2025 In-Person Programming
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
Simplify for Impact: The Magic of Shape, Colour & Gradients with Michael King
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.
Brushwork in Plein Air with Paul Chizik
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
Thur & Fri, July 10th - 11th, 2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM (PDT)
Location: Duck Pond on Granville Island
Throughout the workshop, Paul will be doing demonstrations and hands-on instruction. This is the time tested method of teaching and learning. The handling and management of paint, the correct direction of brushstrokes, the density and bush-ability of paint and applied pressure are skills best learnt through observation.
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
Classical Landscape Tradition of Open-air Painting with Liza Visagie
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.