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  • Learn basic paintings techniques in this welcoming course for beginners.


    Started Sep 9

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Be inspired to use gouache by learning how a range of artists visit the garden as subject.


    Started Sep 9

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Bring your landscape painting to a new level by looking at contemporary landscape artists.


    Started Sep 19

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover how you can use photography as a tool to make exciting and dramatic paintings.


    Started Sep 9

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • This course covers introductory techniques to painting with an emphasis on personal style.


    Started Sep 18

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Enhance your paintings by understanding how to use light and space in an effective way.


    Started Sep 19

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn to develop a body of work based on a singular theme.


    Started Sep 18

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • This online course will use the timeless subject of the human figure as a source of painting.


    Started Sep 17

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to use colour by studying master artists work throughout history


    Starts Jan 7, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Add new directions and approaches to your painting by looking at contemporary landscape artists


    Starts Jan 9, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover how the landscape remains an exciting source of inspiration for many painters


    Starts Jan 6, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Develop your painting skills and discover your artist’s voice while exploring a range of subjects


    Starts Jan 7, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how light and shadow can add drama and excitement to your paintings


    Starts Jan 6, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Your everyday life can provide endless subject matter for painting with gouache


    Starts Jan 6, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover more about your own artistic direction by focusing on a different theme matter each week


    Starts Jan 7, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Everyone can draw. This step-by-step course will prove this to you.


    Started Sep 17

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn a range techniques and approaches to drawing while discovering your personal expression.


    Started Sep 19

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Use the diversity of the Canadian Landscape as a source for innovative and exciting drawings.


    Started Sep 9

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn drawing techniques and approaches from early to mid-20th century artists.


    Started Sep 18

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn new approaches and techniques to drawing through the study of other artists


    Starts Jan 8, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Expand your knowledge of drawing techniques and develop a personal approach to subject matter


    Starts Jan 9, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn new drawing materials and methods each week while focusing on a variety of subject matter


    Starts Jan 6, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Focus on how drawing materials can be used to express a range of contemporary ideas


    Starts Jan 6, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Let intuition, dreams and other unconscious thoughts guide your drawing subject matter


    Starts Jan 8, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Ever since the early 1900s artists have loved to use the urban environment as a drawing subject


    Starts Jan 8, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Get to know Victoria better by sketching what you see as you meander through the city streets


    Starts Jan 6, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn to use mixed media and collage by focusing on flowers, plants and animals.


    Started Sep 18

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn to use mixed-media to transform your photographs into rich multi-layered surfaces.


    Started Sep 9

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how basic textile techniques such as crocheting and weaving are used in contemporary art.


    Started Sep 9

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Make your paintings look alive by learning how to colour works.


    Started Sep 19

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • An understanding of design will make all your artwork more exciting and sophisticated


    Starts Jan 9, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Study the way art and the world changed through three centuries from the 1500s to the 1800s.


    Started Sep 18

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the fascination history behind what makes the art of today


    Starts Jan 8, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover that contemporary art can be fun, exciting and mind-enriching in this seminar course.


    Started Sep 17

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Awaken your mind to the often-surprising world of contemporary art in the 21st century


    Starts Jan 8, 2026

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the wonderful images you can make by using the world’s oldest form of photography.


    Starts Nov 15

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • This short introduction to colour theory that will dramatically improve your paintings.


    Starts Nov 15

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn a variety of ways to make oil pastels your new favourite drawing medium.


    Starts Nov 29

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the potential of watercolour through abstract landscapes in this playful workshop.


    Starts Nov 29

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Instructor will introduce different media and processes to create multi-layered surfaces.


    Starts Dec 6

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to turn any landscape image into simple shapes for painting.


    Starts Dec 6

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn the basics of oil paint to get you started with this versatile painting medium


    Starts Jan 17, 2026

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover how to approach drawing and painting some of your favourite birds


    Starts Jan 24, 2026

    95 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn to make simple yet beautiful floral arrangements with velvety gouache paints


    Starts Jan 24, 2026

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • The secret to successful landscape paintings is breaking down what you see into simple shapes


    Starts Jan 31, 2026

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • Let play and experimentation with paper and glue guide your way to exciting collages


    Starts Feb 7, 2026

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Brighten up your afternoon by focusing on painting a variety of yellow flowers


    Starts Feb 7, 2026

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Let the colour wheel be de-mystified as you discover simple ways to approach using colour


    Starts Feb 14, 2026

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how the basic techniques of Chinese brushwork can be source for beautiful paintings


    Starts Feb 21, 2026

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to make expressive lines and organic shapes the basis of a successful composition


    Starts Feb 28, 2026

    95 Canadian dollars

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  • Express your love of the world’s favourite colour with an afternoon painting blue flowers


    Starts Feb 28, 2026

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn everything you need to know about the mysteries of painting with gouache


    Starts Mar 7, 2026

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the excitement of pastel processes such as blending, smudging and erasing


    Starts Mar 14, 2026

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Let all those beautiful skies you see every day become an endless source for paintings


    Starts Mar 14, 2026

    95 Canadian dollars

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  • Use historical botanicals illustrations to make playful compositions with abstracted plant shapes


    Starts Mar 21, 2026

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to use geometric shapes to create exciting and dramatic compositions


    Starts Mar 28, 2026

    95 Canadian dollars

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  • Take time to be inspired by Cezanne’s subtle and elegant watercolour landscapes


    Starts Mar 28, 2026

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to use nature as an endless source for drawing projects


    Starts Apr 11, 2026

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • See Victoria in a completely new way as you travel through the city streets with your camera


    Starts Apr 18, 2026

    75 Canadian dollars

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Courses & Workshops

Important information

Tuition cost

$575 for a 12 week course, $275 for a 6 week course. Check workshop descriptions for tuition cost by workshop type.

Important Dates

School is closed on Mondays during the Summer session. Fall Assignment Days: Oct 28-Nov 3 (no classes). Note: Fall Tuesday courses start a week early due to two statutory holidays falling on a Tuesday (Reconciliation Day and Remembrance Day).

Delivery methods

Please note the different course delivery methods: Online delivery courses will be delivered using the easily downloadable Zoom platform in real time. Each course will be accompanied by a course blog where all the class information such as slide presentations, handouts and links (including links to recorded weekly classes) will be posted. Online courses are limited to 16 students and in-person courses are limited to 14 students and will follow the COVID-19 self distancing protocols.

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Fall 2025 Schedule

MONDAY

Sep 15-Dec 8

Open Studio

10am-5pm

TUESDAY

Sep 9 - Dec 9
In-Person
10am-1pm
Meghan Krauss

Photography: A Mixed Media Approach

Online
10am-1pm
Renne Duvall

Painting Inspired by Photographs

Online - CANCELLED
10am-1pm
Tim McCormack

Drawing People

In-Person
2pm-5pm
Chantal New

Drawing the Canadian Landscape

Online
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Fantastical Gardens with Gouache

In-Person
6pm-9pm
Corrie Peters

Textiles: Mending, Unravelling & Weaving

Online
6pm-9pm
David Kaarsemaker

Acrylic Painting Basics

WEDNESDAY

Sep 17-Dec 10
10am-1pm
David Kaarsemaker
Painting the Figure
Online
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Contemporary Art I

In-Person
6pm-9pm
James Letkeman
Drawing for the Absolute Beginner
In-Person

THURSDAY

Sep 18-Dec 11
Jessica Ziakin
In-Person
10am-1pm

Art Hist: The Renaissance to Industrial Revolution

Mohsen Veysi
Online
10am-1pm

Modern Drawing: History and Practice

James Letkeman
In-person
2pm-5pm
Painting: Introduction I
David Kaarsemaker
Online - CANCELLED
2pm-5pm
How to Draw
Leah McInnis
Online
2pm-5pm
Painting: Series Development
Tamara Bond
In-Person
6pm-9pm
Flora and Fauna

FRIDAY

Sep 19-Dec 12

Drawing: Introduction I

10am-1pm
Maddy Knott
In-Person

Painting: Light and Space

10am-1pm
David Kaarsemaker
Online

Understanding Colour

2pm-5pm
Xane St Phillip
In-Person

Landscape Painting Now I

2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch
Online

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Important information

Tuition cost

$575 for a 12 week course, $275 for a 6 week course. Assignment Days: Feb 16—Feb 19 (no classes). Check workshop descriptions for tuition cost by workshop type.

Important Dates

School is closed on Mondays during the Summer session. Fall Assignment Days: Oct 28-Nov 3 (no classes). Note: Fall Tuesday courses start a week early due to two statutory holidays falling on a Tuesday (Reconciliation Day and Remembrance Day).

Delivery methods

Please note the different course delivery methods: Online delivery courses will be delivered using the easily downloadable Zoom platform in real time. Each course will be accompanied by a course blog where all the class information such as slide presentations, handouts and links (including links to recorded weekly classes) will be posted.

Give the gift of art

Winter 2026 Schedule

MONDAY

No classes
Jan 5-Mar 30

TUESDAY

Jan 6 - Mar 31
In-Person
10am-1pm
Meghan Krauss

Urban Sketching

Online
10am-1pm
Renee Duval

Painting Inspired by Landscape

In-Person   *No class on Jan 13
2pm-5pm
Chantal New

Drawing: Material and Concept

Online
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Painting the Everyday with Gouache

In-Person
6pm-9pm
James Letkeman

Drawing: Exploration of Materials

Online
6pm-9pm
David Kaarsemaker

Painting: Light and Shadow

WEDNESDAY

Jan 7 - Apr 1
10am-1pm
David Kaarsemaker
Colour in Painting
In-person
2pm-5pm
James Letkeman

Painting: Introduction II

In-Person
6pm-9pm
David Kaarsemaker
Painting: Thematic Approaches
In-Person

THURSDAY

Jan 8 -  Apr 2
Jessica Ziakin
In-Person
10am-1pm

Modernism to the Contemporary Period

Mohsen Veysi
Online
10am-1pm

Contemporary Drawing: History and Practice

Wendy Welch
In-person
2pm-5pm
Contemporary Art II
David Kaarsemaker
Online
2pm-5pm
Drawing: Urban Perspectives
Tamara Bond
In-Person
6pm-9pm

Drawing the Unconscious

FRIDAY

Jan 9 - Apr 3

Drawing: Introduction II

10am-1pm
Maddy Knott
In-Person

Design: Principles & Elements

2pm-5pm
Xane St Phillip
In-person

Landscape Painting Now II

2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch
Online
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