Drawing Classes

Feel like you can only draw stick figures? Love drawing but fallen out of the habit? Developing your creative career? Featuring clear and simple instruction with encouraging feedback from our instructors, our easy to follow classes are perfect for everyone. Join our 6-week sessions to learn how to draw, to develop new abilities and to gain the confidence to create amazing artwork in ways that will impress family, friends and yourself!

Learn to Draw

Our beginner level classes are the perfect way to learn how to draw everything step-by-step, from a still life to a landscape or your favourite pet, using a mix of creative materials.

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What you’ll learn
How to draw people and objects with accurate proportions
How to draw perspective and to emphasize scale
Shading, texture and highlighting techniques for 3 dimensional forms
Studio Classes: Materials are included
Drawing paper
Drawing tools like pencils, graphite, conte and charcoal
Colouring tools like pencil crayons, markers or pastels
Online classes: A materials list will be shared before the class starts

Sketching

Learn to Draw classes for adults in our Toronto studio and online

Develop your skills to create quick, expressive drawing styles that will help you capture the essence of portraits, people and places. Our instructors will guide you with easy to follow creative techniques.

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What you’ll learn
How to draw accurate proportions in faces
Shading, texture and highlighting techniques
Studio Classes: Materials are included
Drawing paper, pencils, graphite, conte and charcoal
High quality Liquitex acrylic paints
Quality canvases, brushes and palettes
Online classes: A materials list will be shared before the class starts

Botanical Drawing

Celebrate the beauty of nature in Create Art Studio's Botanical Art Drawing class, in our studio and online

Celebrate the uplifting beauty of nature, as you learn to sketch and colour plants and insects in our vital botanical ecosystems, using a range of creative styles.

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What you’ll learn
How to draw and detail key aspects of plants and insects
Advanced shading and highlighting techniques
Studio Classes: All materials are included
Drawing paper
Drawing tools like pencils, pastels, graphite, conte and charcoal
Colouring tools like pencil crayons, markers or pastels
Online classes: A materials list will be shared before the class starts

Drawing Human Form

Learn to create beautiful drawings of people in our easy-to-follow class. We’ll guide you to capture faces and figures with the essential techniques, initially referencing photos and then with live, clothed models for the final weeks.

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What you’ll learn
How to draw accurate proportions in faces
A range of drawing styles, from fast and loose to more detailed exploration of features
Shading, texture and highlighting techniques
Materials are included
Drawing paper, pencils, graphite, conte and charcoal

Draw & Paint Portraits

Create Art Studio Adult Online Art Class

Acrylic Portrait Drawing and Painting classes in our Toronto studio and online

Learn to capture the essence of faces. We’ll guide you to draw and paint with skill and subtlety, in our studio or from the comforts of home in our online classes.

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What you’ll learn

How to draw and define accurate proportions in faces

How to prepare when starting a painting

Colour mixing and how to create accurate skin tones

Brush techniques to create shape and texture, light and shadows

A range of painting styles, from fast and loose to more detailed features

Shading, texture and highlighting techniques

A materials list will be supplied in advance of the class.

A materials kit is available, featuring high quality:

Drawing paper and pencils

Liquitex acrylic paints

Quality canvases, brushes and palettes

Comics & Cartoon Design

Adults love to develop characters and tell witty stories in our Comics and Cartooning class in Create Art Studio's Toronto location and online

Learn to draw stylish and entertaining stories that attract audiences with invention and visual impact. You’ll develop characters and flow your ideas in creative ways.

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What you’ll learn

How to generate and develop creative story ideas

The importance of preliminary work when drawing

How to convey proportions, movement and expressions

What you’ll use

A sketchbook

Drawing materials such as pencils, fine liners and illustration markers

Studio Classes: Materials are included

Online classes: you’ll supply pencils, sketch book, eraser, fine line pen, and colouring tools

Sign up to enjoy Drawing

If you’re enrolling for the first time, please click Register and create an account. Existing students, access our portal to add this class to your account. Please note that all classes are Eastern Time.