Where to practice creative hobbies Ile-De-France

As soon as you open the window, your eye is caught by William Himo's paintings and colors. Once you've crossed the threshold, you won't be able to resist the urge to take up painting yourself. In addition to Himo's signature canvases, you'll find everything you need to indulge your passion for painting, drawing and watercolours: canvases, easels, brushes... And you'll find plenty of inspiration, with forests, parks and monuments... all the ideal landscapes to immortalize on paper or canvas some of the sweet hours spent in the city of kings.

La Textilerie is located in the Gare de l'Est district of Paris. A unique space that offers an alternative to mass-produced ready-to-wear, proposing responsible consumption through a wide range of activities: DIY workshops, recycling, sales of second-hand clothes and ethical designers, apéros rencontres... In short, it's a vast space where you can find vintage pieces and beautiful fabrics, take sewing lessons, repair damaged clothes or simply rent a machine by the hour.

For nearly three centuries, this family business has been creating pastel shades, a material of choice for painting enthusiasts. The Maison du Pastel, which is the oldest pastel factory in the world, has been awarded the label Entreprise du patrimoine vivant.

History. The history of "La Maison du Pastel" begins with the 18th century, at the time of the great vogue for pastel painting. Founded in 1720, it settled around 1760 in Versailles, then in Paris on rue Saint-Honoré, and settled in 1766 in the Marais, rue Grenier-Saint-Lazare, where it remained until 1912. In the 19th century, this establishment in the name of Macle sold all items for drawing. The manufacture of pastels is part of the house's activity. Around 1865, a pharmacist who loved painting, Henri Roché Sr., took over the establishment and collaborated with an old craftsman in order to make pastel an incomparable painting technique. In 1878, he was at the head of what is now called the Maison du Pastel. Since 1887, he has been offering a collection of around 500 shades. Henri Roché's "à la gerbe" pastels were then sold internationally. In 1906, his son joined him and they moved the Maison du Pastel to the current address, 20 rue Rambuteau. At the death of Henri Roché père, Henri Roché fils relocated the production workshops while keeping a shop in Paris and developed 1,650 pastel shades. He was then in contact with the greatest names in painting (Simon Bussy, Marcel Baschet, Edouard Vuillard...). After ten years of research, he created the "pastelo", a medium that is neither gouache nor oil paint, but that can be spread with a brush. After his death in 1948, his widow, then his daughters, in particular Huberte, took over the House, which found the support of new artists (Serge Poliakoff, Jacques Aubelle, François Barbâtre...). It is a little cousin who takes over in 2000 and relaunches 300 nuances in two years. In 2012, it launched the "Petits Roché", a new range of half-sticks.

The products. A collection of 1,201 pastels available in nine gradient ranges. Each range is composed of pure colours that are graded to white, black, or crossed with another colour.

Just a stone's throw from Montmartre, here's an inspiring place to create! Sitting between two friends busy creating a piece of cardboard furniture, and a few others buzzing the needle and sewing machine, it won't take you long to get started yourself. Designers and stylists lead some forty tempting workshops per session, covering sewing, thread arts, decorating, scrapbooking and jewelry. Spend a moment to yourself, surrounded by materials that will give you fairy fingers. You'll leave with a feminine bag, a charming dress, a piece of felt jewelry or a new lampshade... and, what's more, a wealth of technical knowledge to take home with you. You can come whenever you like, and addicts can take out a membership card, which offers them discounts for ten sessions.

Insured by a graduate and experienced framer, in addition to being author of books on art coaching, these courses are set up by small groups in a fully equipped workshop. It teaches you to frame in a contemporary, original or classic way as well as tricks of the profession.

For eleven years, Delphine Priollaud, ARCHITECT architect of training, has taught drawing, painting, watercolour and all decorative painting techniques. From the awakening of the child to the plastic arts in preparation for entrance competitions of art schools, by the adult wishing to be happy, everything is being done to enable the student to flourish and learn in an atmosphere conducive to creation and pictorial work. Located in a bright space overlooking a garden and located in the city centre, the Salamandre Atelier is a real shop shop. Delphine Priollaud also performs, on order, paintings, furniture and painted furniture, frescoes, eye-to-eye and murals according to modern and modern techniques. The equipment necessary for drawing, painting and executing patinas and decorative coatings is available for sale at the workshop.

They offer a wide range of games, toys, creative activities and personalized gifts. You can also organize birthday parties. You can buy online and collect in-store. During the school vacations, creative workshops are also organized. The store also offers "La Maison de la Petite Souris" brand products, including tooth boxes and gifts for fans of the Tooth Fairy.

This association, which was founded in 2004, offers courses of ikebana (from beginners to confirmed) of the Ikenobo school under the master Akiko Gishi in Paris and in the capital at Japanese Quarter Japanese Quarter in the 9 ^th and the Pool Club in the 20 ^th. The association also organizes conferences, decorative compositions, «event» interventions, internships in Paris and Japan, ikebana stays in Japan, and origami workshops and workshops.

An artist first and foremost, Sabine Guédamour began her career as a photographer, notably in Scottsdale, USA, where she ran a gallery. After returning to France, where she studied photography and framing, notably with MOF Sylvie Dupont, she opened her workshop in Provins in 2019. Sabine Guédamour offers a wide range of services, including custom framing, matting and photography. Discovery days are also available.

Porcelain painting is an art that demands thoroughness and patience. Florence Vialard, in his shop-shop Le Chambrelain, will communicate to you his passion and reveal many secrets. Family history and atypical route for this former computer engineer who has swapped the keyboards for the brushes 15 years to follow the footsteps of his mom. Round brushes, putoiser, threading, brushes, oxides, wide choice of pigments… are used in traditional methods to decorate straight porcelain pieces from Limoges. Florence offers courses all levels (from 14 years old) but also visits and sales of handmade pieces in its lovely boutique.

The CBA of Perfume proposes to introduce you to the most complex and unfamiliar art, which is nevertheless the reputation of France since the Middle Ages: perfumery. Following the advice of Marina Jung Cortina, designer and advisor of the luxury industry brands such as Givenchy or Dior, you can introduce to the composition of fragrances, of as good quality as those selling in commerce (count 1 h 30 for initiation). From the classical foundations of the organ (floral, woody or iridescent), you will have the opportunity to leave your imagination free by creating your new custom fragrance. Boxes are also available to continue to create at home. Workshops are finally reserved for adolescents and children, which should change their usual leisure experience. The CBA of Perfume also proposes to discover the history of perfumery by visiting three of these emblematic Houses: Fragonard, Guerlain and Annick Goutal. The CBA also offers professional training.

Eight people around a table are now enough, thanks to trainers of Écriture writing, to create a table of grass writers. Finally, it is probably a great deal to say. All of this will, of course, have to add the grace or the possibility of storing his ego in his pocket to let the group agree with the difference in interpretation and choice of words. Often, if the talent blooms because he has acquired a real passion in which a true culture has taken place, the workshop will not come to help, but will do the best, from there. In writing, workshops that do not allow themselves to become courses, such as music or painting, are condemned to fly again and again, from their molasses of generalized "écrivure", the slightest subject. Here, as in these many writing workshops, bad habits persist and lose to language sometimes to its senses in all directions…

Games are available for children to discover permanent collections (history of the city, clodoaldiens artists, Château castle, porcelain…), these workshops allow them to use them with good esciant. Around these temporary exhibitions, on Wednesdays, weekends, and during school holidays, animations are organised, offering free workshops for children during which they can also initiate an artistic practice. Time of playful and cultural family, it is an opportunity to explore by creating.

The world's most famous museum invites the public to discover the secrets of its works through various workshops for children, families and adults. From artistic techniques to workshops for the youngest, the choice is vast, and the supervision is excellent. All the activities of the schedules, dates and prices can be found on the Louvre's website. You can also request the information by phone. Attention: these workshops are very popular and therefore often already full. Practical: they are accessible to people with disabilities. In addition, tactile, descriptive or sign language tours are organized by the museum.

The courses are given by a Japanese professional mangaka, and they lead to the creation by each student of his own manga. There are several formulas: the summer courses, i. e. a week of intensive training for beginners (250 € + 35 € of membership fees), basic courses to learn on a regular basis to carry out his manga (one session per week all the year at 800 € + 35 € of membership fees), and finally regular courses for young people who want to become professional mangaka (training runs from October to June from Monday to Friday at 3 hours per day, for 3 years. Count for the ^first year 5 250 € and registration fees of € 750, for the 2nd year 4 335 € and the same registration fees and finally € 2 040 for the last year plus the registration fees.

Not always easy to initiate children in art. He sometimes has a bad reputation with younger people and has a somewhat dusty reputation. Created 15 years ago in order to convey passion for arts, the Art-Exprim Association defines itself as a place of exchange and conviviality. Artistic activities are provided by authentic artists (sculptors, painters, artists artists, illustrators) in the workshops on 89 rue Marcadet. The proposed activities are as follows: artistic awakening (from 3 years old), drawing (children), comic strip/manga (children & adults), digital arts (children), short film (children), digital photography (children & adults), living model (adults), plastic arts (children & adults), sculpture (children & adults).

Studio Frames specializes in the manufacture and sale of frames and layout frames in the Ile de France. For classic, fanciful frames, you'll have a great choice that satisera you. For various products, multiple supplies, you will have many proposals. With prices that stand and will allow you many daring. Small pleasures that easily brighten your interior.

A real favorite: this vast space, dedicated to Japanese culture, offers exhibitions, regular meetings and a grocery store, but also invites you to many workshops. Thus, you can participate in many culinary workshops to learn about the country's gastronomy, but that's not all. There are also workshops on haiku writing (short Japanese poem), bookbinding, printing, origami, Japanese language and even a Kintsugi workshop (the art of repairing ceramics). All in all, a must for novices or experienced artists.

Intensive internships in July. During the year, the courses take place on Wednesday from 18 a. m. to 20 p. m. and are provided by the Master Hachirô Kanno, a graduate of the Fine Arts of Tokyo and Paris.