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This week we finished our Spring Sketching Session.

For the final project, everyone chose their own subject to draw.

One student picked ramen.🍜
By the end of the class, everyone was hungry. 🤤

Join us!
We always have a lot of fun and amazing people in our classes.🧡

See the Summer Schedule on our website:
www.yuliab.ca/book-online 👆

Watercolor Flowers for Teens start on June 2d ! 🌷

We've finished our Spring Watercolor Session this week and start new one in June:

📍 Kitchener Downtown Art Studio
🎨 Skill Level: Beginners & Continuing Students
🗓 Tuesdays | June 2 – June 23, 2026
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 PM
🎟 4 Classes | All Supplies Included
👩‍🏫 Art Instructor – Yulia Balobanova

All details and registration:
www.yuliab.ca/book-online 👆

Yesterday we painted lotus flowers for Mother’s Day 🪷

Well… some stayed lotus flowers.
Some slowly turned into mandalas.

But honestly, that wasn’t the important part.

The important part was the feeling.✨️

Tea, cookies, building circles and petals…
and then watching the colors slowly flow on paper.

Such a meditative process 🧘‍♀️

And honestly… what could be a better Mother’s Day gift than a few peaceful creative hours for yourself? 💛

Happy Mother's Day! 🪷

First portrait attempt 👌

Yes, it’s a big challenge and a big jump, as my student said — but at the same time, he surprised himself. 😊
He thought he couldn’t draw portraits.

You never know until you try ✨

Such an amazing resultvfor the first portrait drawing, right? 👏

Have you ever surprised yourself with something you thought you couldn’t do?

Still life is not an easy subject — especially when drawing from real life instead of a photo. 😅

There’s a lot happening at once:
shape, proportion, light, shadow, composition, watercolor technique…🖌

And one of the biggest challenges — seeing a 3D object in front of you and translating it onto a 2D piece of paper.

That’s why we didn’t jump straight into painting.

First, we worked on sketches separately, studied the objects, shapes, proprtions, spaces, explored shading, and slowly built understanding step by step.

Then came watercolor.🎨

And everyone did beautifully 💛

This balance of structure and creative freedom is a big part of my teaching approach.👩‍🏫

Learn to observe.
Understand the structure.
Then make it your own ✨

P.S. Our Watercolor Flowers classes for teenagers start June 2 🎨
We’ll continue exploring structure — flowers this time — while learning watercolor techniques and observational drawing.

Learn more: www.yuliab.ca/book-online 👆

This Saturday ✨
5 family spots left 💛

Join us for a creative Adult + Child workshop and create your own Fantasy Garden on Canvas side by side 🌿

Each person will create their own artwork using painting, collage, texture, and mixed media on canvas.

A lovely creative Mother’s Day activity to enjoy together 💛

📍 Yulia ArtSpace | Downtown Kitchener
🗓 May 9
⏰ 12:30–2:00 p.m.
🚗 Free parking beside the building
🎨 All materials included

All details and registration:
www.yuliab.ca/book-online 👆

P.S. The artwork in this video is just a paper example for inspiration ✨
During the workshop, everyone will create their own unique mixed media canvas.

Create with Me 💛

Look at our examples 👆 and get some inspiration to create your own portrait.✨️

Draw a simple pencil face on colored paper

Build the hair with patterned paper
(yes, Dollarama treasures ✂️)

Tear for a soft, expressive look…
or cut and place each piece carefully — the “engineer way” one of my students loves 👌

Play with color and texture.
Mix, layer, try, change.

Hair can be anything — shapes, textures…
even birds can live in your hair 🐦😁

At the end, trace the lines with colored pencils.
Add color… or don’t.

Enjoy! 💛

It might be a lovely idea for a creative Mother’s Day moment ✨️

Lotus meditation 🪷

Drawing a lotus is a very meditative process.
The circle, the rhythm of the petals, repeating shapes — it gently brings you into a calm, focused state.🧘‍♀️

And then watercolor…
watching the color flow, blend, and move freely — just enjoying the process.🧘‍♀️

A beautiful way to celebrate Mother’s Day —
on your own, with your mom, or as a thoughtful gift 💛

✨ May 9 · 5:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Yulia ArtSpace · Downtown Kitchener
🚗 Free parking beside the building

All details and registration:
www.yuliab.ca/book-online 👆