
What we’re about
ATTENTION Professional Fine Artists & Drawing Hobbyists -
Feeling stuck at home? Uninspired? Lonely? Is it hard to make new friends and keep up with your old friends?
This is the place for you - if you enjoy drawing and painting as a hobby or professionally, this is the place to meet other artists online and offline. For you to join, you must be 18+.
We do weekly zoom hangouts - watching movies (retro, anime, bad movies) together and drawing online. Occasionally, we meet in person and draw outside, or at cafes. Sometimes play board games or sing karaoke.
Eventually we will no longer be on Meetup (as of May 2025) and migrate to an online platform like Discord.
Arts & Rec Toronto started in 2014 and has grown into a close-knit community of friends that were mainly from Toronto, Ontario.
Now we welcome artists globally (mainly proficient in English) and are curious about us Toronto Canucks :). We love our Americans too!
================================
We hope you're enjoying the Arts & Rec events! If you'd like to give support, please consider making a small donation at Ko-fi - https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto .
This helps cover meetup and miscellaneous expenses with hosting events! Thank you all so much!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Drawing PromptsLink visible for attendees
Tired of drawing what you see? Looking for a way to get your creative juices flowing when you draw? With word prompts like "Octopus Lumberjack" or "Window, Inspect and Reach", it's up to YOU and your imagination on how you want to draw.
This is a fun approach to letting loose with your drawing abilities, spice up your practice and breathe new ideas in your art-making. Each prompt will be a 30 minute session followed with a show and tell to explain the process behind your madness.
WHAT TO EXPECT ---
- For this event, there will be 3 drawing prompts - each prompt lasts 30 minutes.
- For word prompts, I will provide 4 words or give you a scenario and you can draw it however you like, whether it's conceptual or figurative. For the image prompt, I'll provide 3 cards, and you can mix and match the given images you see.
- Usually I put background music on for concentration, but I encourage social chatting with others if you feel more comfortable socializing.
- When the time is up, we do a show and tell where the artist explains the piece they were drawing, and participants can comment on the work.
The last prompt is the Cursed prompt where the art piece is usually adult themed. If you wish not to participate, either provide a PG friendly version of your drawing or step out. We're all adults here.
** For new members - this is a social and friendly group so we kindly ask you to turn on your camera briefly to remove the anon identity. You may turn off your camera afterwards, we're all trying to get past being strangers here.
If you don't have it turned on after being asked, you will be removed from the session.
AI generators are banned for the use of prompts, as this would defeat the purpose of mentally exercising your creativity
=======
We hope you're enjoying the Arts & Rec events! If you'd like to give support, please consider making a small Ko-fi donation of $5-10 USD at https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto.
This helps cover meetup and miscellaneous expenses with hosting events! For more inquiries, please PM me for more info!
Thank you all so much!
- Let's learn to paint and draw Landscapes together! Week 1 of 13 (limited 10 ppl)Link visible for attendees
** NO SHOW attendance will be applied here if you miss this event. For new members - this is a social and friendly group so we kindly ask you to turn on your camera briefly to remove the anon identity. You may turn off your camera afterwards, we're trying to get past being strangers here.
If you don't have it turned on after being asked, you will be removed from the session.
---------
Every wanted to draw backgrounds for your character but don't know how to draw rocks or trees properly? Or put things in perspective?
Are you interested in learning how to draw the basic shapes and fundamentals of drawing Landscapes?It's close to summer now and it would be nice to sketch outside and paint the outdoors but first lets learn the fundamentals of drawing and painting Landscapes. Come join me tonight to watch some of Noah's Landscape videos. The videos are about 2hrs long, with 5-10 min break inbetween.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLvdtYCzci8
I am limiting the viewer session to 10 people. It's much nicer with a smaller group who are eager to learn from each other and chat. If you are serious in attending, please RSVP. If you missed the session without notifying me , you will be considered a 'No Show' and will be bar from attending future sessions.
🤩 SUPPORT THIS GROUP 🤗
We hope you're enjoying the Arts & Rec events! If you'd like to give support, please consider making a small Ko-fi donation of $5-10 USD at https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto.
This helps cover meetup and miscellaneous expenses with hosting events! For more inquiries, please PM me for more info!
Thank you all so much!
- Online Life DrawingLink visible for attendees
This event is a great way to just relax, draw the human body and work quietly on our craft OR socialize with other artists. Sometimes we can be a bit chatty :)!
We'll start with 1 quick warm up video to loosen up our hand, and then move to 2 - 20mins long pose which will last throughout the event. This is really good for people who want to expand their figure drawing into a more detailed-focused study.
Check out the highlights from past events in 2023
This is a social and friendly group so we kindly ask you to turn on your camera, we're all trying to get past being complete strangers here. If you don't have it turned on after being asked, you will be removed from the session.
Never drawn people before? Or barely any experience with it? Please watch this video before the event so you can have an idea how to approach drawing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvJN8_0_c7k** For new members - this is a social and friendly group so we kindly ask you to turn on your camera briefly to remove the anon identity. You may turn off your camera afterwards, we're all trying to get past being strangers here.
If you don't have it turned on after being asked, you will be removed from the session.
🤩 SUPPORT THIS GROUP 🤗
** I have unlocked the Premium membership of CC which gives me unlimited access to video references of models in well-lit settings, donations of $3-5 USD are appreciated **
We hope you're enjoying the Arts & Rec events! If you'd like to give support, please consider making a small Ko-fi donation of $5-10 USD at https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto.
This helps cover meetup and miscellaneous expenses with hosting events! For more inquiries, please PM me for more info!
Thank you all so much! - 🧙KARAOKE Night at The Wych on Davenport Road 🧹The Wych, Toronto, ON
Come join us at The Wych for a night of karaoke! Belt out your favorite pop songs, heavy metal, rap, musical theatre, or join in on the ensemble cast while serenading the crowd with boy band hits. Vocal talent not required. There is a high chance of making new friends.
O̲ppa̲ (っ-̶●̃益●̶̃)っ ,︵‿ S̲t̲yl̲e̲
Our karaoke host is AJ - Make sure to get your name added to the list! Our Karaoke machine is connected to YouTube so song selection is pretty much UNLIMITED 😵 !
The Wych
(っ^▿^)۶🍸🌟🍺٩(˘◡˘ )
https://wych.ca/menu Support our host venue; buy a drink!
This is a cool underworld bar, (Entrance down the stairs) and small enough so you can get to know the patrons and other attendees and get to sing a couple of times. The Wych makes some excellent cocktails, and has many non-alcoholic offerings as well.
Public Transit Directions:
On Subway Line 1: You can get off at Eglington West and take the 63A southwards
On Subway Line 2: You can get out at Ossington and take the 63A northwards.
The stop should be Davenport/Ossington.If in Liberty village or in in between just take the 63A all the way to Davenport and forget the subway. If you're in the south core, take Line 1 to Dupont or Spadina stations and take the 127 bus west to Davenport/Ossington. If on St Clair streetcar line (512) you can take that to Winona drive and walk south.
========
Support This Group 🥰🤩
We hope you're enjoying the Arts & Rec events!
If you'd like to give support, please consider making a small Ko-fi donation of $5-10 USD at https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto