ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – VICTORIA Empress Fairmont Lobby
APRIL 12-14th, 2026
I will be painting Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
A
ll are welcome to enjoy and chat while I paint a canvas or two.
Time: 10am – 5:30pm
Main Lobby by spiral stairs
ART FOCUS Acrylic Expressive Painting Demo
APRIL 22, 2026
For Art Focus Artists‘ Association group members – Port Coquitlam
Please Contact Jane to book a WORKSHOP or DEMO.
MOUNTAIN GALLERIES – Demos and Artist in Residence – 2026 TBA
Mountain Galleries is in Fairmont Chateau Whistler downstairs by Portobello’s Restaurant in the Upper Village in Whistler, BC.
PAST WORKSHOPS:
PREVIOUS NARAMATA CLASSES
6,7 AUGUST 2025 -NARAMATA CENTER – OKANAGAN
Two separate 2.5 Hour Workshops:
AUG 6 CREATING AND SKETCHING
Ages: 18+ ♦ Wednesday 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm ♦
This fun, outdoor class (weather permitting) will focus on composition and play to be able express in various ways using pens, coloured pencils, conte or pastel and cut paper.
AUG 7 EXPRESSIVE WATERCOLOUR SKETCHING
Ages: 18+ ♦ Thursday 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Come and enjoy an afternoon inspired by the landscape learning how to express in a creative way first with wedge sharpies and then with watercolours. Jane will guide you through methods she uses in her painting process and how to be open to the creativity that is within.
Contact Naramata Centre for Summer Programs and accommodation options.
Painting in the Gallery – Mountain Galleries Whistler
MAY 11th, 11-5pm, SUNDAY
Mountain Galleries is in Fairmont Chateau Whistler downstairs by Portobello’s Restaurant in the Upper Village of Whistler, BC.
PAINTING INSTRUCTION:
JANE’S FEES:
DEMONSTRATIONS AND ARTIST TALKS: $150 and up.
PERSONAL COACHING $100 per session, online or in person.
2 hour Workshops for up to 4 people: $400
Full Day Workshop: $850 (min. 4, max. 12), Weekend Workshops $1600 plus accommodations
ZOOM Sessions available upon request.
Please inquire HERE
SOME SUGGESTION FOR WORKSHOPS BY JANE:
“EXPRESSIVE SKETCHING”
This fun, outdoor class (weather permitting) will focus on composition and play to express in various ways using pens, coloured pencils, conte or pastel and cut paper.
Jane will guide you through methods she uses in her painting process and how to be open to the creativity.
Please bring the 8.5″ x 11” white paper, support for paper with clip or tape, pencil, pen, wedge sharpie and favourite colours in pencil crayons, conte, or pastel. If possible, bring coloured paper and scissors. Recommend Supply List available on request.
Come and enjoy the fun process of simplification and expressive gesture drawing with Jane!
“EXPRESSIVE WATERCOLOUR SKETCHING”
Come and enjoy an afternoon inspired by the landscape learning how to express in a creative way first with wedge sharpies and then with watercolours. Jane will guide you through methods she uses in her painting process and how to be open to the creativity that is within.
Suggested supply list available. Please bring your own watercolour set and brushes (flat and round), small water container. Also bring 8.5″ x 11” white paper, support for paper with clip or tape, pencil, pen, and a wedge sharpie.
While starting with simple gestures and brushwork we will discuss the elements of design including line, shapes, space, textures, colours, and values to make quick watercolour expressions on paper as well as other exercises to encourage the creative process.
“MAKING COLOUR SING”
Jane will lead you through exercises in colour mixing and using colour placements, offering insights on how to use vibrant colour. Using a limited palette of mixing primaries you will learn how to soften with neutrals and make colour “sing” in the highlights and where contrasts occur. Jane will work in acrylic but participants may work in watercolour, pastels, acrylic or oils.
“37 STROKE / 37 MINUTE PAINTING”
This is a fun workshop, or demo, which explores possible ways to paint. Jane will demonstrate the technique in acrylic while discussing the benefits of these exercises of painting quickly and purposefully. Various media may be used such as oil or watercolour and the focus is on brush work and composition while limiting time (37 minutes) and simplifying applications of paint (in 37 strokes). All levels of painter’s can benefit from this class while exploring one’s personal style.
“DANCE WITH YOUR BRUSH – STILL LIFE AND BEYOND”
“OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE- SKETCHING AND PAINTING”
“PURPOSEFUL SIMPLIFICATION”
“There is power in each brushstroke which can impact a painting” and limiting certain elements will be the focus in this workshop. When painting “less is more” artists consider the elements of design such as using line, shapes, space, textures, colours and values. One of the simplest ways to depict something is to do a simple line drawings of what you see. When employing colour and other elements, the process becomes complex and options are limitless.
In this two hour class Jane will lead participants in exploring simplification through various exercises in painting using watercolour or acrylic.
“ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION”
Find out how different shapes, values and colours impact the composition in painting. Explore black and white structures and balance in painting by making simple compositions on paper with various media. Charcoal, Ink, pen, watercolour, cut paper and Conte will be be used to explore various compositional elements in painting as well as painting a composition based from photos, life or imagination.
ART SUPPLY LIST FOR JANE’S CLASSES – LINK HERE
Example of Basic Supplies:
Hansa Yellow or Cadmium Yellow (Light), Quinacridone Magenta, Phthalo Blue (GS) or Cerulean Blue , Cobalt Blue, Raw Umber, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White. Golden Paints or Liquitex Brand preferred. Brushes – flat and round of various sizes. Paper to paint on. Colour Wheel.
PAST WORKSHOPS
PAST EXPRESSIVE SKETCHING WORKSHOP –JUNE 17th, 2023 – Saturday 1:00-3:30pm – Banff, Alberta
Lyrical Painter, Jane Appleby at the Whyte Museum in Banff lead a fun art workshop during the summer exhibition “For the Birds” at the museum. She discussed art in the exhibit for inspiration, as well as led participants in exercises with pens, pencils, conte and pastels on paper to explore personal expression.
HARMONY FESTIVAL 2023 / 2024 – West Vancouver. Interactive Demo and workshop
Using various media Jane shares how she expresses the landscape, first with quick gestures of line using pen and pencils, simplifying to linear expression and shapes. Participants can add to a collaborative canvas if they wish.
“Adventures on Canvas” for Surrey Arts West Society club members.
Date: Feb 10, 2025, 7pm – Newton Cultural Center
PAST INSTRUCTING EXPERIENCE:
• Naramata Centre, Okanagan Sketching and Watercolour Workshops 2025
• Whyte Museum, Banff Sketching Workshops 2024
• West Vancouver Arts – Painting workshops and First Thursday Art Demos, 2020-2021
• Okanagan School of the Arts – Penticton, “Dancing with Colour 2021, “37 Stroke/Min Painting” 2021, “Painting in Exuberant Colour” 2020
• Place Des Arts – Coquitlam, Faculty of Visual Arts Instructor for adults and children 2007- 2020
• Port Moody Arts Centre, Children and Adult Painting Workshops 2007-2017
• Surrey Arts Centre, West Van Ferry Building, Burnaby Shadbolt Center For the Arts Demos: 2000-2017
• Elementary School guest artist for various projects 1998 – 2017
• Workshops Instructor: Mission Arts Center, Galiano Island Gallery 2002
• Gallery Guide and Instructor-Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam 2001
TESTIMONIALS:
CHILDREN’S ART: “Jane returned for the second time to provide us with her expertise in colour and expression with water colours. She engaged our most reluctant ‘artists’ to perform and had the enthusiastic students busy with differing techniques. She was very generous with her talent.” Liane Langton, Youth Worker – Take a Hike Program
“I had nothing but positive comments about our favourite guest artist !!! The pictures..were part of our display for the student-led conferences. My class thinks Jane rocks!” Mrs. Kaga, Grade Two Teacher.
ADULT WATERCOLOUR: “The participants rated the programs as “very good” – “excellent”. The instructor provided clear directions and worked with each of the students to bring out the best possible work – Surrey School Board” Summary of Course Evaluation from White Rock Continuing Education.