Thank you to all our students and guest instructors for a great season of workshops this year!

We are currently planning our 2023 workshop schedule, which will be published shortly. Workshops next year will be scheduled during the late spring to early fall.

2022 Workshop Schedule

Winter 2022

No workshops scheduled during this period due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19.
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Spring 2022

23 - 27 May: Drawing the Structural Figure with Landon Clay
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Summer 2022

6 - 10 June: Expressive Portrait Drawing with Oliver Sin
27 - 29 June: Introduction to Oil Painting with Mischa Tranquilli
4 - 8 July: Alla Prima Portrait Painting with Giulia Bucciarelli
11 - 15 July: Drawing a Self-Portrait in Three Colors with Patrick Byrnes
18 - 22 July: Plein Air Landscape Painting with Edoardo Durdin
25 - 29 July: Rembrandt's Night Watch with Thomas Langeveld
15 - 17 August: Dynamic Drapery with Diego Glazer
19 - 21 August: Dutch Still Life Painting with Diego Glazer
24 - 26 August: Alla Prima Portrait Painting (Advanced Level) with Benjamin Gouttard
29 August - 2 September: Ruysdael and the Dutch School of Landscape: Theory & Practice with Igor Naskalov
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Fall 2022

5 - 9 September: Impressionist Portrait Painting with Danny Ferland
12 - 16 September: Painting the Clothed Figure with Danny Ferland

workshops

The workshops offered by DARA are 3- to 5-day intensives that cover a variety of drawing and painting disciplines. Each of the workshops are led by professional artists who have been classically trained in academies renowned for contemporary realism in the figurative arts.

Workshops are an excellent opportunity to study and incorporate a variety of traditional drawing and painting methods into your own practice. These courses are selectively curated to complement the training offered in our Part-Time Programme of study.

Our workshop students enjoy a complimentary light lunch and a friendly studio environment to hone their skills in figurative drawing and painting. All workshops promote our studio's fundamental philosophy of achieving artistic excellence through the development of a high level of technique and draftsmanship.

Not sure if a workshop is the right level for you? Generally, our small class sizes mean that instruction can be tailored to each student's individual level, but we have indicated a "recommended level" in each course description.

Please review our Studio Policies before submitting a registration form.
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