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Out of stockWatercolour is a lovely transparent medium. Laurel helps you explore using watercolour, figuring out the steps, colour mixes and the fascinating interaction between water, paint, and paper. Have fun while learning: hard and soft edges, getting depth, as well as different brushstrokes. This class will build confidence in how to handle this medium by teaching you many helpful tricks. The subjects include flowers such as an amaryllis and an orchid. Awaken your inner artist in this fun, informative class! This class is 4 weeks long starting on January 9th. Laurel Best Watercolour Supply List
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NOTE: please email info@oakvilleartsociety.com or call us (905-827-5711) if you have trouble signing up online. We are working to fix the problem that some people are experiencing at checkout. Thank you. Join us for a four week, intensive and systematic, step by step course that covers the fundamentals of drawing. While primarily aimed at beginners, the course will also help firm up the skills of students with some drawing experience. Following completion of the program, students will have the comprehensive skill set necessary to accurately render any observable object. While not mandatory, some drawing during the week between sessions will enhance the learning experience.
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Out of stockThis class is a percolator for the imagination. Moving beyond technical skill, students are encouraged to experiment with paint, tools, recycled materials and more in this class. Through personal projects, critical discussions, and introspective exercises, students will learn to identify and hone their unique artistic skills and develop conceptual depth to their work. The goal is to create authentic artwork, giving each student the unique opportunity for creative expression. Ranging from representational to non representational artwork, all will be celebrated. Updated supply list for Art Classes JMG
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Newly added to the late fall class series, we are excited to welcome the president of the Oakville Sculptors and Woodworking Guild to introduce our students to wood carving. This class -- perfect for beginners -- is ideal because Tim 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 a project of choice -- a 3D dolphin or police car, or a relief carving of a duck -- over the course of four weeks. All materials (cut wooden blanks, hand carving tools, sandpaper, protective gloves) are provided. Just come and enjoy something new!
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Out of stockIf you are new to art, begin your journey here! Relax and enjoy as you discover the freedom inherent in watercolour. In this course, Diane will lead you to learn and control the fascinating interaction between water, paint, and paper. Focus on handling edges, backgrounds, negative painting; learn how to add washes, layers, and texture. From florals to landscapes, you will have fun learning the techniques needed to create a successful watercolour painting while you develop your own style. You will love Diane’s demonstrations and enjoy lots of individual attention. No pressure, just fun! Beginner Paint Materials List
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Out of stockPainting “poetic landscape” is not about a place; it’s about a way of seeing. It is about transforming the ordinary into something profound, where nature and feeling meet on the canvas. Each class will involve an instructor demonstration and student exercise. Material List for Painting Poetic Landscape January 2026 OAS with Peter Cheung
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The impressionist artists were not trying to paint a reflection of real life, but an ‘impression’ of what the person, light, atmosphere, object or landscape looked like to them. And that’s why they were called impressionists! They tried to capture the movement and life of what they saw and show it to us as if it were happening before our eyes. With a focus on the fundamentals of composition, this course delves into the importance of visual set up, values and brush strokes to create aesthetic and emotive paintings in an impressionist 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 and feel fulfilling and meaningful. Materials List
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NOTE: please email info@oakvilleartsociety.com or call us (905-827-5711) if you have trouble signing up online. We are working to fix the problem that some people are experiencing at checkout. Thank you. Create ART with your smartphone! Are you familiar with all the functions of your smartphone camera? Do you take photos without knowing how to make them engaging or creative? Do you want to awaken the artist inside of you? Knowing how to compose an effective shot, along with the creative capabilities of smartphone apps, make what you can achieve on a phone extraordinary. In this class, Ron will help you master the techniques that will transform your images and give them an artistic edge. Learn how to effectively capture and edit shots and turn any photograph, new or old, taken on any phone, into a memorable image. This class will give you the ability and confidence to create amazing images, all conveniently done on your phone or tablet with easy to use photography apps.
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Out of stockSo you bought a sketchbook - now what? This is a rare and wonderful opportunity to learn how to draw and record everything you see. Sketching is an integral part of being an artist. From daily life to paint planning ideas, this course will provide critical, lifelong skills from a master instructor. This is also a great way to jump off into painting. You'll learn the best and fastest way to draw, and add some colour sparingly in places. Sketching Supply list (doc says 2024 but the supply list has not changed)
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Explore essential techniques that form the basis of realistic painting. Learn how to create strong compositions, observe light and shadow more accurately, understand color relationships, and render convincing textures. You will also gain practical and in-depth knowledge of color theory and color perception techniques, specifically within the context of realism—focusing on still life and landscape subjects. In this course, students can choose any reference they like in the style of still life or landscape and work on it in class, or they may use the references provided in class. By the end of the course, your skills will have significantly improved, and you'll feel more confident in creating your own artworks.
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Out of stockSo it's winter - let's lean into it and paint. Winter is a great time with so many different colours that one can use -- greys, blues, violets, turquoise. We will paint an new image every week, from snow covered fields, moonlit nights in the snow, trees, mountains, and cityscapes, while embracing the winter theme all the while. There will be a demonstration and painting time in every class, and then a week to complete the work at home. SupplyList 2026-Thusrday Class
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Out of stockSo you bought a sketchbook - now what? This is a rare and wonderful opportunity to learn how to draw and record everything you see. Sketching is an integral part of being an artist. From daily life to paint planning ideas, this course will provide critical, lifelong skills from a master instructor. This is also a great way to jump off into painting. You'll learn the best and fastest way to draw, and add some colour sparingly in places. Sketching Supply list (doc says 2024 but the supply list has not changed)
