Past Workshops

Ended - Friday

3 March 2023

Sikka 2023: Eye See You

Victor Sitali

Sit down, relax and draw a human eye using charcoal and paper.

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Ended - Monday

27 February 2023

Learn to Draw with Silverpoint

James Razko

Learn how to draw with Silverpoint, a beautiful Renaissance drawing medium, through easy to understand demonstrations and drawing exercises. Create a subtly glowing portrait using sterling silver an...

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Ended - Sunday

26 February 2023

Sikka 2023: Eye See You

Victor Sitali

Sit down, relax and draw a human eye using charcoal and paper.

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Ended - Sunday

26 February 2023

Sikka 2023: Drop-in & Paint

Diego Mendoza

Join us for an informal painting session focused on sketching with paint and experiment with how you can incorporate stencil making and masking while creating paint sketches. During the workshop, part...

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Ended - Saturday

25 February 2023

Sikka 2023: Skyline Drawing

Abdulla Lutfi

Using a simple market pen, follow Abdulla as he shows you how to create your own skyline of Dubai in his distinct black and white style. Attendance is free of charge but seating is limited.

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Ended - Friday

24 February 2023

Sikka 2023: Eye See You

Victor Sitali

Sit down, relax and draw a human eye using charcoal and paper.

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Ended - Friday

24 February 2023

Sikka 2023: Look Up - Chasing the Light

Michael Arnold

Join the celebrated fine artist Mike Arnold to discover a new way to view, enjoy and capture the wonder of the Dubai’s architectural landscape just by ‘looking up’. This introduction will show you how...

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Ended - Tuesday

21 February 2023

Grisaille

James Razko

Learn to paint grisaille portrait studies, a great technique to help you progress from drawing to painting, with artist James Razko. A Grisaille is a painting executed entirely in monochrome and orig...

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Ended - Sunday

5 February 2023

Drop-in & Draw

Diego Mendoza

Join us for an informal drawing session focused on drawing with ball-point pen and gestural mark making. Working mostly in black and white and through a series of exercises, participants will be chall...

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Ended - Sunday

29 January 2023

Drop-in & Paint

Bassem Boules

Explore soft pastel painting techniques in this workshop with artist Bassem Boules as he introduces the tools and techniques for drawing including outlining, observation and basic shading using two to...

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Ended - Wednesday

7 December 2022

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...

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Ended - Thursday

24 November 2022

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...

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