GRASBY ART INSTRUCTION
Beginners Drawing Workshops Calgary NW | Levels 1-4
Beginners Drawing Workshops Calgary NW | Levels 1-4
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Beginners Drawing Workshops in NW Calgary
Learn to draw from scratch with a leveled program refined over 15 years. Each 3-hour workshop targets one core discipline — value, form, texture, perspective — with a demonstration at every level, instructors with formal art education, and feedback on your practice work between sessions. No experience needed.
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What you'll learn — Levels 1–4
- Level 1 | Value — tools, techniques and surfaces, through a series of value studies.
- Level 2 | Form — a simple system that dramatically improves drawing accuracy.
- Level 3 | Texture — render rough, smooth, shiny, furry and feathery surfaces.
- Level 4 | Perspective — create depth and draw subjects convincingly in space.
Levels 1–4 are the course. Levels 5–8 are the add-on, running the intake after, so you can continue straight on.
What you'll make
Value, form, texture and perspective — worked out on paper, study by study.
Value and texture studies — Levels 1 and 3
The same studies, in progress in Studio B
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Dates & times
Four weekly workshops, 3 hours each, no sessions on holiday weekends. Fridays & Sundays 1–4pm in Studio B · Monday evenings 6–9pm in Studio C.
Late Fall — Fri Nov 6, 13, 20 & 27 · Sun Nov 15, 22, 29 & Dec 6 · Mon Nov 16, 23, 30 & Dec 7
New Year — Fri Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29 · Sun Jan 10, 17, 24 & 31 · Mon Jan 11, 18, 25 & Feb 1
Cost & booking
- $360 — Levels 1–4 (four workshops)
- $630 — Levels 1–4 + Levels 5–8 add-on (eight workshops; Levels 5–8 run the following intake) — save $90
- $95 — single workshop (one level, one date)
Choose your option, pick your dates & times above, and add to cart. Booking more than one single date? Add each to your cart separately. Already finished Levels 1–4 with us? Use code PART2 at checkout for $90 off Levels 5–8.
Supplies
We provide the drawing paper and all specialty supplies. Bring a basic drawing kit to every workshop — you'll use it in class and for practice between sessions:
- Charcoal, graphite & pastel: willow or vine charcoal, charcoal powder, white and black charcoal pencils, graphite pencils, white & black chalk pastel.
- Paper: a Bateman pad.
- A vinyl eraser, a mechanical eraser and a sharpener.
Bring what you already own. Our Beginners Drawing Kit covers the whole list for $88 and is available at the front desk on workshop day.
Where to find us
Grasby Art Studio, 6520 Bowness Road NW, Calgary. Studio B (Art Garden) for Friday and Sunday workshops; Studio C (lower level) for Monday evenings. Free street parking plus 5 fenced alley stalls.
