top of page

Workshops for North Olympic Library System Patrons

Join SilverKite® for live, intergenerational arts workshops!

 

Registration is open for individual participants of all ages. 

All of these opportunities are FREE for NOLS patrons!

OTHER LINKS

Recorded workshops in case you missed one of our live workshop experiences.

Frequently Asked Questions

old guy soft edges.png

WORKSHOP OFFERINGS
Click below to View

Programming Made Possible with Funding from

June

Upcoming Workshops

Acrylic Painting: Branches and Buds
March 7th
10:30 - 11:30am PT

In this acrylics workshop participants will explore layering, texture, composition and brushwork to capture the lines of budding branches.


Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver


Supplies:

-Canvas or Bristol board* 
-Acrylic paint
-Palette (or palette paper or a plate)
-Brushes (round and flat)
-Cup of water 
-Paper towels
-Pencil 
 

*Note: I tend to use paper/canvas sizes that fit within my document camera frame, but participants are welcome to use any size.

Optional:

-Palette knife 

Click Here To Register

Drawing: Summer Scene in Colored Pencils
June 22nd
1:30 - 2:30pm PT

Capture summer's delight in this drawing workshop. Using colored pencils, participants will learn layering, depth, and blending to bring a summer scene to life.

 

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver
 
Supplies:
-Colored Pencils
-Blending stump
-Mixed Media or Drawing Paper (natural or tan color - "neutral tone")
-Tissue or rag for blending

Click Here To Register

Acrylic Painting: Loveable Lilacs
April 4th
10:30 - 11:30am PT

In this acrylics workshop participants will explore layering, texture, composition and brushwork to capture blooming lilacs. 

 

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

 

Supplies:
-Canvas or Bristol board of any size - around 5x7 or 4x6 is usually great to finish in the workshop time
-Acrylic paint
-Palette (or palette paper or a plate)
-Brushes (round and flat)
-Cup of water 
-Paper towels
-Pencil  

Optional:

-Palette knife 

Click Here To Register

Watercolor Painting: Garden Roses
May 16th
10:30 - 11:30am PT

In this watercolor workshop participants will explore color mixing and wet-on-dry layering and brush strokes to bring roses from the garden to life. 

 

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver
 
Supplies:
-Watercolor paper
-Watercolor paints
-Brushes (flat and round)
-Water container
-Paper towels
-Pencil

Click Here To Register

Recording

VIDEO RECORDINGS

NOLS

NOLS

NOLS
Watercolor: Mountain Ranges (February 28)

Watercolor: Mountain Ranges (February 28)

58:35
Drawing: Wintery Scene in Colored Pencil (January 26)

Drawing: Wintery Scene in Colored Pencil (January 26)

57:46
Cozy Scenes in Colored Pencil (December 15)

Cozy Scenes in Colored Pencil (December 15)

58:09
Sip and Paint Watercolor: Winter Wonderland (December 13)

Sip and Paint Watercolor: Winter Wonderland (December 13)

56:27
SK NEW LOGO - BLACK.png
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

© SilverKite Community Arts®, LLC, 2024

5508 35th Ave NE, Suite 100

Seattle, WA 98105

(360) 218-4884

info@silverkite.us

We recognize SilverKite Community Arts® operates on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Stillaguamish, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Snoqualmie and Tulalip tribes - past, present, and future - as well as those whose names we do not know. We honor, with gratitude, the tribal Elders of the Pacific Northwest and their descendants for their stewardship of the water, the land, and its inhabitants. 

 

SilverKite stands in solidarity with the First Peoples of this land by paying Real Rent.

bottom of page