Winter and Spring Classes and Workshops

(detail picture of current work in progress on my easel)

November 25 PD Day Workshops:
Kids Painting Morning
-Acrylic painting inspired by the Group of Seven
-Ages 7-12 yrs
-Supplies Included
-9:30-11:30am
-$35.00
Teens Drawing Afternoon
-Charcoal drawing based on black and white film stills
-Ages 13-17yrs
-Supplies included
-1:00-3:30pm
-$40.00

Held at Daphne's Studio. To register email [email protected]


Winter Painting Party
At The Stony Plain Library, 4613 52ave, Forest Green Plaza, Stony Plain
Saturday, December 3rd, 2:00-4:30pm

Get Creative Painting Through a Winter Wonderland! Join Daphne as she walks you through creating a winter themed painting inspired by past artists. We will use acylic paint, nibble on goodies, listen to christmas music, and chat about art. It's a great way to relax with friends! Bring friends or make friends. Supplies included.
$35.00
To register email [email protected]

Self Directed Classes in the Artist's Studio
At Daphne's Studio in Stony Plain

You pick your medium and your reference material that you will work from and Daphne will help you work through your paintings or drawings. Daphne will share tips and techniques on creating works of art as you work on what you want at your own pace. This tutoring and mentoring class is open to all skill levels. Class sizes are small, max. 5 students.

Adults Mondays 6:30-8:30pm  8 week session $160.00
Teens Mondays 4:30-6:00pm  8 week session $120.00
Children Tuesdays 4:30-5:30pm 8 week session $80.00

Session One
Mondays January 23rd to March 20th (no class on February 20th)
Tuesdays January 31st to March  21st

Session Two
Mondays May 1st to June 26th (no class on May 22nd)
Tuesdays May 2nd to June 20th

Held at Daphne's Studio. To register email [email protected]


Weekend Retreat:Portrait Painting From Life
At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton
Friday-Sunday, January 27-29, 2017 Fri: 5:30-8:30pm; Sat & Sun 10:00 am - 4:00pm
$219.00 (includes model fees)

Open to oil AND acrylic painters! Take a weekend retreat and devote yourself only to improving your portrait painting skills. We will cover general topics in portraiture as well as concentrating on the particularities of our models. We will be working from live clothed models focusing on creating likeness. Learning to see and record the individuality of your model is of major importance when you are painting portraits. We will cover facial anatomy and learn to discover the subtleties that are unique to a person's individuality and personality. We will also cover light and shadow, hair, and clothing. You can apply the skills you learn in this class to all your portraiture - in fact your new knowledge and ability will show in all your painting!

To register contact The Paint Spot: 780-432-0240
The Paint Spot Website


Figure Drawing with Daphne Cote
At The Allied Arts Council in Spruce Grove

This course will cover drawing accurate proportions, light and shadow, and creating interesting and dynamic figure drawings in charcoal. We will explore how to capture a persons likeness, personality, and spirit. We will spend half of the classes working from reference material and the other half from live models in an energetic, positive, and encouraging environment that sparks inspiration, creativity, and confidence. Open to students 18yrs+

Thursdays 6:00pm to 8:30pm, February 2nd to March 22nd
To register contact the Allied Arts Council 780-962-0664, [email protected], 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove

(current drawing in progress)

Figure Painting Intensive
At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton
March 24th to 26th Fri: 5:30-8:30pm; Sat & Sun 10:00am - 4:00pm

Working from live models we will learn how to paint the human form by starting with a limited pallet developing tone and then building up with color to create lively paintings in either oil or acrylic. We will explore composition, skin tones/color, painting techniques. The class will start with demos and lecture on Friday night. Saturday and Sunday will start with quick painting sketches, bring a bag lunch for an inspirational lunch break with Daphne, and the last hours will cover long poses to create finished paintings. Open to students 18yrs+.

To register contact The Paint Spot: 780-432-0240

Drawing Bootcamp : Making it Look Real

At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton

April 1st and 2nd: Sat & Sun 10:00am - 4:00pm

This workshop is packed full of drawing exercises designed to help you to see and learn valuable techniques for drawing the world around you. You will explore, line, light and shadow, perspective, texture, and composition while drawing a variety of subjects. The aim of this workshop is to improve your drawing skills so you can draw anything. 

To register contact The Paint Spot: 780-432-0240

Drawing Class in May Details TBA

At The Paint Spot, 10032 81st Ave NW, Edmonton

Inspired Art Studio Fall Session

At Inspired Art Studio we are dedicated to providing a positive and encouraging environment for creativity to flourish in our community. We provide a high standard of art education for all ages and skill levels. We not only support and cheer on our students but also our instructors. We are here to inspire creativity in life.

Inspired Art Studio

I am very pleased to announce that Inspired Art Studio is finally open! The studio is open from 12-9pm Monday to Saturday. We offer weekly classes for all ages, workshops, model and artist sessions, and art supply sales.

Here is our website where you can find the list of courses offered, info on our instructors, and upcoming events at www.inspiredartstudio.ca . We will be at the Tri-Leisure Centre Registration Night this Thursday the 25th from 6-9pm.  Inspired Art Studio will also have a Registration and Open House this Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th from 12-7pm where you can come and check out the studio/classroom, register for classes, meet our instructors, and even try your hand at painting.

If you have any inquiries please contact me at [email protected]  

A bit about Inspired Art Studio...

   The Inspired Art Studio was just a sparkle of an idea that started fleeting around my brain when I was graduating from University.  In University I started to tutor and instruct private art classes and workshops. People were continuously asking if I would teach them how to draw, paint, or teach kids art projects.  Then things spread by word of mouth. People seemed to enjoy my teaching style and projects/curriculum. I kept getting offers to instruct and things seemed to fall into my lap. I truly enjoyed instructing and it helped me understand and develop my work even further. The creative energy that would surround me while instructing would propel and inspire my own work habits. This lead to instructing and giving demos for the past 10 years along with creating and selling my own work. The sparkle of the Inspired Art Studio then turned into a dream.

   A few years ago I bought a house in Stony Plain (30min west of Edmonton). It is where I grew up and in a town that I love. I bought this house for it's location and for the basement which I turned into a studio and classroom. At first I just taught a few classes here and there when ever requested. I also have a portion of it that is designated as my own working studio area. I started getting models in as well and inviting other local artists to join me in order to share the cost of a model. I started artist sessions because it gets to be a bit lonely and daunting when you are the only one you know in the area that is painting and it's hard to work without some sort of critique or input. I found it more cost effective to teach out of my home as well. It is extremely expensive to rent space in Parkland County.

   Soon, I found that every week I was getting calls or emails requesting art classes. I looked at my community and saw that there was very little offered in the way of art education. There are a couple of craft workshops offered here and there but there is no real weekly on-going fine art education, let alone classes that use the history of art and design. I see a need in our community and I am more than honored to fill it. One of my main problems and concerns is that I have small children and even if I was single and lonely there was no way that I could teach all the classes that this community needs without getting very burnt out. So I have come across some wonderful instructors over the years that are very passionate at what they do. I couldn't do it without them. They have education and/or fine art and design degrees and are artists themselves. So this fall Judy Smallwood and Ashley Hout, two very talented and creative ladies, will be joining me in instructing.

I hope you can attend our Open House and celebrate my dream come true!

Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years.