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!

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Visual Arts

Quarter 4, 2026 Workshops
(October - December)

Acrylic Painting: Veterans Day Poppies
November 2nd
1:30pm - 2:30pm PT

Join us to honor and remember our veterans. Participants will paint a poppy field full of texture and vibrant color. Techniques include pulling and stamping to create the background and flowers.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

Supplies:
-Black, white, red, green, yellow and blue acrylic paint
-Palette knife, old gift card or scraper
-8 or 9" balloon (not blown up)
-Approximately a 1" pom pom
-Small rubber band
-Small round paintbrush
-Palette paper or palette (with large flat area)
-Bristol board or mixed media paper (thicker paper better)
-Additional pom pom or small round sponge
-Q-tip
-Water and container to rinse brush
-Paper towels

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Watercolor Painting: Playing with Texture
December 5th
10:30am - 11:30am PT

Create tactile surfaces using watercolor and salt and let the paint's natural behavior co-create playful results.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

Supplies:
-Watercolor paper
-Masking tape
-Board to tape watercolor paper on
-Large round brush
-Small round brush
-Fine round brush
-Table salt
-Paper towels
-Palette
-Water

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