In this course, you will learn the foundations needed to create oil paintings grounded in good technique. Learn how to prepare surfaces, maintain your brushes, use mediums, handle paint and more!

Students will develop compositions with a strong foundational drawing layer before approaching the painting with an emphasis on value and colour.
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This class is perfect for beginners, those who are switching from acrylics to oils, or painters who want to get back to basics.

Whether you are a beginner or professional artist, mastery of the fundamentals is a lifelong pursuit. In this course, you will learn how to create convincing realism in charcoal, step-by-step.
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Whether working from simple objects, still life arrangements, photo references, or the live figure, emphasis will be placed upon solidifying structure and proportion, achieving a likeness, and utilizing shading techniques to create convincing, 3-dimensional drawings.
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The instructor will demonstrate techniques throughout each class, then spend plenty of time with each student one-on-one. Attendees of this course will be able to confidently take on any subject matter with their new set of skills.

In this exciting workshop, you will learn how to create expressive figure paintings with powerful realism and exciting brushwork.
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Bringing together traditional and contemporary techniques, emphasis will be placed upon creative experimentation with colour, composition, glazing, texture, and mark-making.

The live model will be your muse throughout the weekend, as you develop one painting from start-to-finish.

This course is supplemented with instructor demos and creative exercises designed to stimulate your imagination and intuitive powers, opening the door to a whole new way of painting.

In this exciting workshop, we will practice looser approaches to representational work. You will build both your skills and relationship to paint as you try free and energetic approaches.
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Rather than working within pre-constructed guidelines, you will use your brushstrokes to gradually expose the image. Exercises will help you to loosen up and paint at a faster pace, valuing exploration and practice above tight representation.
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With a mix of fluid brushwork and selective sharp detail, you will create a painting that reveals your subject, while retaining a sense of mystery, emotion and energy.
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Reference images provided, or you may bring your own.

In this exciting workshop, you will explore Jenny Saville’s expressive approach to creating powerful and evocative paintings, charged with daring and energetic mark-making.

Working from a master copy (choose from a selection of high-resolution images), you will create a fully finished portrait painting, learning Saville’s approach step-by-step.

Learn how to layer natural skin tones with high voltage colour, and expand your vocabulary of mark-making (drips, splats, scrapes & loaded brush), while maintaining a sense of harmony and realism.

The instructor works with you at your own pace, offering technical and creative guidance, along with brief lectures, slideshows and demonstrations throughout the weekend.

In this weekend workshop, you will learn how to paint believable and impressionistic flowers, using exciting brushwork and vibrant colours.

You will create several smaller floral paintings with a focus on colour and brushwork. Learn to capture the effects of light on flowers with bravura brushwork, and how to incorporate abstract and expressionistic elements into your work.

We will also analyze the works of famous floral painters to understand their approach in creating masterpieces.

Each class is supplemented with instructor demonstrations, slide show presentations, and one-on-one feedback. In the end, you’ll develop new creative methods for flower painting, and complete several small paintings to hang on your wall.

Are you ready for greater realism, depth and a convincing finish in your paintings? In this weekend course, you will fully develop one figure or portrait painting from start-to-finish, bringing together traditional & contemporary techniques.

In using both direct (wet-into-wet) and indirect painting (glazing) methods, you’ll begin with a loosely drawn underpainting to serve as your guide, find generalized colours for different areas of the figure, then move towards nuanced form and colour. Basic anatomy, planes of the body, and brushwork will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on capturing the gesture of the model, creating accuracy of form, and mixing nuanced skin tones.

Choose your from our wide selection of professional, well-lit photos (or bring your own) to create your own dynamic, gestural and poetic painting! Whether focusing on the whole figure or the portrait, attendees of this course will acquire greater confidence, ease and depth in their paintings.

In this foundational course, you will learn how to draw realistic portraits with accuracy and expressive force.
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Each class begins with a brief anatomy lecture, followed by drawing from the live model & photo references.

Using basic drawing media in short and long poses, you will examine the head & facial features from various angles, learning how to draw them into simplified geometrical shapes & planes.

Whether you are a beginner or professional artist, mastery of the fundamentals is a lifelong pursuit. In this course, you will learn how to create convincing realism in charcoal, step-by-step.

Whether working from simple objects, still life arrangements, photo references, or the live figure, emphasis will be placed upon solidifying structure and proportion, achieving a likeness, and utilizing shading techniques to create convincing, 3-dimensional drawings.

The instructor will demonstrate techniques throughout each class, then spend plenty of time with each student one-on-one. Attendees of this course will be able to confidently take on any subject matter with their new set of skills.

Are you ready to loosen up and get more creative with your figure drawings? This exciting course brings an outside-the-box approach into figure drawing, as you experiment with mark making techniques using various drawing media.

In working from the live model, exercises are designed to stimulate your imagination and yield surprising results.

The instructor will guide you along step-by-step, showing you how to integrate techniques with a variety of different drawing mediums including pastels, pencils and water-based media.
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Attendees of this course will experience a sense of play, discovery, and creative flow in their work.

Learn how to paint digitally, from the ground up!
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Bring your Apple or Android device and develop your realist and creative skills in this step-by-step course.
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Emphasis will be placed upon solidifying structure and proportion, achieving a likeness, and utilizing shading techniques to create convincing, 3-dimensional digital works of art.
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A mix of professional photos and live models will be your muse throughout the course.

In this course, you will learn the foundations needed to create oil paintings grounded in good technique. Learn how to prepare surfaces, maintain your brushes, use mediums, handle paint and more!
‍
Students will develop compositions with a strong foundational drawing layer before approaching the painting with an emphasis on value and colour.

This class is perfect for beginners, those who are switching from acrylics to oils, or painters who want to get back to basics.

This essential workshop provides the portrait painter with a step-by-step approach to capture realistic skin tones, and apply them with ease.

Learn how to mix colour on the fly, as well as pre-mix palettes for different skin types and lighting situations. Emphasis is placed upon ‘tiling’ colours next to each other (darks, half-tones, lights) in a mosaic-like manner, and then refining edges to depict lifelike 3-dimensional form.

In working from photo reference material, you will be able to isolate specific skin tones, and match the colour, value, saturation, and temperature with great ease.

By the weekend’s end, you will have a finished highly realistic portrait, and newfound confidence in adjusting colour while applying paint, all in one stroke!

In this exciting workshop, you will explore Jenny Saville’s expressive approach to creating powerful and evocative paintings, charged with daring and energetic mark-making.

Working from a master copy (choose from a selection of high-resolution images), you will create a fully finished portrait painting, learning Saville’s approach step-by-step.

Learn how to layer natural skin tones with high voltage colour, and expand your vocabulary of mark-making (drips, splats, scrapes & loaded brush), while maintaining a sense of harmony and realism.

The instructor works with you at your own pace, offering technical and creative guidance, along with brief lectures, slideshows and demonstrations throughout the weekend.