Join artist instructor Jodi Shuster for this course designed to improve the quality of your paintings. Learn all about how to create a strong composition in painting by focusing on value and colour. Jodi will guide students through the do's and don’ts of strong composition by reviewing established compositional devices and structure. The course will cover the three most important components of colour: temperature (warm/cool), hue (position on the spectrum) and saturation (bright/dull), as well as exercises to help you understand values in your painting. This course is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about these elements of design in order to take their acrylic painting skills to the next level. 


Please Note: The County Arts Lab has moved upstairs! Classes are now taking place in unit 2E of the Picton Armoury (Main Street level). The most convenient access is through the Main Street entrance, but you can also enter through the back/Mary St. entrance and use the interior stairs to reach the main floor (please note there is no elevator in the Armoury). There is one accessible parking spot at the corner of Main and Ross streets across from The Regent Theatre.

Meet Jodi! Jodi Shuster studied painting and drawing at Banff Centre for the Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and Concordia University. She also studied animation at Sheridan College and worked as a professional animator for two decades. She transitioned into painting full time in 2004. Her work has been in galleries in Toronto and Montreal, and she has taken part in several juried and solo shows. She is excited to share her passion for colour theory with community members at the County Arts Lab this fall!

Art supply fee - Please note that the cost of supplies is not included in the course fee; this amount depends on the course, and will be automatically added to your total. If this cost is prohibitive for you, please contact our Programs Manager, Stacey at [email protected] before registering to make alternative arrangements.

Offline registration - We prefer to take payment and registration through this form, but if you are not comfortable with this option and it is more than 2 weeks before the course begins, please check the "Offline" box in the Billing Information section below. We will contact you with alternative payment options. Payment must be received at least one week before the course begins.  

Processing fee - This covers transaction and ticketing fees. We've decided to use Regfox, the most affordable ticketing platform we could find, which will collectively save our participants over $1000 in processing fees per year.

Policies and Waivers - We've included these as part of the registration process (thank you for your patience!) to save some paperwork on your end and get straight to creating when we are in person!

  • We encourage those who are able to pay a little more to choose this price ($20/hr). By doing so, you are helping build a community that prioritizes access to the arts for all, and allowing us to cover more of our operating costs, which include Artist Instructor fees, rent, and more.

  • This price ($15/hr) allows us to cover most of the costs of running the course.

  • This price ($10/hr) is available to those who find the other two options too high for their household.

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