Encore Courses
Encore Courses are 3-4 week extensions of term-length courses. They make perfect gifts for loved ones!
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ENCORE: Art Safari
Come exploring on our Art Safari! Try out three different mediums or techniques over three weeks, with different instructors and all materials supplied. Great for beginners who want to try something new before buying a lot of supplies, and for anyone wanting a fun creative time. Possible topics include watercolours, oil pastels, printmaking, collage, calligraphy, and more! FULL Thursdays from 5:45pm - 7:45pm | 2 December - 16 December 2021 Instructor: Various |
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ENCORE: Printmaking Open Studio
For beginners as well as experienced printmakers. Come and explore a wide variety of printmaking techniques in a friendly supportive environment! A supervised studio for printmakers. Facilities are available for creating monoprints, monotypes, etchings, collagraphs, linocuts, and woodcuts. Drop-ins welcome! Fridays from 10am - 1pm | 26 November - 17 December 2021 Instructor: Margaret Bignell |
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ENCORE: Getting Started With Watercolour
In Part 1 we'll begin with the fundamentals: brush handling, how to apply washes, then a variety of techniques using elements of the landscape as subject matter, from skies with clouds to the random patterns of foliage to the rough textures of stone and old wood. FULL Tuesdays from 9:30am - 12:30pm | 23 November - 14 December 2021 Instructor: Bruce St. Clair |
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ENCORE: Coloured Pencil - Painting Without a Brush
Let's embrace full colour with coloured pencils, a medium that transitions from drawing to painting. We will begin with a pre-drawn image so we can concentrate on techniques - layering, blending, burnishing, developing lights and darks, etc. Then we will apply these skills to your own preferred subject matter, such as landscapes, still life scenes, florals, people, or pet portraits. Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm | 25 November - 16 December 2021 Instructor: Bruce St. Clair |
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ENCORE: Getting Started With Oil Painting
The classic painting medium, oils are now much safer to use, but still produce rich and glowing results while encouraging your personal expression. And, unlike acrylics, oil gives you lots of time for blending and subtle transitions of colour. FULL Tuesdays from 1pm - 4pm | 23 November - 14 December 2021 Instructor: Bruce St. Clair |
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ENCORE: Acrylic Painting: One Step at a Time
Have you ever looked at other people's paintings and thought, I'd like to be able to do that? In this class, with step-by-step instruction, you'll jump into this new creative world and discover the joy of painting in acrylics, a fun medium with fast drying time, quick corrections, and easy clean-up. After reviewing our painting supplies (don't worry if you don't have everything for the first class), we'll begin the adventure with basic painting techniques, then together we'll paint simple 'practice' subjects such as still life, followed by more finished works. FULL Tuesdays from 5pm - 7pm |23 November - 14 December 2021 Instructor: Bruce St. Clair |
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ENCORE: Getting Started With Drawing
Part 1 is a 'Right Side of the Brain' Course that opens the door to Enhanced Creativity. It also leads to building confidence in your drawing ability through time-proven seeing/drawing exercises (if you can't see it, you can't draw it!), ending with more finished pieces. Whether you are drawing for painting, or for its own sake, this is a good starter course for all artistic pursuits and a refresher for those with some drawing experience. Fridays from 9:30am - 12:30pm | 26 November - 17 December 2021 Instructor: Bruce St. Clair |
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ENCORE: Oil, Acrylic, and Pastel: Open Studio
Thursday mornings provide a welcoming painting environment. It's an 'open studio' format with assistance or instruction as needed, meeting challenges such as technique, colour creation, composition, perspective, getting a good likeness in that portrait, or just how to approach the painting from the start – how to build toward the creative effect you envision. Drop-ins welcome! Thursdays from 9:30am - 12:30pm | 25 November - 16 December 2021 Instructor: Bruce St. Clair |
Open Studio Courses
Open Studio Courses are more self-directed, where an instructor is present to offer feedback upon request.
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Life Drawing / Self-Directed Life Drawing
Welcome to the Wednesday Evening Life Drawing! This is an excellent opportunity to work on your observation skills and techniques with uninstructed life drawing. Easels, tables, and chairs are provided for everyone and you are welcome to bring whichever drawing media you like. Drop-ins welcome! Wednesdays from 7pm - 9pm | 22 September - 15 December 2021 Instructor: Nicholas Crombach |
