15 courses found:
Course is FULL: Teen Portfolio Development, Drawing and Painting Emphasis, ages 12 - 15, Mon, 5 - 8 pm, start date: 01/16/2023
This course will focus on developing students’ observational skills while focusing on tone, form, proportion, likeness, depth, composition and texture. Special attention will be given to portraiture, drawing the human figure (with the aid of a live model), and still life. The objective of this course is to help students prepare a body of work for application to specialized visual art programs in high school, for an art related career or to develop their art abilities. Through a variety of painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture projects, students will refine their skills. The goal is to help students develop a well-built portfolio by the end of the session.
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No class Feb 20 or Mar 13
1 model
No class Feb 20 or Mar 13
| Code: | W23DT05 |
| Price: | $285.00 |
| Teacher: | Sonia Arenas |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Winter |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 01/16/2023 |
| End Date: | 04/03/2023 |
| Schedule: | Monday from 17:00 - 20:00 |
FULL Stories and Art: Stories and Art: Mixed Media, Sat, 10 am - 12 pm, Ages 4 - 6, start date: 04/15/2023
Be inspired by the stories and illustrations of some of our favourite picture books. Expand your drawing and painting skills and manipulate elements of art such as texture, colour, line and pattern. Follow the stories, styles and techniques of Eric Carle, Ted Harrison, Dr. Suess, Hélène Desputeaux (Robert Munsch). Express your own knowledge, perceptions and stories.
| Code: | P23DC01A |
| Price: | $265.00 |
| Teacher: | Deidre Hierlihy |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 10:00 - 12:00 |
FULL:Explorations with Nature: Drawing/Sculpture Emphasis; Sat, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Ages 4 - 6, start date: 04/15/2023
During this class we will use nature: trees, rocks, snow, and animals as our inspiration to explore a variety of drawing techniques such as charcoal, pencil, markers, soft pastels, oil pastels and black ink. We will work on collage using cut-outs and our drawings. We will design and print collagraph plates. We will build pop-up scenes using our artwork, and build mini landscape scenarios for animals made with clay. Tons of artistic fun in every session!
| Code: | P23DC01B |
| Price: | $265.00 |
| Teacher: | Maria Gomez Umana |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 13:30 - 15:30 |
FULL:Dynamic Drawing, Painting and Sculpture for Spring: Mixed Media, Sat 10 am - 12 pm, Ages 7 - 9, start date: 04/15/2023
Rejuvenate your brain, refresh your skills, and bloom some new ideas! Spring is coming and the sap is running! We will reflect this seasonal change in our artwork. Emphasis on expressive colour and engaging the five senses. Celebrating Earth Day, green inventions, natural materials and field trips outside will be part of our enriched experience. Back in the studio we will translate our experiences into dynamic drawings, paintings and sculptures.
| Code: | P23DC01C |
| Price: | $265.00 |
| Teacher: | Marika Jemma |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 10:00 - 12:00 |
FULL:Abstract Painting and Collage Inspired by the Masters: Mixed Media, Sat, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Ages 7 - 9, start date: 04/15/2023
In this class, we will explore art making inspired by artists in history. We will study the work of Mondrian, Picasso, Matisse, Dali and others. Exploring a combination of collage and painting techniques, students will have the freedom to express themselves while exploring new ideas on the canvas.
| Code: | P23DC01D |
| Price: | $265.00 |
| Teacher: | Farida El Houseiny |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 13:30 - 15:30 |
Artists and Animals: Mixed Media, Sat, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Ages 10 - 12, start date: 04/15/2023
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A quick survey of animals in art history: from cave paintings to contemporary Canadian art. Be inspired by the work of the ancient Egyptians, Joe Fafard, Andy Warhol, Albrecht Durer, Marc Chagall, Kenojuak Ashevak and others. Practice depicting, and put a personal spin on, animals in your drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking projects.
| Code: | P23DC03 |
| Price: | $295.00 |
| Teacher: | Deidre Hierlihy |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 1 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 13:30 - 16:00 |
FULL Cartooning and Animation, Sat, 9:30 am - 12 pm, Ages 10 - 12, start date: 04/15/2023
Cours bilingue Avec suivi en français pour les élèves francophones.
These courses are designed for students at all skill levels who want to draw seriously.
Students will learn and practice drawing techniques and discover cartooning and
animated cartoon secrets. Students will apply their creativity to the production of comic
strips, animated cartoons (stop-motion) and comic pages.
Each season includes lessons on drawing hands (natural and cartoon-style), the human figure, and animal characters.
Ces cours sont accessibles aux élèves de tous les niveaux d’habileté qui veulent
dessiner de façon sérieuse. Les élèves apprendront et pratiqueront les techniques du
dessin et ils découvriront les secrets de la BD et du dessin animé. Les élèves feront
preuve de créativité en réalisant des projets de bandes dessinées, dessins animés et des planches de BD.
Chaque saison il y aura des leçons sur comment dessiner les mains (naturelles et
caricaturales), la figure humaine et les animaux.
Spring 2023 highlights
Comic strip project with group theme (Vehicles)
Class project stop-motion animation project
Drawing animal character cartoons
These courses are designed for students at all skill levels who want to draw seriously.
Students will learn and practice drawing techniques and discover cartooning and
animated cartoon secrets. Students will apply their creativity to the production of comic
strips, animated cartoons (stop-motion) and comic pages.
Each season includes lessons on drawing hands (natural and cartoon-style), the human figure, and animal characters.
Ces cours sont accessibles aux élèves de tous les niveaux d’habileté qui veulent
dessiner de façon sérieuse. Les élèves apprendront et pratiqueront les techniques du
dessin et ils découvriront les secrets de la BD et du dessin animé. Les élèves feront
preuve de créativité en réalisant des projets de bandes dessinées, dessins animés et des planches de BD.
Chaque saison il y aura des leçons sur comment dessiner les mains (naturelles et
caricaturales), la figure humaine et les animaux.
Spring 2023 highlights
Comic strip project with group theme (Vehicles)
Class project stop-motion animation project
Drawing animal character cartoons
| Code: | P23DC04 |
| Price: | $295.00 |
| Teacher: | Gérard Bélec |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 09:30 - 12:00 |
Drawing Galore, Sat, 9 am - 12 pm, Ages 13 - 15, start date: 04/15/2023
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Practice your drawing skills using a variety of materials including pencil, charcoal, conte, oil pastels, soft pastels, and markers. Discover artistic ways to express yourself with techniques such as rubbing, stencils, and lino-cuts. Explore different ways of composition, types of lines, gradation, textures, patterns, positive and negative space, and linear perspective. Explore gesture drawing and drawing games to engage the right side of your brain. Draw from nature, still life, from your imagination, and from a draped model. Find your voice while exploring and expanding your drawing skills.
| Code: | P23DT01 |
| Price: | $305.00 |
| Teacher: | Maria Gomez Umana |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 12 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 09:00 - 12:00 |
FULL : Seriously Spring: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture for Teens, Sat, 1 - 4 pm, Ages 13 - 15, start date: 04/15/2023
Spring is coming and the sap is running! We will reflect this seasonal change in our artwork. Emphasis on expressive colour and engaging the five senses. Watercolour, pencil and ink, drawing outside, learning to render light and shadow in paint on canvas, sculpture in wax, paper and clay. Using brushstroke, gesture drawing and engaging colour to bring vigour and life to your artwork! Many field trips and drawing with a model included.
| Code: | P23DT03 |
| Price: | $305.00 |
| Teacher: | Marika Jemma |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 13:00 - 16:00 |
FULL : Comic Books and Cartooning with Animation, Sat, 1 - 4 pm, Ages 13 - 15, start date: 04/15/2023
Cours bilingue Avec suivi en français pour les élèves francophones.
If you like to draw seriously, appreciate helpful comments and practical lessons, this class is for you. Learn about various drawing tools and practice basic techniques as we explore selected cartooning secrets. The participants will be invited to apply their creativity and personal styles as they participate in the production of comic strips, a
colour cover, and comic book pages.
Each season will include a lesson on drawing hands (natural and cartoon), tips on writing and storytelling for comic books, and the production of a class magazine collecting original projects by the students.
Si vous aimez dessiner et recevoir des commentaires utiles et faire des projets pratiques, ce cours est fait pour vous. Découvrez divers outils et les techniques de base du dessin tout en explorant les secrets de la BD. Les élèves seront invités à utiliser leur créativité et leurs styles personnels en participant à la production de bandes dessinées, une page couverture en couleur et des planches de bande dessinée.
Chaque saison il y aura une leçon sur comment dessiner les mains (naturelles et caricaturales), des conseils au sujet de la rédaction et la scénaristique pour BD, et la réalisation d’une revue contenant les projets personnels des participants.
Spring 2023 highlights
Comic strip project with group theme (Vehicles)
Colour comics cover
Comics pages
If you like to draw seriously, appreciate helpful comments and practical lessons, this class is for you. Learn about various drawing tools and practice basic techniques as we explore selected cartooning secrets. The participants will be invited to apply their creativity and personal styles as they participate in the production of comic strips, a
colour cover, and comic book pages.
Each season will include a lesson on drawing hands (natural and cartoon), tips on writing and storytelling for comic books, and the production of a class magazine collecting original projects by the students.
Si vous aimez dessiner et recevoir des commentaires utiles et faire des projets pratiques, ce cours est fait pour vous. Découvrez divers outils et les techniques de base du dessin tout en explorant les secrets de la BD. Les élèves seront invités à utiliser leur créativité et leurs styles personnels en participant à la production de bandes dessinées, une page couverture en couleur et des planches de bande dessinée.
Chaque saison il y aura une leçon sur comment dessiner les mains (naturelles et caricaturales), des conseils au sujet de la rédaction et la scénaristique pour BD, et la réalisation d’une revue contenant les projets personnels des participants.
Spring 2023 highlights
Comic strip project with group theme (Vehicles)
Colour comics cover
Comics pages
| Code: | P23DT04 |
| Price: | $295.00 |
| Teacher: | Gérard Bélec |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 13:00 - 16:00 |
Young Designers - Mixed Media, Ages 8 - 12; Sat, 9:30 - 12 am, start date: 04/15/2023
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In this class we will use the Design Process to try many design areas such as architecture, fashion design, graphics, product design and surface design. We will draw with many media such as watercolour crayons, pencil crayons, pencils and pastels , create to scale mockups and create final products. Create unique fun products and learn about colour systems, sustainability, target audiences, branding and other key design concepts. Each class will have sketching of ideas as well as final art making both digital and hand made!
| Code: | P23DC06 |
| Price: | $300.00 |
| Teacher: | Margaret Boyle |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 10 |
| Start Date: | 04/15/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/24/2023 |
| Schedule: | Saturday from 09:30 - 12:00 |
FULL: Young Masters: Drawing, Painting and Mixed Media, Sun, 1 - 4 pm, Ages 11 - 14, start date: 04/16/2023
In this course, students will develop further understanding of painting, drawing and mixed media techniques needed to create unique visual art projects as they embark on a journey of artistic discovery and self-expression. Each session focuses on a specific modern and contemporary artist or style, his/her artworks, and movements that continue to inspire us today. Students will be exploring a variety of materials as they create 2 and 3-dimensional art pieces while focusing on form, proportions, composition, colour exploration and texture. New and stimulating projects will be presented each term. No prerequisite; new students are welcome.
| Code: | P23DT05 |
| Price: | $295.00 |
| Teacher: | Sonia Arenas |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/16/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/25/2023 |
| Schedule: | Sunday from 13:00 - 16:00 |
Spring Awakening: Mixed Media, Ages 7 - 10; Sun, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, start date: 04/16/2023
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Wake up and smell the painted flowers! Celebrate Earth Day with an Art Day! Emphasis on exploring our awakened senses in a variety of mediums, including: clay, plasticine, wax, paper sculpture, printmaking, painting and chalk sidewalk drawings. It’s all about colour! Many field trips to see art and to make art. Stretch your creative potential by making drawings bigger than your head and sculptures taller than your table.
| Code: | P23DC02 |
| Price: | $265.00 |
| Teacher: | Marika Jemma |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 4 |
| Start Date: | 04/16/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/25/2023 |
| Schedule: | Sunday from 13:30 - 15:30 |
FULL: Drawing, Painting and Portfolio Development, Mon, 5 - 8 pm, Ages 12 - 15, start date: 04/17/2023
This course will focus on developing students’ observational skills while focusing on tone, form, proportion, likeness, depth, composition and texture.
Special attention will be given to portraiture, drawing the human figure (with the aid of a live model), and still life. The objective of this course is to help students prepare a body of work for application to specialized visual art programs in high school, for an art related career or to develop their art abilities.
Through a variety of painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture projects, students will refine their skills. The goal is to help students develop a well-built portfolio by the end of the session.
No class May 22
Special attention will be given to portraiture, drawing the human figure (with the aid of a live model), and still life. The objective of this course is to help students prepare a body of work for application to specialized visual art programs in high school, for an art related career or to develop their art abilities.
Through a variety of painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture projects, students will refine their skills. The goal is to help students develop a well-built portfolio by the end of the session.
No class May 22
| Code: | P23DT06 |
| Price: | $275.00 |
| Teacher: | Sonia Arenas |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 0 |
| Start Date: | 04/17/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/26/2023 |
| Schedule: | Monday from 17:00 - 20:00 |
Abstract Painting and Collage with the Masters, Wed, 5 - 7 pm, Ages 8 - 12, start date: 04/19/2023
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In this class, we will explore art making inspired by artists in history. We will study the work of Mondrian, Picasso, Matisse and others. Combining collage and painting techniques, mixed media allows the artist to create with different materials such as paper, plants, salt etc. Students will have the freedom to express themselves while exploring new techniques.
| Code: | P23DC05 |
| Price: | $265.00 |
| Teacher: | Farida El Houseiny |
| Campus: | Downtown |
| Focus: | Children and Teens/ Enfants et Adolescents |
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| Semester: | Spring |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Spots Remaining: | 11 |
| Start Date: | 04/19/2023 |
| End Date: | 06/28/2023 |
| Schedule: | Wednesday from 17:00 - 19:00 |
