Are you ready to loosen up and get more creative with your figure drawings? This exciting course brings an outside-the-box approach to 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.

Attendees of this course will experience a sense of play, discovery, and creative flow in their work.

In this course, you will learn the foundations you need to create acrylic paintings grounded in good technique. Discover 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 or experienced acrylic painters who want to get back to basics.

Whether you are a beginner or a 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, or photo reference 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, and 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 course, you will learn how to create expressive figurative paintings with powerful realism and exciting brushwork.

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 course, 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.

Are you ready for greater realism, depth and a convincing finish in your paintings? In this course, you will fully develop one figure or portrait painting from start-to-finish, bringing together traditional & contemporary techniques.
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Using 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, and 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.
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Choose from our wide selection of professional, well-lit photos 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 dynamic course, students will explore the art of capturing everyday objects and interior spaces, expressing the lighting, perspective, and mood of a room.

You will develop a deep understanding of traditional techniques, as well as explore contemporary approaches in paint application. Topics including drawing, composition, value organization, colour, edges, design and paint application will be addressed. Experiment with various techniques for creating depth, texture, and visual interest.

You will leave the class with a new set of skills to bring ordinary domestic scenes to life in dynamic paintings.

In this dynamic course, students will explore the art of capturing everyday objects and interior spaces, expressing the lighting, perspective, and mood of a room.

You will develop a deep understanding of traditional techniques, as well as explore contemporary approaches in paint application. Topics including drawing, composition, value organization, colour, edges, design and paint application will be addressed. Experiment with various techniques for creating depth, texture, and visual interest.

You will leave the class with a new set of skills to bring ordinary domestic scenes to life in dynamic paintings.

In this course, you'll learn to harness Van Gogh’s techniques, colour palettes, and expressive brushwork.

Through step-by-step guidance and one-on-one support, your instructor will guide you through the painting processes that make Van Gogh’s work unique, breaking these methods down to capture emotion and movement. From bold impasto to delicate hatching, grasp the techniques behind the iconic works of the enigmatic Dutch master. 

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to channel the unique energy of Van Gogh in your own artwork.

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 alongside high-voltage colour, and expand your vocabulary of mark-making (drips, splats, scrapes & loaded brush marks), while maintaining a sense of harmony and realism.

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