PAINTING BASICS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS. TOM THOMSON!
February 15, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST
$65.00
eileenCelebrate Family Day weekend with artist Eileen MacArthur for a lively half-day Sunday workshop that blends creativity, technique and artistic expression with a splash of Canadian art history, inspired by the work of Group of Seven legend Tom T!
Young artists will be complete a medium sized painting using acrylic paint on canvas and explore how to make marks, how to mix colours, and experiment different brushes. Please send along a snack, water bottle and dress for messy painting! We will be spending some time outside to play and observe nature.
All materials included.
The afternoon will include an outside break. Please dress for winter play!
Please bring along a nut-free afternoon snack and drink.
Meet Eileen!
Eileen MacArthur is a practicing artist and arts educator with over 20 years of experience teaching art to adults and children at the Guelph School of Art, Studiohere and the Art Gallery of Guelph. She holds a Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Guelph, and a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Eileen is inspired by watching artist communities evolve and flourish! Eileen owns and operated the Arthur School of Art, located in her studio at her home in Arthur Ontario. www.arthurschoolofart.com