Impressionism: From Monet to the Group of Seven
9 Week Class | Registration opens 2026-02-10 12:00 PM
Explore the expressive brushwork, light and colour of the Impressionist movement in this painting course. This class will explore a variety of impressionist painters - from the French masters such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, to the distinctive female voices of Mary Cassatt and Helen McNicoll, culminating with the bold landscapes of the Group of Seven. Through demonstrations, discussions and guided studio practice, participants will learn to capture fleeting light effects, experiment with broken colour and develop their own painterly approach.
Base Tuition: $442
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- What You Will Learn:
- Techniques for capturing light, color, and atmosphere through expressive brushwork
- The evolution of Impressionism from France to Canada, including female perspectives
- How to build compositions inspired by outdoor observation and spontaneous mark-making
- Methods for developing a personal Impressionist-inspired painting style
- Oil or acrylic paints (titanium white, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue, cadmium yellow light / lemon yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, quinacridone violet, burnt sienna, burnt umber and viridian)
- Assorted brushes (rounds and flats, sizes 2–10)
- Palette and palette knife
- Canvas boards or stretched canvases (3–4, between 8 x 10 and 11 x 14)
- GAMSOL Solvent if using oils
- 1 glass jar with a lid
- Rags or paper towels
- Reference photos of impressionist paintings you wish to study
Emily Joyce
Emily is a Toronto-based painter and paintings conservator. She specializes in the study of paint materials, from traditional egg tempera and oil paints to contemporary acrylics and mediums. The crossover of art and science in her profession has allowed her an in-depth exploration of the history and techniques of painters from a range of historical time periods such as the Renaissance, Impressionism and Pop Art. These studies have inspired her classes and workshops at the TSA. Emily has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) with a minor in art History and a Master's of Art Conservation (Queen’s University), as well as a certificate in Traditional Materials, Methods of Painting and Restoration techniques through San Gemini Preservation Studies in Italy. Outside of the TSA, Emily works at Toronto Art Restoration in the west end, conserving a range of artworks from Tom Thomson landscapes to Michael Snow's Eaton Centre’s Geese.