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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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