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Tuesday Painting Workshops

Photo of artists and instructor Rachel Harbour

With Artist Rachel Harbour: 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Artist & Instructor Rachel Harbour introduces several different painting techniques in an in-class setting. Beginners welcome! Registration & payment required in advance.

Each 3-hour workshop, led by Rachel Harbour, includes all materials for only $40.00

Register at gallery@bellevillelibrary.ca  or call 613-968-6731 x2040

Register early as space is limited.

Image of an acrylic painting showing a hedgehog deep within tall grasses, surrounded by pink flowers.

January 6

Under the Hedge

acrylic on canvas, 20 x 10 inches

Welcome back to our Tuesday Workshops! We kick off 2026 with a cheeky hedgehog. Here, we will build in detail as we create the natural habitat for this little fellow. Exploring a value range in colour (rather than just grey) allows us to depict the variety of greenery that makes up this snippet of our hedgehog’s home.

Image of a watercolour painting showing two puffins on a rocky cliff with a blue sea in the background.

January 20

Parrots of the Sea

watercolour on paper, 9 x 12 inches

We continue our welcome back month with more colour to chase away any January blahs. Puffins, known as ‘Parrots of the Sea’ due to their parrot-bright colourful beaks, are the sturdy seabirds of the East Coast. Again, exploring how we use ‘value’ (lightness and darkness) in our paintings, we will employ changing the density of our watercolour paint to capture those bright beak colours contrasted against the pale, far away sea.