FLORAL PAINTING WORKSHOPS CALGARY | Sunflowers in Acrylic and Oil

Floral Painting Workshops — Sunflowers | Grasby Art Studio Calgary

Paint glowing sunflowers this spring. In our floral workshops, artists work with artist Teresa Grasby to create a large feature wall painting. You may work in oil or acrylic. You will learn to capture the subtle shifts in light, temperature and value, and every artist creates an original composition.

In these workshops you will:

• LEARN an effective process for painting flower forms and textures
• CAPTURE the subtle shifts in light, temperature and value
• CONTROL your edges — balancing firm edges with soft, blown-out edges through tonking
• CREATE your own original composition
• WORK alongside other artists with similar interests

What each session covers

• Workshop 1 — Underpainting and composition drawing
• Workshop 2 — Flower midtones, highlights and details
• Workshop 3 — Refinement and further detail
• Workshop 4 — Finishing touches and final adjustments

Spring 2027 Dates

Wednesdays · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
May 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2027

Saturdays · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
May 15, 29, June 5 & 12, 2027
No class Saturday May 22 (Victoria Day weekend).

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. Most artists use the four sessions to build one large-format canvas — a finished feature wall painting to take home.

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. You may work in oil or acrylic. 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.