Past Workshops

Afterschool Art Club: Sculpture

These workshops are focused especially on the young'uns, aged between 8 and 14 years. Each week, we focus on a particular artist and technique, from painting to printing, sculpture and much more.

Youth x Hub: Realistic Drawing

Osama Khalaf

Get to grips with realism in this 3-hour session with artist Osama Khalaf as he introduces the tools and techniques for realistic drawing including outlining, observation and how to give volume and de...

Drop in and Draw: Portraiture

Anjum Khan

Drop in & Draw is an on-going monthly session for artists, designers, and creatives wanting to share their sketchbook pages with each other and to create a supportive community committed to drawing as...

Afterschool Art Club: Painting

Feed your imagination and get creative - join us every Tuesday from 4 – 5.30 pm for the Tashkeel AfterSchool Art Club! These workshops are focused especially on the young'uns, aged between 8 and 14 ye...

Introduction to Photo Etching

Kim Robertson

Using their own images, participants will transfer them onto acetate in preparation for exposure onto plates. There will then be a guided demonstration of the process allowing each participant to expo...

Youth x Hub: Pastel Drawing

Osama Khalaf

Find out how to draw landscapes and portraits with pastels in this 3-hour session with artist Osama Khalaf as he introduces the tools and techniques for realistic drawing including outlining, observat...

Jali Diwani

Wissam Shawkat

Favoured by the Ottoman sultans, Jali Diwani and Diwani were used as the scripts for official decrees, correspondences, badges and ornamentations. Today, Jali Diwani is applied in a wide range of cont...

Introduction to Etching

Kim Robertson

This workshop will start the day by introducing the participants to the variety of techniques available in intaglio showing various examples. This will be followed by an introduction to the materials ...

Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy

Majid Alyousef

The workshop will introduce the participants to the history and practice of calligraphy, with extensive presentation of the letter forms, shapes and anatomy. Participants will work throughout the cour...

Youth x Hub: Calligraphy Basics

Majid Alyousef

Join the renowned Majid Alyousef on an adventure into calligraphy covering its development, tools and scripts. In a series of exercises, learn the right way to hold a pen and create basic shapes, alph...

Youth x Hub: Arabic Calligraphy

Ibrahim Zaki

In this workshop participants will learn the basics of the craft of Arabic calligraphy, including how to make the fluid forms which are a feature of this art using the tools provided. Photo credit: J...

Summer Camp 2018: Week 2

Kim Robertson, John Marsland, Azza Al Qubaisi, Elham Shafaei

This summer, Tashkeel is on another mission to deliver the most exciting and inventive set of workshops that will encourage young artists to new levels of creating and making.Following the successful ...