We want to thank our wonderful instructors, Maria Coryell-Martin, Thainlin Tay, and Suhita Shirodkar for leading workshops this fall! This season, we introduced a new way to experience Art Toolkit Workshops by offering both Live and Recorded Access options for all three workshops. Participants could join the live session with extra time to ask questions and get feedback or could watch the recording a week later and take it at their own pace. Recorded Access for all three workshops will be available online one year from their live date, so, if you see one that inspires you, register here!
Enthusiastic participants from each workshop shared their art with us, and we hope you enjoy peeking into these past workshops by way of their sketches. Stay tuned to our newsletter and Workshops page for the next series announcement.
Cloudscapes with Maria Coryell-Martin
Maria kicked off our latest season of online workshops with an introduction to painting skies with watercolor. Participants were guided through various techniques for painting skies and, together, we sketched six different cloudscapes to apply those learnings! We loved seeing your beautiful work, and we wanted to give a shout-out to participants Katie and CJ for sharing their workshop paintings with us!
Thank you, Maria, for bringing back a favorite workshop, and sharing your insights into painting dynamic, whimsical, and moody skies with watercolors. Visit Maria’s website to see her artwork and register for Recorded Access to Cloudscapes here.
People in Motion with Thainlin Tay
In this workshop, Thainlin shared tips for sketching the human form, from breaking it down into shapes and suggesting ways to approach drawing faces to ideas for adding color and capturing details with simple lines.
To put everything together, Thainlin shared a timelapse of a café scene and guided participants through sketching it together.
Visit Thainlin Tay’s Ambassador or Instagram page to see more of his sketches, and register for People in Motion on our Workshops page.
Mixed Media on Location with Suhita Shirodkar
In this workshop, Suhita guided participants in sketching two diverse scenes: a landscape from Yosemite National Park and Times Square in New York City. Using watercolor, crayons, colored pencil, and pen, participants explored layering media to enrich their art and the way they capture a scene on location.
Suhita walked participants through compiling a compact mixed-media kit for plein air sketching and demonstrated rendering scenes using different techniques and tools.
We loved seeing the striking blue rock formations and textured crowds that you sketched, and wanted to give a shout-out to Flory and Stephanie for sharing their mixed media sketches with us!
Even while moderating the workshop, Maria Coryell-Martin painted along!
Visit Suhita’s website and Instagram page to see her artwork and creative offerings.
Watch Recordings of Our Workshops
We are now offering Recorded Access to our online workshops so that you can follow along at your own pace. Workshops are available for registration up to a year after the live event, and your access to the recording is good for one year from your purchase date. Consider signing up for one from our latest series of workshops below:
Cloudscapes: Paint Expressive Skies in Watercolor with Maria Coryell-Martin
People in Motion: Capture Lively Urban Scenes with Thainlin Tay
Mixed Media on Location: Enrich Your Daily Sketches with Suhita Shirodkar
Live Demos
As always, we invite you to browse our archive of live demos for creative inspiration this season. If you want to dip your toe into watercolor painting or are looking to try a new technique, these demos are a great place to start, and they’re absolutely free!
We always love to see what you make during our workshops, so tag us on socials @ArtToolkit. Thank you!