Canoes & Reflections Painting Workshops Calgary NW | Developing Artists

Canoes & Reflections Painting Workshops | Grasby Art Studio Calgary

Moored canoes on a still mountain lake — the subject Teresa returns to again and again. Across four Saturday mornings you will paint the whole of it: the bright hulls, the mirrored shapes lying under them, and the pale rounded stones showing through the shallows.

What You'll Learn

• Why a reflection is never simply the hull turned upside down — value, colour and edge all shift
• Painting turquoise glacial water, and keeping it luminous rather than chalky
• Reading the surface: where it mirrors, where it goes transparent, and the line between
• Stones and gravel seen through shallow water — softened, cooled and displaced
• Drawing a canoe that sits in the water rather than on top of it
• Holding a bright hull as the focal point against a busy lake bed

Fall 2026 Dates

Saturdays · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
November 14, 21, 28 & December 5, 2026 — four workshops

Cost

• $95 — single workshop
• $360 — full four-workshop series

Working with Teresa

These intermediate workshops are led by studio founder Teresa Grasby. Teresa takes on the subjects artists find most challenging and shares the efficient process she has developed for them, worked in a loose, expressive style. Demonstrations are done in acrylic, with adaptations shown for those working in oil or watercolour.

Details

• Level: Intermediate — for artists who have completed our Beginners series, or who have equivalent experience
• Duration: 3 hours per workshop
• Class size: 8 artists maximum
• Location: Grasby Art Studio, 6520 Bowness Road NW, Calgary

Supplies

We provide the specialty tools, soft-bodied acrylics and a student-grade canvas for each workshop. For the best results we recommend bringing an artist-quality canvas and a basic heavy-bodied paint kit — the three primaries plus black and white, a small palette knife, a disposable palette and a variety of brushes. If you already own these, bring what you have. Canvases and individual supplies are at the front desk, and our Beginners Acrylic Supply Kit or Oil Supply Kit covers the whole kit list for $88.

How to Register

1. Choose the full series for all four workshops, or a single date to try one.
2. Booking more than one single date? Add each one to your cart separately.