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Paint-Your-Own Holiday Sign
Join Facilitator Kyara Andrews of Drift Designs to “Paint-Your-Own Holiday Sign!” Exemplars will be provided for those looking for more guidance, but participants are welcome to bring an idea with them. (Pinterest is your friend!) Materials are provided and all abilities are welcome. Let’s get ✨crafty✨! Saturday 3 December| 1pm - 3pm |
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Paints & Pints
It’s Happy Hour at the Kingston School of Art and Daft Brewing! Join Facilitator Lisa Leskien and create your own colourful masterpiece while sipping on pints at Daft Brewing. Tickets include instruction, all necessary art supplies, and one drink from Daft Brewing. Capacity is limited, so buy your tickets now! Participants will be painting wonderful snow-covered trees with Lisa. FULL Sunday 4 December| 1pm - 3pm |
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Craft²
Kids bring your grown-ups and grown-ups bring your littles! Join KSOA and Fine Balance Brewery for this family-friendly artmaking event. Together you will get creative and create a pair of paintings. Parents can enjoy a well-deserved drink, which is included in the admission price! Capacity is limited, so book your tickets today. Each ticket admits one pair (an adult and a child). Friday 9 December| 5pm - 7pm |
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How Do You Do...?
If we know what familiar things like trees and water look like, why do they sometimes seem so difficult to paint? We'll get the workshop underway with these subjects, then go on to “people's choice” subjects. You will be invited to submit your suggestions for topics of study in advance so they can be tackled during class. 10 - 11 December| 10am - 4pm |
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Paints & Pints
It’s Happy Hour at the Kingston School of Art and Daft Brewing! Create your own colourful masterpiece while sipping on pints at Daft Brewing. Tickets include instruction, all necessary art supplies, and one drink from Daft Brewing. Capacity is limited, so buy your tickets now! Sunday 8 January | 1pm - 3pm |
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Simple Screen Printing Basics
Have you ever wanted to learn how to screenprint!? This workshop is geared to teach you the basics of screenprinting, and what goes into prepping your screen, setting up your station, and pulling the actual print. We’ll dive into DIY screenprinting methods and techniques, learn what materials are best for this process, and how to source everything so you can continue the screenprinting process from home, the studio, or even outdoors. Sharing is a big part of what makes printmaking so special, so in this workshop we’ll be working collaboratively to create a screen which we can collectively pull prints from to share widely. Sunday 22 January | 12pm - 3pm |
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Paints & Pints
It’s Happy Hour at the Kingston School of Art and Daft Brewing! Create your own colourful masterpiece while sipping on pints at Daft Brewing. Tickets include instruction, all necessary art supplies, and one drink from Daft Brewing. Capacity is limited, so buy your tickets now! Sunday 5 February | 1pm - 3pm |
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Monotyping is Fun!
Have you ever wanted to dip your toes into the world of printmaking, but felt a wee bit intimidated by the technical elements of the practice? Well, monotyping might be exactly what you’ve been looking for! Imagine painting and printmaking had a baby - that’s MONOTYPE! In this workshop, you will learn the art of monotyping, a perfect blend of painting and printmaking, great for any experience level! Learn a variety of techniques to create fun, unique monoprints; unique because monotypes are the only type of printmaking where the result is one print instead of an edition! Learn tips on how to monotype at home, and how to adjust it for different skill levels or material accessibility, from tinfoil to plexiglass, and all the tricks that come with it. No experience required; great for any skill level! Sunday 12 February | 1pm - 3pm |
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Illustration: Creative Drawing for Beginners
Taking chances, making mistakes, and playing are all big parts of creative illustration. In this illustration workshop, Artist Abby Nowakowski teaches starting points to develop your imagination, visual language, and artistic voice! You’ll dive into some guidelines for harmonious composition using simplified shapes and colours to enhance your skill set. During the workshop, you’ll experiment with freehand drawing, collage, and work with a range of materials to untap your inner illustrator. Sunday 12 February | 4pm - 6pm |
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Paints & Pints
It’s Happy Hour at the Kingston School of Art and Daft Brewing! Create your own colourful masterpiece while sipping on pints at Daft Brewing. Tickets include instruction, all necessary art supplies, and one drink from Daft Brewing. Capacity is limited, so buy your tickets now! Sunday 5 March | 1pm - 3pm |
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Intaglio Printmaking Workshop
Through this intensive full-day workshop Artist Abby Nowakowski will teach you the magic of intaglio (also known as etching) printmaking. From mapping out your layers - to inking up your plate, you will learn the traditional process of drypoint intaglio and explore alternative chine collé techniques. You’ll get hands-on experience with plate making, pulling prints through a printing press, and you’ll get the chance to play, experiment and create a small edition of intaglio prints. Sunday 19 March | 11am - 4pm |
