reg. Deadline: May 25

Don't be daunted by oil paint anymore!  In this beginner workshop, we will explore basic painting techniques including colour theory, composition, and brush work in a relaxed, enjoyable way.  We will work on two paintings,  one still life and one landscape, and use uncomplicated materials to achieve beautiful results.

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Instructor: Desiree Bond
Date: June 2 & 3
Time: Saturday & Sunday, 10 to 4 pm
Cost:  $160
Class Code: 0612-DB-AWW
Registration Deadline: May 25

Explore watercolour impressions on paper. One day will be spent printing leaves, lace, gauze and other materials. The next day we will crop and rework are prints to create a exciting and fresh composition.

This unique hand printmaking monotype process uses a xerox copy as a printing plate. Great for use in card making, art journalling, collage and encaustics.  No press is required, just hand burnishing. No experience necessary, just your enthusiasm.

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Instructor: Nicholas Pearce
Date: June 23 & 24
Time: Sat & Sunday, 10 – 4 pm
Cost:  $300
Class Code: 0612-NP-AW
Registration Deadline: June 1

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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Instructor: Alesha Davies Fowlie
Date: June 24
Time: Sun 10 - 4
Cost:  $80
Class Code: 0612-ADF-WW
Registration Deadline: June 15

Do you want to explore and experiment with a surface completely different to traditional watercolour paper or canvas? This workshop explores the possibilities of fluid acrylic, and other watermedia paints on Yupo synthetic paper. This non-absorbent surface provides an ideal printmaking plate for mono-printing and is an perfect support for creating textures and various special effects. The focus of the day will be on fun,creative experimentation and would suit all levels of experience.

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