ARAS Spring Term
Adult Classes & Workshops
Embrace Your Artistic Journey This Spring
Connect, Create, and Grow with Like-Minded Adults
This spring, reignite your creativity in art classes crafted exclusively for ARAS students. Whether you’re nurturing a lifelong passion or trying art for the first time, our courses blend classical techniques with a supportive, judgment-free environment.
Here, creativity meets community. Share stories with like-minded peers and discover how art can become your sanctuary—a space to reflect, recharge, and reconnect with what truly matters.
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Registration for our Spring 2025 term has now ended. Thank you for a wonderful season! Below is a summary of the courses that were offered. Please check back soon for information on our upcoming Summer term.
Spring 2025 Course Archive
Adult Programs
- Expressive Horizons: Essentials in Landscape Painting – with Sam Paonessa
- Plein Air at the Brickworks: A Masterclass – with Sam Paonessa
- Watercolour Essentials for Beginners – with Dinesh S
- Drawing for Beginners – with Rose Montgomery Whicher
- Drawing Beyond Basics: Intermediate Development – with Rose Montgomery Whicher
- Drawing for Beginners – Intensive – with Rose Montgomery Whicher
- Drawing in the Gardens: A Plein Air Experience – with Rose Montgomery Whicher
- The Art of Seeing: Observational Drawing & Painting in Toronto
- The Art of Letting Go: Intuitive & Abstract Painting – with Farida Zaman
- Creative & Technical Digital Photography – with Jen Chin
- Exploring the Acrylic Palette – with Jennifer Hinrichs
- Art of the Moment: Contemporary Painting – with Martha Johnson
- Acrylic Art 101: Building a Painting Foundation – with Martha Johnson
- Acrylic Art: Intermediate Painting – with Martha Johnson
- Inspired by Nature: Painting Canada’s Flora & Fauna – with Martha Johnson
- Painting the Cottage Water View – with Alanna Peters
- Drawing in Colour – with Deidre Wicks
- Modern Art Movements: Innovation in Colour, Form, and Space – with Kirk Sutherland
- The Art of Resin: Encapsulating Spring Through Plaques – with Jessica Rysyk
- The Art of Resin: Fluid & Pour Painting – with Jessica Rysyk
- Mould Making and Sculpture Casting with Resin – with Jessica Rysyk
- Drawing from the Masters: Past & Present – with Sadko Hadzihasanovic
- Painting the Dynamic Still Life: Colour, Composition & Energy – with Andrew Judd
Kids & Youth Programs
- Drawing & Painting Explorations – Virtual (Ages 6-13) – with Jen Chin
- Draw it, Paint it, Make it! (Grade 4 – 10) – with Jessica Rysyk
- Cartooning & Comic Art (Grade 3 – 7) – with Dave Lapp