IN PERSON CLASSES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 31, 2021
VIRTUAL CLASSES WILL COMMENCE AS SCHEDULED
ALL CLASSES REQUIRE AN FCAG MEMBERSHIP TO PARTICIPATE.
SEE OUR MEMBERSHIP SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON JOINING THE FCAG COMMUNITY.
ALL COURSES ARE 6 WEEKS IN DURATION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
We've implemented various health and safety measures to provide a safe environment for all:
1. Proof of Vaccination to be provided upon entry of the Gallery for participants ages 12+.
2. Wear a mask/face covering
3. Complete a self-screening questionnaire at the beginning of each class/workshop
4. Sanitize workstation at the end of each class/workshop (Note: table coverings will not be provided)
5. Maintain physical distance
Visit our website frequently, as more classes will be announced soon.
VIRTUAL CLASSES WILL COMMENCE AS SCHEDULED
ALL CLASSES REQUIRE AN FCAG MEMBERSHIP TO PARTICIPATE.
SEE OUR MEMBERSHIP SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON JOINING THE FCAG COMMUNITY.
ALL COURSES ARE 6 WEEKS IN DURATION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
We've implemented various health and safety measures to provide a safe environment for all:
1. Proof of Vaccination to be provided upon entry of the Gallery for participants ages 12+.
2. Wear a mask/face covering
3. Complete a self-screening questionnaire at the beginning of each class/workshop
4. Sanitize workstation at the end of each class/workshop (Note: table coverings will not be provided)
5. Maintain physical distance
Visit our website frequently, as more classes will be announced soon.
WINTER CLASSES BEGINNING JANUARY 17, 2022
WINTER 2022 CLASSES
OIL / ACRYLIC PAINTING
Oil/Acrylic Painting: Intermediate/Advanced (VIRTUAL)
Instructor: Kelly McNeil
Date: Thursdays
Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Register using the following link: https://bit.ly/34qwQoA
Step 2: Call us at 416-740-620 to confirm your registration and make your payment.
This course will be delivered on the video conferencing platform Zoom. Once you have completed your registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with the necessary information needed to access the online workshop. You will need internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone with access to a speaker, microphone and camera. If you would like to participate one-on-one in a Zoom user tutorial, contact us by phone at 416-740-620 or email at fcag.art@gmail.com.
Material List:
Date: Thursdays
Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Register using the following link: https://bit.ly/34qwQoA
Step 2: Call us at 416-740-620 to confirm your registration and make your payment.
This course will be delivered on the video conferencing platform Zoom. Once you have completed your registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with the necessary information needed to access the online workshop. You will need internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone with access to a speaker, microphone and camera. If you would like to participate one-on-one in a Zoom user tutorial, contact us by phone at 416-740-620 or email at fcag.art@gmail.com.
Material List:
- Canvas of any size
- Reference photos
- Brushes (small size for detail work and mop brush)
- Paint: white alizarin crimson, french ultramarine, cerulean blue, lemon yellow, burnt sienna, raw sienna, sap green and rose madder
- For oil: Liquin or walnut oil
- For acrylic: slow drying blending medium
Oil/Acrylic Painting: Intermediate/Advanced (VIRTUAL)
Instructor: Kelly McNeil
Date: Thursdays
Time: 7:00 - 9:30pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Register using the following link: https://bit.ly/3GnPjQE
Step 2: Call us at 416-740-620 to confirm your registration and make your payment.
This course will be delivered on the video conferencing platform Zoom. Once you have completed your registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with the necessary information needed to access the online workshop. You will need internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone with access to a speaker, microphone and camera. If you would like to participate one-on-one in a Zoom user tutorial, contact us by phone at 416-740-620 or email at fcag.art@gmail.com.
Material List:
Date: Thursdays
Time: 7:00 - 9:30pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Register using the following link: https://bit.ly/3GnPjQE
Step 2: Call us at 416-740-620 to confirm your registration and make your payment.
This course will be delivered on the video conferencing platform Zoom. Once you have completed your registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with the necessary information needed to access the online workshop. You will need internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone with access to a speaker, microphone and camera. If you would like to participate one-on-one in a Zoom user tutorial, contact us by phone at 416-740-620 or email at fcag.art@gmail.com.
Material List:
- Canvas of any size
- Reference photos
- Brushes (small size for detail work and mop brush)
- Paint: white alizarin crimson, french ultramarine, cerulean blue, lemon yellow, burnt sienna, raw sienna, sap green and rose madder
- For oil: Liquin or walnut oil
- For acrylic: slow drying blending medium
Oil/Acrylic Painting: Beginner/Intermediate (IN-PERSON): POSTPONED
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN POSTPONED & WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2021
Instructor: Catharine de Montmorency
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fee: $150
Start Date: January 11, 2022
Registration Deadline: January 6, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Material List:
Instructor: Catharine de Montmorency
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fee: $150
Start Date: January 11, 2022
Registration Deadline: January 6, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Material List:
- Table easel
- Canvas (11x14”)
- Brushes
- Palette (StayWet palette recommended for Acrylic Paints)
- Acrylic/oil paints, colours needed: ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, yellow ocher, cadmium ellow, burnt sienna, titanium white
- For acrylics: thinning medium
- For oils: linseed oil and odourless turps for oil paints
- Pencil
- Paper towels
- Table cover
ACRYLIC PAINTING
WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
Watercolour Painting: Beginner/Intermediate (VIRTUAL)
Instructor: Nancy Buckingham
Date: Thursdays
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Register using the following link: https://bit.ly/32VsLbT
Step 2: Call us at 416-740-620 to confirm your registration and make your payment.
This course will be delivered on the video conferencing platform Zoom. Once you have completed your registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with the necessary information needed to access the online workshop. You will need internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone with access to a speaker, microphone and camera. If you would like to participate one-on-one in a Zoom user tutorial, contact us by phone at 416-740-620 or email at fcag.art@gmail.com.
Description:
Nancy will be teaching beginners and intermediates in this inclusive and welcoming class. Focus will be on each individual's growth with attention to the fundamentals. Painting demonstrations will be the backbone of each class.
Material List:
Date: Thursdays
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Register using the following link: https://bit.ly/32VsLbT
Step 2: Call us at 416-740-620 to confirm your registration and make your payment.
This course will be delivered on the video conferencing platform Zoom. Once you have completed your registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with the necessary information needed to access the online workshop. You will need internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone with access to a speaker, microphone and camera. If you would like to participate one-on-one in a Zoom user tutorial, contact us by phone at 416-740-620 or email at fcag.art@gmail.com.
Description:
Nancy will be teaching beginners and intermediates in this inclusive and welcoming class. Focus will be on each individual's growth with attention to the fundamentals. Painting demonstrations will be the backbone of each class.
Material List:
- Watercolour paints (whatever is in your palette)
- Brushes (a few sizes)
- Paper (Arches 140 pound)
- Container (x2), dish cloth/paper towel
- Masking Tape
- Board (size of WC paper)
- Kneaded eraser
Watercolour Painting: Intermediate (IN-PERSON): POSTPONED
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN POSTPONED & WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2022
Instructor: Wendy Bannerman
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Description:
This class is perfect for those wanting to brush up on their skills in watercolour, or advance their techniques. Lots of demos are given, and students will be able to work on their own, or join whatever joint project the class decides to try, while getting individual attention from the instructor on the ‘how to do’s”.
Material List:
Instructor: Wendy Bannerman
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2022
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Description:
This class is perfect for those wanting to brush up on their skills in watercolour, or advance their techniques. Lots of demos are given, and students will be able to work on their own, or join whatever joint project the class decides to try, while getting individual attention from the instructor on the ‘how to do’s”.
Material List:
- I use da Vinci paints but we will make do with any brand. The colour palette should include: Ultramarine blue, Cobalt blue, Cerulean blue, Hands (or a light) yellow, Aureolin (or a deeper) yellow, Raw sienna, Burnt sienna, Alizarin crimson, Viridian green, A pink of some sort (rose madder, quinacridone rose ...), And whatever else you have!
- H or HB pencil
- Eraser
- Paper towel
- Masking tape and board for painting
DRAWING
Drawing from the Beginning (IN-PERSON): POSTPONED
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN POSTPONED & WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2022
Instructor: Jacqueline Crawley
Date: Tuesday Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Fee: $115
Registration Deadline: Sept. 14, 2021
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Description:
As an introduction, we will start with the fundamentals of drawing. Buy a quality set of pencils and Drawing Pad as these are essential – see material List. With these tools, we can explore well and with confidence. In all art, materials are important. Fundamentals include shading techniques, measuring, line work, and blocking [form and shapes]. Perspective will be looked at but not studied in detail.
Material List:
Instructor: Jacqueline Crawley
Date: Tuesday Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Fee: $115
Registration Deadline: Sept. 14, 2021
Limited Space Available
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Description:
As an introduction, we will start with the fundamentals of drawing. Buy a quality set of pencils and Drawing Pad as these are essential – see material List. With these tools, we can explore well and with confidence. In all art, materials are important. Fundamentals include shading techniques, measuring, line work, and blocking [form and shapes]. Perspective will be looked at but not studied in detail.
Material List:
- Pencils – Staedtler Mars Lumograph 100 Drafting Set of 12 [6B to 4H]
- Paper – Canson Mix-media pad 60 pages 98lb - a rough paper
- Grease Pencil – China Marker is another term – Black
- Kneaded Eraser – large size
- Stomp – med to large size
- String – 24” long
- Misc – larger drawing surface/board to rest your pad on and your hand while drawing at a raised angle, ruler or straight edge, pencil sharpener
Drawing with a Figure
PLEIN AIR
OPEN STUDIO
Open Studio (In-Person): POSTPONED
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN POSTPONED & WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2022
Instructor: No Instructor
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Fee: $50 for 8 Weeks
*If you are enrolled in two (2) classes this session, Open Studio is Free*
How to Register:
Call our office for more information, to register and make a payment at 416-740-6520.
Instructor: No Instructor
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Fee: $50 for 8 Weeks
*If you are enrolled in two (2) classes this session, Open Studio is Free*
How to Register:
Call our office for more information, to register and make a payment at 416-740-6520.
PAINTING TECHNIQUES
Painting Techniques (IN-PERSON): POSTPONED
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN POSTPONED & WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2022
Instructor: Jacqueline Crawley
Date: Mondays
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January13, 2022
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Description:
Each week we will have a specific art task based on Elements or Compositional challenges. These will be addressed through Thumbnails, then small 5x7 paintings and will include larger [11x14] paintings in the time allowed. Students may bring in projects they are working on and work on them in class when they have completed the assignments.
Material List:
Mediums will include just about anything. Watercolour, acrylics and oils. It will be easier for the students to work in the first two as time is a factor.
Instructor: Jacqueline Crawley
Date: Mondays
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January13, 2022
How to Register:
Step 1: Complete and email your registration form to fcag.art@gmail.com. Click here to download a form (http://www.fcag.ca/uploads/1/1/4/1/11418845/registration_form_2020_fcag.pdf)
Step 2: Call our office to make a payment at 416-740-6520
Description:
Each week we will have a specific art task based on Elements or Compositional challenges. These will be addressed through Thumbnails, then small 5x7 paintings and will include larger [11x14] paintings in the time allowed. Students may bring in projects they are working on and work on them in class when they have completed the assignments.
Material List:
Mediums will include just about anything. Watercolour, acrylics and oils. It will be easier for the students to work in the first two as time is a factor.
- Paper for sketching
- Pencil
- Kneaded Eraser
- Painting Surfaces
- 5-7 canvas boards &/or canvas pads that will support 2 or 4 5x7 image
- Old painting surfaces to be repainted are an option for larger work.
- Watercolour surfaces can be multi-media
- Paints
- Any colours and weight.
- Mediums - Heavy Body Gel - Gloss & Matt combined 200 ml or larger.
- Brushes - 1" to 1/4" wide brushes - used in the proper medium
- Painting Knives
- Medium size Pie and Long shapes
- Palettes
- Acrylic or Oil should use disposable palettes without a thumb hole.
- W/C can use the trays
- Tissue Papers
- Artist Bleeding Paper - optional but will be demonstrated
- found - gift, decorative etc
- Rags
- 2ft sq rough rag [towel or Hoody] to clean brushes
- Clear Plastic [from the discarded canvas covers] to cover and separate art.
- Misc
- 2ft String, Masking Tape
