January 2020
Acrylic Abstract with Marianne Morris!
Saturday, January 11, 2020 11am - 4pm $80 We are so excited to have Marianne Morris joining our Workshop Instructor Team! With years of experience as a professional artist coupled with a love of encouraging people in the arts you are guaranteed a Feel Good Kinda Day. With Marianne you will be guided to step beyond your experiences and to get in touch with your own creative flow. You will practice mark making, play with colour contrasts, and create abstract…
Find out more »Coastal Newfoundland in Water Based Oil With Barbara Chapman
Saturday, February 1st 11am - 4pm $100 includes all supplies. In this Workshop Barbara will bring her love of her Newfoundland to your canvases. We will paint on a square foot canvas in waterbased oil. In this workshop you will learn step by step how to create a classic Coastal Newfoundland landscape on a square foot canvas. You are welcome to invite friends to this fun and relaxing event. Barbara will use various teaching techniques including samples, demos and discussions.…
Find out more »February 2020
Textile Arts! With Barbara Chapman
Saturday, February 1st 11am - 4pm $80 includes all supplies and taxes. Felting! Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibres together with either water or with a special tool known as a felting needle. Felt can be made of natural fibres such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibres such as petroleum based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp based rayon. Blended fibres are also common. In this workshop you will…
Find out more »Waterbased Oil Painting Landscape Workshop with Brigitte Granton!
Saturday February 24, 2020 10am to 4pm $110 - includes supply fee and taxes. Join Brigitte Granton in her next Canadiana Landscape workshop in Waterbased Oil! In this workshop we will be exploring landscapes with a minamalist paint palette. Artist Brigitte Granton will discuss composition, colour schemes, and the basics of colour mixing with a minamalist palette to give you the "tools" to create your own landscape painting. We will discuss several types of colour schemes from which you will…
Find out more »March 2020
Traditional Ukrainian Easter Eggs with “Koota Ooma’s” Daria Andrusieczko!
Introductory Easter Eggs Workshop $30/person ($45 for a team of Adult with Child age 7+) 10am to 1pm Saturday, March 14 Advanced Workshop $30/person Teen through Adult. 2pm to 5pm Saturday, March 14 Learn the ancient art of painting Easter Eggs-- a beautiful and meditative practice. Pysanky, as these eggs are known in Ukrainian, are made using the wax-resist "batik" method, in which designs are drawn or written onto the egg with beeswax, and then submerged in a series of…
Find out more »April 2020
Encaustic Explorations Workshop with ERNA dE VRIES
Sat. April 25 - 10am to 4pm $175 includes supply fee and tax. Encaustic Explorations Workshop with ERNA dE VRIES (B.A., B.ED) – certified Enkaustikos Instructor This workshop will provide participants with skills and techniques necessary for working in encaustic painting. Students will be introduced to: encaustic history, safety precautions, materials, tools/equipment, melting/fusing wax, colour application, texturing, collage, stencils and photo transfers. Students with prior experience will be at a separate table and will begin after safety chat. Also they…
Find out more »September 2020
Autumn Weekend Retreat with Robert McAffee – September 25 Friday evening and all day Saturday 26.
For 2020 we are excited to offer a new Retreat Experience. Save on costs and travel time and enjoy the full painting experience here at Kaleidoscope! Friday night we will meet at the Studio at 7pm for a Wine and Cheese Meet and Greet. At 8pm you will be guided by Robert in choosing your composition and presketching onto your canvas. Robert will have a variety of original paintings that you can be inspired by. You are also encouraged to…
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