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    Palette and Pencil Plus

    Watercolour Beginner - March 20 - April 24, 2025, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Register
    Instructor: Linda Ross Gallagher
    We keep hearing that painting with watercolours is “difficult”.  Let’s change that concept and have fun as we discover their potential and what makes them beautiful and convenient. In the first lesson, we will examine materials and put together our list of supplies for our toolbox, which will be used for the remainder of our course.
    Creating simple art pieces, we will touch on composition, colour theory and build our vocabulary of techniques that are the foundation of all watercolour painting. 

    Watercolour Intermediate - Jan. 18 - Feb. 8, 9:30 am -12:30. pm. Register
    Instructor: Linda Ross Gallagher
    The Intermediate course will deepen experience and confidence in the techniques learned in the beginners' course in a very practical, hands-on way. There will always be an emphasis on colour and keeping the luminosity that watercolour is so well known for.

    Dot Rock Mandala Painting Workshop Nov. 9, 12 - 2 pm  Register

  • Heritage Handweavers and Spinners

    Intro to Spinning - Drop Spindle Wait List.
    Instructor: Marguerite Reid

    Make your own yarn.  Turn fleece into yarn without a spinning wheel!
    In this 2 week course you will learn the basics of spindle spinning. The class will cover spinning singles, plying, setting a twist and helping you create a skein of your own handspun. All fleece for the class will be provided.

    Learning to Weave, Feb.5-March 5, 6 pm - 9 pm Wait List
    Instructor: Marguerite Reid

    During this 5-week program, you will learn the basics of making a warp, dressing the loom, reading patterns, weaving a project and finishing your cloth, using a shaft table loom. Materials and fibre will be provided.

     Weaving a Scarf: 4-hour workshop, Feb.1, 10 am - 2 pm. Register
    Instructor: Marguerite Reid

    Are you interested in weaving? Looking for that perfect gift? Join our scarf workshop and uncover your weaving skills.
    The looms will be set up and ready for you to weave. All materials are provided, and a selection of yarns will be available.
    Classes are designed so you can take your finished scarf home at the end of the class.

     

  • Potters and Sculptors

    Pottery on the wheel - Waitlist 
    Instructor: Alison Sharp 

    Pottery on the wheel - Waitlist   
    Instructor Frans Rood

    This course will teach elementary potting techniques involving throwing the basic forms and introducing Glazing and Decorating. Limited tools will be loaned during the term of the program and all supplies, glazes, and firing costs are included in the course fee.
    This course is for beginners who are new to pottery and those who are at the beginning level.

     Hand Building - Wait List

  • Stained Glass Artisans

    Special One Day Stained Glass - Suncatcher Feb.22, 10 am-4 pm Register
    Instructor: Brenda Tolton Golden 

    This course is designed to teach the beginner the basics of using a pattern, scoring methods, breaking out, grinding, foiling, and soldering coloured and textured glass.  The small class size affords greater teaching time to each participant. All tools and equipment are included in the course fee. 

    Stained Glass Beginner, Project choice  Lantern or 8x 10 panel. 
    Jan. 16- Feb. 20, 6 pm-9 pm Register. 
    Instructor: Brenda Tolton Golden

    This course will explore the world of stained glass and teach you how to create beautiful handcrafted pieces for your home, family, and friends. You will learn the basics of using a pattern, scoring methods, breaking out, grinding, foiling and soldering of coloured and textured glass. Students will work on a project either a Lantern or a small sun-catcher and a 8 x 10 project panel. 

    Stained Glass Spinner Waitlist
    Instructor: Brenda Tolton Golden

  • Other Courses 

    Beginner Crochet Nov. 6 - Dec. 11, 7 pm-9 pm register
    Instructor: Helen McLaughlin

    In this beginner Crochet class, students will be provided with a crochet hook and yarn.
    You will learn to:
     start and finish a piece
     chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double, double and treble crochet
     to put a ridged surface in the design.
     read a pattern 
     create a Granny square using a number of these stitches
     join squares together.
    You will start a small project, of your choice,  such as a scarf, hat or bag, in the second/third week.

     

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