Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Feb 5, 2025.

Private Cabin Oceanfront – CAD $3,464.00
Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $2,664.00
Single w/ensuite – CAD $2,504.00
Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,164.00
Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $4,196.00
Couple w/ensuite – CAD $3,880.00
Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $3,564.00
Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $2,100.00
Twin w/ensuite – CAD $1,940.00
Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,780.00
Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,616.00
Women Dorm – CAD $1,420.00
Male Dorm – CAD $1,420.00
Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,420.00
Tent Site Single – CAD $1,400.00
Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,600.00
Commuter – CAD $1,260.00

All Packages Include CAD $1,160.00 Tuition and Meals

Date & Time Details:
Program begins: May 7, 2025
Program ends: May 11, 2025
Click here to view a sample program schedule.

Location: Hollyhock Cortes Island

Address: Cortes Island, Strathcona, BC, Canada

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Scholarships : Hollyhock programs are enriched by welcoming a multitude of voices and experiences that reflect global plurality. The Hollyhock scholarship program is one of the key strategies we employ to expand program access to underrepresented and marginalized communities. Click here to learn more and apply.

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Watercolour and the Art of Seeing

With David McEown

May 7 - 11, 2025

Explore watercolour’s magical flowing spontaneity and essential techniques as you paint directly from nature. Enhance your perception, way of “seeing”, and connectedness to the earth with this travel-friendly medium.

Enjoy a dynamic watercolour demonstration; exploring paint as a form of meditation and play. Uncover the secret hydrodynamics of watercolour paint and the brush work manipulation of the “bead” to define form. Tools, colours, and materials are simplified to achieve profound results with the minimum equipment that this portable medium affords.

A refreshing colour exercise reveals a clear painting objective. Learn to mix and create the colours you observe, as well as develop a visual vocabulary for painting from imagination. Perception exercises and shape reading demonstrations show you how to achieve likeness and proportion. Capture the moment on paper as you paint outdoor-settings, inspired by the wondrous beauty of Cortes Island.

Everyone with some art background is welcome, lessons will accommodate all experience levels.

Art Supplies

All participants will receive a detailed supply in advance of the program in order to procure all necessary materials.

Daily Schedule

A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.

Presenter

David McEown
Canadian artist David McEown has used the medium of watercolour for the past 30 years to explore and express many of this earth’s wilderness areas. His paintings from Antarctica to the North Pole are represented in collections worldwide. David is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design…
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