Dates: 3-Day Workshop - November 17, 18 & 19, 2026
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Instructor: Audrey Smith | Meet our artist instructors
Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Price: $215.00 +hst
Free your inner artist to explore figure drawing and painting!
This is an exciting workshop!
Beginning with a review of the key fundamentals of figure drawing, anatomical proportions, and capturing gesture, students learn a few rules, and break many more! Students also engage in drawing exercises designed to loosen up the creative juices while contemporary examples of creative figure drawing and painting are presented. Additionally, students work with a live, clothed model in this workshop.
Day 1
Morning: Key concepts include: anatomical proportions, capturing gesture, and creating form. Students engage in drawing exercises to encourage the use of bold mark making such as continuous line drawing, negative space drawing. Panels are prepped for the afternoon session.
Afternoon: With the model in place, students begin their work on two (2) panels. Movement throughout the studio is encouraged - walking away from the easel to gain new and interesting perspectives.
Day 2 & 3
Morning: The session begins with drawing exercises to loosen up before returning to painting and revisiting colour, adding layers and treatments.
Afternoon: With the model in place, students continue to paint and observe how the model relates to the work. Additionally, the class evaluates what is necessary in the painting, what isn’t necessary, what might benefit from added interest/texture, and what would benefit from white space.
Materials List
This list is intended for anyone that doesn’t have art supplies and needs a starting point. If you already have supplies, bring them. Have a quick scan here to see if there’s anything else you may need to pick up.
Pad of Newsprint (18 x 24”)
Sketch pad
2B Pencil, kneaded eraser
Charcoal pencils (medium and soft), black and white
Acrylic paints, hard body 60 ml/2 oz tubes
Colour names often vary by brand. As a new painter, I suggest that you start with a small kit of “classic” colours. Amsterdam Paint, Liquitex, Golden, and Tri-Art make excellent sets. These usually include some variation of black, white, green, blue, red, and yellow.
In addition, if your kit doesn’t include it, I recommend Payne’s Grey, Titan Buff, Nickel Azo Gold (Golden), and Burnt Sienna.
If you have a favourite colour(s) not referred to here, bring them along (magenta, teal, turquoise, titan pale green, purple/violet).
Brushes
Brushes for acrylics, synthetic, look for long handled versions.
Paint palette (recommend Masterson’s/Stay-Wet but can also use palette paper sold in pads of 30)
Palette knife
Clear Gesso
Surface: 3 Wood panels, sized 12 x 12”
About Audrey Smith
Audrey Smith is a contemporary figurative artist who loves painting people. “It’s really about capturing an essence or a sliver of reality.” She works in acrylic and charcoal, and her brushstrokes are unapologetically visceral and expressive. After graduating from Concordia University (Montréal, Quebec), Audrey pursued a career in graphic design. Her education continued on a workshop/class/program basis through The Academy of Realist Art (Toronto), The Toronto School of Arts, The Haliburton College of the Arts (Peterborough) and, most recently, the DVSA Advanced Studio Program (Dundas, Ontario).
Smith’s career transitioned into a professional studio practice in 2011. Since then, Audrey has had successful solo shows, most recently at Propeller Gallery in Toronto and Noodle Gallery in Alton, where she now lives. Audrey has also been a juror, a guest artist and has participated in numerous juried group shows. Audrey is looking forward to sharing her love of painting figures and faces with you and guiding you to discover your inner artist!
www.audreysmithartist.com
If you aren’t able to pay online, or if you’d like to register over the phone or in person, please don’t hesitate to call us at 519-942-9560 or visit us in store at 158 Broadway, Orangeville! (All prices are in CAD +hst)
Dates: 3-Day Workshop - November 17, 18 & 19, 2026
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Instructor: Audrey Smith | Meet our artist instructors
Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Price: $215.00 +hst
Free your inner artist to explore figure drawing and painting!
This is an exciting workshop!
Beginning with a review of the key fundamentals of figure drawing, anatomical proportions, and capturing gesture, students learn a few rules, and break many more! Students also engage in drawing exercises designed to loosen up the creative juices while contemporary examples of creative figure drawing and painting are presented. Additionally, students work with a live, clothed model in this workshop.
Day 1
Morning: Key concepts include: anatomical proportions, capturing gesture, and creating form. Students engage in drawing exercises to encourage the use of bold mark making such as continuous line drawing, negative space drawing. Panels are prepped for the afternoon session.
Afternoon: With the model in place, students begin their work on two (2) panels. Movement throughout the studio is encouraged - walking away from the easel to gain new and interesting perspectives.
Day 2 & 3
Morning: The session begins with drawing exercises to loosen up before returning to painting and revisiting colour, adding layers and treatments.
Afternoon: With the model in place, students continue to paint and observe how the model relates to the work. Additionally, the class evaluates what is necessary in the painting, what isn’t necessary, what might benefit from added interest/texture, and what would benefit from white space.
Materials List
This list is intended for anyone that doesn’t have art supplies and needs a starting point. If you already have supplies, bring them. Have a quick scan here to see if there’s anything else you may need to pick up.
Pad of Newsprint (18 x 24”)
Sketch pad
2B Pencil, kneaded eraser
Charcoal pencils (medium and soft), black and white
Acrylic paints, hard body 60 ml/2 oz tubes
Colour names often vary by brand. As a new painter, I suggest that you start with a small kit of “classic” colours. Amsterdam Paint, Liquitex, Golden, and Tri-Art make excellent sets. These usually include some variation of black, white, green, blue, red, and yellow.
In addition, if your kit doesn’t include it, I recommend Payne’s Grey, Titan Buff, Nickel Azo Gold (Golden), and Burnt Sienna.
If you have a favourite colour(s) not referred to here, bring them along (magenta, teal, turquoise, titan pale green, purple/violet).
Brushes
Brushes for acrylics, synthetic, look for long handled versions.
Paint palette (recommend Masterson’s/Stay-Wet but can also use palette paper sold in pads of 30)
Palette knife
Clear Gesso
Surface: 3 Wood panels, sized 12 x 12”
About Audrey Smith
Audrey Smith is a contemporary figurative artist who loves painting people. “It’s really about capturing an essence or a sliver of reality.” She works in acrylic and charcoal, and her brushstrokes are unapologetically visceral and expressive. After graduating from Concordia University (Montréal, Quebec), Audrey pursued a career in graphic design. Her education continued on a workshop/class/program basis through The Academy of Realist Art (Toronto), The Toronto School of Arts, The Haliburton College of the Arts (Peterborough) and, most recently, the DVSA Advanced Studio Program (Dundas, Ontario).
Smith’s career transitioned into a professional studio practice in 2011. Since then, Audrey has had successful solo shows, most recently at Propeller Gallery in Toronto and Noodle Gallery in Alton, where she now lives. Audrey has also been a juror, a guest artist and has participated in numerous juried group shows. Audrey is looking forward to sharing her love of painting figures and faces with you and guiding you to discover your inner artist!
www.audreysmithartist.com
If you aren’t able to pay online, or if you’d like to register over the phone or in person, please don’t hesitate to call us at 519-942-9560 or visit us in store at 158 Broadway, Orangeville! (All prices are in CAD +hst)
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