Whether you're new to watercolor or looking to strengthen your painting skills, this 8-week course will help you develop confidence through a variety of engaging subjects and techniques. You will explore watercolor fundamentals including brush control, color mixing, washes, layering, glazing, texture, and creating light and depth. Using botanicals, birds, butterflies, florals, fruits and vegetables, charming cottages, landscapes, and other everyday inspiration, we'll learn how to simplify shapes, build form, and create balanced compositions. Along the way, you will discover techniques for painting fine details, expressive watercolor techniques, and beautiful watercolor effects while gaining a deeper understanding of color and composition. Each class introduces new concepts and projects designed to build skills progressively, allowing you to develop your own artistic style while completing a collection of finished watercolor paintings by the end of the course. Click HERE for the SUPPLY LIST
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Out of stockSpend a fun few hours immersed in the magical world of Cyanotype with this interactive workshop. This unique form of camera-less photography dates back to 1842 and uses sunlight, treated paper and found objects and botanicals to create striking deep blue images. Participants will learn the steps to creating their own images, exposing them to the sunlight and watching them develop to reveal unique works of art. Suitable for any experience level. This workshop will take place both indoors and outside so participants are encouraged to bring a hat and water.
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So many of Diane's beginner watercolour students have asked... and how, we are happy to deliver her intermediate series! Build on your foundation and take your work to the next level in the warm and supportive environment that Diane is so well known for. Materials list will be posted soon...
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For anyone considering applying to OCAD (or any art program that requires a portfolio) anytime in the future, this is your chance to develop your personal portfolio. Instead of scrambling to complete samples of your work in all required mediums, enjoy an approach that covers a wide variety in a supportive and fun environment. Create drawing, sketches and paintings of still life, landscapes and figures, while building on your fundamentals of art including color, form, line, shape, space, texture and composition. Create a variety of attractive visual art to add to your Art Portfolio. Students of all levels and mediums are welcome. Click here for more details and Materials list
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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. Click HERE for the Materials List
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Follow instructor demos and learn the landscape and seascape painting process from inception to finish including underpainting, sketching, color mixing, composition, adding or removing elements as needed, layering and detailing. Learn to paint foundational elements of landscape painting such as trees, rocks, mountains waves and finally paint photos of your choice. Instructor demos will be done in Acrylic. However, if you are comfortable using watercolor, or oil (water mixable) you are welcome to. Click HERE for Materials List Wed PM OAS Fall 2026
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This class invites students to trust the unpredictable and rediscover creativity that lives just beyond the edge of what is known. We will draw inspiration from a vast tapestry of sources, from the fractured language of poems and the archetypal whispers of fairy tales to the forgotten details of your own personal history. The goal is not to illustrate a story, but to channel its essence. We will abandon the pursuit of "perfection" and embrace the alchemy of process. We will learn that true creation is less about control and more about growth being the constant, transforming our art and ourselves again and again. This is an invitation to step onto the shifting ground of your own creativity and find out what happens just beyond the edge. Art Supply List OAS Fall 2026 Judy Mayer-Grieve
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As the leaves paint the world in gold, crimson, and amber hues, there’s no better time to let your creativity flow and capture the magic of fall through art. Learn to paint our glorious foliage and its reflections in our abundant lakes, streams and waterfalls as you capture the magic of fall on your canvas. You will learn the use of palette knives and loose brushstrokes as you explore different techniques in creating your very own masterpieces. Click HERE for Material List Fall OAS Jacintha Krish
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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 and personalized feedback and practice exercises to build confidence and skill. Click HERE for Materials List Portrait Class P Dey
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This class will enhance your painting skills on small surfaces, including composition, colour harmony and expressive brushstrokes, to create a unique piece for yourself or for sale. Click HERE for 2026 Materials List for P Cheung
