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- Drawing into Painting: Landscape
09ab7fbb-ff91-4dca-9caa-9b15f1dedea1 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing into Painting: Landscape Paint - Watercolours in tubes (gouache or acrylic gouache is also an option and can be used with watercolour and ink) - Turner and Holbein are my choices for colour quality. Lukas is a reasonable brand with nice vivid colours suitable to this course's approaches - A range of warm and cool primary colours. Reds: Alizarin Crimson (cool), Cadmium red hue (Warm) Yellows: Cadmium light hue (W), Lemon Yellow or Hansa Yellow (C) Blues: Cerulean (C) & Ultramarine (W) Raw Sienna and Payne's Grey - Watercolour: Similar idea and a similar colour range Acrylic medium -Any brand, used for base coats Inks - Black ink specifically for fountain pens such as Parker Quink. Higgins also has a reasonable one - Three colours of Acrylic Ink (not for Fountain pens-it will clog them!) - F&W Liquitex and Golden all make good ones. Red. Cerulean and Ultramarine Blue or similar (so many hues will work) *with paints and inks, I prefer to shop to taste as you would buying shirts or pastries rather than focusing on theory. Brushes - Use a variety of rounds and flat synthetic sable brushes for watercolour/gouache - Have a large (#10 or #12 ) flat watercolour /gouache brush, #8 rigger, and Princeton 'Dagger" brush - Flat 1” acrylic brush to apply acrylic medium - Feel free to use what you already have Pens - Dip pens - pen holder and speedball C-5, C-6, and Hunt School Nib - Black water-soluble felt-tipped pen - Sharpie (fat) - Fudenosuke pen - Black broad posca marker Surfaces/Paper - Look for an 11"x14" or 16"x20" multi-media pad that takes watercolour and ink Palette - Plastic palette for mixing paint, (white plastic lids, white plates or disposable palette pad can also be used) Other Supplies - Drawing board (18x24”) - 2 Bulldog clips (to hold the paper to the board - optional). - Plastic containers to hold water (such as yogurt containers) - Painters masking tape (removable) - Rags (old cotton clothes) for cleaning up The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies so please consider using this link and clicking on your course to purchase supplies from Opus Art Supplies: Partnership Page . You can also consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Paint Like an Artist II
5c19b27e-77bd-4757-8850-790e8575740e Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Paint Like an Artist II In this course you can choose the painting medium you prefer for each homework project. For in-class painting exercises gouache paint is preferred because most of the artwork we will be looking at is done in acrylic or oil and gouache will yield the closest results to those mediums. In-class demos will use gouache. If you prefer not to buy gouache paint for homework exercises you can use watercolour or acrylics. Also I recommend high-quality watercolour paper for in-class exercises if you want good results. In-class exercises: - Gouache paint: Recommended brand Winsor and Newton Suggested colours: Winsor Red, Primary Yellow, Winsor Blue, Winsor Green, Winsor Violet, Orange Lake Light (you can use other brands and colours but basically get: red, blue, yellow, green, orange and violet as all coloured can be mixed from these) - H pencil, eraser and sharpener - #10 and #4 round brushes, 3/4" flat brush - Arches Watercolour Pad, 9 x 12”, cold press, 100% cotton (or other good quality watercolour paper) Homework projects, suggested materials: - paints (oil, acrylics, watercolour or gouache) in a range of colours -including warm and cool yellow, warm and cool red, warm and cool blue, at least 2 greens, one orange, one violet and large tube of white (for oil or acrylic) - matte medium (acrylic), odourless mineral spirits and walnut or linseed oil for oils - variety of brushes - surfaces to paint on (canvas, panel or paper, depending on paint choice) -you will need at least five surfaces for the course. Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- John Luna | Vancouver Island School of Art
Discover John Luna's background and education. Biography John Luna is an artist, teacher, poet, and critic. He holds an Honours Visual Arts BFA from the University of Victoria and an MFA from the University of Calgary. He was one of the original faculty of VISA, and has taught art, art history and art theory at various schools and universities for over twenty years. Luna’s ongoing visual art and poetry project, The Servant , addresses PTSD as experienced by veterans and their families. https://john-luna.com/ Education MFA University of Calgary BFA University of Victoria John Luna Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS
- Understanding Colour I
dcb72251-ac8a-4c19-9db2-bca14ccdc9bf Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Understanding Colour I Of the water based mediums, acrylic paint is the preferred medium due to ease of mix-ability. However many students prefer to do the course in watercolour or gouache especially if this is their primary medium. Items required for the first class: Paint: - ivory black or carbon black (acrylic, watercolour or gouache) - tube of titanium white (acrylic or gouache), chinese white (watercolour) Brushes: - for Acrylic paint use flat soft synthetic brushes 3/4” wide in straight or angle cut (Taklon or similar works fine). - Watercolour and Gouache: a variety of watercolour brushes whatever you have but also a 1/2” or 3/4” flat watercolour brush) For acrylic only: - matte medium - 8 or 16 oz for acrylic - palette knife(s) (metal is preferred) - pad of disposable palette sheets Surfaces: - pad of watercolour paper, 9”x12” (if using watercolour or gouache) - at least 100 Lb lb hot press - canvas pad, or gessoed watercolour paper for 9”x12” ( for oil) - 20 or more card stock sheets (8.5”x11”) Other: - magazines (or other black and white images found online): look for lots of interesting black and white photos. - scissors - glue stick - ruler ( metal cork backed if you have a choice) - empty plastic containers - cutting board and utility knife with snap off blades knife Additional Colours not needed for first two weeks (acrylic, watercolour or gouache): - cadmium red medium - alizarin crimson (hue is better) or quinacridone red - dioxazine violet - ultramarine blue- phthalo blue (green shade) - cobalt blue (genuine) - phthalo blue - phthalo green (this could be regular, yellow shade or blue shade) - hansa or lemon yellow - cadmium yellow medium - cadmium orange or vat orange Optional tube colours pigments - French ultramarine - cadmium red light - rose madder - pyrrole red - permanent magenta - 3, 4 or 5 grey Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Landscape as Abstraction
6b28f5a3-68aa-4cf9-b805-985227a8b059 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Landscape as Abstraction - Mixed-media paper pad (any size, at least 9"x 12") - Acrylic Paint: Primary Magenta (or quinacridone magenta), Primary Cyan (or cerulean or cobalt blue), Ultramarine Blue, Primary yellow, Titanium white, Raw Umber (or burnt umber, or van dyke brown). - Brushes: round brush (#1), filbert brushes (#2, #4 , #6 , #8 - or roughly 1/8", 1/4", 1/2"). Get synthetic interlocking fibre brushes (Opus makes a decent brush). Please avoid cheap paint brush sets. - 1 large 2.5" hardware store brush. - Acrylic slow-dry glazing medium. - Masking tape - Cotton rags or shop towel - Aluminium foil over a plate as a palette - Containers for water and medium - Pencil and eraser - 3 painting surfaces (either canvas boards, stretched canvases or gessoed wood panels), sizes of your choice - to be discussed during the 1st class Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Urban Sketching
a0d73a88-80cb-4d3f-afc0-7dd6dda9d1c5 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Urban Sketching Essential Supplies: - Sketchbook – 8"x10" or larger (spiral-bound preferred for ease of use outdoors) - Drawing Pencils – HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B - White Soft Eraser - Pencil Sharpener – Manual and/or utility knife - Drawing Pens – 2-3 black pens with different nib sizes (e.g., 0.3mm, 0.5mm, 0.8mm) - Watercolor Pencils – Set of 6 or more - Watercolor Brush – #10 or #12 synthetic sable brush (preferably with a water reservoir such as https://opusartsupplies.com/products/sakura-koi-water-brushes ) - Water Container – Small jar with lid or collapsible silicone cup Optional Supplies: - Portable Chair or Lightweight Sitting Pad - Clipboard or Portable Drawing Board – For stability when standing or sitting without a table - Travel-Size Watercolor Set – Compact pans or a small palette - Masking Tape or Clips – To secure sketchbook pages - Sandpaper Sharpener - Small Ruler or Triangle – Useful for architectural sketches - Lightweight Bag or Backpack – To carry all supplies - Small Phone or Compact Camera – For quick reference shots (if allowed in certain locations) Additional Materials as Required: - Larger Paper – A few sheets of good-quality paper (e.g., 11"x14" or 14"x17", watercolor or medium-weight drawing paper) Additional Notes: - Bring weather-appropriate clothing for outdoor sketching. - Be prepared with additional materials if required for specific projects. Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Collage into Drawing
f4415038-45a4-4348-9bb7-aa2f2b89fcaa Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Collage into Drawing All supplies are provided for this workshop. The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies so please consider using this link and clicking on your course to purchase supplies from Opus Art Supplies: Partnership Page . You can also consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Expressive Watercolour
8fd0687b-9c5d-4794-8e13-ed32db6b501b Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Expressive Watercolour Paint - Watercolours in tubes - Turner and Holbein are my choices for colour quality. Lukas is a reasonable brand with nice vivid colours suitable to this course's approaches - A range of warm and cool primary colours. Reds: Alizarin Crimson (cool), Cadmium red hue (Warm) Yellows: Cadmium light hue (W), Lemon Yellow or Hansa Yellow (C) Blues: Cerulean (C) & Ultramarine (W) Raw Sienna and Payne's Grey Acrylic medium -Any brand, used for base coats Brushes - Use a variety of rounds and flat synthetic sable brushes for watercolour/gouache - Have a large (#10 or #12 ) flat watercolour /gouache brush, #8 rigger, and Princeton 'Dagger" brush - Flat 1” acrylic brush to apply acrylic medium - Feel free to use what you already have Pens - Black water-soluble felt-tipped pen - Sharpie (fat) - Fudenosuke pen - Black broad posca marker Surfaces/Paper - Look for an 11"x14" or 16"x20" multi-media pad that takes watercolour and ink - Plan to repurpose old sketchbooks Palette - Plastic palette for mixing paint, (white plastic lids, white plates or disposable palette pad can also be used) Other Supplies - Drawing board (18x24”) - 2 Bulldog clips (to hold the paper to the board - optional). - Plastic containers to hold water (such as yogurt containers) - Painters masking tape (removable) - Rags (old cotton clothes) for cleaning up - Small spray bottle (Optional) Inks - Black ink specifically for fountain pens such as Parker Quink. Higgins also has a reasonable one - Three colours of Acrylic Ink (not for Fountain pens-it will clog them!) - F&W Liquitex and Golden all make good ones. Red. Cerulean and Ultramarine Blue or similar (so many hues will work) *with paints and inks, I prefer to shop to taste as you would buying shirts or pastries rather than focusing on theory. - Dip pens - pen holder and speedball C-5, C-6, and Hunt School Nib The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies so please consider using this link and clicking on your course to purchase supplies from Opus Art Supplies: Partnership Page . You can also consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Fantastical Bouquets with Watercolour
d93de2b4-c750-4e54-91a6-c944be59ab3f Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Fantastical Bouquets with Watercolour - scissors - glue stick (“permanent” if possible) - Vogue magazine (Vogue has a great range of colours and textures but any high quality fashion magazine will do) -watercolour pan set or watercolour in tubes (blue, red, yellow, orange, violet, green) (if you already own watercolours bring what you have) - #10 or #12 round synthetic sable watercolour brush - #4 or #6 round synthetic sable watercolour brush (optional helpful for small details). - plastic tray for mixing colours (white plastic lids could suffice). - two containers of water - H pencil, eraser and sharpener - 1 sheet 8.5x11 card stock (or equivalent -you could use cardboard backing of sketchbook below) - 9 x 12” Arches watercolour sketchbook with 100% cotton paper, cold press, 140 lb is recommended. Or two quarter sheets of equivalent 140ln cold press watercolour (11 x 15”) - paper towels The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies. You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Make Colour Work for You
747e0655-c67d-4bd8-b350-ea74286f5590 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Make Colour Work for You - acrylic paint; I recommend Amsterdam paints (student grade) primary magenta primary cyan primary yellow titanium white black - filbert tip acrylic brushes (size 2, 4, 6…depending on brand, basically 2-3 smaller brushes) - mixed-media paper pad (or 10 sheets thicker drawing paper) - cotton rag Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
- Sunday Drawing | Vancouver Island School of Art
Drop-in in-person drawing sessions offered at the Vancouver Island School of Art on the last Sunday of every month, 2-4pm. Sunday Drawing We are launching an in-person drop-in drawing session starting November 27, 2-4pm. These sessions will be held once a month (usually the last Sunday of the month). Each session will include a new project and medium. For information on the topic for each session, visit the Draw by Drawing blog . Beginners welcome. All supplies are included. Cost: $20* Advanced Registration recommended as seats are limited. *Reduced rate of $10 or $5 available for those on limited income. Please call office to qualify for reduced rate. Location: 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria Note: Parking is across the street at the Johnson St Parkade (free on Sundays) Phone: 250.380.3500 Email us: info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Made possible in part by a grant by the Y.P. Heung Foundation and the City of Victoria . Vancouver Island School of Art is a contemporary art school located in Downtown Victoria open to adults of all ages. Your donation matters DONATE TODAY
- Watercolours Inspired by Cezanne
d38598b1-b878-44cf-b4ee-422a5848aa8b Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Watercolours Inspired by Cezanne - watercolour pan set or watercolour in tubes (recommended Winsor and Newton: blue, red, yellow, orange, violet, green) (if you already own watercolours bring what you have) - #10 round synthetic sable watercolour brush - #4 round synthetic sable watercolour brush (optional helpful for small details). - plastic tray for mixing colours (white plastic lids could suffice). - two containers of water - H pencil, eraser and sharpener - 9 x 12 watercolour sketchbook with 100% cotton paper, cold press, 140 lb is recommended (such as the Arches Watercolour pad). This pad is more expensive than the lesser quality pads but you will get better results and you can use both sides of paper. - paper towels Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .
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