Playful Pets with Matt Moriarty
Expand your illustration skills with Matt Moriarty!
Put pen to paper and learn to draw cute cartoon cats and dogs from the comfort of your own home.
Draw playful pet portraits in a fun and easy to follow video workshop with Matt, a local artist and children’s book illustrator.
Ages 5+
Available online from Tuesday 26 September.
Maker Space
Prefer to visit us? Drop in to our fully stocked Maker Space at
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre during the Spring school holidays.
Tuesday to Saturday, 26 September to 7 October 2023
10 am to 4 pm
Artist Bio
Matt Moriarty is a digital illustrator and graphic designer who specialises in character design, comics, children’s book art and digital/graphic design.
Matt was a recipient of the 2020 Blacktown City Creative Arts Fund. With the grant he fully illustrated, authored, and published a children’s book; The Adventures of Larry Lizard. The book is based on characters and stories his father told him as a child.
Recently he co-created and illustrated a web comic series, Kitsune Fox. His favourite apps/programs to use are: Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop & InDesign and he draws using a display tablet. Matt also tutors kids and adults in illustration.
Image: Matt Moriarty, courtesy of the artist