...why are we so embarrassed to get caught doing either?

The first rule at the big black pig studio is: Don't put down anyone's work, especially your own.

The second rule is: Don't lick the brushes.

Support the arts the old-fashioned way: hire an artist. Linda Carson teaches drawing year-round at her own studio. Other nifty classes include painting, printing, papermaking and sometimes sculpture. No clay (no kiln), no tole (no way).

Hey, this ain't the Y, this is a real studio with a traditionally-impoverished artist surrounded by easels & charcoal dust & weird still life set-ups & scented geranium plants.

Shy? Private students are always welcome. We'll work out a lesson plan together. I issue gift certificates and I've even hosted birthday parties.

Of course, I also accept commissions. My major areas of practice are mixed media sculpture and drawing.

The big black pig studio is located above McPhail's bicycle shop, at the corner of King St. N. and Young St. E. in uptown Waterloo:
98 King Street North, Upper
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2J 2X4

+1 519 884-7355

The third rule is: There are fewer rules than you think.