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Summer ART WORKSHOPS  for painters

~Overview of 2023 workshops

2023 Workshops overview

NOTE: Numerous classes are now full and new registrants will be waitlisted. Check specific workshops below for the current registration status.

This is an overview listing of the scheduled 2023 workshops. All 2023 workshops will be 4 days in length, Monday-Thursday (except Marleen Vermeulen’s 5-day workshop). The individual workshop pages provide more detailed information about each workshop and its instructor. NEW: The individual workshops pages are now accessed by the ‘Details’ buttons under each course description below. The dropdown workshops menu has been removed.

The fees for each class (both the early bird rate from January 25 through February 25 and the regular rate from February 26 onward) are listed by instructor. Complete information about registration is on the Registration page.  

All classes will again be held in our spacious venue High Beam Dreams, and appropriate COVID-safe procedures will be in place.

Note that class updates, news and additional information about classes can also be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages. Link to our Facebook and Instagram pages by clicking on the icons in the footer at the bottom of every website page.

 

Instructor:  Suzy Naylor

Title: I’ve Always Wanted to Paint, BUT…

Medium: Acrylics

Level: Beginners, including those with no painting experience

Dates: July 3-6, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fee: $375

This is a special offering workshop to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Gibsons School of the Arts. The fee is discounted 25% and includes the required materials for the course. Learn the basic concepts and tools of painting…and start painting!

This class is FULL.

Instructor: Ian de Hoog

Title: The process of Watercolour

Medium: Watercolours

Level: Beginner-intermediate

Dates: July 10-13, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$500; $550 after February 25

This class is FULL.

Instructor: Greta Guzek

Title: Enjoying the Process

Medium: Acrylics

Level: Beginner-intermediate

Dates: July 17-20, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$500; $550 after February 25

This class is FULL (long waitlist).

Instructor: Marleen Vermeulen

Title: Feeling Texture and Space

Medium: Oils

Level: Beginner with no experience to intermediate

Dates: July 24-28, 2023 (5 days: Monday-Friday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$625; $685 after February 25

This class is FULL.

Instructor: Anita McComas

Title: Abstracted Impressionism: Landscapes & Animals

Medium: Acrylics

Level: Beginner-intermediate

Dates: August 7-10, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$500; $550 after February 25

This class is FULL.

Instructor: Susan Woolgar

Title: Mix it Up!

Medium: Water media and a variety of dry mediums such as pastel, pencil, charcoal

Level: Intermediate

Dates: August 14 -17, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$500; $550 after February 25

This class is FULL.

Instructor: Maria Josenhans

Title: Demystifying the Landscape

Medium: Markers/oils, acrylics

Level: Beginner to intermediate

Dates: August 21-24, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$500; $550 after February 25

This class is FULL.

Instructor: Tiko Kerr

Title: In Abstract Terms: Collage/Acrylic/Oil

Medium: Collage; includes all media

Level: beginners to intermediate

Dates: August 28-31, 2023 (4 days: Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm)

Fees: Early Bird—$500; $550 after February 25

This class is FULL.