Programs - Adult Programs

This one week course will help develop a working concept of what it means to draw.

Always wanted to try pottery? This is the perfect session for beginners looking to try handbuilding and wheel throwing. In this short session, you will use the pottery wheel to create cups and bowls and try different hand-building techniques to explore different forms.

Learn to paint with impact using a limited palette and loose impressionistic brushwork to prepare for painting in plein-air.

Eastern Canada will be explored in this landscape class from the shores of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton to the coasts of Newfoundland Labrador. Students will venture onto the Light House Trail in Nova Scotia to depict small villages and historic sites to the Caleigh Trail in Cape Breton and follow the coast line of the Avalon Peninsula and the coast of Labrador, where some villages are perched high a top cliffs and harbours filled with fishing boats and gear.

Would you like to create a Painting in Watercolour but aren’t learning it from YouTube? Learn the basics in this hands-on class with the support of instructor demos. Watercolour requires a 180° way of thinking.

Inspired by Bob Ross, this three-part class will lead participants through a series of acrylic painting techniques where they will learn through demonstration and mirroring how to create landscapes.

Discover Niagara-on-the-Lake, from historic sites to beautiful period homes and businesses in this enjoyable half-day plein-air painting class.

Learn a systemic approach to working from a choice of photographs (landscapes & florals).

Capture the splendour of 19th century redcoats in uniform in this on-site workshop at Fort George. Sign up for the rare opportunity to draw a soldier in uniform, outside of the Officer's Quarters with guidance from artist and instructor, David Antscherl.

Explore textures, techniques and the many approaches to painting believable rocks and water.

Bring your work in progress for constructive tips and hints. Learn to create better works of art over two evening sessions.

In this one-day workshop participants will be lead through a series of watercolor techniques where they will learn through exploration and discovery.

Why are certain colour combinations so striking? How do I make the colours in my paintings ‘pop’? How do I avoid colours that look flat, washed out, or even unrealistic?

Learn all about art materials you use and how to get the best from them with artist David Antscherl.

Join artist Daniel Pigeon to paint without paint brushes (or very few brushes) in an exploration in painting, layering and texture creation for representational or abstract styles.

A practical and inspirational course from which you will gain understanding on how to
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Join this pottery studio to create projects of your choice using wheel throwing or hand-building techniques.

Learn to use the pottery wheel to create cups and bowls and try different hand-building techniques to explore different forms.

Members are invited to draw or paint in our informal, drop-in studio. Bring your own materials and works in progress to work alongside other Pumphouse members. Space is limited.