Online & In-Person Workshops

Live Parties

Online & In-Person

What makes my Parties Special?

SMALL GROUPS. Success is guaranteed for beginners with my clear step-by-step guidelines and whatever time it takes because I keep my groups small.

EXPERIENCE. My experience makes yours relaxed and fun. It's also encouraging for experienced artists as I include handy, professional takeaways for creating future art.

BYOB (alcohol, that is...coffee and tea are included here). You can bring your own snacks too, OR I can supply hors d'oeuvres or charcuterie, an ARTSY cupcake palette, or themed decorations for a reasonable fee.

Excuses to Party

To get off the couch; to make memories with some faraway friends or family members; for a private celebration; to meet new people or hang out with old friends; a birthday party, girls' night, date night, bachelorette; team-building your business, church events; winery visits. . .

Where to Party?

MY PLACE. A homey teaching studio at 9 Jubilee Dr. St. Catharines, ON CA, comfortably seating a dozen people around a large table. Plenty of free, on-street parking.

YOUR SPACE. A home, business, or community space within Niagara with adequate tables, chairs, lighting, and access to a sink. A travel fee of .50/km applies.

ONLINE. Via Zoom meetings. (For a full experience, download the app). Laptops/desktops and 1 screen per person are strongly suggested.

Partying Price? Prices are PER PERSON and include taxes

ONLINE FLAT RATE $45 Allow $15 ea for materials

HIRE ME FOR AN IN-PERSON GROUP EVENT Prices include materials

$60 2-6 participants: about 1.5 hrs

$50 7-12 participants: about 2.5 hrs (optional break)

$40 13+ participants in YOUR space: 3.5+ hrs (15 min break)

"I can't believe I made that! I have never painted before and can't even draw a straight line, but I am going to hang my painting in my kitchen!"

"Lorenda's cupcake paint platter was the icing on our cake for my daughter's birthday art party"

Chantel's Mom

"We had a blast at a DATE NIGHT with three other couples-and I even like our painting!"

Anon Husband and Wife

How to Party?

1. CHOOSE a piece from the portfolio below

2. CONTACT me to set the details

3. MATERIALS payment secures your date

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The Party Portfolio

Check out these themes below. There are for all ages and skill levels but pieces marked with a plus "+" means they may need more time.

Poppies Watercolour on paper. Explore the contours and colours of the poppy. Create 2-3 pieces of 1 and 3 poppies on approx. 8" x 10" watercolour paper.	After Van Gogh Blossoms Recreate the feel of Spring Blossoms Van Gogh style. Acrylic on canvas.	The Irish Hills are Smiling Learn the basics of landscapes created depth with line, colour, overlapping, and size. Lavender, roads or a stream can be added...or if you insist, a rainbow and a pot of gold! Oil Pastel on toned paper.
Birds on a Wire Acrylic and Metallic paints on between an 8" and 16" rectangle Canvas. A stunning teal, gold and black piece. The colour theme can be altered for your group. Silver/grey/black or other.	The Owls Have It! Small playful watercolour owl on paper	Your "Fauvest" Pet Paint your pet in the modern "fauves" (wild beast) style. Acrylic on canvas.
Ebb and Flow Intro to soft (chalk) pastel on paper. The Jelly fish is a magnificent display of beauty. This is a contemplative time of imagining and creating your own deep sea world and exploring the application of chalk (soft) pastels. Get ready to get your hands dirty. Your piece can later be matted and framed.	Fish in the Shallows + Learn to draw then paint in acrylic on canvas, this graceful fish. Choose your own background and fish colour. Learn tones and tints to create a dimensional look. This piece will be ready to hang since it will be painted on a wrap around canvas. Acrylic on canvas. -student sample-	Water for Elephants Learn how to draw an elephant (or just trace one) and then basic water colour mixing techniques imagining an African sky. Go home walking alongside your watercolour elephant...into the sunset. Your piece can be matted and framed.
Watercolour Creatures This is a very fun and exploratory venture into the beauty of watercolours. NO experience needed. A little imagination may be helpful but not necessary. Learn about washes, bleeding, colour contrasts and wet-mixing. You will create between 3 and 5 creatures using Water colour on watercolour paper. These can be made into cards or framed.	Cacti Collection Dreaming of Arizona? Paint it! Pick your favourite and receive tips on colour selection, mixing, and drawing...creating 3-5 unique cacti with various textures and colours. Acrylic on canvas.	A Leaf for All Seasons Have fun splashing and dribbling ink while learning "contour drawing" - a leaf for any season! Your piece will be done on between a 6' and 10" square canvas.
Fresh A watercolour fruit or vegetable of your choice on acid free paper. Drawing lesson and beginner watercolour. Includes a frame.	sailboat Sitting at the beach or in a kitchen, you can learn simple washes to create sailboat lake scenes. Art card workshop creating 6 cards in watercolour. These could be framed as well.	Beach Visit Acrylic on between 8" and 12" square canvas. This scene uses smooshing and splattering! Acrylic on canvas.
Off-Shore A good intro to painting. Acrylic on between 5" and 12" rectangle canvas or canvas board using various painting techniques. Using any or all of the following: washes, colour mixing, sponging, smooching, dabbing, stencilling.	Moody Autumn Pastel on Paper. Choose your own colours and created your own walk in the forest.	Fall Birch Grove This suits a more modern setting in your home. This beginner's acrylic is great for any season. Snow, leaves, birds - or even a hammock can be added! Learn about composition, colour contrasts, setting mood and more. Acrylic on canvas. student sample :)
Fun Fall This could be fun for a kid's party or a kid's room. Acrylic paint on canvas. Sparkles could be incorporated upon request.	Grape Harvest Paint a beautiful bunch of grapes. Acrylic paint on aged approximately 8" and 14" rectangle wood. Scraping paint, drawing with paint and learning beginning highlighting.	Winter Birch Grove This suits a more modern setting in your home. This beginner's acrylic is great for any season. Snow, leaves, birds - or even a hammock can be added! Learn about composition, colour contrasts, setting mood and more. Acrylic on canvas. student sample :)
Birch Grove + This acrylic is great for any season. ie. In lieu of snow, leaves, birds - or even a hammock can be added! Learn about composition, colour contrasts, setting mood and more. Acrylic on canvas.	Date Night Paint Night A special date with your date to paint your silhouettes in the rain. Photos of each couple/person posing is needed ahead of time. Acrylic on Shared Canvas.	The Night Sings A wonderful winter themed project. The Northern Lights is acrylic on canvas.
The Night Sings + An animal silhouette in front of the Northern Lights. Includes a drawing lesson. Various animals available. Acrylic on canvas. May need a bit extra time. -student sample-	A Rustic Christmas Acrylic paint on aged approximately 8" and 14" rectangle wood. Bring a favourite ornament picture or make this one. Choose your own colour. Scraping paint, drawing with paint and learning beginning highlighting.	Elegance A single peacock feather in inks on paper. Learn the basics of painting with ink, washes and metallic detail metallic ink layering work. Your piece can be later matted and framed.
The Bamboo An introduction to the art of Chinese Ink on Paper. This is a calming experience and the process is as important as the outcome. Lots of practise will produce one frameable-worthy piece.	after miro Suitable for any age, this imaginative doodling on a metallic base is reminiscent of the Spanish artist's surrealist style. A super contemporary look using your own colour and metallic choices. Acrylic on canvas. -student sample-	Cartoon Pastel Intro to Cartooning. Create your own character - pastel on black paper.
After Matisse Cut Outs Paper Collage. This piece can later be framed. Modern artist, Henri Matisse established a new technique called "gouaches découpées (cut collage) - Come learn about composition and how to "paint with scissors" too! You can find his famous paper "cut-outs" if you click on the picture and "Go to Link"	Modern Abstract Paint an abstract modern art piece using YOUR favourite colours and with guidance through an interesting process called neurographica drawing... and turn a frustration or just a nice memory into nicely processed visual beauty! Ink and Acrylic on canvas.	A NEW Design If you find or have a different idea, I can design a project for you.* An extra fee may apply. *no infringement of registered trademarks or copyrights.

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"I can't believe I made that! I have never painted before and can't even draw a straight line, but I am going to hang my painting in my kitchen!"

Poppies

Watercolour on paper. Explore the contours and colours of the poppy. Create 2-3 pieces of 1 and 3 poppies on approx. 8" x 10" watercolour paper.

After Van Gogh Blossoms

Recreate the feel of Spring Blossoms Van Gogh style. Acrylic on canvas.

The Irish Hills are Smiling

Learn the basics of landscapes created depth with line, colour, overlapping, and size. Lavender, roads or a stream can be added...or if you insist, a rainbow and a pot of gold! Oil Pastel on toned paper.

Birds on a Wire

Acrylic and Metallic paints on between an 8" and 16" rectangle Canvas. A stunning teal, gold and black piece. The colour theme can be altered for your group. Silver/grey/black or other.

The Owls Have It!

Small playful watercolour owl on paper

Your "Fauvest" Pet

Paint your pet in the modern "fauves" (wild beast) style. Acrylic on canvas.

Ebb and Flow

Fish in the Shallows +

Learn to draw then paint in acrylic on canvas, this graceful fish. Choose your own background and fish colour. Learn tones and tints to create a dimensional look. This piece will be ready to hang since it will be painted on a wrap around canvas. Acrylic on canvas. -student sample-

Water for Elephants

Learn how to draw an elephant (or just trace one) and then basic water colour mixing techniques imagining an African sky. Go home walking alongside your watercolour elephant...into the sunset. Your piece can be matted and framed.

Watercolour Creatures

Cacti Collection

Dreaming of Arizona? Paint it! Pick your favourite and receive tips on colour selection, mixing, and drawing...creating 3-5 unique cacti with various textures and colours. Acrylic on canvas.

A Leaf for All Seasons

Have fun splashing and dribbling ink while learning "contour drawing" - a leaf for any season! Your piece will be done on between a 6' and 10" square canvas.

Fresh

A watercolour fruit or vegetable of your choice on acid free paper. Drawing lesson and beginner watercolour. Includes a frame.

sailboat

Sitting at the beach or in a kitchen, you can learn simple washes to create sailboat lake scenes. Art card workshop creating 6 cards in watercolour. These could be framed as well.

Beach Visit

Acrylic on between 8" and 12" square canvas. This scene uses smooshing and splattering! Acrylic on canvas.

Off-Shore

A good intro to painting. Acrylic on between 5" and 12" rectangle canvas or canvas board using various painting techniques. Using any or all of the following: washes, colour mixing, sponging, smooching, dabbing, stencilling.

Moody Autumn

Pastel on Paper. Choose your own colours and created your own walk in the forest.

Fall Birch Grove

This suits a more modern setting in your home. This beginner's acrylic is great for any season. Snow, leaves, birds - or even a hammock can be added! Learn about composition, colour contrasts, setting mood and more. Acrylic on canvas. student sample :)

Fun Fall

This could be fun for a kid's party or a kid's room. Acrylic paint on canvas. Sparkles could be incorporated upon request.

Grape Harvest

Paint a beautiful bunch of grapes. Acrylic paint on aged approximately 8" and 14" rectangle wood. Scraping paint, drawing with paint and learning beginning highlighting.

Winter Birch Grove

This suits a more modern setting in your home. This beginner's acrylic is great for any season. Snow, leaves, birds - or even a hammock can be added! Learn about composition, colour contrasts, setting mood and more. Acrylic on canvas. student sample :)

Birch Grove +

This acrylic is great for any season. ie. In lieu of snow, leaves, birds - or even a hammock can be added! Learn about composition, colour contrasts, setting mood and more. Acrylic on canvas.

Date Night Paint Night

A special date with your date to paint your silhouettes in the rain. Photos of each couple/person posing is needed ahead of time. Acrylic on Shared Canvas.

The Night Sings

A wonderful winter themed project. The Northern Lights is acrylic on canvas.

The Night Sings +

An animal silhouette in front of the Northern Lights. Includes a drawing lesson. Various animals available. Acrylic on canvas. May need a bit extra time. -student sample-

A Rustic Christmas

Acrylic paint on aged approximately 8" and 14" rectangle wood. Bring a favourite ornament picture or make this one. Choose your own colour. Scraping paint, drawing with paint and learning beginning highlighting.

Elegance

A single peacock feather in inks on paper. Learn the basics of painting with ink, washes and metallic detail metallic ink layering work. Your piece can be later matted and framed.

The Bamboo

An introduction to the art of Chinese Ink on Paper. This is a calming experience and the process is as important as the outcome. Lots of practise will produce one frameable-worthy piece.

after miro

Suitable for any age, this imaginative doodling on a metallic base is reminiscent of the Spanish artist's surrealist style. A super contemporary look using your own colour and metallic choices. Acrylic on canvas. -student sample-

Cartoon Pastel

Intro to Cartooning. Create your own character - pastel on black paper.

After Matisse Cut Outs

Modern Abstract

Paint an abstract modern art piece using YOUR favourite colours and with guidance through an interesting process called neurographica drawing... and turn a frustration or just a nice memory into nicely processed visual beauty! Ink and Acrylic on canvas.

A NEW Design

If you find or have a different idea, I can design a project for you.* An extra fee may apply. *no infringement of registered trademarks or copyrights.

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