It is never just about the art
It's your turn to make wall-worthy bold & beautiful art.
Watch your life responds during your transformative large canvas session with Nancy Macdonald.
No art experience needed
Watch first — then pick your workshop below.
Make a big bold move
Choose your package.
Every option below is large canvas, guided start to finish, with all materials included. Pick the one that sounds like you — you can always change it on the call.
5-Pack Large Canvas Workshops
This offer is our most popular Atelier123 package, allowing you to create two wall-worthy large canvas projects. These are transferable and do not expire.
5 × 1.5-hour sessions = 2 large canvas pieces of art
Book Your 5-PackWeekly Private Workshops
1-to-1 or 2-to-1 every week, same day, same time. Build a body of work including several large pieces in an invigorating and calm place in the middle of a busy week.
8 to 14 weeks in duration · 1-to-1 = several large canvases
Book Weekly PrivatesOne-Off Large Canvas Workshop
During your transformative workshop, you will be led to create the wall-worthy large canvas art of your dreams.
1 × 2-to-3-hour session = 1 large canvas piece of art
Book Your One-Off Large Canvas WorkshopPrivate & Group Bookings
Family portraits, milestone birthdays, bridal parties, a session with friends. 2 to 4 hours in studio, where everyone goes home with a wall-worthy large canvas piece of art.
1 × 2-to-4-hour session = 1 large canvas per participant
Book a Private Group
Want to meet first?
Book a free 15-minute call with Nancy, who will answer all your questions and help you choose the right size and session type.
15 minutes · by Zoom or phone · studio tours available on request
Let's be clear about it
Who this is for
Atelier123 does one thing: large canvas guided private or small group large canvas experiences.
This is for you if…
- You've never painted and you're a little nervous about it. Good — 98% of our clients are beginners. We have guided more than 7,000 beginners since 2002.
- You have a big blank wall and you want something beautiful.
- You want real time with someone you love — a parent, a grown child, a best friend, a partner. Side-by-side easels, memory making, and creating lasting beauty.
- You want your own piece, not a copy of somebody else's. Nothing here is paint-by-numbers. Your composition, your colours, your hands.
- You want to give an experience over a material thing. Atelier123 provides gift bags with gift certificates to gift someone you love or cherish.
- You are ready to be guided. You don't need skill, ideas, or supplies. You need to show up and be willing to surprise yourself.
Inject your life with colour
Over 7,000 beginners since 2002 have been led to create wall-worthy art.
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Our clients, our studios, and the finished pieces hanging in their homes. No stock photography — that's the point.
Let's make lasting beauty
It is never just about the art.
Life is messy and full of surprises. Let's make beauty out of all this mess.