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Explore workshops, artwork, exhibitions and creative moments from our members.
Colour with Purpose Workshop by Courtney LeBaron
Our exercise was first to challenge ourselves by making a grid with a limited colour palette using one or…
Lynn Saunders was the winner of our Spring Challenge for 2025, entitled April Showers – May Flowers. We combined the day with a delicious potluck luncheon.
We were to create a painting using Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Cadmium yellow, and white or the transparent equals…
Doug Swinton did a workshop on “Setting Yourself Up for Success: The Art of Pre-Painting Preparation.”
We learned the essential steps to prepare for a successful painting, from planning composition and selecting colours, to choosing…
At the “Facing” the Group workshop led by Diane Williams, we created a 5×7 portrait of a member of our Nanaimo Group of Artists. Several black and white images of selected “vectorized” faces……
(photo edits) were provided and we transferred these to canvas panels that were also provided. We used our powers…