Past Workshops

Sunday Funday: Eraser Block Printing

Diego Mendoza

Participants will be introduced to block printing with the same techniques used by professional textile printers. By using erasers as blocks, the young artists will be able to create beautiful pattern...

Pop-in & Paint: Painting Flowers in Oil

Alonsa Guevara

By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with oil painting techniques and will be able to continue to develop their flower painting skills through ongoing practice.

Winter Camp 2022: Full Week (12 - 16 years)

Tashkeel Winter Camp brings new art and design workshops for 8 - 16 year olds for 5 days! Each workshop is designed to give the participants the freedom to express themselves and enjoy a new creative ...

Pop-in and Paint, the Gift of Art: Miniature Oil Painting

Alonsa Guevara

During the three-hour session, participants will learn how to make miniature paintings inspired by their favourite tiny objects. Using personal photos of favourite small objects as reference, particip...

Sunday Funday: Exquisite Corpse Prints

Diego Mendoza

Participating families engage in a collaborative art-making exercise that will prompt them to unite to explore the idea of adding to the unknown. Using foam and rubber, each family member will contrib...

The Crit Group with Alonsa Guevara

Alonsa Guevara

Join us in the next 'The Crit Group', led by our artist-in-resident, Alonsa Guevara, at Al Safa Library. Bring one completed artwork of your own to discuss it with this group critique which will be mo...

Trompe L’œil: Realistic Painting Techniques

James Razko

Trompe l’oeil is an art technique that convincingly tricks the viewer's eye into believing they are seeing a painted object in a three-dimensional space. Learning this technique will help students to ...

Dubai Design Week 2022: Calligraphic Forms

Ibrahim Zaki

Enter the fantastic world of storytelling using Arabic script. In this Tashkeel workshop, calligraphy artist Ibraheem Khamayseh shares the stories of different Arabic scripts that have been created, d...

Plein Air: Oil Painting

Alonsa Guevara

Amid the open-air beauty of Nad Al Sheba Public Park, participants will be introduced to a variety of oil painting techniques and have the chance to practice their new-found skills.

Plein Air: Acrylic Painting

Alonsa Guevara

Amid the open-air beauty of Nad Al Sheba Public Park, participants will be introduced to a variety of acrylic painting techniques and have the chance to practice their new-found skills.

Contemporary Portraits Using Mixed Media

James Razko

This workshop will enable participants of any level to improve their skills in creating mixed media portraits and gain more confidence in using charcoal, acrylic, oil paint and collage.

Watercolour Exploration

Wei (Vera) Meng

Join expert artist, Wei Meng for a 12-hour course exploring the medium of watercolour through observation and application.