Expressive Watercolour Workshop

May 30/31, 2026 - $395

2-Day Watercolour Intensive
w/ Matt “Tooninator” Boismier

Gibsons, BC Sunshine Coast

Over two days you’ll explore:

✔ Various brush strokes for different effects
✔ Understanding paper wetness
✔ Paint consistency
✔ Creating drawings that suit energetic paintings
✔ Compositional tricks
✔ Painting Light
✔ Including figures in your paintings
✔ Speed + intention
✔ Most importantly - how to convey feeling

This workshop is for anyone who wants to:

*Bring life and energy to their watercolour paintings

*How to convey the man-made and natural world around us

*Learn to control a medium that is fluid

*Create stronger paintings through composition

*Loosen up

*Learn to self-critique

*Build confidence

❋ Expert Feedback

With an intimate class size, you’ll get lots of time for instructor feedback and help

❋ Professional Demonstrations

Watch demonstrations in real-time on an 80” Screen. No trying to look over a shoulder

❋ Hands-on learning

You will be painting for 2 full days.

These are materials I’m very familiar with and so can instruct confidently. If you have tools that aren’t listed here but are super keen on, please bring them.‍ ‍

❋ Sketching Paper - sketchbook or loose-leaf for compositional sketches and notes.

❋ Watercolour Paper - various sizes of Cold Pressed paper.

❋ Pencil

❋ Brushes - Variety of brushes/sizes and textures

❋ Masking Tape

❋ Paints - Tube Watercolours are recommended.

❋ Painting Surfacing - .Waterproof board to paint on

❋ Water Jars - For cleaning brushes.

❋ Paper Towels - for managing moisture on brush/clean up.

OPTIONAL

❋ Reference photos

❋ Markers - For value studies

❋ Atomizer - for maintaining painting moisture

❋ Rag - for brushes

What you’ll need:

When

MAY 30 / 31, 2026

10:00AM - 4:30PM

*The public market has a restaurant you can grab some lunch at if you wish.

Where

The Gibsons Public Market

The Coastal Room

Gibsons Public Market is the Sunshine Coast’s gathering place featuring local merchants, an award-winning bistro, a collect-hold-release, community aquarium and rental facilities. We are proudly operated by the Gibsons Community Building Society.