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Kids’ Weekly Art Classes and Adult Workshops in Fernie, BC

Get Loose, an adult art workshop

Adult art workshop Get Loose registration is now open.

Brina’s weekly kids’ art classes added an extra class for 10-12 yr olds for September to December! To register, send me your email and I’ll add you to my registration Google Doc.

Mondays: 10-12 yr, 3:30 - 5 pm, $25/class
Thursdays: 10-12 yr, 3:30 - 5 pm, $25/class FULL, wait list only
Fridays: 7-9 yr, 3:30 - 5 pm, $25/class FULL, wait list only

Sign up for kids’ classes by sending me your email and I’ll send you the link to the registration google doc.

Art Commissions and Live Wedding Painting

Pet Portrait, House, and Travel Art Commissions

Brina will take your photos of memories, pets, homes, or vacations and into turn them into beautiful, original mixed-media art. A brilliant way to remember those special moments in your life or offer as a gift to an outstanding client. Look through previous work.

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Live Guest Portrait Paintings and Live Wedding and Event Painter

Brina creates fun and playful watercolour portraits of your guests at your event, whether you’re hosting a wedding, family gathering, festival, or corporate event. Guests take home a little piece of original art to remember your special day.

You can also hire Brina to create one larger painting or a collection of smaller artworks of your event or ceremony in Fernie, BC, Canada or wherever your destination may be.

Look through some examples of Brina’s event paintings in her portfolio.

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live wedding painting by Brina Schenk offering watercolour portraits of guests in Fernie, BC, Canada

Private Group Art Workshop with Brina

Spend a few hours with Brina and her professional mixed-media art supplies in a custom and private art group workshop. Perfect for special birthdays, wedding parties, corporate retreats, or just a hang out with your friends.

“Brina is the Beyoncé of cozy, comfortable, and delightful art soirées! She was an exceptional guide, and her personalized touches made the experience extra special. Thank you, Brina, for the wholesome and educational art lesson!”
- Lacey Driscoll

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Private art lessons with mixed-media artist Brina Schenk in Fernie, BC, Canada

Most recent original artworks available

From Brina’s recent mixed media artwork as she explores and plays in watercolour, colour pencils, wax pastels, and ink.

experimental mixed media landscape painting of house on lake by Brina Schenk
An abstract painting of a potted plant with multicolored leaves against a light background, with the artist's signature in the bottom right corner.
Fernie Landscape Mixed Media artwork by Brina Schenk at Matheson Falls
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I'm still working on the details but I wanted to give you a bit more information on my adult art workshop coming this November. Something I hear over and over again is that people want to loosen up a bit with their art and that's exactly what I lov
When I get to work on artwork based on someone’s travel photos, I get giddy, The photo might look daunting at first but then you break down the shapes and the main colours and start light. Build from there. It’s actually quite exhilaratin
How they ended up, these two messy mixed media landscapes. Let’s call them Quiet 1 and Quiet 2 for a few reasons. 1. I had some quiet time to dedicate to these two pieces where I actually shut my mind down and moved the tools around on the page
One more post about the wedding on the weekend where I painted portraits of the guests. It was such a beautiful day, even with the rain, painting for six hours at Island Lake Lodge with Julia and David and all their friends and family. There was noth
Registration for my kids' weekly art classes have begun! It's a time for creative exploration and expression using mixed-media but mainly watercolours. It's easy to clean :) but I'm excited to introduce gouache this fall. I'm a big fan of water-based
Well, that was amazing. Two weeks of art camp this summer, my first time offering something Ike that, complete. And I thought it was so much fun. The kids were amazing and creative and such rock stars, even when I made them do things they didn’
I forgot to post this adorable painting of a family vacation from earlier this year. A commission that was actually enjoyable, as I used to find commissions a bit nerve wracking…but since I’ve come up with a way that I love to paint, I&r
My father passed away a few weeks ago and ever since, and even before then, I’ve been seeking quiet moments to process this monumental event in my life. Trips to the river, laying in my hammock, and most importantly, painting, sometimes without
It was the coldest and wettest day of the summer and this wedding party didn’t seem to notice. Alas, Island Lake Lodge is so beautiful in any type of weather and those misty, moody mountains are going to look amazing in their wedding photos. I
The pressure is on when you’re making art for people you love. Our good friends are leaving Fernie so we partied like it was 1996 last night and sent them off with our well wishes. This is a bit of the process of the little Fernie mountain scen