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  • Pastel Trees

    0e49f96b-5779-4c42-8d3c-1713350aa55c Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Pastel Trees - 12 colour set of soft pastels (buy a set with a violet pastel in it, or else buy a single violet pastel to supplement the set) - 12 x 16 coloured pastel paper pad or two full sheets of Canson pastel paper (torn in half) - plastic eraser - rag - small watercolour brush for blending (optional) 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 .

  • Kathleen Greenaway | Vancouver Island School of Art

    Discover Kathleen Greenaway's background and education. Kathleen Greenaway is a retired academic (digital technology management and organization behaviour) with decades of experience working in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. In all her endeavours, Kathleen brings to bear her significant leadership, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills. She has led large staff complements, managed significant budgets and implemented Canada-wide program initiatives. As an academic at Queen’s University and Toronto Metropolitan University, taught undergraduate and graduate courses in digital technology management and published in privacy, security and surveillance. As the Chair at a previous volunteer organization, Kathleen led the efforts to implement a strategic plan, overhauled the organization’s bylaws, recruited new board members, and reinvigorated several key tourism focused events. Kathleen is a graduate of Queen’s University (PhD in Management and MPA), Western University (MBA) and the University of Alberta (BA in Canadian Studies). Importantly, she is also a recent graduate of VISA with a Certificate in Visual Arts. She was an artist as a child but spent many years as a consumer of art. Attending VISA gave Kathleen back her love of creating art and she now spends her time on Salt Spring Island documenting in oils the changing scenes that appear just outside her kitchen window. Kathleen Greenaway Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

  • Watercolour Flowers: Red

    2bd8f4de-b85a-4693-97fa-210b97d4abbc Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Watercolour Flowers: Red - 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 The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies. 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 .

  • Art History: The Renaissance to Industrial Revolution

    512b4daf-1117-4ee4-834b-0ec82d6e4840 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Art History: The Renaissance to Industrial Revolution Note-taking materials: - notebook (specifically devoted to this course) - pen - (optional) a small journal (30-60 pages) for vocabulary is recommended Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.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 .

  • Drawing for the Absolute Beginner

    17b880be-3e6d-4d69-b264-944bd32cec73 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing for the Absolute Beginner Items required for the first class: - Graphite Pencils (range of H and B pencils) - Selection of markers/pens - Large paper (newsprint or cartridge pad) - Sketchbook - Erasers Additional supplies to be discussed at first class: - Drawing pencils set of 6 (8B-2H range) - Pitt drawing pen set of 4 pens with one brush tip (black) (or equivalent set) - Erasers, kneaded and white/black (Sumo brand recommended) - Eraser pen (optional) - White conte stick or chalk - Set of compressed charcoal - Set of assorted sizes vine (willow) charcoal - Blender stick for dry mediums - Markers/felt pens (colours and sizes based on your personal choice) - Chunghwa (or India) ink and brushes - Chalk pastels (assorted set or individual colours based on your personal choice) - 9 x 12” Hard bound sketchbook (or coiled) - Assorted sheets of paper for dry and wet mediums - various sizes, thicknesses, hot/cold press - Newsprint paper pad/cartridge paper pad - Plastic toolbox or small luggage case for material storage & transport (optional) 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 .

  • Oil Basics

    d62b5f2c-38f8-4fbd-a6cd-7733fb4f3fe2 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Oil Basics All supplies are provided for this workshop. Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.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 .

  • Blackwork Embroidery

    db1d2d85-379a-46f3-b6bf-6c071e4ad33c Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Blackwork Embroidery -Cross stitch fabric (often called Aida cloth) -Embroidery needles (recommended size 5) -Black embroidery floss (6-strand DMC) -Embroidery hoop - roughly 5", 6", or 7" -Grid paper and pencil 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 .

  • Refund Policy | Vancouver Island School of Art

    Learn how the Vancouver Island School of Art protects you through our Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy LAST UPDATED OCTOBER 16/2022 What type of information do you collect? We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile. How do you collect information? When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only. Why do you collect such personal information? We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes: To provide and operate the Services; To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support; To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages; To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; To comply with any applicable laws and regulations. How do you store, use, share and disclose your site visitors' personal information? Our company is hosted on the Wix.com / Editorx.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com ’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers. How do you communicate with your site visitors? We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail. How do you use cookies and other tracking tools? If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Privacy policy updates We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. Questions and your contact information If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

  • Contemporary Drawing

    a2f2ed7c-8809-45ae-afd9-d02fc9d2b30c Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Contemporary Drawing Items required for the first class: - 18”x24” or larger cartridge pad - a set of pencils - ranging from 4H-8B - white rubber eraser - one large sheet of heavy weight paper or cardboard Additional items to be discussed during first class: - kneadable eraser - pencil sharpener - compressed charcoal - Willow or Vine stick charcoal - Conté (black, white and sanguine) - masking tape - rags - 4 sheets of good quality drawing paper (Stonehenge) - 17x22 sheets of double sided drawing mylar (Graffix) (x2) - any other drawing materials for experimentation - oil or chalk pastels, india ink etc 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 .

  • Watercolour: Contemporary Approaches

    f872318f-7e48-4fb7-aeb1-354517ac862e Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Watercolour Contemporary Approaches For first session you need: paints, brushes, plastic palette and watercolour sketchbook and two containers of water.  List of colours: Winsor Lemon, Winsor Yellow*, Winsor Red*, Alizarin Crimson, Winsor Blue (red shade)*, Winsor Blue (green shade), Winsor Orange,* Winsor Violet * and Winsor (Pthalo) Green*, Permanent Rose or Opera. If on a budget, just purchase colours with the asterisk. The palette above includes a warm and cool version of each of the primaries (yellow, red and blue) as well as the three secondaries. The "Winsor" version of the colours is the least expensive. Higher quality paint gives you more pigment and more value for your money. However you can also just use any watercolour paint you have on hand and be prepared for the results depending on quality on paint. -Brushes: buy brushes that are specifically made for watercolour, synthetic sable round sizes 4 and 12 and 1" flat brush -Palette: white plastic palette to mix your paints on (white lids from yogurt containers work well) -Paper: 6 full sheets (22x30) of good Watercolour paper (Arches, Fabriano), rag, 140 lb -Sketchbook: sketchbook with watercolour paper for practice exercise -Ruler: 18" or longer -Spray bottle -Masking tape (low tac/painter's tape) -H pencil, eraser, sharper -Roll of tracing paper (22") -Bristle brush for glueing -White glue -Scissors -Blotting paper (1 sheet) 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 .

  • Still Life with Soft Pastels

    92563d6f-e91c-4755-8548-d1aa46292996 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Still Life with Soft Pastels - pastel paper in various sizes and colours - white watercolour paper (optional) - a small soft pastel kit or individual sticks of good quality soft pastels in several colours eg Sennelier or Rembrandt. Please do NOT buy oil pastels - conte in various colours (optional) - coloured pencils (optional) - kneaded gum eraser - small rags for blending Flowers and fruit will be provided for still lifes, however you may wish to bring small personal items to include in your still life such as figurines, photographs, textiles, etc. 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 .

  • Textile Collage: Materials and Motifs

    b7140ec2-88fc-4b4e-9a88-81f8a30a1394 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Textile Collage: Materials and Motifs 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 .

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