Workshops & Intensives
Hands-on courses in observational drawing and coloured pencil, designed for artists at every stage.
Spring/Summer 2026
Drawn from Life: A Live In-Studio Botanical Coloured Pencil Intensive, Salt Spring Island. Week of August 3rd - 7th
Five days working from fresh florals, fruits, and vegetables in a working artist's studio on one of Canada's most beautiful islands. Build real technical skills in observation, colour, and accuracy while surrounded by nature on Salt Spring Island this August.
Skin Tones in Coloured Pencil: A Two-Day Online Workshop
Two focused days on one of the most technically demanding challenges in coloured pencil - building accurate, luminous skin tones that read as real. Learn to layer, correct, and control colour across a range of complexions.
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Colour Pencil Foundations: Six weeks this July: coloured pencil techniques taught live via Zoom, with full independent study access.
Six weeks June 27-July 4-11-18-25-Aug 1, live via Zoom or independent learning.. Learn coloured pencil technique from the ground up, building through materials, layering, light, and shading to a finished botanical subject. Full independent study access included for every student, if you can attend or not.