2025 In-Person Programming
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Studio Mentorship with Liza Visagie
Unlock Artistic Foundations: the Keys to Value & Composition with Dominique Walker, SFCA
Unlock Artistic Foundations: the Keys to Value & Composition with Dominique Walker, SFCA
Saturdays, Mar 1st - May 10th, 2025
9.30 AM - 5.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Federation Academy
Studio mentorship is your opportunity to work with a professional artist. You’ll meet with Liza throughout March, April and May to work on your paintings, ask questions and further develop your practice. For artists without their own studio, this is a great way to access a creative space, tailor made for art-making.
Unlock Artistic Foundations: the Keys to Value & Composition with Dominique Walker, SFCA
Unlock Artistic Foundations: the Keys to Value & Composition with Dominique Walker, SFCA
Unlock Artistic Foundations: the Keys to Value & Composition with Dominique Walker, SFCA
Sat & Sun, Apr 5th - 6th, 2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Federation Academy
Improving value and composition is a foundational way for developing
artists to level up their painting. This course is suitable for both beginner and intermediate artists who are looking to level up core composition and value skills. Dominique will be using oil paints, but you are welcome to use either oil or acrylics.
Pastel Still Life Workshop with Roberta Combs, SFCA
Unlock Artistic Foundations: the Keys to Value & Composition with Dominique Walker, SFCA
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
Sat & Sun, May 10th - 11th, 2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Federation Academy
Learn how to create textures and surfaces such as glass or fabric. The items in the composition are familiar. Pastels are very effective when building your painting, subtly blending your colors, and creating depth, drama, and light. This is where you feel in control of your choices and application.
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
Sat & Sun, May 31st - June 1st, 2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Federation Academy
Shape, colour, and gradients work together to guide the viewer’s eye, creating balance, depth, and movement. Used intentionally, they make paintings more dynamic and engaging. This workshop will help you simplify complexity, amplify impact, and design paintings that captivate attention.
Harnessing Styles of the Group of Seven with Cara Bain, AFCA
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
Sat & Sun, June 7th - 8th, 2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Federation Academy
Discover the rich artistic legacy of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven in this immersive painting course. Explore the bold brushwork, vibrant colors, and dynamic compositions that define their iconic landscapes. We will study the creative process and stylistic commonalities these artists share.
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
Thur & Fri, Aug 21st - 22nd, 2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Duck Pond on Granville Island
Plein-air painting requires a painter to render in shorthand the essence of a scene. It requires a set of skills of acute observation, simplification, technical mastery. It is an integral part of an artist oeuvre, image bank and practice and has a direct, if not, invaluable repercussion and influence on the larger scale studio works.