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...
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...
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...
In this unique hands-on workshop, you’ll explore the beautiful process of preserving nature’s textures through clay and plaster. We’ll begin by creating a soft clay slab and arranging a selection of botanical materials such as flowers, leaves, ferns, and grasses onto the surface. Once the clay relief is complete, we’ll carefully pour plaster over the...
**By popular demand a second class has been added** In this unique hands-on workshop, you’ll explore the beautiful process of preserving nature’s textures through clay and plaster. We’ll begin by creating a soft clay slab and arranging a selection of botanical materials such as flowers, leaves, ferns, and grasses onto the surface. Once the clay...
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...
Step beyond functional pottery and discover the expressive world of sculptural ceramics in this inspiring 4-week hand-building course. This course is all about using clay as an artistic medium to create decorative pieces full of character, movement, and imagination. Over the first three sessions, you’ll create three unique projects: a sculptural flower, an octopus platter,...
Explore techniques and designs for fabric painting, and take home a vibrant tote of your own creation. During this relaxed and fun-filled three hours, you will be given everything you need to create a work of art upon a big, handy canvas tote. Pipi will walk you through a few of her pattern and layering...
*** By popular demand an additional class has been added to November 28th** Introduction to Alcohol Ink Art is suitable for artists of all levels who are new to alcohol ink. Curious about alcohol ink? Join me for a fun, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn the fundamentals of this vibrant and wonderfully unpredictable medium. Using...
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! In this course, suitable for the novice...
Willow Club Chair workshop in Ladysmith.
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 flower bouquet on canvas. We'll begin by creating a painted background, lightly sketching the bouquet, and adding a background colour to prepare the canvas for collage. Once the paint is dry,...
Grab a coffee or tea and come for a morning art meet up at the Arts & Heritage Hub! Junk journaling is all about creating messy and imperfect art using a mash up of materials both new and repurposed. Working in a journal (sketchbook), play with different materials such as markers, paints, magazines, buttons, and...
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.
Join us for a relaxed and fun-filled workshop where Pipi will guide you through the art of fabric painting. You'll learn everything from preparing your fabric to mixing paints and setting your design for long-lasting, washable results. With plenty of room for creativity and exploration, you’ll create practice pieces and complete a finished table runner...
Grab a coffee or tea and come for a morning art meet up at the Arts & Heritage Hub! Junk journaling is all about creating messy and imperfect art using a mash up of materials both new and repurposed. Working in a journal (sketchbook), play with different materials such as markers, paints, magazines, buttons, and...
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...
Grab a coffee or tea and come for a morning art meet up at the Arts & Heritage Hub! Junk journaling is all about creating messy and imperfect art using a mash up of materials both new and repurposed. Working in a journal (sketchbook), play with different materials such as markers, paints, magazines, buttons, and...
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! In this course, suitable for the novice...
Create your own sterling silver sea glass pendant in this relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop. You’ll start by choosing your favorite piece of sea glass from a curated collection of naturally tumbled beach glass. From there, you’ll learn how to shape sterling silver to frame your piece, create texture and character with hand tools, solder your pendant,...
Create your own sterling silver gemstone ring in this relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop. You’ll choose from a curated selection of 6-8 different gemstones and you will be guided step by step through the process of forming, soldering, setting, and finishing your ring. No experience is needed — just come ready to try something new and enjoy...
Introduction to Alcohol Ink Art is suitable for artists of all levels who are new to alcohol ink. Curious about alcohol ink? Join me for a fun, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn the fundamentals of this vibrant and wonderfully unpredictable medium. Using a large ceramic tile and a hair dryer, you’ll explore how alcohol inks...
Starting with a demo, be guided through the basics of preparing a plate, creating a design using watercolour and how to run your plate through a press. Enjoy the rest of the time working on your own prints, socializing with others, and receiving guidance along the way. Each participant will leave with 2-3 prints of...
Join us for a fun and creative evening of pottery, colour, and connection at our Paint a Bowl Social! Let your creativity shine as you decorate your piece with colourful underglazes. No pottery experience is needed. This is a relaxed, beginner-friendly experience where you can enjoy the process of painting, chatting, and creating something handmade....
By Barbra Ann King Everyone has heard someone say, "I have a book in me." Far fewer peopleever get that book out of their heads and onto the page. This workshop isdesigned for exactly those people: aspiring writers who know they have astory to tell but don't know how to begin, structure, or finish it....
