Ontario Visual Art Academy

Afternoon painting, experimenting with texture. Todays technique: Using aluminum foil on wet paint to create a ruff and bumpy texture. #learntopaint #learntodraw #artclass #torontoart #torontoartclass #artteacherlife #artteachersofinstagram #paintingtips #painttechniques #landscapepainting #acrylicpainting #o.v.a.a #artoftheday #fineart #artstudio #artactivity #paint #artinprogress @ Toronto, Ontario

In today we did a little life drawing with carnations. Drawing three perspectives: the whole flower, the flower cut in half and close ups of the petals using washi tape we were able to create a clean boarder #carveouttimeforart #carnation #stilllife #watercolourpainting #learntodraw #learntopaint #torontoartclassesforkids #torontoart #kidsartclass #artclass #drawingclass #drawing #drawingchallange #artteachersofinstagram #artoftheday #studentart #artteacherlife #teachersofinstagram #washitapeart @ Dixie Park Mall

Foam Block Printing!! Today students made a set of three foam block prints, everyone used great creativity with amazing results! Special thanks to @i_like_turnips who was volunteering with us today! #art #artclass #torontoartclassesforkids #mississaugaartclass #artstudio #foamprinting #blockprinting #learntopaint #learntodraw #artteachersofinstagram #artoftheday #printmaking #printmaker #printmakingart #printmakersofinstagram #artstudent #loveofart @ Dixie Park Mall

Summer is just about to end and our Mississauga office will reopen this coming week! All Art classes will resume at regular time starting on Wednesday September 5, 2018 We are very excited to see some of your Summer drawing challenges! Hope you all have a great long weekend! See you soon!! ... #backtoschool #backtoartschool #backtoart #artclass #learntodraw #learntopaint #mississaugaartclass #torontoartclassesforkids #torontoart #instaartist #learnart #mississauga #artstudio #dixiepark #kidsartclass #protfolio #artstudio #arttips #artactivityforkids #artteachersofinstagram

Back to School this September! -

Summer Sketchbook Challenge!!! You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. -Maya Angelou Creativity is like a muscle, the more you use it the stronger your creative thinking becomes and the easier it is the access that thought process. But if we neglect it, our creativity atrophies and can sometimes becomes weak. To keep your skills sharp this summer take up our challenge! Message us or visit our website and blog for the details. Share your drawings ...and tag us! #artclass #artstudio #groupart #doodle #draw #o.v.a.a #drawing #warmup #artwarmup #instaart #saturdayclass #artofthedday #newproject #artstudent #artteachersofinstagram #womeninbusiness #sketchbook #sketchbookart #summerartcamp #artcamp #learntodraw #artworkfeatures #artwhisper #artshare #sharingart #sketchbookchallenge #practicedrawing #summerart @ Toronto, Ontario

To keep your creativity sharp this summer complete our our Summer Sketchbook Challenge and share your art with us!! http://ov-art.com/index.p//24/summer-sketchbook-challenge/

An amazing progress photo of the train Emily is working on! #charcoaldrawing #sketchbookart #artoftheday #youngartist #studentart #trainart #train #instaart #instaartist #learntodraw #blackandwhitedrawing #saturdaymorning #art #drawing

Progress work of Jamie! Starting to make her own compositions, her diptych has a strong use of contrast and mixed media #youngartist #instaart #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #newcomposition #newproject #diptyque #figuredrawing #mirrorimage #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #mississaugaartclass #summerartcamp #artstudio #sketch #watercolourpainting #learntodraw #artclass #womeninbusiness

http://ov-art.com/index.php/blog/ Our most recent blog post "Starting an Origin Story" is an approach to encourage young artists belief in themselves.

Tiffany's self portrait followed by an anime style character design! She has really pushed herself today and done an outstanding job :) #artclass #artstudio #groupart #doodle #draw #o.v.a.a #drawing #warmup #artwarmup #instaart #saturdayclass #artofthedday #newproject #artstudent #artteachersofinstagram #womeninbusiness #sketchbook #sketchbookart #summerartcamp #artcamp #learntodraw #selfportrait #characterdesign @ Dixie Park Mall