Where Real Animals Meet Wild Imagination What happens when the features of real animals are mixed with unexpected ideas? In this playful drawing workshop, participants will explore animal shapes, movement, textures, expressions, and personalities while inventing creatures of their own. Through guided drawing games and creative experiments, participants will combine familiar features in surprising ways...
Bring your ideas to life In this hands-on animation workshop, participants will discover the magic of stop-motion by creating characters, building simple scenes, and transforming their ideas into short animated sequences. Participants will experiment with clay animation, paper cutouts, and pixilation - using their own bodies as animated characters. Along the way, they will explore...
Create Bold Characters and Develop Your Own Visual Style In this illustration workshop, participants will explore the foundations of anime and manga while developing original characters of their own. Through guided exercises, they will experiment with facial features, expressions, hairstyles, costumes, proportions, and dynamic poses to understand how visual choices shape personality and mood. Participants...
Take your acrylic painting practice to the next level in this dynamic, technique-focused course designed for experienced beginners through advanced painters. Expand your creative voice while refining your technical skills through a series of engaging projects that encourage experimentation and artistic growth. This class emphasizes creative exploration alongside technical development, providing a supportive environment to...
This acrylic painting class is your chance to pick up a brush, play with bold paints, and bring your imagination to life. Whether you're here to relax, learn something new, or spark a lifelong passion, you'll leave with beautiful artwork and the confidence to keep creating. Let’s paint! Classes will cover an array of basic...
After-School Art Class with Jennifer O'Brien Join professional artist and experienced instructor, Jennifer O’Brien, for a dynamic after-school art class where creativity takes center stage! In a fun and supportive environment, students will build confidence and discover their unique artistic voice while exploring a wide variety of materials and techniques. From sculpting with clay and...
After-School Art Class with Jennifer O'Brien Unleash your creativity in this exciting after-school art class with professional artist and experienced instructor, Jennifer O’Brien. Designed to inspire and build confidence, this class offers students the chance to explore their artistic voice through a wide variety of materials and techniques. From shaping clay and painting with watercolors...
The goal this term for this intermediate class is finding freedom in your washes and color choices. Drawing your subject and planning the composition will be studied, with step by step examples to help attain mastery and enjoy your own unique creativity. More time for working on projects will be provided.
Creating a wearable art piece from fibres such as Merino wool and silk through the process of wet felting is a playful, meditative, creative and rewarding experience. Join experienced felter and educator, Donna L Bennett as she guides participants through the process of creating a nuno felted infinity shrug (looped scarf). Nuno felting is the...
Discover yourself through art and words in this creative, reflective workshop. Begin by creating a continuous-line self-portrait, then add colour that reflects your mood, personality, or emotions. Finish with a period of free writing or explore guided prompts inspired by your artwork. No artistic experience is necessary—just bring your curiosity and creativity. All materials are...
Willow Club Chair workshop in Ladysmith.
Creating a wearable art piece from fibres such as Merino wool and silk through the process of wet felting is a playful, meditative, creative and rewarding experience. Join experienced felter and educator, Donna L Bennett as she guides participants through the process of creating a nuno felted infinity shrug (looped scarf). Nuno felting is the...
Explore Tetra Pak printmaking! Starting with a demo, be guided through the basics of design, carving into Tetra Pak, how to ink the plate and run through the press. Enjoy the rest of the time working on your own print, socializing with others, and receiving guidance along the way. Each participants will leave with 2-3...
In this workshop we will play with cut stencils and multiple plates, combining transparent and opaque inks to create painterly prints. Participants with learn printmaking studio protocols including how to use the etching press, ink mixing, some colour theory and some design basics. Come prepared to put your fear aside and take chances with multiple...
Join us for a playful and creative mixed media class! Using a combination of acrylic paint and torn paper collage, you'll create a vibrant hummingbird on canvas. We’ll begin with a loose painting process, creating a colourful base layer on your canvas to prepare it for collage. Then you’ll explore torn paper collage techniques—choosing from...
Willow Club Chair workshop in Ladysmith.
The goal this term for this intermediate class is finding freedom in your washes and color choices. Drawing your subject and planning the composition will be studied, with step by step examples to help attain mastery and enjoy your own unique creativity. More time for working on projects will be provided.
Discover the Language of the Human Figure Drawing is more than observation - it is a practice of presence. This immersive figure-drawing course explores the energy, rhythm, movement, and expression of the human body through gesture drawing. Participants will learn to recognize and capture the essential forces within a pose, including weight, balance, tension, flow,...
Bring Your Characters to Life What makes a character unforgettable? In this creative cartooning workshop, participants become character designers and visual storytellers. They will experiment with shapes, proportions, costumes, expressions, and unexpected details to create original characters with distinct personalities, strengths, flaws, and stories of their own. They will learn how body language, facial expressions,...
Bring Your Story to Life What does it take to turn an idea into a world readers want to enter? In this creative studio course, participants will develop an original comic, graphic novel, or illustrated book from concept to finished pages. They will explore how characters, environments, composition, and page design work together to create...
