Beauty in Motion: Edgar Degas's Ballet Dancers Let's go backstage with one of the most celebrated artists of the 19th century! Edgar Degas’s beautiful ballet dancers have captured the hearts of art enthusiasts the world over and become synonymous with the Impressionist movement. One might expect Degas’s seemingly countless images of this theme to focus […]
Fear not! No need to venture out into the harsh winter weather to paint with other WGA members. Join other members on Zoom to paint together. This week we are painting some beautiful scenery from Scotland. The photos were emailed to members at the end of last week. Choose one of these to paint while […]
Join Haliburton Highlands artist Gord Jones as he demonstrates how he translates light and shadow from a photo to his watercolour paintings. Gord will paint a ¼ sheet painting working from his photo by first creating a quick sketch and then completing the painting within approximately one hour. He will also talk about his process […]
Watch acclaimed oil and pastel artist Daniel Keys paint roses from start to finish in pastel, including a pastel alcohol wash underpainting.
Draw a portrait of a subject caught in an instant of motion. We will randomly choose an image from a video of a person speaking or in some motion and draw them from a more dynamic pose. Join us any time after 6:30pm to chat, and at 7pm we will begin Portrait Drawing via zoom.
Artist Jordana Heney will talk about using Instagram and Facebook, and to a lesser extent, TikTok, to promote your art online. The objective of promoting yourself as an artist online is to enhance your personal brand. By enhancing your personal brand artists can expand their customer base and so enable them to reach more people and make more sales […]
Join artist Janine Marson as she demonstrates how to paint the fast moving water of the spring runoff on the Oxtongue River. The demo will cover fast moving water, water spray and foam, and craggy rocks. Learn how to express the movement of water by how you move your brushes with a gestural flourish as […]
And now for something completely different! You will have a maximum of 30 minutes to paint a small painting or sketch. See how fresh and painterly your creations look when you move quickly to get the essence of a painting. You will create at least three paintings in one night with time to share your […]
Artist Andrew Judd will be painting with gouache on a canvas panel with a fairly limited palette. He will share the benefits of painting with this medium that give it several advantages over acrylic, watercolour, and oil as well as the brushes and tools he uses. He will also cover the different qualities of gouache, […]
GREAT NEWS! We are back with in-person life drawing at the North York Seniors' Centre. There will be a live model and a variety of poses and times. Same location but in a different room on the same floor as previously. As there is no kitchen there, please bring a drink and snack for fortification […]
Bring your paints, crayons, coloured pencils, charcoal or whatever medium you'd like to use. You will be given various photos to paint and a time limit within which you will "nail it!". Bring several surfaces on which to work as we will work on more than one painting over the evening,
