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What’s up at Wallack’s this week? 🎨Our Back to School Sale is on, upcoming classes and workshops are open for registrati...
09/10/2026

What’s up at Wallack’s this week? 🎨

Our Back to School Sale is on, upcoming classes and workshops are open for registration, and new products are arriving in-store.

We’ve also been making a few updates around the shop, including a new shelf, restocked colourful matboards, and more fresh finds to explore.

🖼️Plus, new art shows are coming soon to the gallery upstairs!

Swipe through for this week’s highlights, then come visit us in-store to shop supplies, browse what’s new, or ask us about classes and framing✨

📍Wallack’s, 305 Bank St

From tiny details to bold blocks of colour, there’s a POSCA marker for almost every creative idea🎨POSCA Paint Markers ar...
09/08/2026

From tiny details to bold blocks of colour, there’s a POSCA marker for almost every creative idea🎨

POSCA Paint Markers are available in 55 colours and eight tip sizes, ranging from 0.7 mm to 15 mm. Choose an ultra-fine or fine tip for detailed work, writing and clean lines, or reach for a broad bullet or chisel tip for colouring, lettering and larger designs.

Their non-toxic, water-based paint is opaque, quick-drying, blendable and easy to layer once dry. POSCA markers can also be used on almost any surface, making them a versatile choice for art, crafts, décor, customization and more.

Right now, individual POSCA Paint Markers are 20% off as part of our Back to School Sale! You’ll also find savings on other selected art supplies and studying essentials.

📆Sale ends September 27!

Explore the full selection in-store or online at wallacks.com. ✨

09/04/2026

🎨 Think you need to be “talented enough” before taking an art class?

Yulia has a different way of looking at it.

We aren’t born knowing how to cook, drive, or draw. These are skills we develop through practice, patience, and experience.

For Yulia, art isn’t about comparing yourself to someone who has been creating for years. It’s about practising, learning, noticing your own progress, and eventually getting to experience that incredibly rewarding feeling of “I can actually do this.”

So if feeling inexperienced has been holding you back from trying an art class, consider this your reminder: you don’t have to arrive already knowing how. That’s what the class is for. ✏️

🍂 Want to learn with Yulia? Explore her upcoming classes and workshops at Wallack’s through the link in our bio.

🎨 Meet Yulia Lisitsyna, one of the artists and educators behind our classes at Wallack’s!With over 25 years of experienc...
09/03/2026

🎨 Meet Yulia Lisitsyna, one of the artists and educators behind our classes at Wallack’s!

With over 25 years of experience as a watercolour artist, graphic and ornamental designer, Yulia brings a wealth of creative experience to the classroom.

Her own work is rooted in traditional media and often draws inspiration from medieval patterns, mythology and light — but she also loves looking at familiar subjects from an unexpected angle. Realism might get a slightly unusual colour, an exaggerated reflection, or a quirky detail that makes you look twice.

That sense of curiosity carries into her teaching, too.

For Yulia, learning art isn’t only about gaining technical knowledge. It’s also about becoming more confident using your own eyes and hands, experimenting with materials, and finding some joy in the process along the way.

Swipe through to get to know Yulia, her work, and her approach to teaching →

🍂 Want to learn with Yulia this fall? Explore her upcoming classes and workshops through the link in our bio.

09/02/2026

Just another day at Wallack’s!🫡

This is what happens when you put a creative team in an art store… ✨

Which transition was your favourite?

Back to school means back to creating! 🎨📚Our Back to School Sale is here, with special savings on selected supplies for ...
08/31/2026

Back to school means back to creating! 🎨📚

Our Back to School Sale is here, with special savings on selected supplies for the classroom, studio, and everything in between:

✏️ Sketchbooks and drawing tools
🖊️ Pens and markers
🎨 Paints and creative materials
📐 Drafting essentials
🗂️ Portfolios—and more!

Whether you’re preparing for a new semester, restocking your studio, or feeling inspired to begin something new, now is a great time to pick up the essentials you’ll use all season.

Shop in-store or online before the sale ends September 27! 🛍️

What’s still on your back-to-school supply list? Let us know below 👇

Sale applies to select items only. Products, discounts, and availability are subject to change. Items may be added to or removed from the sale without notice.

08/27/2026

🍂🎨 Make some time for creativity this fall at Wallack’s!

Our Fall Classes & Workshops are officially open for registration, with plenty of opportunities to try something new, develop your skills, and spend more time making art.

From figure drawing and portrait painting to watercolour and creative workshops, there’s something for different interests and experience levels, whether you’re just getting started or looking to build on skills you already have.

Some classes are already starting to fill, so we recommend signing up early if there’s one you have your eye on!

📍 Classes take place at Wallack’s in downtown Ottawa
🔗 Explore the full Fall schedule and register through the link in our bio
🛍️ You can also register in store

What would you love to learn this fall? Tell us below! 👇

08/26/2026

Some ink colours do more than fill a page. They carry a history!✒️

Kuretake’s Meiji No Iro Inks collection is inspired by the colour and design history of Japan’s Meiji era, with each shade connected to a different part of life during the period:

🩵 Shimbashi-iro: a bright blue-green fashionable among Shimbashi geisha

🖤 Kuroganeiro: a deep blue-green used for store clerks’ aprons

💚 Kujakuryoku: a vivid peacock-inspired colour shaped by Western influence

💜 Shikon: a rich purple reflecting the era’s refined fashion

These smooth, water-based dye inks work beautifully with fountain pens, dip pens and glass pens, creating expressive lines and subtle tonal variation as the ink pools.

Which colour would you try first?

📍Explore the collection online or visit us in-store at 305 Bank Street, Ottawa.

A notebook for anyone who cares about how the page feels. ✍️New to our shelves this summer, Apica CD Twin Ring Notebooks...
08/22/2026

A notebook for anyone who cares about how the page feels. ✍️

New to our shelves this summer, Apica CD Twin Ring Notebooks are made in Japan with smooth, fountain pen-friendly paper and a binding that lies flat or folds completely back.

Available in three pastel colours and three sizes: A6, A5 and Semi-B5.

Perfect for class notes, journaling, planning and everyday ideas.

📍Visit Wallack’s to choose your favourite, or shop online. 📓

08/21/2026

We love seeing Ottawa’s creative community come together. 🎨

We’re happy to support House of Paint this year with Wallack’s gift bags for the five invited commissioned artists, and even happier to see those supplies heading into the hands of artists creating right here in our city!

Thank you Mique Michelle + House of Paint for letting us be a small part of it. 🧡

House of Paint is happening this weekend:

🎶 Tonight — Afterparty
📍 27 Club, 27 York St.
🕘 9 PM–2 AM
🎟️ Tickets: $20

🎨 Saturday, August 22 — Main Day Throwdown
📍 Dunbar Bridge, Brewer Park
🕐 1–8 PM
✨ Street dance battles, live graffiti murals, Cranium MC showcase + more

🎉Check out House of PainT for all the event details.

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