Arts Workshops

The Digital Background Painting workshop teaches the basics of Photoshop and the step process of design and rendering of animated backgrounds. The principals of Photoshop and professional techniques will be presented through the use of a variety of processes and applications while painting landscapes, architectural and fantasy environments. Lectures and “hands-on” lab-time will be given for […]

These Single Session Life Drawing workshops focus on the important building blocks for all arts-based careers. It’s also an essential skill for any artist to develop, not to mention a great source of relaxation and stress-relief. This Life Drawing workshop follows the teaching methods of the celebrated Kimon Nicolaides, designed to allow anyone to improve […]

Do you have an idea for a webcomic series that you’re dying to develop? Or have you been working on one but haven’t been able to finish it? In this webcomic series workshop, we’ll work on the essential fundamentals for making a webcomic that readers will want to follow day after day. Whether your style […]

AGES: 8 – 14. Beginners Welcome. MTM Student-led course. Parents are encouraged to attend and participate! The Wonders of Character Design workshop will give you the tools that will help you create intriguing, evocative, and outstanding characters starting from inspiration and conception to the final painting. In these workshops, you will explore colour, shapes, styles, […]

AGES: 8 – 14. Beginners Welcome. MTM Student-led course. Parents are encouraged to attend and participate! Redesigning Fairy Tales is a fairy tale design workshop intended to be an approachable introduction to Concept Art and standards that are associated with the field. This introduction gives students the opportunity to choose from pre-existing stories (Fairy Tales) […]

Do you have an idea for a webcomic that you’re dying to develop? Or have you been working on one but haven’t been able to finish it? In this webcomic workshop, we’ll work on the essential fundamentals for making a webcomic that readers will want to follow day after day. Whether your style is comedy, […]

AGES: 8-14. Beginners Welcome. MTM Student-led course. Parents are encouraged to attend and participate! World Building is an exciting frontier of story development! Whether for video games, movies, television shows, table top games, written stories, comics or personal projects, creating your own fantastical world is often an incredible experience to get you thinking creatively and […]

An Enhanced Art Portfolio Development Program The Extended Portfolio Development Program is designed for those who want to develop basic skills in the hope of applying to colleges or universities for art-based programs. Our main focus will be for people in grades 11 and 12 but also for those looking to get into a creative […]

Learn to Draw: Top-Rated Drawing Class in Toronto! The Fall Learn to Draw: Portfolio Development workshop is a great introduction to the fundamentals of representational drawing. If you are planning to apply to arts programs, this is a “must” and an opportunity to build your portfolio. It’s also a great opportunity for anyone looking to […]

An exciting intro to the fundamentals of animation. We will be exploring techniques in 2D hand-drawn animation that can later be applied to any animation medium down the road. This intuitive 2D animation course will allow you to explore and foster your creativity. Beginning with simple but important concepts like Timing and Spacing, Squash and […]

Help! I Want An Art-based Career! Considering a career change? Or perhaps you are looking for a sense of direction with what work you would like to pursue within current creative industries? This Foundations Program: An Introduction to the Creative Industries course is designed to present you with an introduction to foundational art skills as […]