June
May
May 8-16 Vancouver Bird Celebration runs from May 8-16 and features events such as panel discussions, webinars, talks, exhibitions, and lectures showcasing the diversity of bird species who visit this region.
Drawing Birds
In collaboration with VanDusen Botanical Gardens and Bloedel Conservatory
April 2021
Garden Studio – Friday
Garden Studio – Tuesday
VanDusen Botanical Gardens – Courses
March 2021
Drawing Birds
February 2021
Drawing and Painting Trees for Landscape
Fridays
Date: February 12th, 19th and 26th 2021
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PMT
Online via Zoom – email to register
Continuing Studies classes start this month
Introduction to Digital Illustration – Photoshop
Online 21/02/10 – 21/03/31 Time 6:30 – 9:30
In this course, students will expand their illustration practice through the essential skill of digital illustration with Adobe Creative Cloud’s Photoshop.
Introduction to Watercolour Painting
Online 21/02/25 – 21/04/15 Time 6:30 – 9:30
This course introduces you to the essential techniques of painting with watercolour.
January 2021
Low Key Watercolour Winter Landscape
Friday’s 15th, 22nd and 30th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PMT
Learn basic drawing and painting techniques by observing directly from nature, taking photographs and looking at master artwork examples.
Online via Zoom – email to register
Sketching Landscapes inspired by master artworks. Study composition, low-key winter colour themes for atmospheric perspective using a variety of brush strokes and mark-making techniques.
Happy New Year 2021
Gift Voucher 2021
Contact Katharine info@dickinsonart.ca
2020 Sunset 2021 Sunrise
Watercolour Land and Skyscapes
December 2020
Friday 18th Wednesday 23rd and Wednesday 30th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PMT
Online via Zoom
Prepared and facilitated by Katharine Dickinson
Inspired by master artworks this three-part series of Landscape painting will have an emphasis on sky exploring sunrise and sunset scenes
Private family classes available: Contact Katharine info@dickinsonart.ca
November
VanDusen Botanical Gardens
Naturalist Journal
Improve your drawing skills for journaling, teaching, or pure enjoyment in this 3-part series. Beginners welcome. Lose your inner critic and shift your creative process in this VanDusen course classic, now offered online via live video demonstrations and presentations. Katharine will teach you how to record nature through illustration. Learn how to create the illusion of depth, and draw accurate observational drawings looking at plants from different aspects.
November 18th, 25th and December 4th Wednesdays at 11.00AM – 1:00PM
Garden Studio – Online Class
VanDusen Botanical Gardens
Online Classes: Sample Video Clips
En Plein Air Landscape
A weekend hike to Brandywine Meadows and Mountain. A spectacular hike in the alpine, near Squamish B.C.. I stopped to paint a quick sketch of the meadows, I could see small masses of glacial ice on top of the mountain. The sky was a deep blue reflected in the bubbling creeks surrounded by wild flowers. This little sketch tries to capture some of the scale of peaks beside the trees that vanish into the base of the mountain ascent.
Summer 2020
The Shadbolt Centre for Arts opened up to small art classes this summer. This August painting class has been the first in-classroom series I have taught since March, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Shadbolt Centre for Arts staff did an amazing job of ensuring a safe workplace for student clients and teaching staff during the week.
Summer Watercolours has been a wonderful week drawing and painting in the sunshine. Following covid-19 safety protocol our class of six students ran smoothly. We had a lots of space in the classroom and spent most of the day painting outdoors in the beautiful environment of Deer Lake, Century Gardens and Burnaby Village Museum.
Deer Lake – Summer Watercolours
August 2020
