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  • Discover how plants and flowers can be source for exciting compositions in your painting.


    Starts May 13

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Use subjects like botany, geology, astronomy and more as source for watercolour paintings.


    Starts May 13

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This is great course for anyone curious about learning how to paint.


    Starts May 13

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover a new 20th century artist each week and use their work as inspiration to make a painting.


    Starts May 16

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This course will de-mystify the basics of colour to help improve your paintings.


    Starts Jul 9

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Landscape painting is a great way to explore the many ways watercolour can be used.


    Starts Jul 9

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • The course will explore many painting techniques to improve your approach to landscape painting.


    Starts Jul 9

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • You will inspired in this course by many artists who have used the flower as subject in paintings.


    Starts Jul 10

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Explore the characteristics of plants as you use them for subject matter in painting.


    Starts Jul 11

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This course focuses on using artists from the 21st century as an inspiration for your paintings.


    Starts Jul 11

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Use the amazing landscape of Canada as a source for charcoal drawings.


    Starts May 13

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This course will guide you through the basic materials you can use to make drawings.


    Starts May 14

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Experience how personal daily experiences can be used as an endless source for drawing.


    Starts May 16

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This is a basic course for those who want to stop being intimidated by drawing a portrait.


    Starts May 15

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This course covers the basic methods and materials for people who are new to drawing.


    Starts May 16

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Flora and fauna are a great subject matter for those looking to be inspired to draw more often.


    Starts May 16

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn the techniques and approach that de-mystify the process of drawing from photographs.


    Starts Jul 8

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • See how your drawing can improve immensely by learning the techniques of shading.


    Starts Jul 8

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn the Renaissance discoveries such as perspective, dramatic lighting and emotional expression.


    Starts Jul 10

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Time travel through centuries of art history as you learn new ways to approach your drawing.


    Starts May 15

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn to combine photography with unique hands-on photo processing techniques and mixed media.


    Starts May 14

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Learn how to use weaving methods to turn the act of mending into artworks.


    Starts May 13

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover how arranging, cutting and gluing papers can result in beautiful works of art.


    Starts May 14

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • This is an online offering continues the experimentation with mending as an art form.


    Starts Jul 11

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover a printmaking method that uses water-based inks without the need for a press.


    Starts May 15

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Discover why self-portrait has always been an endless source of inspiration for artists.


    Starts Jul 10

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Take some time to learn about the exciting contemporary artists we have in Canada.


    Starts May 15

    275 Canadian dollars

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  • Continue to learn about more artists in this follow-up course to Contemporary Canadian Art I.


    Starts Jul 10

    275 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Mar 29

    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

    75 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Apr 5

    185 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Apr 5

    75 Canadian dollars

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


    Starts Apr 12

    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. Winter Assignment Days: Feb 17-21 (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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Spring 2025 Schedule

MONDAY

May 12 - Jun 16

Open Studio

10am-5pm

TUESDAY

May 13 - Jun 17
Online
10am-1pm
Renee Duval
Painting:Plants and Flowers
In-Person
10am-1pm
Corrie Peters
Mending Made Visible I
In-person
2pm-5pm
Chantel New

Drawing the Canadian Landscape

Online
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Watercolour: Art and Science

In-Person
6pm-9pm
James Letkeman

Painting the Basics

WEDNESDAY

May 14 - Jun 18
10am-1pm
Meghan Krauss
Photography: A Mixed Media Approach
In-Person
2pm-5pm
Wendy Welch

Collage: Paper as Paint

In-Person
6pm-9pm
David Kaarsemaker
Drawing: Introduction to Materials
In-Person

THURSDAY

May 15 - Jun 19

Japanese Woodblock Printing (Mokuhanga

Desiree deRuiter
In-person
10am-1pm

Drawing: Six Weeks, Six Artists

Mohsen Veysi
Online
10am-1pm
Drawing: Portraiture
David Kaarsemaker
In-person
2pm-5pm
Canadian Contemporary Art I
John Luna
In-person
6pm-9pm

FRIDAY

May 16 - Jun 20

How to Draw

10am-1pm
In-person
James Letkeman

To Draw a Diary

10am-1pm
Online
Leah McInnis

Drawing: Flora and Fauna

2pm-5pm
In-Person
David Kaarsemaker

Paint Like an Artist I

2pm-5pm
Online
Wendy Welch
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