Group or Individual private weekly lessons available for children starting at 3 and up, to Adults & Seniors.
Painting with Acrylics, Pastels, Watercolour Pencil Painting, Cartooning and Animation Cel Painting, Colour Theory & Design, Drawing, Painting on Glassware, & more, are available both in weekly lessons and 3 hour Private Workshops for one or a small group. These classes are given in my home studio in Vancouver, B.C. Click here for detailed workshop descriptions.
I teach an ongoing Acrylic Painting class on Wednesday evenings at Dunbar Community Centre – 2 1/2hrs of group therapy.
Paint and Play art classes for toddlers are given at False Creek & Hillcrest community centers on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
An article featured in the Washington Post recently reported on Why Making Art is the New Meditation, and I would like to just recap & share with you the 4 specific features & benefits of making Art:
1. Art is a vehicle for Meditation & Self-Connection
2. Art provides a feeling of Flow & Freedom
3. Art allows for true Self-Expression
4. Art helps us become Steady & Centred
Below are some of my private workshops in Painting, Animation Cels, Watercolor pencil:
![private art workshop in Vancouver](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/brzlworkshop500.jpg)
![private art lessons in Vancouver, for Shenita](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/priv-stud-3-500.jpg)
![Vancouver ESL students doing glass painting workshop](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/japstud500-e1453183239142.jpg)
![Cartooning at private school in Vancouver](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/privatecartoon500-e1453183272855.jpg)
![portrait painting at week long summer workshop](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/weekworkshop500.jpg)
![Cartoon painting: Wallace and Grommit](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/ce300.jpg)
![training workshop for summer Surrey Parks & Rec councilors](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/surrey-parksrec-summer-group500.jpg)
![Animation Cel-making workshop for teens in Jerusalem](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/celmaking500-e1453183317697.jpg)
![Vancouver Dunbar Acrylics group working together on a Jackson Pollock](https://www.artworksbysylvia.com/wp-content/uploads/dunbar-painting-group500-e1453183358270.jpg)