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Workshops & gatherings

Come and paint a bird. You don't need to know how.

Almost everyone turns up saying “I can't paint”. Hooi See has heard it so many times she stopped taking it seriously. Everything is laid out for you, nobody is looking over your shoulder, and you go home with a bird of your own.

  • A workshop in a bookshop seen from the end of a long table, shelves down both walls, everyone holding up the bird they painted
  • A finished orange and purple watercolour bird beside a paintbox and brush
  • Four people standing side by side, each holding the bird they painted
  • An open kraft box with a hand-lettered note reading you don't need to be an artist, you just need to show up
  • Overhead view of a hand painting a small bird, watercolour box and water jar alongside
  • The long bookshop table mid-workshop, paintings and paintboxes down its length
  • A man holding his finished painting of a wading bird up beside his face
  • Ten finished watercolour birds spread across a white table

Painted by beginners

Sixteen birds, sixteen first attempts.

Not one of these people had painted before that afternoon.

  • A purple fluffy watercolour bird beside a small drawn flower
  • A round magenta watercolour bird standing on a green field under a blue sky
  • A watercolour bird whose feathers are painted as orange and black flecks
  • A blue watercolour bird with a swept-up crest and a fork-shaped wing
  • A watercolour bird with a purple crest perched on a drawn wire fence
  • A pale yellow watercolour bird shaped like a pepper, on a grey wash
  • A tall red and blue watercolour bird with long thin legs
  • A watercolour bird painted around a large red heart
  • A round green and teal watercolour bird with wide eyes
  • A purple watercolour bird in flight with orange wings, above a branch
  • A green watercolour bird with a red comb, like a small rooster
  • A watercolour bird with a rainbow-striped body and a pink tail
  • A lilac watercolour bird with two curled feathers on its head
  • Two small round watercolour birds side by side, one blue and one yellow
  • A flock of small bright watercolour birds on a yellow and orange wash
  • A spiky pink and green watercolour bird with very long legs

In the room

A long table and a lot of paint.

Tea and snacks, and nobody in a hurry. Come on your own or bring someone.

  • Three people at the workshop table, mid-laugh

    Laughter is guaranteed

  • Overhead view of a brush laying a magenta stroke onto a white card

    the first stroke

  • The bookshop room, shelves on both sides, everyone painting at a long table

    sharing

  • Hands opening the kraft paper workshop kits at the table

    unboxing

  • Four people holding up the watercolour birds they just painted, all smiling

    the reveal

  • A hand-lettered note reading opening this box may turn you into a painter, being tucked into a kit box

    “Warning! May turn you into a painter”

Private & corporate

Or she'll come to you.

She brings the paints, the brushes, the paper, all of it. You need a table and some people.

  • A community library, shelves on both sides, a long shared table

    A community library a dozen strangers

  • A long shared table under pendant lights, eight people around it holding up the birds they painted

    A co-working space a community gathering

  • A boardroom with people painting at long tables pushed together

    A boardroom a patient support group

  • A bright room with a handful of people around one table

    A small studio six round one table

Birthdays, team days, hen parties, a wellbeing afternoon at the office, a Sunday with friends. Send Hooi See a rough headcount and roughly when you were thinking, and she'll come back to you with what it would cost.

Ask about a private workshop

There's no booking form and nothing to pay up front. She'll just email you back.

Open to anyone

Upcoming dates

All materials provided. No experience needed — wonky is welcome.

Previously — for the record

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