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About Winged Canvas

Established in 2013. our mission as an online art school is to make art education easily accessible to everyone! Here is our story.

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✌️ Smiling faces of the Winged Canvas team

Why we love what we do

Winged Canvas is an online community for art nerds around the world. 🤓🌎 We're dedicated to nurturing creativity and teaching art foundations because we believe art is essential to humanity.

We're an online visual arts school specializing in 🎨 virtual art classes, camps, and art mentorship. Our instructors are professional illustrators, designers, and animators with a passion for teaching.

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We pop into classrooms for memorable learning experiences with school workshops, and support fellow educators with art resources for teachers. We livestream and make art videos weekly on YouTube and take pride in helping people access free, quality arts education from anywhere!

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What others are saying about Winged Canvas

Reviews and comments from students, parents, and YouTube viewers.

Drawing a Family Caricature ✍🏼 with Fei Lu - Celebrating our 7th Anniversary
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Drawing a Family Caricature ✍🏼 with Fei Lu - Celebrating our 7th Anniversary

Winged Canvas is turning 7 on February 13, and we’re throwing ourselves a double ART PARTY! Artist & founder Fei Lu draws the entire Winged Canvas team as a family caricature while sharing stories of Winged Canvas and its humble beginnings as Markham's Art Hub before we became an online art school in 2020. 🎈 Don't miss our LIVE PAINTING PARTY with Arruniya Mohendran: https://youtu.be/OsEkVY38ePI Since Winged Canvas first opened on Family Day weekend 2014, our theme for this event is Love & Family! ❤️👪 🎨 Learn some serious art skills — LIVE in our online classroom: https://www.wingedcanvas.com/virtual-art-class Build your portfolio in art mentorship: https://www.wingedcanvas.com/art-mentorship-program 🤓 Join our Art Nerd community 🤓 Discord: https://discord.gg/JDwJDCC IG: https://www.instagram.com/wingedcanvas/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/wingedcanvas/ ❤️ Support us on Patreon and enjoy personal perks! ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/WingedCanvas 💡 Subscribe for more art tutorials, tips, and art resources 💡 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYVARi-20bHKVGMAJr2ylw?sub_confirmation=1 💕 Make a donation to support Winged Canvas and free art education 💕 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=A69KFG2BMPQ24 Winged Canvas is an online art school based in Canada specializing in virtual art programs. We are known for our Art Mentorship program and quirky art nerd culture. Our instructors are professional artists and designers with a passion for teaching and nurturing creativity, sharing our artistic skill sets and industry experience with others. Interested in virtual art classes or working with an Artist Mentor? You can find out more about our online art studio at https://www.wingedcanvas.com/
Virtual Art Classes - Future of Online Learning
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Virtual Art Classes - Future of Online Learning

Winged Canvas is a Virtual Art School. We’re a team of professional artists and designers with a passion for teaching. We’re dedicated to nurturing talent, and providing personalized feedback and mentorship for each individual. Virtual classes are interactive and LIVE -- allowing students to safely learn from the comfort of home -- or anywhere in the world! Our signature teaching method nurtures with new concepts, explores style and purpose, recreates with step by step demos, to design meaningful artwork. The future of learning is here. Now you can join a class in minutes -- and save hours commuting. Technology will help people in remote areas access quality arts education from home. Art Nerds are able to learn together and connect virtually, from all around the world! We invite you to try a virtual art class, and discover your creative potential! Let’s connect: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/wingedcanvas/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/wingedcanvas/ Discord -- https://discord.gg/JDwJDCC 💕 Support the Winged Canvas team 💕 https://www.patreon.com/WingedCanvas -- About Winged Canvas Winged Canvas is a visual art school based in Canada specializing in virtual art classes, camps, and workshops. We are known for our Art Mentorship program and quirky Art Nerd culture. Our instructors are professional artists and designers with a passion for teaching and nurturing creativity, sharing our artistic skill sets and industry experience with others. We are advocates for visual art education in schools, and for stronger technology networks to bring urban-quality learning to remote areas. We provide online videos and live virtual workshops for elementary and high school students, and offer training resources, and professional development workshops for teachers. Find out more at https://www.wingedcanvas.com __ Music by Gil Wanders - Dreams - https://thmatc.co/?l=2B7A4DC7 Music by @gilwanders - Dreams via @hellothematic
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Instructors & Team

The team at Winged Canvas are passionate creative professionals from a variety of backgrounds including illlustration, concept art, animation and design. Many of us are graduates of renowned art schools!

We’re a family of like-minded art nerds who share the same passion for arts education.

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Family Day & Winged Canvas' 5th birthday celebration event hosted in our old studio space. A day filled with art & smiles!

Art exhibition at Markham's Art Hub

Founder Fei Lu, student Ava, and her family in the Winged Canvas gallery celebrating the work of local artists.

Community Roots

Winged Canvas first opened on Feb 15, 2014 and was founded by artist Fei Lu and her partner Aaron Fruman in Markham, Ontario. For 7 years, we were a vibrant art school and gallery who served our local community.

In 2020, we transformed into an online art school with a mission to make art and creativity easily accessible. Now our students can attend classes from home, or anywhere!

Why We Love Art Nerds

We challenge the notion of “the starving artist” by showing the world how artists shape the future of humanity. We are the tireless art nerds advocating for artistic literacy and leading better arts education.

 

Our goal is to cultivate a thriving art community by helping aspiring artists, art educators and art enthusiasts.

Gabriella Guo

Artwork by Gabriello Guo, a finalist in Markham's Ultimate Art Contest 2019 with the theme: "What does Art Nerd mean to you?"

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NERD Teaching Method

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NURTURE

Inspire students with visual examples that introduce a new concept

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EXPLORE

Identify, discuss, and interpret what was observed

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RECREATE

Instructor demonstrates the technique or creative process

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DESIGN

Students create within the theme, using the new concept or skill learned

Student Artwork

Our students are the best part of Winged Canvas! Check out the variety of artwork that students have created.

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Free Art Lessons on YouTube

Subscribe for new art videos and livestreams every week!

Become a member and help make quality art education accessible to everyone!

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