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• COURSE- Acrylic & Collage: Building Meaning Through Layers with Erica Gosselin

  • Start
    19 May 2026
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  • End
    23 Jun 2026
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Button Factory Arts, second floor
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Tuesdays, 1 -3  pm. May 19, 26, June 9, 16, 23 (5 weeks)
  

  
  

  $127.50 Members /$150 non-members + HST 
  

  
  

  Explore the expressive possibilities of acrylic painting combined with collage and mixed media in this layered, process-based course. Each week, students will learn a new technique — such as building texture, using collage imagery, stamping patterns, glazing, and storytelling through layered materials — first practicing on a small canvas board before applying the technique to a larger personal painting. Over the course of the program, each participant will gradually build a richly layered artwork that reflects their own creative voice, imagery, and themes. No previous mixed media experience is required.

  
  

  Supplies list:

  Surfaces:

  • 1 large stretched canvas – 16" x 20” minimum (18" x 24" or similar larger size also suitable)

  • 6 canvas boards – 8" x 10" or 9" x 12" 

    (One for each weekly technique practice; the 6th can be used for extra experimentation or final touch testing)

  • Sketch book with thicker paper to practice techniques 

  Paint:

  Student-grade acrylic paints (recommended: Liquitex Basics, Artist’s Loft Level 1, or similar) Suggested colours:

  • Titanium White (larger tube)
  • Cadmium Red Light or Medium 
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium & Light
  • Quinacridone Magenta 
  • Burnt Umber
  • Raw Sienna
  • Ultramarine Blue or  Phthalo Blue 
  • Black (optional / small tube)

  Brushes:

  • Variety pack including:

    • 1 large flat brush

    • 1 medium flat brush

    • 1–2 round brushes

    • 1 smaller detail brush

  • Optional: inexpensive wide brush for glazes / collage medium application

  Adhesives / Mediums:

  • Mod Podge (matte recommended; gloss optional)

  • Matte medium and/or gloss medium for acrylic glazing and collage integration
    (If budget is limited, Mod Podge + one acrylic medium is enough)

  Palette & Water:

  • Reusable plastic palette or palette paper pad

  • Water container (can be repurposed container)

  Optional Nice-to-Have Supplies:

  • Palette knife

  • Spray bottle

  • Charcoal or soft pencil for light sketching

  • Painter’s tape / masking tape

  • Clear gesso (optional if you want more advanced surface prep)

  
  

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• WORKSHOP- Memories Through Art with Erica Gosselin

  • Start
    13 Jun 2026
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  • End
    20 Jun 2026
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Button Factory Arts, second floor
  • Spaces left
    12

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  Saturday, June 13, 1 - 4 pm & June 20, 1 - 4

  $76.50 Members / $90 non-members + $10 materials fee + HST

  Explore meaningful memories through intuitive, process-based acrylic painting in this reflective workshop for adults. Rather than focusing on realism, participants will use colour, layering, and abstraction to express the emotional essence of a memory. Through gentle prompts and guided exploration, we will experiment with painting different emotions, building layers of meaning, and allowing shapes, atmosphere, and feeling to emerge on the canvas. Open to all skill levels.

  
  

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