Art

Sketching and Drawing
With an emphasis on drawing still lifes, learn the fundamentals of perspective. From basic shapes to a refined outline, use different techniques to render light and shadow. Come relax in a supportive environment.
Acrylic Painting
Enjoying and relaxing with acrylic painting as an expressive and vibrant medium. You will learn how to use the brushes to achieve a variety of techniques including blending, glazing, lifting, wet on wet and over dry to create different textures and brush strokes on your artwork. We will focus on beautiful landscapes, flowers and figures.
Six Essential Exercises for Drawing Like a Pro
The most important skill when it comes to drawing is the act of observing. In this course, participants will develop their analytical skill of seeing and then interpret that on paper. Bernadine will also provide the six most important tools an artist can use to enhance their drawing skills in just six sessions.
Watercolour Painting
This program will give you the chance to learn to apply watercolour painting by exploring the medium’s full potential. Learn to use water, paper, colour, and brushes to create an endless variety of tones and atmosphere in your painting. We will focus on landscape painting techniques and studies of nature (flowers).
Drawing Club
Everyone can draw - let's draw together! Come share a casual space to draw and connect with a creative community. New and experienced artists are invited to share skills, practise, and grow under the support of a skilled artist and illustrator, Alison Woodward.
Luxurious Oil Pastels
Curious about oil pastels or ready to take your skills further-These comfy, hands-on classes are open to everyone—whether you are brand new or have some experience. We’ll play with colour, texture, and mark-making as we explore a variety of subjects like still life, landscapes, portraits, and abstract art. You’ll get to try...
Crochet for Adults
The best way for beginners to learn how to crochet is working through basic patterns and reading symbol skills.
Drawing Landscapes, Flowers & Figures
You will learn how to draw, shape, and form images in perspective while creating compositional structures. We will explore landscapes, flowers, figures, and more. Throughout the course, you will experiment with textures, lines, tones, light and shadow, as well as linear and atmospheric perspectives.
Candle Making Workshop for Adults
Looking for a relaxing hobby, a unique handmade gift idea, or a fun way to spark creativity? Join our candle-making workshop and learn how to create beautiful, custom candles from scratch—no experience needed! All materials are included, and you'll take home several of your own handcrafted candles at the end.
Doodle Art Birthday Card Workshop
Create a one-of-a-kind birthday card in a relaxing doodle art style. Participants will learn a set of easy, repeatable patterns and simple design techniques to build a clean, balanced card layout, plus add light shading for extra depth. This is a calm, step-by-step workshop with plenty of room for personal creativity, and no prior...
Acrylic Painting with Artist Ania Salmina
Join me, professional artist Ania Salmina, for an acrylic painting course! You’ll learn essential techniques, explore the versatility of acrylics, and build confidence in your painting skills. As we create artworks, I’ll guide you through key topics such as composition, light and shadow, colour theory, and more.
Doodle Art Card Workshop: Ocean Inspired Patterns
Take a little creative escape and make something you can actually use. In this relaxing workshop, participants will learn ocean-inspired doodle patterns, think waves, flowing lines, coral-like textures, and gentle sea motifs, and see how to combine them into a clean, balanced card design suitable for any occasion. We?
Mindful Artist
Come and enjoy drawing in colour while on a journey of spiritual awakening. Through an introduction to the wisdom of Gurdjieff, an expert of our time in the subject of meditation, you will find that there is no difference between art and alchemy. Bring a set of coloured pencils and a sketchbook.
Adult Watercolour Class - A Colour Break with Ania Salmina
Take a break from daily routines and spend a few hours simply enjoying colour. This relaxed watercolour class is designed for adults who would like to paint for pleasure and reconnect with their creativity in a welcoming, pressure-free environment. Together, we will experiment with playful watercolour techniques, explore colour...
Adults Watercolour Class - A Colour Break with Ania Salmina
Take a break from daily routines and spend a few hours simply enjoying colour. This relaxed watercolour class is designed for adults who would like to paint for pleasure and reconnect with their creativity in a welcoming, pressure-free environment. Together, we will experiment with playful watercolour techniques, explore colour...
Doodle Art Card Workshop: Birthday
Create a one-of-a-kind birthday card in a relaxing doodle art style. Participants will learn a set of easy, repeatable patterns and simple design techniques to build a clean, balanced card layout, plus add light shading for extra depth. This is a calm, step-by-step workshop with plenty of room for personal creativity, and no prior...
Pet Portrait Painting Workshop
A beginner friendly workshop where participants create a personal pet portrait using acrylic paints from their own reference photo. (Guidelines will be provided in advance to ensure suitable image selection of pets to send, for taking out a print. ) Step-by-step guidance will cover sketching, proportions, color mixing, fur/feather...
Indigenous Beading Class for Adults
Tansi! (Hi in Cree) Learn Indigenous Beading with Gigi a Woodland Cree, (Nihithaw) Osage, (Wazhazhe) and Two Spirit Artist. This class will: Introduce you to the trading of different beads from cultures and the history of seed beads, shell beads, and glass beads.

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