Workshops - Ian de Hoog Art

Ian offers numerous in-person and online opportunities for instruction in drawing, watercolour and urban sketching in the Greater Vancouver area through The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Winslow Art Center and White Rock Recreation and Culture.

Keep checking back as new demos and workshops are still being scheduled for 2023-24!

For demo or workshop booking, please contact info@iandehoog.com

Upcoming demos/workshops for 2023

Loose Watercolor Birds – Demonstration for Don Valley Art Group – October 13, 7pm Eastern Time
Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper (Elegant trogon, Eastern Bluebird, Varied thrush, and Wild Turkey) (Online) – Winslow Art Center – October 7-28

Past demos/workshops for 2023

Loose Watercolor Birds – Demonstration for Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2023 – September 15
The Process of Watercolor – Gibsons School of the Arts – July 9-13
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Mondays, April 7-May 1
Capturing Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper – Fancy Birds (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, March 25-April 22
Friday Live with John Cogley – Daniel Smith Artist Materials (Online); Friday, March 17
Sea Creatures in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – March 4 & 11
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Penn Studio School – January 20-February 3
Capturing Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper – Birds of Prey (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, January 1-28

Past demos/workshops for 2022

Capturing Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper – Shorebirds (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, October 15-November 5
Capturing Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, September 10-October 1
Dogs in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, April 16-23
Capturing Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper – Green birds (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Tuesdays, February 15-March 8

Past demos/workshops for 2021

Art Chat Online – Winslow Art Center – Thursday, December 2
Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper – Sandhill Crane, Kookaburra, Black-Headed Grosbeak & Gouldian Finch (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, September 11-October 2
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Tuesdays, September 14-October 5
From Light to Dark: Applying Loose Techniques to Animal Portraits – Etchr Studio – July 25
Mini workshop – Etchr Studio – May 24
Demo – Definition, Control and Consistency with Watercolors – Etchr Studio – May 8
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Tuesdays, May 4-25
Demo – Painting a Golden-crowned Kinglet (Online) – Opus Art Supplies – May 1
Technique Takeaway – Color Calibration (Online) – Winslow Art Center – April 16
The Urban Watercolor Sketch (Online) – Winslow Art Center – March 23
Painting Birds in Watercolor – Daisie – March 1
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, January 23-February 13

Past demos/workshops – 2020

Birds in Watercolor: Delving Deeper (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, November 7-28
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, October 2-24
Butterflies in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Sunday, September 27
Demo – Sketching & Painting Birds in Watercolour – Opus Art Supplies – September 26
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Saturdays, August 8-29
Birds in Watercolor (Online) – Winslow Art Center – Tuesdays, July 28-August 18

Past demos/workshops – 2019

January 19-20, 10:00 am & 4 pm – Confident Watercolour – 2-Day Workshop – South Surrey Arts Centre
February 11, speaker at the South Surrey and White Rock Arts Society (not open to the public)
March 30 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies Langley – Registration FULL
March 31 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies Granville Island – Registration FULL
April 13 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies Downtown Vancouver – Registration FULL
April 14 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies North Vancouver – Registration FULL
May 15 – Live painting – Opus Art Supplies North Vancouver
May 19 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies Victoria – Registration FULL
June 2 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies Coquitlam – Registration FULL
June 9 – Confident Watercolour – Urban Sketching – Opus Art Supplies Vancouver – Registration FULL
October 19 & 20 – 2-Day Watercolour workshop in North Vancouver – Registration FULL

Past demos/workshops for 2018

January 13 – Confident Watercolour at Opus Art Supplies Downtown Vancouver location
Thursday Night Classes for South Surrey White Rock Art Society, Feb 8, 15, 22 and March 1, 8 & 15
April 8, 11:30 am & 2 pm – Confident Watercolour at Opus Art Supplies North Vancouver
May 12, 11 am & 1 pm – Confident Watercolour at Opus Art Supplies Langley
May 19, 10 am & 12 pm – Confident Watercolour at Opus Art Supplies Downtown Vancouver
September 15, 11:30 am & 2 pm – Confident Watercolour – Cityscapes – Opus Art Supplies Coquitlam
September 18, speaker at the Burnaby Arts Guild (not open to the public)
2-day watercolour workshop at the South Surrey Art Centre. September 22 & 23, 2018.
October 13 – Confident Watercolour – Cityscapes – Opus Art Supplies Langley
October 28 – Confident Watercolour – Cityscapes – Opus Art Supplies North Vancouver
November 17 – Confident Watercolour – Cityscapes – Opus Art Supplies Downtown Vancouver
November 25 – Confident Watercolour – Cityscapes – Opus Art Supplies Granville Island