Online Courses 2022
Pencil Technique Saturdays, September 10 through October 1, 2022
What can you do with a pencil? Well, quite a lot actually, especially as you learn the techniques. You will be using graphite pencil as you explore the possibilities and gain a foundation for further courses in realistic art. Beginners will learn basic pencil technique, while intermediate/advanced students will hone their skills in representing 3-D form with tonal value.
4 sessions, $230, Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm, all levels welcome
Coloured Pencil Technique Saturdays,October 15 through December 3, 2022
Beginners will start with exercises and 4 set projects, followed by subjects of their own choosing. Advanced and intermediates will study colour transitions, colour proportions, textures, and how tonal value affects colour.
8 sessions, $435, Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Prerequisite: Pencil Technique
Courses fill quickly, so reserve your spot now! To book a course, first send your name and your course selection to info@NatureArtStudio.ca to find out if there is still room in the course, and payment info.
Please note that advance payment is required, and courses are non-refundable, so make sure that the course fits your schedule. Rescheduling a course requires three weeks advance notice.
Winter and Spring Online Courses 2022
Tangerines
Saturdays, Jan. 22 -Feb. 12, 2022
Whether you call it a Tangerine, Mandarin Orange, Citrus reticulata, or Naranji, this tropical fruit is a gem. The glowing orange colour, deep green leaves, and interesting texture, inside and outside, all make for a bright start to the artistic New Year. As you make your artwork, you will have guidance in composition, proportions, curves, angles, light, shadow and colour.
4 sessions, $230, all levels welcome, Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Botanical subjects: Winter Fruits and Vegetables
Tuesdays, Feb. 22- March 15,2022
Even in the depths of winter, certain fruits and vegetables are bursting with life, and bring us beauty as well as nourishment. After you've chosen a subject that inspires you, you will enjoy feedback, camaraderie and a supportive environment as you take your artwork from composition to finishing touches. A presentation will accompany each session.
4 sessions, $230,Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm, designed for intermediate to advanced
Pencil Technique
Saturdays, March 26- April 9, 2022
What can you do with a pencil? Well, quite a lot actually, especially as you learn the techniques. These techniques apply to all dry media (graphite pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal, pastels,) and some of them apply also to painting. You will be using graphite pencil as you explore the possibilities and gain a foundation for further courses in realistic art.
3 sessions, $175, Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm, all levels welcome
Nature Journaling: Spring Sketchbook
Tuesdays, April 19-May 31, 2022 (we will skip May 24)
Spring! Enjoy the unfolding as you record the stages of progression. We'll discuss various ways of organizing a nature journal and sketchbook, as well as various media, styles and techniques you can use in this endeavor.
6 sessions, $330, Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm, all levels welcome
Botanical subjects: Autumn
November 9- December 14, 2021
Autumn brings us a bounty of botanical subjects,each with its charms and challenges. After you've chosen a subject that inspires you, you will enjoy feedback, cameraderie and a supportive environment as you take your artwork from composition to finishing touches. A presentation will accompany each session.
6 sessions, $330, designed for intermediate to advanced, Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Nature Journaling: Autumn
September 21- October 26, 2021
Take a closer look at the leaves, flowers, fungi and seed pods that mark this pleasant time of year. We'll discuss various ways of organizing and keeping a nature journal, as well as various media and techniques you can use in this endeavor.
6 sessions, $330, all levels welcome, Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Pencil Technique: An Introduction to Nature Drawing
October 16-30, 2021
What can you do with a pencil? Well, quite a lot actually, especially as you learn the techniques. With a simple graphite pencil, you will learn skills and techniques which apply to a broad range of serious art media: graphite of course, as well as painting in all forms, charcoal, pastel, ink and coloured pencil. Beginners will explore the possibilities and gain a foundation for further courses in realistic art. Advanced and intermediates will develop and refine their skills.
3 sessions, $175, all levels welcome, Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Coloured Pencil Projects
November 6-December 11, 2021
Once you have gained a basic understanding of pencil technique, you are ready to develop your skills with coloured pencils. Beginners will start with 4 small projects, and then move on to subjects of their own choosing. Advanced and intermediates will hone their skills with more challenging subjects.
6 sessions, $330, designed to follow Pencil Technique
Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Botanical subjects: Tulips
April 13- May 18,2021
Tulips, all shapes, sizes and colours, from frilly to smooth, and from sweet species tulips to extravagant hybrids, are our silken subjects in this class. Tulip morphology and dissections will be included, as well as techniques for capturing the shape, form and colour of these horticultural stars.
6 sessions, $330, designed for intermediate to advanced, Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Fully booked
Pencil Technique
April 10- 24, 2021
What can you do with a pencil? Well, quite a lot actually, especially as you learn the techniques. These techniques apply to graphite pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal, pastels, and painting. You will be using graphite pencil as you explore the possibilities and gain a foundation for further courses in realistic art.
3 sessions, $175, all levels welcome, Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Fully booked, with wating list
Coloured Pencil Projects
May 15 - June 19, 2021
Once you have gained a basic understanding of pencil technique, you are ready to develop your skills with coloured pencils. Beginners will start with 4 small projects, and then move on to subjects of their own choosing. Advanced and intermediates will hone their skills with more challenging subjects.
6 sessions, $330, designed to follow Pencil Technique
Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
Fully booked, with wating list
Tangerines
Whether you call it a Tangerine, Mandarin Orange, Citrus reticulata, or Naranji, this tropical fruit is a gem. The glowing orange colour, deep green leaves, and interesting texture, inside and outside, all make for a bright start to the artistic New Year. As you create your artwork, you will have guidance in composition, proportions, curves, angles, light, shadow and colour.
3 sessions, $175, all levels welcome
Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
January 5 through January 19, 2021
Fully booked
Pencil Technique, Graphite and Coloured
What can you do with a pencil? Well, quite a lot actually, especially as you learn the techniques. These techniques apply to graphite pencils as well as coloured pencils, and you will work with both as you explore the possibilities and gain a foundation for further courses in graphite and coloured pencil.
3 sessions, $175, all levels welcome
Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
January 9 through January 23, 2021
Fully booked, with wating list
Coloured Pencil Projects
Once you have gained a basic understanding of pencil technique, you are ready to develop your skills with some projects. Beginners will start with 4 small projects, and then move on to subjects of their own choosing. Advanced and intermediates will hone their skills with more challenging subjects.
5 sessions, $280, designed for all who have completed the Pencil Technique course
Saturdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
February 6 through March 6, 2021
Fully booked, with waiting list
Botanical subjects: Hothouse plants
Greenhouse, or hothouse, plants brighten our winter days and provide lovely botanical subjects for us to draw and paint. Participants will start out together, with similar plants, and then each participant will move on to a botanical hothouse subject of their own choosing. Each will study the shape, form and colour challenges of their particular subject, as you take your artwork from composition to finishing touches.
5 sessions, $280, designed for intermediate to advanced
Tuesdays, 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
February 2 through March 2,2021
Fully booked, with waiting list