Workshops

SWCA organizes several workshops every year aligned with the desires of our membership.  These workshops are usually open to non-members as well.

Watch our newsletter for upcoming workshops and registration details.

Upcoming workshops

    • 17 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • 18 Oct 2025
    • 4:00 PM
    • Signworks Plus - 15607-100A Ave
    • 16
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    Indulge yourself in whimsy and colour and see things from a more imaginative perspective.

    Discover how to come up with ideas and how to turn them into whimsical images.


    Workshop Details

    Location: Signworks Plus - 15607-100A Ave (enter from the west on 158th St. due to construction)

    Friday Oct 17, 7-9 pm and

    Saturday Oct 18, 10am-4pm

    - (One hour lunch break - please bring a bag lunch)


    Price: SWCA members $70.00

    Non-Members $85.00


    Light snacks and refreshments provided. Please bring a bag lunch for Saturday.

    Cindy will demonstrate using oils and will provide plenty of personal one on one instruction and encouragement. You should be familiar with the medium of your choice (oil or acrylic).


    Supplies:

    Use the oil or acrylic colours and supplies of your choice. If you’ve been hesitant to use bold colour this workshop is your chance to explore.

    See Cindy’s colours and supplies at:https://www.cindyrevell.com/page/23672/


    For more information or to register, please contact Wendy Bowman @ wendy.s.bowman@gmail.com.

    Registration can also be done on line at swcartists.ca and follow the WORKSHOP prompts.


    Workshop outline

    Friday Night: Cindy will demonstrate a painting in oils. She will discuss her decisions for placement and arrangement of objects, choices of color and value, the use of texture and brushwork. You will have some time to begin planning your ideas and sketching your idea on paper or canvas.

    Saturday: Use what you learned during Cindy’s demo to help complete your sketch and take you from concept to a colourful whimisical painting.




Past workshops

17 May 2025 "THE BEAR" IN OILS - Instructor Tammy Taylor
17 Nov 2024 Needle Felted Monsters Workshop
18 Oct 2024 Cindy Revell Oil Painting Workshop
20 Apr 2024 Encaustics Workshop - Animals
23 Mar 2024 Multi-Media Workshop - Landscape Relief
17 Feb 2024 Mixed Media Animal Painting Workshop
16 Sep 2023 Bryony Wynne-Jones Watercolour Workshop - Birds Abound (and we're adding lots of flowers!)
13 Mar 2023 March Meeting - AGM
09 Nov 2019 Alcohol Ink on Foil Workshop CANCELLED
08 Mar 2019 Willie Wong Acrylic Workshop Deadline EXTENDED
04 Feb 2019 Rayma Peterson Watercolour Workshop Deadline
09 Jan 2019 Jim Davies Watercolour Workshop Deadline
04 Nov 2018 WORKSHOP Registration Deadline: Frances Alty-Arscott Watercolours
14 May 2018 WORKSHOP Registration Deadline: Oksana Zhelisko – Portraiture in Alla Prima Style
25 Mar 2018 WORKSHOP Registration Deadline: Oksana Zhelisko – Bold Landscapes
20 Oct 2015 Full! Painting the Figure/Portrait with Justin Ogilvie
19 Oct 2015 NEW! Drawing the Portrait with Justin Ogilvie
16 Oct 2015 (FULL!) Painting the Figure / Portrait with Justin Ogilvie
25 Apr 2015 Coloured Pencils Workshop with Kathy Koziak
20 Mar 2015 Acrylic Workshop with Verne Busby
01 Nov 2014 Workshop - A Fall Landscape in Watercolour - Frances Alty-Arscott
05 Oct 2014 Workshop - The Plein-Air Landscape in Open Medium - David Shkolny
01 Jul 2014 Uninstructed Drop-in Life Drawing - Summer Sessions
18 Oct 2013 Acrylic Workshop with Verne Busby
01 Jun 2013 Acrylic Workshop with Randy Hayashi
03 Nov 2012 Fabric Sculpting Workshop

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