Community Workshops & Classes

Our Workshops & Classes listings are a great way to find creative courses offered throughout British Columbia. The database is a FREE service for art teachers and organizations offering classes. Instructors post their own classes and potential students can search these listings by date, location, and/or subject.

Are you an Arts Instructor? If you offer visual arts community classes or workshops, please create an Art News Profile and then upgrade it to an Instructor Profile. You can add information about your qualifications and upload sample images of your work to help potential students see what you have to offer.

This button will only be displayed if the user is logged in.

Login to Create A Post
July 04, 2023 - August 08, 2023

Oil Basics

Instructor: VISA

This six-week course provides a great introduction for beginner painters to work with oils and for those planning to switch from acrylics to oil. You will learn about brush handling, colour mixing, glazing and scumbling, as well as how to...

Learn More
July 04, 2023 - July 05, 2023

Classical Drawing Groups

Instructor: Teresa

Classical Drawing Groups classicaldrawinggroups@gmail.com WEEKLY ON-LINE TRADITIONAL DRAWING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS With the onset of COVID 19, artists, art students as well as purely interest based art enthusiasts and hobbyists are bound to the 4 walls of their residences and...

Learn More
July 04, 2023 - August 08, 2023

Collage: Paper as Paint

Instructor: VISA

This course will introduce you to different ways of using coloured and patterned papers to create a composition as you might do with paint. The focus will be on using both abstract and representational designs based on found and composed...

Vancouver Island School of Art
Learn More
July 04, 2023 - July 22, 2023

En Plein Air drawing and painting

Instructor: Cowichan Valley Arts Council

instructor: Sheila Karrow Start up in studio July 4th, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, on location July 8, 15, 22, 10 am-1 pm Day 1: Learn how light affects seeing, how to use perspective and colour and get ready for...

Cowichan Valley Arts Council
Learn More
July 04, 2023 - July 22, 2023

En Plein Air drawing and painting

Instructor: CVAC

instructor: Sheila Karrow Start up in studio July 4th, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, on location July 8, 15, 22, 10 am-1 pm Day 1: Learn how light affects seeing, how to use perspective and colour and get ready for...

Cowichan Valley Arts Council
Learn More
July 04, 2023 - August 08, 2023

Art Now: Storytelling and Abstraction

Instructor: VISA

Are you curious about what is going on in contemporary art in the 21st century? This course follows the trajectory of two major trends in art now: that of storytelling and the other of abstraction (and all that might fall...

Learn More
July 05, 2023 - August 09, 2023

Painting: Colour, Medium and Surface

Instructor: VISA

This course will focus on how the combination of subject, medium, colour and surface can create a successful painting. We will explore how such choices can be used to change/enhance/subvert the mood, impact and meaning of a painting and affect...

Learn More
July 05, 2023 - August 09, 2023

Painting the Everyday with Gouache

Instructor: VISA

This course is inspired by the artist, illustrator and writer Maira Kalman (https://www.mairakalman.com/). The focus is on using gouache to paint objects and experiences that are part of everyday life. Gouache is a versatile material that can make rich velvety...

Vancouver Island School of Art
Learn More
July 06, 2023 - August 10, 2023

Coloured Pencils

Instructor: VISA

Learn to reveal the richness of coloured pencils as a contemporary drawing medium in this six-week online course. Through a guided series of drawing assignments, you will gain a deeper understanding of coloured pencils and how they can be implemented...

Learn More
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11