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• COURSE- Floral Watercolours with Moumita Roychowdhury

  • 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
    0

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  Tuesdays, 7 - 9 pm. May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 23 (5 weeks). 

  
  

  $127.50 members, $150 non-members + HST

  Please note: Students supply the materials for their course- see Supplies List below description:

  This class aims to explore the beauty of different shapes and sizes of flowers using watercolours. We will paint a different kind of flower in each class and learn how to paint them using the best colour schemes. The class will talk about colour theory, values and various wash techniques both loose and detailed. 

  Supplies List:

  • Watercolour paper (140 lb or higher)

  • A Board to fix the paper on

  • Masking tape for fixing paper on board

  • Pencil, Eraser for sketching

  • Watercolour paint brushes – 1 round brush (medium), 1 round (fine tip), 1 flat brush

  • Roll of paper towels or cotton rags

  • Container of water

  • Palette

  • Masking Fluid/Frisket

  • Salt (Table salt/sea salt/rock salt - any salt)

  • Watercolour paints, colours should include:

  • A warm red (Cadmium/Pyrrole Red)

  • A cool red (Alizarin Crimson, opera pink)

  • A cool yellow (Cadmium Yellow Light/Lemon Yellow)

  • A warm yellow (Nickel Azo Yellow/Cadmium Yellow Deep)

  • A warm blue (Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue)

  • A cool blue (Phthalo Blue)

  • Payne's Grey/ Neutral tint

  • White gouache or white watercolours

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• COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (5 weeks)

  • Start
    23 May 2026
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  • End
    20 Jun 2026
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Button Factory Arts, second floor
  • Spaces left
    12

  Register

  Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm. May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20. (5 weeks)

  
  

   $127.50 for members / $150 non-members + $25 materials

  Want to explore Art with a range of media? We have it all in this special class:  Wire Sculpture,  Embroidery, Monoprinting, Watercolour and Charcoal- try your hand at everything and see what ignites your passion! (image by Harry Kooy).

  May 23 - WIRE TREES with Harry Kooy

  May 30 - EMBROIDERY with Baz Kanold

  JUNE 6 - MONOPRINTING with Anne Williamson

  June 13- WATERCOLOUR & INK with Moumita Roychowdhury 

  June 20 - CHARCOAL with Soroush Dabiri

  
  

  *Instructors and mediums subject to change 

  
  

  To learn more about these instructors and their work, please visit:

  Moumita Roychowdhury: https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/roychowdhury
  

  Baz Kanold: https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold
  

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