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Explore workshops, artwork, exhibitions and creative moments from our members.

November 11, 2026 · Workshops

Abstract Expressionism with Ellen Brandson

Friday, October 30, 2026 Ladysmith artist Ellen Brandson led the Nanaimo Group of Artists in an abstract expressionism workshop…

September 25, 2026 · Workshops

Colour, Value & Light — Workshop with Elsa Bluethner

On Friday, September 25, 2026, Elsa Bluethner led a three-hour workshop on Colour, Value & Light, exploring how the…

February 28, 2026 · Workshops

Creative Adventures in Fabric Painting with Pipi Tustian: Transforming Cotton into Art

February 14, 2026 · Workshops

John Hofman described the act of urban sketching as drawing on location with minimum equipment. He gave us a handout that illustrated many different ways to get the illusion of depth.

He went on to show examples of many artists that succeeded in quickly drawing and sometimes enhancing their piece…

November 28, 2025 · Workshops

Our talented President, Patty, gave us a challenge to play on black gesso and have fun for exactly 30 minutes. She demonstrated, then we were all given the same photo and asked to do the same.

Here are the results along with a few extras.

November 7, 2025 · Workshops

Here are some of the results from Terri Bowen’s workshop on portraits.

October 31, 2025 · Workshops

Terri Bowen conducted our October workshop on portraits. We critiqued a variety of artists, while learning from a multitude of creative approaches that record the impressions of a human face.

September 26, 2025 · Workshops

Our Sept. workshop was cutting edge, palette knife painting with our very own Rich Williams.

Rich demonstrated watercolour in a forest of hands-on, loose landscapes. Everyone absorbed the demos, then wielded their own knife…

May 30, 2025 · Workshops

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…

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