Mel Williamson – Edges, Lost and Found (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 3:15pm PT / 6:15pm ET / 10:15pm UK Time

Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026

Time: 3:15-4:15 pm Pacific time (6:15-7:15 pm Eastern time/ 10:15-11:15 pm UK time)

Level: All levels welcome

Medium: Oil or Acrylic

Presentation Type: Demo

Who needs outlines? Join Mel for a live demo and discover how losing edges, trusting your eyes, and letting go can transform your paintings.

Free!

Mel Williamson lives and paints on Salt Spring Island, BC, where she creates work in a variety of genres, including the human figure, landscape and still life. Her work has been described as “impressionistic, fresh and honest” and has a unique expressive quality, through bravura brushwork.

Known as a kind, generous and open teacher, Mel shares her knowledge and practices with others in an encouraging manner. She teaches online and in-person in Vancouver and Italy. She loves oil paint in all of its materiality and possibility, and believes there are no mistakes, only progress.

Mel is represented by three galleries in Canada: on Salt Spring Island and Sidney, BC and in Toronto, ON.

Autumn ART IN ACTION Events

Mel Williamson - Edges, Lost and Found (Online); Sunday, October 25 - 3:15pm PT / 6:15pm ET / 10:15pm UK Time

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October 22-25, 2026

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Mel Williamson – Edges, Lost and Found (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 3:15pm PT / 6:15pm ET / 10:15pm UK Time

Autumn ART IN ACTION Events

Art Chat (Online) – Special Author Event with Landscape Painter Mitchell Albala; Thursday, October 22 – 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm UK Time

Alex Kelly – An Introduction to Playful Composition: An Experimental Approach (Online); Thursday, October 22 – 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET / 7:30pm UK Time

Karen Sako – Snow Isn’t White: Winter Light in Oil & Cold Wax (Online); Thursday, October 22 – 12:45 pm PT / 3:45 pm ET / 8:45 pm UK Time

Catherine Bobkoski – Floral Still Life Painting in Oil (Online); Thursday, October 22 – 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm UK Time

Zoë Cohen – Abstract Drawing Marathon (Online); Thursday, October 22 – 3:15pm PT / 6:15pm ET / 11:15pm UK Time

Mark Daniel Nelson – Exploring Composition in Procreate (Online); Friday, October 23 – 9 am PT / noon ET / 5 pm UK time

Alison Barry – The Spontaneous Still Life (Online); Friday, October 23 – 10:15am PT / 1:15pm ET / 6:15pm UK Time

Debora Stewart – The Foundation of Expression: Underpainting and Expressive Mark Making (Online); Friday, October 23 – 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

Joyful Ward – Wildlife in Context: Creating Harmony Between Subject and Setting (Online); Friday, October 23 – 12:45pm PT / 3:45pm ET / 8:45pm UK Time

Barbara Fugate – Explore Alice Neel Portraits: Compassionate Line & Inventive Color (Online); Friday, October 23 – 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm UK Time

Sarah B. Hansen – A Splashy Tree in Fall Colors: Watercolor (Online); Friday, October 23 – 3:15 pm PT / 6:15 pm ET / 11:15 pm UK Time

Michael Weller – Flowers from Life: Painting with a Limited Palette (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm UK Time

Kato D – Drawing for Beginners (All Levels & Mediums Welcome) – Dolly Parton Work-along! (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 10:15am PT / 1:15pm ET / 6:15pm UK Time

Chris Rapa – Busy to Bold: Painting the Place You Remember in Gouache (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

Tim McCormack – Matisse vs Munch: Two Ways Colour Can Transform a Portrait (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 12:45pm PT / 3:45pm ET / 8:45pm UK Time

Patrick Lee – Starting a Painting: Finding Your Way In (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm UK Time

Charles Spitzack – Woodblock, Washi, and Dabbling: Notes from an Artist Residency in Japan (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 3:15pm PT / 6:15pm ET / 11:15pm UK Time

Richard K. Blades – Capturing the Light and Atmosphere of Fall (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 9 am PT / noon ET / 4 pm UK Time

Bernard Dellario – Start Strong, Finish Strong: Constructing a Solid Foundation (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 10:15am PT / 1:15pm ET / 5:15 pm UK Time

13BrokenHorses (Brian McPhee) – Paint Small, Think Big (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET / 6:30pm UK Time

Anne Wolfer – From Plein Air to Studio: Exploring Creative Possibilities (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 12:45pm PT / 3:45pm ET / 7:45pm UK Time

Jean Mackay – The Empty Nest: Ink and Watercolor Sketch Demo (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET / 9 pm UK Time

Mel Williamson – Edges, Lost and Found (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 3:15pm PT / 6:15pm ET / 10:15pm UK Time