Workshop Description:
Open Studios are meant for personal practice without an instructor. Participants must bring their own
drawing supplies and paper. The model will be nude. The length of each pose will vary. Please see our
open studio guidelines linked on our website for more information on the format of the studio.
Workshop Description:
Instructor, Levi Whittier, brings the 19th century into the 21st in this free two hour workshop. Learn the basics of engraving your first marks using the fun and meditative medium of scratchboard.
Workshop Description:
K-2 grade students will explore the creative and technical processes of wire sculpture through building
animals with colorful pipe cleaners. Students will learn how to measure and use proportions. Students
will learn about 3D design and basic color theory. Students will learn how to construct an outer frame,
then build up a body around that structure. Students will develop problem solving skills, dexterity, hand
eye coordination, and fine motor skills.
Workshop Description:
Learn to tell a story through block printing. Create mini block prints with erasers, telling a sequential story in two parts. Learn carving techniques, transferring methods, and inking.
Workshop Description:
Join our intermediate screen print workshop to develop multi-color prints. Learn layout, burning, and
registration methods for unlimited color options in future prints.
Prior screen printing experience is preferable, but not necessary! While we’ll cover basic processes, the
focus is on registered printing and editioning.
In the first session, we’ll review coating screens with emulsion, and image transfer. Participants will coat
their screens for the next week. The latter half will cover pre-press layout and artwork organization and
include printing demonstrations and practice.
Between sessions, you’ll have a week to work on your hand-drawn or digital image.
In the second session, participants will learn about various multi-color registration techniques, inks, and
how to edition. From creating stencils to printing and screen reclamation, you’ll learn it all and print
your own art!
All materials provided, including screens, poster ink, emulsion, and transparencies. Each student can
print up to 10 prints on provided paper, with the option to purchase more if time allows.
Workshop Description:
How does one capture the beauty of a sunset, the misty layers of forest and mountains, and the beauty
of the Pacific Northwest—without all the colors forming one giant puddle?
Learn the basics of watercolors with foundational techniques that allow everyone to be successful.
Artists are encouraged to bring their own watercolor brushes, palettes of paint, and paper, but the
instructor will also bring supplies for students explore.
Workshop Description:
Open Studios are meant for personal practice without an instructor. Participants must bring their own
painting supplies, canvas or paper. The model will be clothed. This session has one long pose. Please see
our open studio guidelines linked on our website for more information on the etiquette and format.
Workshop Description:
Open Studios are meant for personal practice without an instructor. Participants must bring their own
drawing supplies and paper. The model will be nude. The length of each pose will vary. Please see our
open studio guidelines linked on our website for more information on the format of the studio.
Workshop Description:
Discover the intriguing art of scratchboard over two Saturdays. On day one, you will be introduced to
the history and evolution the scratchboard artform. Discover how to select the perfect photo reference
and begin creating your first scratchboard. Day two will be an open class with demonstrations by the
instructor and one-on-one feedback as you continue working on your design. By the end of the class you
will walk away with your very own scratchboard masterpiece and create a new past time for yourself!
Please see the materials list for materials you will need to bring with you each day.
Online registration, Introduction to Scratchboard (Ages 18 and Up)
Workshop Description:
Have you ever wanted to learn to draw the amazing botanical world around us? Join us for this
introductory workshop where you will practice techniques of carful observation in sketching flora.
To register, email: [email protected]
Workshop Description:
Students will learn basics of still life composition and various approaches to creating still life artworks.
Students will be able to create Two and Four value studies and then add color. Emphasis on seeing
surface planes and working with shadows. Students can work in any media.
