Blank Canvases Art LessonS

Unique lessons inspired by local Toronto artists and their art.

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Arthur Shilling:

Expressionist Portrait Painting

Grade 3-8

Benny Bing:

Colour Expressive Portrait Painting

Grade 3-8

Charles Pachter:

“Me” Pattern Painting

K-3

Chris Walsh:

3D Map Sculptures

Grade 1-5

Child's hand creating colorful abstract paintings on large pink paper with various shapes and patterns, surrounded by paintbrushes and art supplies.

Daphne McCormack:

Water Habitats

K-Grade 3

Gio Swaby:

Empowering Portraits

Grade 2-8

Two young girls holding paintings of sunset and ocean scenes in a classroom.
A girl in a yellow shirt sitting at a table with art supplies, working on a drawing or coloring project with patterned designs.

Group of Seven:

Landscape Paintings

Grade 3-8

Hemangi Shroff:

Mandala-Inspired Meditation Drawings

Grade 3-8

Two abstract landscape prints, one in red and the other in blue, depicting mountains under a sky with birds, and a stylized earth with a sun or moon in a grassy foreground.
A display of student artwork on a yellow wall, featuring colorful and abstract designs, animals, and scenes made from various materials, arranged in a grid and bordered with twine.

inPrint Collective:

Relief/Block Printing

K-Grade 5

Joyce Wieland:

Quilting

Grade 1-6

Katrina Schaman:

Whimsical Animals in Whimsical Landscapes

K-Grade 8

Liz Pead:

Fabric Collage Landscapes

Grade 1-6

A worn, tattered fabric patch resembling a skull with outstretched yellow wings, a black body, pink rectangular elements, and a red circular element with black detailing, all sewn together with frayed edges on a gray background.
A child's hand holding a paintbrush, painting on a colorful abstract canvas with pink, yellow, blue, green, black, and white brushstrokes.

Meera Sethi:

Hybrid Identity Fashion Design

Grade 2-8

Painters 11:

Abstract Expressionism “Painting Out My Feelings”

K-Grade 4

A young girl in a school uniform holding a mixed-media art piece depicting a person with a dog face in a suit against a blue sky with white clouds and a yellow sun.
Three children holding colorful handmade masks in a classroom, with posters and writing on the walls behind them.
Children's Christmas crafts on a Canada map rug, with glitter, cotton, and colorful lights.
A colorful illustration with the word 'DROZZE' in blue bubble letters with small wings on the sides, a red heart with a face behind the word, a yellow halo above, and a background of a yellow wall with a pattern of light green bricks.
Child creating a colorful abstract portrait with paint and a small brush on paper, surrounded by art supplies and a cup of green paint.
Two girls holding colorful paintings of faces in a classroom.
A detailed model of a city or town built on a colorful map carpet, made with various household and craft materials like cardboard, paper tubes, plastic bottles, and other objects.
Colorful abstract painting of six toy-like guns on a red background with yellow outlines. Each gun is a different color and pattern.
A collage made from various torn fabric pieces depicting a landscape with a blue sky, white clouds, a mountain, a house with a red chimney, and a green field.
Children's craft project featuring paper cutouts of two white teddy bears with colored markers, placed on a colorful purple and blue paper background with torn paper pieces and yellow paper leaves.

Shawn Skeir:

African Mask Portraits

K-Grade 8

Richard Ahnert:

Mix Media Animal/Human Portraits

Grade 4-8

Urban Street Artists:

Graffiti Tags

Grade 5-8

Tonya Hart:

Arctic Animal Sculptures

K-Grade 6

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questions?

  • Lesson pricing is one of the following:

    • $375.00 per session (TDSB/TCDSB)

    • $475.00 per session (Private School/Out of Toronto)

    Prices do not include taxes or potential admin/handling fees.

    For more information, please email us at info@blankcanvases.org.

  • Payments for In-School lessons can be processed through the following:

    • School board

    • Credit card

    • Cheques

    • Paypal

  • Yes! We provide all art supplies and materials required for each lesson.

  • One lesson is a half-day length, which is approximately 3 hours. This timeframe accounts for:

    • set-up (45 minutes)

    • lesson time (2 hours)

    • clean-up (30 minutes)

  • Blank Canvases follows the maximum class sizes below:

    • JK-SK (30 students)

    • Grade 1-3 (20 students)

    • Grade 4-8 (30 students)

    One lesson is restricted to one class. Classes cannot be combined to reach the maximum size.

  • Yes! We highly encourage booking for a full-day, meaning two lessons (one in the AM and one class in the PM).

    • For example, you can connect with another teacher interested in booking the other half-day.

    In doing so, you help our Art Educators teach a full day of at your school.

  • Yes, booking multiple lessons (more than two) is possible. Please reach out to us at info@blankcanvases.org with your specific inquiry!

  • Our cancellation policy for In-School Lessons are as follows:

    Within 2 business days, prior to the booking day: The venue will be responsible for 100% of the original invoice.

    Within 7-10 business days, prior to the booking day: The venue will be responsible for 50% of the original invoice.

    These terms do not apply to cancellations for reasons beyond the school’s control (i.e. snow days, power failures, etc.) We will make the effort to reschedule in these circumstances.

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