This Saturday: 6x6x6 Small Works Show 🖼️

You don't need a lot of space to be able to enjoy art on your walls! Come see small works, no longer than 6" on any side, from over 50 different artists, as part of our 6x6x6 show!

Join us for the opening reception, Saturday, September 12, from 6-9pm! Meet some of the artists! Enjoy snacks and beverages! Be the first to claim some of the art on the walls so they can soon adorn your walls at home!

Pieces will be available to take home immediately after purchase, so don't wait or you won't even be able to see them??

Monthly mystery boxes

ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for September's boxes! Get a subscription or a one-off mystery!

Fresh watercolors and inks; handbound notebooks and journals; what will there be this time? What colors? What palettes? Sign up by September 15th and find out!

Come see why collaging is so fun at Cut the Crap tonight or come make collage zines with us at Saturday's Zine Crash Course!! ✂️

̶T̶o̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶,̶ ̶S̶e̶p̶t̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶8̶,̶ ̶6̶:̶0̶0̶ ̶P̶M̶: Tonight's Shrink n' Drink is tragically CANCELLED due to low registration. Want to plan ahead and make sure the next one runs? Sign up with a friend or two! That's all it takes! Our classic BYO bevvie night full of silly nostalgic fun! Draw some stuff and shrink it down! Great for making charms, earrings, magnets, brooches, and other doodads! 🍸

Wednesday, September 9, 6:00 PM: This month's Watercolor for Everyone is SOLD OUT! Plan ahead for next time to learn a variety of beginner and intermediate techniques so you can start or continue your watercolor journey! 💖

Thursday, September 10, 5:00 PM: The dog days of summer are passed! It's time for a season of cats! (jk it's always time for cats!) Join us at Acrylic Painting Cats, a beginner-friendly acrylic painting class featuring one of our favourite subjects, the majestic, domestic feline!! 😽

Friday, September 11, 5:00 PM: This edition of Ink & Watercolor Illustration is SOLD OUT! Sign up for next time and learn how to combine two of the best mediums there are with a variety of techniques and processes! 🤝

Saturday, September 12, 10:00 AM: Did everyone just suddenly get back from summer vacation? ONE SPOT LEFT for Risograph Design on Paper! Learn how to think about color separation in Risograph via completely analogue means! You don't need to go digital! 🖨️

Saturday, September 12, 6:00 PM: It's the Opening Reception for 6x6x6, our small works show featuring pieces from over 50 different artists!! Pieces will be available to take home immediately after purchase, so don't wait or you won't even be able to see them?? 😱

Sunday, September 13, 5:00 PM: Cap off the week with Dramatic Acrylic Landscapes! It's a great way to dive into acrylic painting or to expand your skills by painting a gorgeous landscape! There's so much good inspiration all around us here in the PNW too... 🌄

Join us at Ballard's original drink n' draw, Ballard Sketch Team! You're required to neither drink nor draw, but you can if you want! Or you can paint or color or just hang out? It's chill. 💖

Monday, September 14, 11:00 AM: The air's a little cooler and maybe a little crispier... come enjoy some of the final summer mornings with us at Botanical Sketching at the Locks! This is the PENULTIMATE session! 🌹

Monday, September 14, 6:00 PM: Are we halfway through the month already? Do I mark the passage of time by writing these class descriptions every week and being constantly surprised by dates? Do you want to meet and/or catch up with local queer artists while getting time in on whatever you're working on? Well, the last one is easy -- come to QU-ART, our twice monthly FREE MEETUP for queers. 🏳️‍🌈

Tuesday, September 15, 6:00 PM: Mark the REAL halfway point in the month at Ballard Sketch Team, the neighbourhood's original drink n' draw at Hattie's Hat!! Join us in the back room with your sketchbook and settle in for a chill evening of doodlin' and hangin'. 🍻FREE MEETUP.

Wednesday, September 16, 6:00 PM: Our regular Drawing Techniques this month features graphite scales! Do you really need all those different hardnesses of pencil? What difference do they make? When might a 4H be better than a HB? When would you want to use a B over an H? What does it all MEAN?? 🖤🩶🤍

Thursday, September 17, 5:00 PM: Intimidated by the brush, especially when using something as permanent as ink? Join us for Inking: Brush, Washes, & White Space, and learn how to use brushes to get the effects, textures, and line qualities you want, along with how to utilise white space for effect and to dilute ink for washes! 🖌️

Friday, September 18, 8:00 PM: Our monthly Live Figure Drawing session is here with long poses, short poses, and in-betweeny poses, enabling exercises and studies of all kinds! Whether you're familiar with the art school life drawing session or not, you can come, sketch, and learn something! 🎨

Saturday, September 19, 10:00 AM: ONE SPOT LEFT for this month's Block Printing Workshop! Learn about the printmaking process, carve your own block, and get printing!! 🟩

Saturday, September 19, 2:00 PM: Learn All About Gouache with Maxx, frequent gouache painter and resident gouache-maker! How does it compare to watercolor? What's different and what's similar? What's the best way to use it? How is it pronounced? All your burning questions, answered! ❤️‍🔥

Sunday, September 20, 10:00 AM: Don't miss out! Intro to Alcohol Markers only runs quarterly! Find out why everyone's so crazy about those crazy expensive markers and learn how you can make them work for you! 🍊