A Passion for Teaching
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Over my 25 years of teaching, I have learned that I have a great passion for teaching non artists about art and design. I created the original Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator courses at night school at Fanshawe in the early 1990's. I then became very busy teaching at the day school at Fanshawe as well as teaching corporately. I also created and taught a 54 hour course called Electronic Graphic Design which not only covered digital software but included colour theory, composition, design theory, typography and digital output methods. In my last 2 years I taught at the Design School teaching portfolio creation to Urban Design students as well as teaching classes on Creativity and Creative Thinking. I have also been creating websites since 1996.
In recent years, I realized that what I missed most is teaching. I am thankful for the opportunity to teach painting to seniors and to develop my own courses through my studio. With the success of my Learn to Paint course, I am looking forward to building on it and offer more courses. I not only teach painting classes but I also teach drawing classes. If you want to learn more, contact me. |
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Student Feedback
"I have difficulty relaxing but discovered that Sylvie's classes are very relaxing! Plus you learn a creative skill." - Deb
"I have thoroughly enjoyed Sylvie's "Learning To Paint With Acrylics" class. She is a talented artist and a great teacher. Her studio is lovely and very well equipped. Lots of techniques were covered and there was enough time in class to apply what we learned. I highly recommend checking out one of her classes. I know this is the first of many for me!! - Jude
"The studio is peaceful with plenty of light and amazing views. Sylvie provides clear information and demonstrates as we go. The blending class was an aha! moment when I finally understood shadows & highlights. I now see how to give my paintings depth." - Kathleen
"I really enjoyed and learned a lot from Sylvie on my 2 introductory paint classes. Sylvie’s knowledge and passion for art is evident as soon as you enter her art studio. I look forward to many more classes with Sylvie. Thank you Sylvie you are an amazing art teacher." Regards, Jack Vanderwerf.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed Sylvie's "Learning To Paint With Acrylics" class. She is a talented artist and a great teacher. Her studio is lovely and very well equipped. Lots of techniques were covered and there was enough time in class to apply what we learned. I highly recommend checking out one of her classes. I know this is the first of many for me!! - Jude
"The studio is peaceful with plenty of light and amazing views. Sylvie provides clear information and demonstrates as we go. The blending class was an aha! moment when I finally understood shadows & highlights. I now see how to give my paintings depth." - Kathleen
"I really enjoyed and learned a lot from Sylvie on my 2 introductory paint classes. Sylvie’s knowledge and passion for art is evident as soon as you enter her art studio. I look forward to many more classes with Sylvie. Thank you Sylvie you are an amazing art teacher." Regards, Jack Vanderwerf.
