Visual Arts Brampton
From beginners to experienced artists, we offer a range of classes and workshops for adults to explore in a fun and supportive studio environment. Working with experienced artists and instructors, students will learn their medium of choice though demonstration, exploration, and creation.
Blue Box Art
If we recycle in our everyday day lives, why not recycle our art? Even better, how can we use recycling to push our creativity to another level? This is a fun, single-day workshop where students...
Date: November 9, 2019
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:30pm - 6:30pm
Sessions: 1
Price: $80 non-members, $75 members
Instructor: Stephanie Schirm
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Early Winter Landscapes in Soft Pastel
This four-session workshop focuses on the use of soft/chalk pastels in the rendering of landscapes in early winter. Just before winter, or after a first fallen snow at autumn's end, rusty oranges...
Dates: November 8, 2019 - November 29, 2019
Day: Friday
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $130 non-members, $117 members
Instructor: Filomena Kandola
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Introduction to Creative Acrylic Painting - Part 1
This four-part, project-based workshop is a fun introduction to painting with acrylics. Acrylics are incredibly versatile and rewarding, and can be used in myriad ways to create different styles of...
Dates: September 30, 2019 - October 28, 2019
Day: Monday
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm or 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $160 non-members, $145 members
Instructor: Rima Koleilat
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+
Introduction to Creative Acrylic Painting - Part 2
In this four-part workshop, students will explore more ways to use acrylics and additives to create a variety of artworks. This workshop will build on practices learned in Introduction to Creative...
Dates: November 11, 2019 - December 2, 2019
Day: Monday
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm or 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $160 non-members, $145 members
Instructor: Rima Koleilat
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+
Introduction to Drawing
Introduction to Drawing is a five-week workshop designed for adults who have never drawn before or are looking get back into drawing and brush up on their basic skills. Focusing on drawing...
Dates: September 28, 2019 - November 2, 2019
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Sessions: 5
Price: $175 non-members, $160 members
Instructor: Stephanie Schirm
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+
Introduction to Drawing: Continued
Introduction to Drawing: Continued is a five-week workshop designed to expand and build upon the concepts taught in the Introduction to Drawing workshop. The focus will continue to be on drawing...
Dates: November 16, 2019 - December 14, 2019
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Sessions: 5
Price: $175 non-members, $160 members
Instructor: Stephanie Schirm
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+
Introduction to Life Drawing
This workshop is designed for those who are brand new to life drawing or for those who may have some familiarity with life drawing and want to develop their skills further. Our goal will be to learn...
Dates: November 10, 2019 - December 8, 2019
Day: Sunday
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Sessions: 5
Price: $185 non-members, $160 members
Instructor: Paul Paradiso
Level: Beginner, Ages 16+
Introduction to Portrait Drawing
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be able to draw yourself, or people you admire on a piece of paper? This six-week workshop will teach students how to draw and be able to portray various...
Dates: September 22, 2019 - November 3, 2019
Day: Sunday
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Sessions: 6
Price: $175 non-members, $160 members
Instructor: Natasha Antonellis
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+
Landscapes in Watercolour
If you are an experienced watercolour artist and feel like you have plateaued, this workshop series will push you out of your comfort zone and shake things up. In the process, you will paint...
Dates: October 4, 2019 - October 25, 2019
Day: Friday
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $160 non-members, $145 members
Instructor: Zan Barrage
Level: Intermediate, Advanced, Ages 18+
The Mystery of Shadows in Soft Pastel
"In the shadows the mysteries dwell - light is the life of a painting, but shadows define the light.", Leonardo Da Vinci is said to have remarked. In this four-session workshop students will...
Dates: October 4, 2019 - October 25, 2019
Day: Friday
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $130 non-members, $117 members
Instructor: Filomena Kandola
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Paper Quilling - Butterfly Garden
In this four-week workshop, participants will learn the art of Paper Quilling. Paper Quilling, also known as Paper filigree, is a highly addicting art where thin strips of paper are coiled by hand...
Dates: October 5, 2019 - November 2, 2019
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $200 non-members, $180 members
Instructor: Deepa Krishnan
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Sculptures - Clay Bust
In this four-week workshop, students will be introduced to process of creating a bust sculpture out of clay from start to finish. Starting with learning how to build a basic foundation, students...
Dates: November 10, 2019 - December 8, 2019
Day: Sunday
Time: 11:00am - 1:30pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $190 non-members, $170 members
Instructor: Colleen Dee
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Ages 18+
Sculptures - Papier-Mâché Figures
In this four-week workshop, students will have fun learning how to create papier-mâché figures in a fantasy or fiction style. If you like to work with your hands, this is an easy step into the world...
Dates: October 6, 2019 - November 3, 2019
Day: Sunday
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $115 non-members, $100 members
Instructor: Colleen Dee
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Ages 18+
Still Life in Watercolour
Still life and flowers will be the subject of this unique watercolor workshop. All skill levels are welcome. Learn to develop depth, color harmony and loose and expressive still life paintings from...
Dates: November 8, 2019 - October 23, 2019
Day: Friday
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $160 non-members, $145 members
Instructor: Zan Barrage
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Traditional to Digital and Back Again
This workshop will show those new to art programs (such as Photoshop) how to scan & edit traditional artwork to print & share, and how to integrate digital applications back into traditional...
Dates: October 21, 2019 - November 18, 2019
Day: Monday
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Sessions: 5
Price: $125 non-members, $115 members
Instructor: Stephanie Czolij
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+
Tips from the Masters
This workshop is designed to assist in discovering your own unique style, by studying the techniques of the Old and Contemporary masters. Every week a new art medium will be introduced, through the...
Dates: November 1, 2019 - December 13, 2019
Day: Friday
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sessions: 7
Price: $160 non-members, $145 members
Instructor: Stephanie Schirm
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Watercolour Batik
Do watercolour washes appeal to you? Then this workshop will interest you. Working from dark to light, students will be introduced to the technique of applying wax and fabric dyes to achieve a...
Date: January 12, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Sessions: 1
Price: $200 non-members, $180 members
Instructor: Stephanie Schirm
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Wallpaper Art
This workshop will take the intuitive approach to designing your own five to six foot wallpaper panel. Students will combine an array of materials from decorative papers, paint to drawing materials...
Dates: January 19, 2020 - January 26, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Sessions: 2
Price: $200 non-members, $180 members
Instructor: Stephanie Schirm
Level: All Skill Levels, Ages 18+
Watercolour Made Easy
Beautiful dynamic paintings await you in this Watercolour Made Easy workshop. A colourful and fun learning approach to working in this amazing living medium. It is time to get your feet wet with...
Dates: October 4, 2019 - October 25, 2019
Day: Friday
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sessions: 4
Price: $160 non-members, $145 members
Instructor: Zan Barrage
Level: Beginner, Ages 18+