Join us this Valentines Week for a fun watercolour workshop painting hearts! All skill levels welcome! #watercolourvalentines #watercolour
Valentines – Watercolour Hearts Painting Workshop
Join us for “SunCatching Hearts,” a 1.5-hour watercolor workshop perfect for absolute beginners. In this warm and uplifting session, you’ll explore how to blend symbols of love, light, and winter into one harmonious and eye-catching composition. Learn how to capture the gentle glow of sunlight reflecting on icy surfaces and intertwine it with the softness and warmth of heart-inspired shapes. Through guided exercises, you’ll experiment with dry-brush and wet-on-wet watercolor techniques to create contrast, movement, and emotion. This workshop invites you to express themes of love, care, and connection through color and light while discovering the joy of painting freely and intuitively.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Date: February 12, 2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
About the Instructor
With over 25 years of experience as a watercolor artist, graphic, and ornamental designer, Yulia has been teaching at the Ottawa School of Art since 2016, sharing her expertise in vibrant watercolors, bold acrylics, and intricate drawings. Her artistic journey began in Moscow, Russia, where she studied Fine Art, worked as a ceramic artist, co-owned a studio, and collaborated with the Paleontological Museum. She has participated in international exhibitions across Germany, Sweden, the UK, Canada, and the US. Since 2017, she has also taught at the Glebe Community Centre and Abbotsford House. A dedicated craft-maker, she has been an artist-vendor at ByWard Market since 2016 and has showcased her work in SAW Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre, and BlueBird Café. Passionate about traditional media, she integrates medieval patterns, mythology, and light effects into her art. She is committed to supporting Ukrainian refugees and enriching Ottawa’s artistic community.
MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED:
Strathmore Watercolour Paper
Watercolour Sets
White Acrylic Paint (Soft Body)
Masking Fluid (Demco, Winsor& Newton, etc.)
Centretown would like to acknowledge that Ottawa is built on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.
The Anishinaabe Algonquin peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. We also recognize the contributions of Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and our province and country as a whole.
