Smalltown Art & Wellness Studio

04/29/2026

Let's paint together!

Don't forget we have a Watercolour for Beginners Workshop starting next week at the Watson.

If you've always wanted to try out watercolour painting, this is your chance! There are still spots open. Register ASAP before we fill up.

Register in person at the Watson or online at https://watsonartcentre.simpletix.ca/

WORKSHOP OUTLINE :
Week 1: Watercolour Explorations
Week 2: Leaves & Colour mixing
Week 3: Flowers & Details
Week 4: Fruit & Doodling
Week 5: Landscapes
Week 6: Animals & Transferring Images

Materials included.
$230 for 6 weeks.
Hosted by Holly Bryson
Materials included and may be purchased to take home.

04/22/2026

Every Monday, I get to hang out with a lovely group of ladies in Gilbert and make art! This round of classes, we are exploring a different type of medium each class. This week was collaging 💓 We used our scrape-painted pages we had made before for our rectangle collages & our artist trading cards. I love seeing their personalities shine through in their colour choices & styles. Aren't these beautiful?! ✨️

Gilbert Plains Services for Seniors

04/17/2026

Doodle maps! Such a fun & meditative project for both kids and adults 🗺

We started by "taking our beans for a walk" - aka we pushed a dried kidney bean around a piece of watercolour paper with a sharpie, creating intersecting lines, which ended up looking like a map. This part is a lesson in mindfulness and letting go of control, as the bean requires focus and seems to have a mind of its own 😉

Next, we doodled patterns in some of the sections with sharpie, and coloured other sections with washable marker. We then added water overtop of the marker with a paintbrush for a watercolour-like effect.

Love this project! Let me know if you try it.

04/16/2026

Something bright and cheery for this snowy day 💐 Check out these beautiful flower boxes the kids in Russell made with painted egg cartons & buttons. A fun, springy project 🌼

04/15/2026

Collage projects have a special place in my heart 💛 Every time we make trading cards, I get hooked on them all over again! We had a lovely evening in Dauphin yesterday, sifting through colourful papers, cutting, gluing and visiting.

Wanna join in next time? We have bi-weekly classes for kids & adults in Dauphin, Grandview & Russell. Send me a DM and I'll send you our spring schedule 💐

04/14/2026

Considering myself very lucky to get to make art with this lovely group again! Yesterday we started a 5 week art course where we explore a different medium each class. This week, we did zendoodle hands with a scrape paint background. Don't they look great?!

This program is put on by Gilbert Plains Services for Seniors. There are so many cool classes and events they have on. Love the energy a small town community brings ✨️

04/13/2026

Grids with kids! Our fun final project of our winter classes in Russell ✨️

We used thin tape to divide our pages into sections. We coloured each section with paint sticks. Once they were dry, we added doodles & symbols to each space with oil pastels and paint pens. The kids are always excited when the paint pens come out!

Spring classes are in full swing now. Our next Russell dates are: April 23, May 7, May 21, June 4 & June 18. Let me know if your child would like to join in the fun 🥳

04/12/2026

Did you know we host birthday parties?! Pick a project from our feed or give us a theme, and let's celebrate together 🥳

This little artist loved space, especially the moon and stars. Parents are welcome to bring in food and decorations, and kids can have up to 12 guests to craft with 🌝

Come party with us 🎉

04/11/2026

We had a lovely first class of our Watercolour for Beginners course at Parkland Psychology on Thursday. Looking forward to spending the next few months painting with this fun group ✨️

04/10/2026

It's been a fun week of art! It was our first round of Spring classes this week. On Tuesday in Grandview, we made colourful paper beads by rolling up magazines strips with glue. Some put their beads on twine and some collaged with them. Luckily we finished up class before the big storm hit ✨️

04/09/2026

Dream Bedroom Trioramas ✨️ It was so sweet to see the kids' creative minds working & thinking about what they'd like to include in their dream bedrooms. We had a box of wallpaper to go through, felt, fabric, paper & lots of hot glue. And yes, that cute yellow sign says "free fish for sale" 💛