Ink Making: Drawing with Hand Made Inks
8 Week Class | Registration opens 2026-02-10 12:00 PM
Ink making is an ancient and respected practice, with inks traditionally derived from a wide range of natural, pigmented materials. In this course, students will learn how to collect seasonal materials and transform them into handmade inks, then use those inks to create drawings. This process offers a way to reconnect with the landscape we inhabit while exploring both the material and chemical qualities of colour.
Each season offers its own hues, shaped by what is in bloom and readily available to harvest. The course brings together two interconnected art practices: making materials as an artistic process, and drawing with those materials. Projects will explore ideas of place, harvesting resources ethically, and material use, as well as techniques for combining inks and drawing with “grounds and accents.” As a class we will discuss our work, other artists, and share ink samples to build a collective catalogue of colours.
$406 +
Material Fee: $20 =
$426 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Drawing with brushes and dip pens using experimental ink materials
- Introduction to natural ink making techniques
- Experimentation with colour ingredients through self-made art materials
- Foraging and identifying seasonal pigment sources from the outdoors, kitchen, or grocery store
- Sharing and documenting ink results through a collaborative class ink catalogue
Kyla Brown
Kyla is a Toronto based artist, educator and writer, pedestrian and mother. She/they work in a project driven practice that includes the labour of care work, community based projects, subtle public interventions, drawing-installation and video work. Exploring the everyday, material practices and mapping, Brown’s drawings look at routines, and notions of place.
She has shown at the Khyber Centre for the Arts and the Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax, Art Mur in Montreal, XEXE Gallery and Hang Man Gallery in Toronto, as well as DNA Artspace, ArtLab Gallery, and with McIntosh Gallery's community residency in London, ON. She earned a BFA from NSCAD University, and MFA from the University of Western Ontario. She has taught adult and youth courses at the University of Western Ontario, Sheridan College, Art City of Toronto, the AGO, and the Toronto School of Art.