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Adult Art Workshops

Calgary Art Workshops for Adults & Seniors. Stay in touch!

Adults & Seniors
Beginners & Advanced
All mediums

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Landscapes In Watercolour! With Azzi Tehrani

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A step-by-step practical guide on how to paint vibrant landscapes,
leaving you free to explore subject and technique. Discover the
joy of mixing on a palette and harness the power of the
interaction of colour on paper. You will learn  how to choose a subject, how to use photographs as your reference, how to design and plan your composition, how to identify and choose colours, how to mix watercolours and how to paint in layers and enjoy the process.

Beginner - Advanced Welcome

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Price: $99

March 16, 2024
12:00 - 3:00

Painting a Portrait in Oils | With Nathalie Lahey

Collage of four portraint paintings.

The focus of this workshop is to create a portrait (reference provided or a photo of your choosing) in oils. Join Artist Nathalie Lahey as she teaches you techniques on how to build up your portrait painting. If you've ever wanted to create a portrait or improve on your portraiture skills, this is the class for YOU!

Beginners - Intermediate Welcome

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Price: $249

April 5 - May 10, 2024
6 Week Workshop
Every Friday Morning
From 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Sketchbooking | With Lori Lukasewich

Collage of sketches on paper pads.

The more you do this, the faster your skills build, no kidding. Use it for journalling, practicing techniques, planning projects, whatever you like. Keeping a sketchbook is a terrific tool for improving all your artwork. Which materials work best, how to begin, proceed and advance. Let’s get into it!

Beginners - Intermediate Welcome

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Price: $90

April 6, 2024
From 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Mixed Media and Faux Encaustic Effects · Adults & Teens!

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Delve into Mixed Media, including Collage and Image Transfer techniques. Utilize acrylics to create a myriad of Mixed Media and Encaustic-like effects. Artists are compelled by texture, but there are many to choose from and various techniques to use effectively. Join GOLDEN Artist Educator Ashley Gaboury as she guides you in exploring the versatility of acrylics using Mediums, Gels and Pastes. This session will focus on utilizing and understanding different products, techniques, and tools. 

Beginners - Advanced Welcome

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Price:

$95

Saturday, April 13, 2024
10:00 - 2:00 pm

Paint Your Own Still Life, From Life | Oil or Acrylic

Still life painting of garlic cloves.

In a direct approach to painting our beautiful still lifes, we’ll explore how to set up our own still life and pay close attention to major concepts such as light and beautiful paint quality to create a stunning painting. What makes a beautiful painting? This is one of the thought provoking ‘ideas’ we’ll be exploring in this challenging and eye-opening 2-Day workshop. I like to keep things “Simple” A process more about painting relationships and ideas, than formulas.

Some experience - Advanced Welcome

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April 20, 9:30 - 4:30 pm
April 21, 9:30 - 4:30 pm

Price: $199

The Art Of Trompe L’oeil

Painting of small shell.

Come learn techniques to make 2D look like 3D in this trompe l’oeil workshop.
Trompe L’oeil paintings (French for trick the eye) are as old as the ancient Greeks. Using oil paint, understand how to make different surfaces come to life using shadow and light. 

Some experience - Advanced Welcome

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Sunday, April 21, 2024
9:00 am - 4:00 pm 

Price: $99

Soapstone Carving 2024 | With Vance Theoret

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A fun and light approach to working with soapstone stone. You will carve your own piece of stone while Vance guides you through the process of shaping, carving and polishing, helping solve the challenges you encounter at each phase.  Each student will come away from this workshop with a finished piece and with a better sense of how to see and execute in the 3D. No skills are required other than to be willing to have fun!

Beginner - Advanced Welcome

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Price: $275

April 27, 9:30 - 4:00 pm
April 28, 10:00 - 4:00 pm

Land, Sea and Sky | Oil or Acrylic

Collage of landscap and seascape paintings.

The focus of this workshop is on landscape composition and colour. You will create oil or acrylic (your choice) paintings of prairies, foothills, and seascapes distinguished by a harmonious play of light and colour in a bold and realistic style.

Intermediate - Advanced Welcome

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Price: $225

April 27, 10:00 - 4:00 pm
April 28, 10:00 - 4:00 pm

Golden Textures Demonstration!

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Discover the possibilities of modifying your acrylic paints with Mediums, Gels, and Pastes! This event focuses on GOLDEN’s vast array of Acrylic Mediums, Gels, & Pastes. Gain a broad understanding of each product and the unique qualities each has to offer for building up volume which can be translucent to opaque.

Beginners - Advanced Welcome

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Price: FREE

May 3, 2024
6:30 - 8:00 pm

 

Abstract Acrylic Landscape Workshop!

Abstract Acrylic Landscape Painting.

Using Golden Coarse Molding Paste and Golden Fluid Acrylics, learn how to incorporate texture to evoke a simple yet dramatic landscape. In this 1-day workshop showcasing Golden Coarse Molding Paste as a fabulous texture for creating unique and refined acrylic paintings, local artist Samantha Williams-Chapelsky will be your guide as you create your very own luscious landscape on 16 x 20” panel. 

Beginners - Advanced Welcome

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Price: $99

May 4, 2024
10:00 - 3:00 pm

 

Caricature Drawing Workshop! With Mark Cromwell

Caricature drawings.

This is a one-day workshop with local professional artist Mark Cromwell.  Explore this super-fun art form together and learn to capture a simple likeness in just a few strokes of the pen. We will discuss how to approach caricature in a way that is both fun and challenging.  Gain both speed and confidence and learn techniques that will have you enjoying caricature for life.

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Price: $90

May 5, 2024
11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Paint Mountain Vista in Acrylics | With Heather Pant

Painting of a path on a mountain.

Join Heather Pant May 11, 2024 as we create in her unique style an Abstract Impressionist Painting of a Scenic Mountain Vista.  Fun, fast paced, and informative this class is limited to 12 Participants and will be held at Swinton's Art Supply in Calgary Alberta Saturday Mar 2, 2024 from 12 pm to 4. 

Beginner - Advanced Welcome

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Price: $200

May 11, 2024
12:00 - 4:00 pm

Playing with Knives - Palette Knife Tips | With Brenda Banda Johnson

Landscape painting of mountains.

This workshop is geared toward artists who would like to learn to work with palette knives, either as additional tools to supplement their brushwork or as primary painting tools.  Using knives is a fun and freeing way to paint - they force you out of painting detail to a large extent as well as speed up your painting process by allowing you to quickly create the impression of detail without a bunch of tedious brushstrokes. Plus they're a great tool for adding visual interest, texture, and depth to your work. 

Beginner - Advanced Welcome

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Price: $145

Time: May 31 6:00 - 8:00 pm 
June 1: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm 

Painting Nova Scotia | With Doug Swinton

Painting of Nova Scotia.

Your instructors Doug Swinton and Sue Contini will guide you through the stunning landscape of our beloved east coast. There will be five days of Exploring the region including Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Peggys Cove Annapolis Valley, and more. There will be daily critiques, demos, and food galore!  All painting sites will be based out of the hub of Lunenburg. We will travel each day to the painting sites from there. 

Beginner - Advanced Welcome

Event Date:

Price: $585

September 2 - 7, 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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