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


    Starts Jan 7, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Develop your painting skills and discover your artist’s voice while exploring subject matter.


    Starts Jan 7, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Enhance your paintings by learning how to create a sense of light and space with colour.


    Starts Jan 7, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • See how the 1970s “Pattern and Decoration” movement can inspire work being done today.


    Starts Jan 8, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Let the excitement of the urban environment inspire your paintings.


    Starts Jan 8, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn ways to approach painting the figure as you examine the work of contemporary artists.


    Starts Jan 9, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Jan 7, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover an array of subject matter with this thematic-focussed painting course.


    Starts Jan 7, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how abstract painting relates to many things that exist in the world.


    Starts Jan 10, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the possibility of drawing by looking at art found in today’s contemporary art galleries.


    Starts Jan 7, 2025

    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 8, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Jan 10, 2025

    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 8, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Make expressive drawings while learning about Expressionism in the 20th century.


    Starts Jan 9, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Let the contemplative act of slow stitching bring joy into your life on weekly basis.


    Starts Jan 9, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Jan 10, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover how interpretations of the human form have developed over the last 150 years.


    Starts Jan 9, 2025

    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, 2025

    575 Canadian dollars

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  • Create otherworldly gardens by using a fusion of artistic expression and speculative science.


    Starts Jan 18, 2025

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn some informative techniques to bring light and shadow into your drawings.


    Starts Jan 25, 2025

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • If you love flowers and the colour blue, this workshop is for you!


    Starts Jan 25, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the beautiful effects of ink and water while creating imaginative jellyfish.


    Starts Feb 1, 2025

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • If you love flowers and the colour red, this workshop is for you!


    Starts Feb 1, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the imaginative and spontaneous techniques the Surrealist used to create drawings.


    Starts Feb 8, 2025

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Want to do something creative? Collage is a great way to start.


    Starts Feb 8, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how artists use photographs as a source for paintings.


    Starts Feb 15, 2025

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn the basic techniques for working with colour including value, hue and saturation.


    Starts Feb 22, 2025

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • The workshop will teach you all you need to know to paint people in an urban environment.


    Starts Feb 22, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • The workshop is a basic introduction to landscape painting with acrylics.


    Starts Mar 1, 2025

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn to use colour to create depth in your paintings.


    Starts Mar 15, 2025

    135 Canadian dollars

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  • If you love flowers and the colour yellow, this workshop is for you!


    Starts Mar 15, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover how to incorporate photographs in your collages and paintings through image transfer.


    Starts Mar 22, 2025

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to draw people using traditional Japanese ink drawing techniques.


    Starts Mar 22, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how taking photos will give you a new way of looking at downtown Victoria.


    Starts Mar 29, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • See how the techniques of Cezanne can give you a new approach to watercolour painting.


    Starts Mar 29, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover the world of texture by making monoprints with acrylic paint.


    Starts Apr 5, 2025

    185 Canadian dollars

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  • Repurpose old books by turning the pages into works of art.


    Starts Apr 5, 2025

    75 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn the basics of oil painting including colour mixing and layering.


    Starts Apr 12, 2025

    135 Canadian dollars

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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 Spring and Summer sessions. Fall Assignment Days: Oct 28 - Nov 1 (no classes)

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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Winter 2025 Schedule

MONDAY

Jan 6 - Mar 31

Open Studio

10am-5pm

TUESDAY

Jan 7 - Apr 1
In-Person
10am-1pm
Chantal New
Drawing: Current Trends 2000-2025
Online
10am-1pm
Renee Duval
Painting Inspired by Landscape
In-person
2pm-5pm
James Letkeman

Painting Introduction II

Online
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Painting the Everyday with Gouache

In-Person
6pm-9pm
David Kaarsemaker

Painting: Light and Space

Online
6pm-9pm
John Luna

Painting Today II

WEDNESDAY

Jan 8 - Apr 2
In-Person
10am-1pm
Meghan Krauss
Urban Sketching
Online
10am-1pm
Maddy Knott

Painting: Pattern and Decoration

In-Person
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Contemporary Art II

In-Person
6pm-9pm
James Letkeman
Drawing: Exploration of Materials
Online
6pm-9pm
John Luna
Painting the City

THURSDAY

Jan 9 - Apr 3

Art History: The Human Form 1850-2000

Amina Ejaz
In-person
10am-1pm

Drawing an Expressive Approach

Mohsen Veysi
Online
10am-1pm
Painting the Contemporary Figure
Leah McInnis
Online
2pm-5pm
Slow Stitching: Inciting Joy
Corrie Peters
In-person
6pm-9pm

FRIDAY

Jan 10 - Apr 4

Drawing: Introduction II

10am-1pm
In-person
Maddy Knott

Design: Principles & Elements

2pm-5pm
In-Person
Xane St Phillip

Painting: Understanding Abstraction II

2pm-5pm
Online
Wendy Welch
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