Impasto Poppies Painting Workshops Calgary NW | Intermediate

Impasto Poppies Painting Workshops | Grasby Art Studio Calgary

Create an impasto painting of poppies in acrylic. Across four sessions you will learn a reliable process for integrating and layering paint, pastes and gels to build real, sculptural texture on the canvas.

Poppies at Lake Louise — paintings by Teresa Grasby. Tap one to enlarge.

What each session covers

• Workshop 1 — Build a winning composition, then establish the underpainting and background ready for textured layers.
• Workshop 2 — Use paint, pastes, gels and tools to create your first layer of texture.
• Workshop 3 — Add a second layer of texture and detail to draw attention to key forms and the focal area.
• Workshop 4 — Refine highlights and final details, and finish the painting.

Spring 2027 Dates

Wednesdays · 1:00 – 4:00 PM
April 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2027

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 modelling paste and gel, 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 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.