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- Drawing the Canadian Landscape
0a482cd1-8552-4fd3-bd44-04b04a1e7a3f Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing the Canadian Landscape Items required for the first class: - few sticks of compressed charcoal - willow or vine stick charcoal - a range of conte - 1 sheets of white Stonehenge drawing paper 250gsm - sketchbook in the 14x17" size range - with a heavier weight paper, something like mixed media paper or bristol paper ~250gsm Additional items to be discussed during first class: - a set of pencils - kneadable eraser - rubber eraser - pencil sharpener - small set of chalk pastels (optional) - clean cotton rag - blending stump - exacto knife - small sheet of sandpaper - masking tape 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 .
- The Practicing Artist: Getting Started
2097cffa-595d-4024-ab92-c0280854d9e4 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - The Practicing Artist: Getting Started Items required for the first class: - large mixed-media sketchbook (14"x17” or larger) - small collection of coloured markers and pens or pencils - journal for daily writing practice - set of pan or cake watercolours - #6 round watercolour brush - pencils: 4B, 2B, HB, 2H - black Sharpie - oil or chalk pastels (optional) - scissors Additional Items: - pad of tracing paper (8 ½“ x 11”) - 22”x30” Arches watercolour, Stonehenge, or other mixed-media art paper (four sheets) - collage materials - white glue - glue brush (old bristle brush or similar) 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 .
- Painting Abstract Botanicals
8a7160f6-7269-4785-804c-d3abf6b06ddb Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting Abstract Botanicals All supplies included. 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 .
- Image Transfer
ada6616d-e618-472b-9524-1889c639721a Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Image Transfer All supplies are provided for this workshop. 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 .
- Outdoor Sketching
1e590dea-c6d0-43bb-91ba-15843df7b5a8 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Outdoor Sketching Items required for the first class: - sketchbook, 8"X10" or larger - at a minimum: HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B pencils - white soft eraser - pencil sharpener Additional items to be discussed during first class: - 2 or 3 drawing pens (black, different size nibs) Optional Items: - set of watercolour pencils or crayons (12) - #10 or #12 synthetic sable watercolour brush - glass or plastic jar with lid for water - small portable chair 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 .
- Making Art a Practice
40c2fdf6-0f1f-41be-abd1-e5207cb371cd Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Making Art a Practice Drawing supplies: -2B pencil -Conte crayons (black 2B and white) -Set of chalk pastels (12) Painting supplies: -Watercolour set (travel or in pans) -Watercolour brush: #12 and #6 round -White plastic eraser -Pencil sharpener -soft rag -Scissors -Glue stick -12” ruler -Sketchbook 9x12" -Watercolour pad (Arches, cold press), 9 x 12” Any drawing or painting paper you have at hand. Don't worry if you don’t have all the supplies on the list. Extra papers and supplies will be available. 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 .
- Drawing People in Urban Spaces
b540012e-e902-4132-9346-3432ba9db6e5 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing People in Urban Spaces - Brushes: Brushes at hand, Suggested: Princeton Neptune Dagger 1/4” and small scriptliner or similar rigger brush - Inks: Black ink specifically formulated for fountain pens. Quink, Sumi-e ink or India ink, Acrylic inks: (F&W Liquitex and Golden) all make good ones. Red, Cerulean and Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre - Pens and Brush pens: Dip pen holder and speedball nibs C-5, B-6 or fountain pen for sketching. Black and white POSCA acrylic markers, Pentel fude brush pen medium black, Kuretake fudepen 2-pack set - Surfaces/Paper: Look for an 11"x14" or 16"x20" multimedia pad that takes watercolour and ink - Paint: Watercolours in tubes (gouache or acrylic gouache is also an option and can be used with watercolour) Primary Colours - Plastic palette for mixing paint - Plastic water containers to hold water 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 .
- Painting: Introduction to Colour
a07025b1-ef8d-489e-b0cc-97e572496f74 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting: Introduction to Colour - 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 .
- Val Lawton | Vancouver Island School of Art
Discover Val Lawton's background and education. Biography Val Lawton is a Victoria-based artist and illustrator. She has illustrated more than 30 picture books, including series for both the CFL and the NHL, all rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. She has taught nature sketching at a range of elementary and high schools and for the Robert Bateman Gallery of Nature program at the Bateman Centre in Victoria.Val is currently Vice-President of the Victoria Sketch Club and an active member of the Island Chapter, Canadian Society of Childrens’ Authors, Illustrators and Performers. Val’s work also includes close-at-hand landscapes and with a focus on local flora and fauna, using graphite, coloured pencil, watercolour and ink. IG @vallawtonillustration FB @vallawtonillustration Web www.vallawtonillustration.com Education BA University of Victoria (Canadian History) MA University of British Columbia (Library Science) Val Lawton Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS
- Drawing: Introduction II
2fc5b331-b810-4e65-8e15-48b443a6ceba Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing: Introduction II Items required for the first class: - graphite pencils- variety 12 pack - white vinyl eraser - large sketchbook Additional items to be discussed during the first class: - newsprint pad 18” x 24” - grey gum eraser kneadable - painters tape - stonehenge paper - pencil crayons- assortment of 12 - charcoal Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ 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 .
- Memory & The Altered Photograph
9b0bea7f-a12b-4bce-977b-b60f0f006abc Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Memory & The Altered Photograph All supplies included. 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 .
- Maddy Knott | Vancouver Island School of Art
Discover Maddy Knott's background and education. Biography Maddy Knott is a sculptor based on Vancouver Island who holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a jewelry design minor from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her work elegantly merges object and body, exploring themes of patterning and the otherworldly. Knott is an active silversmith with a keen interest in memory and architectural structures, evident in her intricate pieces that blur the lines between jewelry and sculpture. Her art invites viewers into a realm where the tangible meets the abstract, offering a transformative experience where reality and imagination intertwine. Education MFA University of Victoria BFA NSCAD Maddy Knott Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS
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