This 4-week course will develop foundation skills of life drawing using plant life as a subject. Each class will focus on different materials, including graphite, charcoal, ink and mixed media. Each material will be explored in a variety of methods, using a range of...
This creative writing workshop will focus on speculative fiction (sci fi, fantasy, horror). Students will learn about the bones of speculative fiction and the practicalities of writing it. Each class will include a short prompt (to get the juices flowing), a lesson...
In this 6-week course local poet Andrew Warner will guide participants in weekly poetry prompts and writing activities for those who are beginning to write, currently writing, or who don’t identify as writers. Participants are encouraged to explore writing poetry...
Where is home? Is it where you’ve been or where you are now? And how does this influence who you are or who you become? What do the words ‘home’ and ‘identity’ mean to you and what stories do they hold? Explore these themes through guided exercises and writing prompts...
Aside from landscape, the subject most people want to paint is their pet, usually a dog. Fairly simple on the surface, but in practice pretty tricky. This class is designed to get you on the right track, covering aspects of palette, composition,...
North Van Arts offers arts education in the form of courses, workshops, seminars, camps and in-school programming for all ages, interests and abilities.
