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Back AGAIN by popular demand! Dedicated time to just paint with others in Studio One. Get out of the house, and take your Monday evenings to create anything you wish in this completely informal setting for optimal comfort and focus. This studio time, open to members and non-members, is the perfect opportunity to work on pieces from classes you're taking, or whatever you like. These precious hours involve no formal instruction whatsoever, but feel free to offer / receive feedback and encouragement from others, (as you wish).
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Growth happens when we allow ourselves to stay open, curious, and flexible in the unknown. This class encourages imagination and experimentation. Moving beyond technical skill, students are encouraged to explore using paint, tools, recycled materials and more in this class. Click HERE for the materials list
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This is the perfect opportunity to show up for yourself as an artist on a regular basis and enable creative breakthroughs on a small scale through art journaling. Portable, affordable and accessible, art journaling offers opportunities for you to get back to basics and loosen up to release your inner artist in a low stakes format. In each of the four sessions, new strategies to reignite your creativity will be presented, all inviting you to bring play into your practice. Whether you are starting your art journey, wondering how to approach a sustained art practice, or a seasoned artist looking for a stretch, this is the course for you. Click HERE for Intuitive Art Journaling Materials List
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Join Jacintha to follow along in her step by step approach to painting the glory of seasonal florals. Focus will be on creating impressions of loosely styled compositions in varied and vivid palettes. Learn to capture on canvas the beauty of our spring and summer florals in their resplendent beauty outdoors as well as bouquets of garden fresh cuts. Learn the art of layering with multiple brush strokes while using varied techniques to capture movement and light to create paintings that sing! MATERIAL LIST Spring 2026 OAS
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Unlock the fundamentals of portrait drawing in this hands-on portrait sketching class. This course will guide you step-by-step through the essentials of capturing the human face, basic facial proportions, techniques for sketching eyes, noses, mouths, and ears, understanding light, shadow, and shading to create depth, how to observe and draw from photographs, tips for capturing expression and personality in a portrait. There will be live demonstrations, personalized feedback, and practice exercises to build confidence and skill. Beginners welcome!
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This class — perfect for beginners — is ideal because Tim (president of Oakville Sculptors and Woodcarvers Guild) will be joined by one or two additional instructors at every class. Everyone will have lots of individual attention to move step by step to complete potentially three projects — an owl, a fox, and a relief carving of a flower — over the course of six weeks. All materials (cut wooden blanks, hand carving tools, sandpaper, protective gloves) are provided. Just come and enjoy something new!
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This course is structured around process. Each class will focuses on one mental state of painting. Students will learn when to push, when to wait, and when to stop. Week one- Seeing and Block-in. Week two- Development 1, Form, Colour and Confidence. Week three- Development 2, Atmosphere, Space and Restraint. Week four - Finish & Reflection, Clarity, Emotion and letting go. Click HERE for Spring 2026 Materials List for P Cheung
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With a focus on the principles of composition, this course delves into the importance of visual set up, values and brush strokes to create aesthetic and emotive paintings in a classical manner. You’ll work initially to create pencil sketches that will evolve, with the instructor’s guidance, into fully developed paintings. With attention to light and values, colour, shape, placement and proportion of elements and the harmony of brush strokes, you’ll learn how to develop works that are visually strong as well as both fulfilling and meaningful. Some previous painting experience is helpful. Materials List
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Our half year membership fees are now in effect, and are valid until August 31, 2026. In addition to program discounts, members are welcome to join us in studio any Friday (year round) to enjoy open studio time in our creative community.
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The Oakville Art Society is a self-supporting organization and relies on the generous support of its members, the community, and sponsors to continue to operate. You can help support the OAS with a donation. Through your generosity, we can keep the arts alive in the Halton region.
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The Oakville Art Society is a self-supporting organization and relies on the generous support of its members, the community, and sponsors to continue to operate. You can help support the OAS with a donation. Through your generosity, we can keep the arts alive in the Halton region.
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The Oakville Art Society is a self-supporting organization and relies on the generous support of its members, the community, and sponsors to continue to operate. You can help support the OAS with a donation. Through your generosity, we can keep the arts alive in the Halton region.
