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3rd Annual Garage Sale

2019/06/12Megan Ruhl

You asked, we deliver! On July 20th, 2019, join us from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm for our 3rd annual Garage Sale! We are now accepting vendor applications. If you are interested in booking a table, please contact the store for more details. Rental rates are $25 + GST per table, plus a $50 deposit (to be reimbursed at the end of the event, on July 20th, 2019.)

Easel Sale

2018/10/29Joel Warkentin

Art à la Carte Charity Pillows

2017/03/14Allie Mueller

Kensington Art Supply and Instruction is very pleased to announce that we are selling these beautiful pillows to raise funds for Art à la Carte! This beautiful design was created using a photograph taken by Annette Wichmann. “The image used on these decorative pillows was taken when we left Kensington and moved to our new location near Deerfoot Meadows. We needed to move the coloured pencil display and that meant taking every pencil out .

A Very Brief History of Acrylic Paint

2016/09/19Allie Mueller

In a German laboratory in 1901, the noted chemist Dr. Otto Röhm first made synthetic acrylic resin. His ideas were brought into American commercial production in the 1930s through the efforts of Röhm & Haas and by E. I. DuPont de Nemours (Dupont). This particularly useful resin is used in durable forms of fiber, cast plastic sheeting such as plexiglas and Lucite as well as polymerized emulsions for making paint. In 1931 .

Tombow USA

2016/03/25Allie Mueller

We are proud to have a great selection of popular Tombow products in-store. There are several outstanding products that we would like to share with you! Dual Brush Pens These pens are excellent for doodling, journalling, hand-lettering, colouring, fine art, illustrations, and more! Open stock: New lower price of $3.50 each Set of 10: $29.95 Full set of all 96 colours and a desk stand: $309.00 Mono Drawing Pencils Open stock: $1.65 Set .

Crystal Salamon – Awakening Artful Colouring

2015/12/07Allie Mueller

Crystal Salamon paid us a wonderful visit last week to drop off a bunch of copies of her new colouring book, Awakening Artful Colouring. We are absolutely thrilled to have these in stock! Not only is Crystal an amazing artist, she is a local artist as well, hailing from Turner Valley. This book makes a great gift for anyone on your list! And it’s only $20.00! A great pairing for this colouring book are .

Adult Colouring with Tombow

2015/11/30Allie Mueller

The adult colouring book craze is growing quickly! Studies have shown that colouring is an excellent activity to reduce stress. The studies are true: more and more, adults are turning to colouring books to help them relax. But, you can’t colour without the proper tools and for that, Tombow USA has you covered! The Tombow Dual Brush Pens are one of our most popular products, and they are amazing for use with colouring books. .

New Website!

2014/09/05annette

Welcome to our new website! We have lots of new content with more being added every day. You now have a full listing of our current classes and workshops. Demo days will be added soon. Our products listings will be fully available when we implement our new point-of-sale system in the coming months. In the meantime, enjoy our news, new products, videos and tips & techniques sections. You can also check out our instructor .