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Acrylic Painting on Tule Paper Workshop

$145.00

Price: $145 per person
Experience length: 3 hours

Use hand-made tule - tukʷtán̓ paper as your surface and acrylic paint as your medium to explore story, memory, and place. In this workshop, participants work with a land-based material (tule) and image‑making side by side, creating paintings that carry both visual and tactile connections to the land.

Price: $145 per person
Experience length: 3 hours

Use hand-made tule - tukʷtán̓ paper as your surface and acrylic paint as your medium to explore story, memory, and place. In this workshop, participants work with a land-based material (tule) and image‑making side by side, creating paintings that carry both visual and tactile connections to the land.

What You’ll Experience

  • Introduction to tule paper: how it’s made and why it matters

  • Conversation about story, memory, and place as starting points for image-making

  • Guided warm‑ups with acrylic paint on small tule paper samples

  • Time to develop one or more focused pieces on larger sheets

  • Gentle, optional sharing and reflection at the end of the session

You’ll leave with your own tule‑based acrylic paintings or submit them to our gallery.

Typical Timeline / Flow (3 hours)

Welcome & Context

  • Arrival, land acknowledgement, and a short introduction to tule as a material

  • Overview of the workshop flow and materials

Material & Mark‑Making Warm‑Ups

  • Look at examples of painting on textured/natural surfaces

  • Short exercises exploring how acrylic behaves on tule paper

  • Prompts around memory, place, film, or land‑based experiences

Guided Painting Time

  • Develop one or more pieces on tule paper

  • One-on-one support with composition, colour, and layering

  • Quiet, focused, making time with room for questions and experimentation

Closing & Reflection

  • Group walk‑through or optional sharing of works-in-progress

  • Discussion of sealing, displaying, or continuing work at home

  • Clean‑up and closing circle

Who This Is For

  • Artists and learners interested in land-connected materials and painting

  • Folks who’ve participated in tule mat or paper-making workshops and want a next step

  • People exploring story, memory, and place through visual art

  • Beginners and experienced painters who enjoy trying new surfaces

What to Bring

  • Clothes you don’t mind getting a bit of paint on

  • Personal sketchbook or reference images (optional)

  • Water bottle and light snacks

All tule paper, paints, and brushes are provided. You bring your stories; together, we’ll see how they land on the surface. You are welcome to bring your own supplies as well.