Experience the benefits of creative expression in a supportive group environment. No experience required. Join us at our weekly open studio, each with its own theme, using a variety of art making mediums and techniques like mending, stitching, paint, collage, found objects, 2d and 3d, weaving, and nature to explore what is immediate for you […]
Pen & Ink with Catherine Trembath Drawing using pen and ink is a simple, timeless technique focusing on line, textural shading and shape. In this class, we’ll use felt pens to explore drawing techniques and practice looking and sketching. All supplies included in this class. About the Instructor: Catherine Trembath studied at Emily Carr College […]
Art Journaling with Watercolour Pencils - Merrilyn Laursen The class will have a 4-page handout covering supplies needed, planning a page layout and lettering suggestions, followed by some time for using the pencils and designing a practice page. All supplies included in this class. About the Instructor: Merrilyn Laursen lives, plays, and paints in Parksville. […]
A deeper dive into the Apple Photos application, including how to create albums and multiple libraries, how to edit photos, various media types, importing and exporting, and iCloud Photos. Apple Technology workshops can be attended in-person or on Zoom. About the Instructor: Dan LaRocque has been an Apple computer and web professional since the early […]
Curious about mosaics? Interested in trying your hand at using a traditional material? The United Nations has declared 2022 as International Year of Glass! This class will give you the opportunity to work with an ancient form of glass to create a small mosaic. The primary material (tesserae) will be Italian smalti direct from Orsoni’s […]
Palette Knife Painting with Deborah Nicol All supplies included in this class. About the Instructor: Deborah Nicol is an emerging artist, working primarily in Acrylics. Deb started her artistic endeavors with pencil portraits, quickly moving into Oil Pastels and Oils and expanding into landscapes and paintings of children. In recent years she has moved into […]
Collage Cards with Merrilyn Laursen Have fun making a card while learning the basics of collage. All materials needed will be supplied but if you wish, you can bring your own collage materials to make your work more personal. (i.e., images, words and/or lettering from magazines, stickers, wallpaper, computer printouts of your own photos) All […]
Third Session - In each workshop we will start the day with a short talk and demo, and then move on to paint our masterpieces! We will break for a short lunch around noon so bring something or plan on slipping out to pick something up. We will pick up our brushes after that and […]
Gouache with Carla Flegel Gouache is used like water colours, but gouache is opaque, and watercolours are transparent, so the effect is totally different. It dries quickly and can be reworked on the paper with a wet brush. All supplies included in this class. About the Instructor: Carla Flegel has explored oils, acrylics and has […]
Gouache with Carla Flegel Gouache is used like water colours, but gouache is opaque, and watercolours are transparent, so the effect is totally different. It dries quickly and can be reworked on the paper with a wet brush. All supplies included in this class. About the Instructor: Carla Flegel has explored oils, acrylics and has […]
Cost: $100 Inspired by The Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain, you will create a Zentangle Inspired Art (ZIA) piece using tangles, fragments and enhancements. Together we will transfer the string onto paper and then explore various tangles to fill in the lines and spaces. We’ll also work with Tombow Dual Brush pens to add some […]
Watercolour with Carla Flegel All supplies included in this class. About the Instructor: Carla Flegel has explored oils, acrylics and has recently settled on watercolour as her medium of choice. She loves the unpredictability as water, paint and paper meet, and how it paints itself if you let it.