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SUMMARY:Sketching with Intent
DESCRIPTION:2 Day sketching workshop with Matt [Tooninator] Boismier in Gibsons \nOver two days you’ll explore high-level concepts: \n✔ Mark-making techniques that feel alive\n✔ Choosing tools that actually help you\n✔ Drawing from life with purpose\n✔ Confident linework (no wimpy strokes)\n✔ Quick ideation & thumbnail sketching\n✔ Simple perspective that actually works\n✔ Compositional flow: tangents\, eye movement\, balance\n✔ Avoiding the “symbols” trap\n✔ Caricature & editorial impact\n✔ Speed + intention\n✔ Most importantly – how to convey feeling \nThis workshop is for anyone who wants to: \n* Improve their sketching practice\n* Learn foundations that empower creative growth\n* Create stronger paintings through ideation\n* Learn to self-critique\n* Build confidence
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/sketching-with-intent/2026-03-14/
LOCATION:Gibsons Public Market\, 473 Gower Pt Rd\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N 1V0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Sketching with Intent
DESCRIPTION:2 Day sketching workshop with Matt [Tooninator] Boismier in Gibsons \nOver two days you’ll explore high-level concepts: \n✔ Mark-making techniques that feel alive\n✔ Choosing tools that actually help you\n✔ Drawing from life with purpose\n✔ Confident linework (no wimpy strokes)\n✔ Quick ideation & thumbnail sketching\n✔ Simple perspective that actually works\n✔ Compositional flow: tangents\, eye movement\, balance\n✔ Avoiding the “symbols” trap\n✔ Caricature & editorial impact\n✔ Speed + intention\n✔ Most importantly – how to convey feeling \nThis workshop is for anyone who wants to: \n* Improve their sketching practice\n* Learn foundations that empower creative growth\n* Create stronger paintings through ideation\n* Learn to self-critique\n* Build confidence
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/sketching-with-intent/2026-03-15/
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SUMMARY:Gibsons Public Art Gallery: The Art of Chocolate Youth Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A fun & free workshop for youth led by Sunshine Coast chocolatier and artist John Down. \nIn this workshop you’ll create your own original artworks (paint it\, collage it\, glitter it!) to wrap and label a gourmet chocolate bar provided by Christopher Norman Chocolates. Everyone will be invited to take their custom bar home to enjoy\, while extras will be available for sale in the Gift Shop as a fundraiser for the Gallery. \nAdmission is free but space is limited so you must RSVP via EventBrite. Open to youth aged 2 – 18. Youth under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. All supplies provided. Special thanks to John Down and Christopher Norman Chocolates for sponsoring SHOUT OUT and offering this wonderful opportunity to be a chocolate artist!
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/gibsons-public-art-gallery-the-art-of-chocolate-youth-workshop/
LOCATION:Gibsons Public Art Gallery\, 431 Marine Dr\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N 1V0\, Canada
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