This basic drawing course introduces students to the elements of drawing, such as line, gesture, contour, shading, and perspective. Work will be done in both pencil as well as charcoal. Students will draw from still-life, photos and from a live model.
Instructor: Don McVeigh
Fee: $260
Thursday: 9 h – 12 h
Sep 16 – Dec 2
12 sessions | 36 hours |
This course is for the ultimate beginner. We will explore shading, light and dark value, perspective, still life, drawing portraits from a photo, as well as hands. Using eye-hand coordination, pencils, and charcoal we will also study old Masters’ techniques. Learn to draw before you paint. A must for beginners!
Instructor: Agnes Ivan
Fee: $240
Monday: 18 h 30 – 21 h 30
Sep 13 – Dec 6
12 sessions | 36 hours
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Learn to draw using the time-honored techniques of the drawing experts. Students will develop and practice physical and perceptual skills needed for accurate visual representation using simple drawing media such as charcoal and conté on paper. Subjects covered will include contour, light and shade, perspective, and anatomy for the figure.
Instructor: Audrey Churgin
Fee: $275
Tuesday: 18 h 30 – 21 h 30
Sep 14 – Nov 30
12 sessions | 36 hours |
This class is intended to give students the confidence and skills to produce a successful drawing. They will be encouraged to develop their own self expression and more important, their creativity. Lessons will be given on tonal values, composition and line. With the gained confidence they will produce a drawing with visual appeal.
Instructor: John Sadler
Fee: $265
Wednesday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 15 – Dec 1
12 sessions | 36 hours |
Oil pastel is rich medium, allowing students to record form through the study of light and shade and colour mixing, and develop personal mark. Oil pastel drawing can also be a bridge to painting. We will mainly work from still life, but also draw from a model, use photographs, and copies of old masters works as inspiration.
Instructor: Deidre Hierlihy
Fee: $240
Friday: 9 h 30 – 12 h 30
Sep 17 – Dec 3
12 sessions | 36 hours |
This is an introductory chalk pastel class for beginners; however intermediate artists are more than welcome to attend. We will start working with dry medium other than graphite and build towards various techniques in pastel. We will learn about line, lights, darks, tone, value, perspective, composition, and how to paint our world with pastels. You will be surprised at what you can do with chalk!
Instructor: Patricia Laalo
Fee: $250
Wednesday: 18 h 30 – 21 h 30
Sep 15 – Dec 1
12 sessions | 36 hours
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This course will focus on colour as a structural and design component of drawing. It will delve into the various characteristics and behavioral properties of colour and their relevance to drawing. Exploration will involve creating form, as well as light, by means of colour harmonies and colour contrasts. The incorporation of colour into drawing will be gentle and progressive.
Instructor: Lucia De Marinis
Fee: $215
Monday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 20 – Nov 29
10 sessions | 30 hours
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This course is for those who have some drawing experience. We will do two-minute contour and gesture drawing and sustained fifteen minute drawings with shading. A model will be present for each session. We will do tons of drawing, so bring lots of newsprint!
Instructor: Agnes Ivan
Fee: $320
Thursday: 18 h 30 – 21 h 30
Sep 16 – Dec 2
12 sessions | 36 hours
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This course is for students interested in developing good drawing skills and knowledge of pictorial space and structure. Using analytical and expressive approaches the student will learn the principles and practice of drawing the nude human figure and improve their stills in observation. Classical, modern and experimental approaches will be explored. Techniques will include charcoal, pen, ink and wash drawing.
Instructor: Blair Sharpe
Fee: $320
Tuesday: 18 h 30 – 21 h 30
Sep 14 – Dec 7
12 sessions | 36 hours
No class on Sep 28 |
The aim of this course is to enable participants to produce confident, analytical studies from the figure and experiment with different mediums in order to develop their own intuitive style. Each session will focus on a different aspect of drawing from the human figure with classes on hands, feet, portraiture, tone and shadow.
Instructor: Mahshid Farhoudi
Fee: $275
Thursday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 16 – Dec 2
12 sessions | 36 hours
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Figure drawing by way of anatomy, structure, design and expression; gestural studies for movement and sustained poses for composition, the appreciation of techniques and skill with a variety of mediums and strategies. National Gallery visit.
Instructor: Pamela Lasserre
Fee: $315
Wednesday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 15 – Dec 1
12 sessions | 36 hours
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In this class we are going to explore how to draw the human body, the proportion, shapes, and contrast. We will use different techniques and material with the idea to develop a better conception of the human body, while at the same time finding a comfortable technique and material. We will use different materials such as books and videos to explore this process.
Instructor: Guillermo Trejo
Fee: $320
Sunday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 12 – Dec 5
12 sessions | 36 hours
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Using watercolour as the prime medium, the course will explore the joy of creating free and vital portraits. The approach will balance control and technique with immediacy and spontaneity and show how these can be woven together to capture personality as well as likeness. Appreciation of other mediums will be included, as applied in conjunction with fluid-media techniques. Individual coaching will be provided, based on each student’s needs and goals. The sessions will primarily involve live models and include demonstrations of the instructor’s approaches and techniques. Let the water flow!
Instructor: David Kearn
Fee: $310
Tuesday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 14 – Nov 30
12 sessions | 36 hours
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This course is designed for serious students who are interested in the art of portraiture. The focus will be on the studies of the skull, the features, the hair, muscles of the head, planes of the face etc. Drawings will be done from the reproductions of masters’ works and live models.
Instructor: Dana Brezina
Fee: $235
Monday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 20 – Nov 29
10 sessions | 30 hours
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A knowledge and understanding of anatomy is essential for artists who are working with the human form, such as painters, sculptors,animators, or illustrators. A good knowledge of bones, muscles, tendons and surface features such skin, hair, eyes, ears, etc. is necessary for drawing the human figure realistically. The use of reference points and their alignments, size proportions, light and shadow, is needed to render the human form with sufficient accuracy. The course is intended to enable students to name and describe what they see; to have an essential knowledge of what is creating the visible surface features of the human body; to recognize and correct errors and omissions in anatomy; and to apply this knowledge in the systematic development of a good human figure drawing. There will be a live model in every session except the first class.
Instructor: Aida Alves
Fee: $315
Thursday: 18 h 30 – 21 h 30
Sep 16 – Dec 2
12 sessions | 36 hours
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Using watercolour as the prime medium, the course will explore the joy of creating free and vital portraits. The approach will balance control and technique with immediacy and spontaneity and show how these can be woven together to capture personality as well as likeness. Appreciation of other mediums will be included, as applied in conjunction with fluid-media techniques. Individual coaching will be provided, based on each student’s needs and goals. The sessions will primarily involve live models and include demonstrations of the instructor’s approaches and techniques. Let the water flow!
Instructor: David Kearn
Fee: $310
Thursday: 9 h – 12 h
Sep 16 – Dec 2
12 sessions | 36 hours
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In this 12 week class we will explore a variety of 2-dimensional mixed media techniques including layering, texturizing, underpainting, incorporating found object, collage, and using different surfaces. Students will have the choice of using these techniques to render different subject matter such as still life, landscape, the model and portraiture, or work on self-directed projects.
Instructor: Vanessa Coplan
Fee: $260
Monday: 9 h – 12 h
Sep 13 – Dec 6
12 sessions | 36 hours
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In this 12 week course we will explore a variety of two-dimensional mixed media techniques including layering, texturizing, underpainting, incorporating found object, collage, and using different surfaces. Each week we will use these techniques to facilitate composing our abstract expressions.
Instructor: Vanessa Coplan
Fee: $260
Thursday: 13 h – 16 h
Sep 16 – Dec 2
12 sessions | 36 hours
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