May the 4th be with you!
- Brian 'Bunny' Batista
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

We are well past the 9 year mark and we are working on creating consistent and improving things for you to be a part of. May is big and so are more things to come...
Below is May at a glance and a link to Bunny's "9 years, 99 episodes and 9 lessons he gained from it video"
There is so much happening this month so be sure you don't miss any of it.
May at a glance:
Monday morning 9:30 - noon at RISE & DRAW we have a visiting model (@Crystiana Oulette) from Paris, as well as for SHORT POSE Wednesday evening 6:30 -9:30
Monday nights we have a great line up for faces for you to come paint or draw in PORTRAIT DROP IN 6:30 -9 pm.
Painting classes begin the week both Monday's DIRECTED STUDIES & Tuesday evenings PAINTING STUDIO
Wednesdays SHORT POSE 6:30 - 9pm Draw more, get better quicker. We do: 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 & 7 mins wiht breaks every 20 min.
Thursdays we will do a LONG(er) POSE inspired by St. Sebastian artworks by the old masters for you to be inspired by and make reference to. Same pose over three evenings May 7, 21, 28th.
Fridays FIGURE 9:30 - noon instructed short pose and gesture drawing.
We will have a 2 for 1 DTYD special May 8 & 11 so you can warm up and cool off after the marathon of drawing over the mothers day long weekend.
ELENA BUSHAN has her PAINTING STUDIO class starting up Tuesdays 11 - 2 you can still sign up here.
Weekend Workshops are stacked: https://www.atelierartista.com/workshops
MAY 23rd - BOBBI DUNLOP MASTERCLASS come learn to paint drapery on the body.
MAY 24th - CreativiTEA is hosting their final event of the season
MAY 30th - YULIA TSINKO has a Light & Shadow in Figure drawing workshop with a live model happening at the end of the month and its on sale until May 10th so register now!
Coming in Fall:
To start the school year off right, we are brining portrait artist OLIVER SIN up to Canada for his first time. We are already having sign ups and We suspect it will sell out quickly.
Reminder that this Mother's Day weekend is the DRAW 'Til YOU DROP EVENT there is rumour that there may be a ticked or two left so dont miss out on the marathon of improvement with 7 models, a demo by Emma and great other artists etc.
Keep posted on our various social media accounts if you want to be reminded of whats happening and see all the great stuff we do in the studio and what participants are sharing on the Instagram stories.






















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