Enjoy a weekend drawing and painting botanical subjects on Sauvie Island!

The workshop takes place on Douglas Farm, which is one of the older farms on the island. Students will choose plant specimens to study, draw and paint with watercolor. Demos and instructor guidance and an optional lesson in lettering will be a part of this class for students who wish to record the name, plant description and any other details. Our workshop will take place during peach season, and the farmstand is open with a bounty of fruits and vegetables!

Saturday & Sunday, August 9th —10th; 10am — 4pm

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Ready to share your unique perspective with the world? This fun and hands-on workshop will empower you to create your very own self-published zine!

Have you ever wanted to write a mini-manifesto? Share a collection of your illustrations? Chronicle a funny experience? Celebrate your favorite local flora and fauna? Compile an informative guide on a niche topic? Unleash a torrent of rants and raves? With zines, the possibilities are truly limitless. These wonderfully accessible mini-books can be as simple as folded paper with handwritten text and drawings, or as complex as multi-page, collaged masterpieces. The best part? They're incredibly fun to make and a fantastic way to connect with others by swapping and sharing your creations.

Whether you're a seasoned artist or someone who's never considered self-publishing before, this workshop welcomes all levels of creative experience. You'll leave with the knowledge and inspiration to continue making zines and sharing your voice with the world.

June 28 - 29, 1 - 3:30pm

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Simplify and describe your ideas and art into dynamic illustrations with heart. Learn to identify your style of visual expression and build upon it. Students will be guided through creative prompts and fun challenges to create their personal visual story.

Week 1: Look at various examples of illustrative works and learn to identify the technique and materials used. Look at how illustrations are expressive in a social way that evoke story like experiences with heart and soul. a promoted drawing with get the creative story juices flowing. 

Week 2: Come with class with an idea for a simple illustration. (Ideas will be provided at the end of class one) Map out ideas, sketches and begin drawing. Students will be shown to exaggerate where emphasis is needed and how to showcase the main subject or topic of the illustrative conversation so they can creatively invite the viewer into the picture.

Week 3: Inking with fudenosuke pen and watercolor. Beginning the next illustration.

Week 4: Completing illustrations and sharing. Conversation on art reproduction and where to take it next.

Tuesdays, 1 - 4pm, June 3rd - 24th

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Learn to make beautiful letters and flowers using modern brush pens. Students will practice lettering techniques and floral embellishments using lots of color and artful arrangements to write successfully and make prettily written things. Students will acquire an understanding of letterforms and how to use their pens to create a consistency of line, angle, and shape and the variant thicks and thins that lead to the drama that characterizes these letters. Fun projects and prompts allow students the opportunity to apply their skills and create finished pieces in this online class.

Thursdays 6 - 8pm, April 24 - May 29

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Tell your story using pictures and words by keeping a regular sketchbook practice. Weekly prompts will be given to inspire and help students find their own style to describe their experience in the world. A variety of art materials will be explored in the assignments encouraging students to discover which materials they find pleasing to work with. Students will also create their own sketchbook kit that can be kept at home or picked up easily on the way out the door! Hand lettering will also be a part of the visual focus and included in the regular instructor art and illustration demos. Page by page, these sketchbooks will grow and take form revealing to each student their own visual voice. Take a risk and liberate yourself!

Wednesdays 6 - 8pm, February 26 - April 2

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Learn to make beautiful letters and flowers using modern brush pens. Students will practice lettering techniques and floral embellishments using lots of color and artful arrangements to write successfully and make prettily written things. Students will acquire an understanding of letterforms and how to use their pens to create a consistency of line, angle, and shape and the variant thicks and thins that lead to the drama that characterizes these letters. Fun projects and prompts allow students the opportunity to apply their skills and create finished pieces in this online class.

Tuesdays 10 - 12:30pm, April 24 - May 27

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PYSANKY EGG WORKSHOP (home studio) $250 April 12th-13th, 11am - 4pm

This workshop will focus on the decoration of Pysanky Eggs, a Ukrainian folk art traditionally practiced in the Springtime. Nicole’s take on it is more freeform but traditional designs will also be explored. Students will be led through the entire process beginning with a design on a blown-out egg. Next, tools called kiskas and beeswax are heated with a candle to melt the wax for drawing onto the shells. The eggs are bathed in dye that becomes progressively darker after each wax layer is added. When the work is finished the egg is passed through the flame of a candle and wiped clean of the wax revealing the vibrant colors of the finished pysanky egg! The method is similar to that of batik. Different kinds of eggs can be used; chicken, duck, goose or even ostrich! Imagine working with the smell of sweet beeswax and glow of candles and gem-like jars of dyes to create your own original Spring Pysanky!

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This class teaches how to draw and paint flowers using pencils, ink, and watercolors. Students will learn to create both simple and complex compositions, capturing the details of botanical arrangements and creating free-form floral compositions. They will use simple strokes to create gestural movements that keep true to the botanical subject and add suggestive strokes to support focal points while creating movement. The focus will be on observing plant growth behavior and identifying details to render them accurately. A variety of pencils, watercolors, and gold will be used.

Fridays 1 - 3:30pm, February 28 - April 4

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Free to US military Veterans (Includes Veteran Membership to the Oregon Society of Artists)

The Oregon School of Arts is proud to sponsor a Veteran's art program that gives all US Military Veterans the opportunity to create fine art. This is a free weekly art class for Veterans. Art projects vary, but generally focus on drawing, painting, and other 2-D art media. This class is made possible through generous foundation support. All supplies provided.

To register for this class, please contact the OSA office at (503) 228-0706 or email us HERE