Details for "Awakening the Viewer: Pattern, Suggestion, and Brushwork in Oil Painting w/Leanne M. Christie"
Awakening the Viewer: Pattern, Suggestion, and Brushwork in Oil Painting
with
Leanne M. Christie
When: Saturday, April 18 + Sunday, April 19, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Where: West Vancouver Seniors' Activity Centre, Arts Studio
Medium: Oils
Fee: $250 (members); $312.50 (non-members)
Scroll to the very bottom for the sign up button; please read the refund policy near the bottom of the page prior to registering.
Engage the imagination and awaken the surface of your paintings in this two-day workshop with Leanne M Christie. Explore how suggestion can captivate the viewer more than literal depiction, and how the careful repetition of colour, movement of the brush, and weaving of strokes can create dynamic surfaces that invite the eye to explore. Using a still life, participants will learn to balance pattern, activate imagination, and make compositional choices that keep paintings alive and engaging.
Supplies
Leanne will supply the Still Life.
There are two options for materials
Option 1
Rent from Leanne: $60
- Rental includes use of oil paint, palette, medium, brushes and canvas'
- Does not include rags, gloves, rubbish bag, medium brush jar, old clothes
- Pay Leanne at workshop
Deadline to request this option: Two weeks before the first day of the workshop. No request are taken in the two weeks leading up to the workshop.
To request: email leanne@leannemchristie.com after you have registered and paid for the workshop.
Option 2
Bring your own
Colours:
- Red, Yellow, Blue.
- Bring a warm and cool of each colour.
- Add a vibrant green.
- Please bring the colours that you are comfortable working with.
- Paints should be low cost 200ml tubes. Student grade is perfect
- TIP: Azo pigments are cheaper than Cadmiums.
The palette which I use consists of the following 200 ml paints:
- Titanium white
- Lemon Yellow or Cadmium yellow medium (Cool Yellow)
- Azo Yellow deep or cadmium yellow deep (Warm Yellow)
- Azo red medium or Cadmium red medium (Warm Red)
- Alizaron Crimson (Cool red)
- Phtalo Green
- Ultramarine (Warm Blue)
- Prussian Blue (Cool Blue)
Other items
- Medium of your preference in a small bottle with a small hole in the lid. (I use a 1/2 stand oil to 1/2 taltine combo. If you would like to use this please ensure that you have made the mix 2 days before the session and that you use odorlous taltine / turpenoid)
- Palette (preferably on the large side such as a 12' x 16” or larger, as you will be laying out a full palette)
- Oil paint brushes (your choice, but please make sure that you have at least:
- 2 x flat 2” brushes
- 2 x filbert #10
- 2 x filbert #8
- 2 x filbert # 4
- Low cost canvas / canvas boards: 3 - 16” x 20” slim (please feel free to bring more as you may want a back up canvas)
- Miscellaneous: wiping rags (a roll of kitchen towel should do)
- bags for dirty rags
- bag for dirty brushes
- medium size jar for turps and cleaning brush
- odourless taltine / turpenoid
- old clothes
Other:
- Cover to protect the table
- Desktop easel (optional)
Artist Biography
Leanne M Christie is a contemporary urban oil painter whose dynamic brushwork and intentional use of colour, distill the essence of familiar and unusual subjects. Her work invites viewers to reinterpret the shared experience of transitory urban spaces—those ever-changing backdrops where life’s stories unfold.
Based in Vancouver, Christie maintains a full-time studio practice, drawing inspiration from her daily commute between Coquitlam and the city. She intentionally immerses herself in the urban landscape, experiencing it through driving, cycling, walking, and public transit. These journeys fuel her masterful depictions of movement, memory, and place.
Note: items should not be left overnight in the room at the time of the workshop. We are not assured that the room is secure.
Address: West Vancouver Seniors' Centre, Arts Studio: 695 21st St, West Vancouver, BC V7V 4A7
Parking: day passes are available for the seniors' centre parking lot for those participating in programs over 4 hours. The SAC front desk will administer parking passes that allow you to park beyond the limit. Return them to the desk at the end of the day.
Cafeteria: There is a cafeteria in the building that should be open on Saturday and Sunday from 10am-2pm. We also welcome you to bring goodies to share if you are so inclined--no obligation. We strive to have a friendly, inclusive, and sharing environment at our workshops!
To Register
If you are a NSAG member please login prior to registering for this workshop to pay the member rate Non-members select the non-member rate.
Note for non-members: If you live between Deep Cove and Bowen Island, consider becoming a member for discounted rates on our workshops, monthly free demonstrations, and the opportunity to sell your work at our shows. Check us out further at https://nsartists.ca/aboutjoin
Registration Confirmation
Payment confirms your registration and participation in the workshop. If you do not receive an email confirmation within an hour of paying please check your junk mail/spam folder, and if you do not see a confirmation email contact the guild immediately at contact@nsartists.ca.
Cancellation Policy
If you are unable to attend a workshop, refunds are not issued, but you may find another person to take your place.
If the workshop is full and there is a willing replacement on the waitlist, you can cancel through Kolina Logan (kolinalogan@shaw.ca) in which case a refund will be issued.
No refunds will be issued within 24 hours of the workshop start time. NSAG reserves the right to cancel the course.
Cost & Status
- NSAG Member Cost: CAN$250.00
- NSAG non-member.: CAN$312.50