ONLINE: Scientific Illustration (Ages 12-14)
Explore scientific illustration! We’ll learn different types of drawing techniques and create scientific illustrations inspired by nature from your own outdoor space at home.
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ONLINE: Visual + Written Journaling (Ages 12-14)
Explore ways of using words and pictures to record your ideas and observations, document your experiences, and discover new avenues for your creative expression. In this class, you’ll fill the pages of a composition notebook with drawings, diagrams, data logs, personal writing, collage, and more. We’ll find inspiration by looking at the creative practices of […]
read moreONSITE: Digital Toy Photography Adventure
Using digital cameras or a smartphone and the creative process, you’ll produce fun photographs with your own toys as your models. Learn how to convey mood and feelings and photo tips specific to toy photography, which is a professional genre of photography. You’ll also learn basic photo editing techniques using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
read moreONSITE: Metalworking (Ages 9-11)
Get acquainted with metal and learn basic metalworking techniques. Students will create individual projects using traditional jewelry tools. You’ll learn how to cut shapes using a jeweler’s saw and heat your metal to soften and reshape your work. We’ll also drill into metal, then use bolts, screws and rivets to connect it in new ways.
read moreONSITE: Comic Strips, Comic Books and Graphic Novels (Ages 15–18)
Explore the history and techniques of comic art, a narrative artform that uses a combination of words and pictures. We’ll begin with an overview of the history of comic art, with an emphasis on the compositional methods and challenges that are unique to this artform. We’ll cover the basics of character creation, preliminary sketching, plotting […]
read moreONSITE: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Teens (Ages 15-18)
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Cloud. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. In this class, which is designed especially for teens, students will learn to create documents for printed or digital platforms using Photoshop, Illustrator and […]
read moreIntroduction to Abstract Drawing (Ages 12-14)
Learn blind contour and gesture drawing, as well as different way to transform those quick drawings into final abstract artworks using outlining, hatching, cross-hatching and value. For their final artwork, students will complete a still life drawing, deconstruct and reconstruct that drawing, and complete a final drawing of their reconstructed still life.
read moreTell Your Story with Comics (Ages 12-14)
This one’s all about you! Learn the basics of comic-making, then design yourself in cartoon form and create a short, autobiographical story to share with the world. We’ll look at other artists who put themselves in their work to get inspiration and learn why they do what they do.
read moreWorld-Building + Character Design (Ages 12-14)
Look at what it takes to build rich and interesting worlds that are worth getting lost in. You’ll develop characters with complete backstories and interesting goals. This is a great class for those who like to imagine faraway places, whether fantasy, science fiction or based on reality.
read moreAnimation (Ages 9-11)
Jump into the world of stop-motion animation. Work with drawings, paper cut-outs and clay. Learn how to produce 2-D and 3-D animation sequences and bring inanimate subjects to life.
read moreScientific Illustration (Ages 12-14)
Explore scientific illustration! We’ll learn different types of drawing techniques and create scientific illustrations inspired by nature from your own outdoor space at home.
read moreDrawing Lab (Ages 9-11)
Let’s explore the fun parts of drawing: Surprises, creative flow and experimentation. In the process, we’ll build our technical skills. This class includes lots of drawing experiments. Like mad scientists in our lab, we’ll see which new formulations and reactions we can create. It will get a little silly and a little spectacular, and soon […]
read moreMaking Comics (Ages 9-11)
Learn everything about creating your own cartoon characters and telling their story in your very own comic.
read moreScientific Illustration (Ages 13-14)
Explore innovative and technical approaches to scientific illustration. Students will learn different types of drawing techniques and will create their own scientific illustrations inspired by nature from their own backyard.
read moreAssemblage, Collage, and the Found Object (Ages 11-12)
Take time to notice the materials all around you that can be re-used to make art. Transform everyday materials, including junk mail, recycling, and items from nature, into meaningful 2D and 3D works of art.
read moreKitchen Printmaking (Ages 11-12) – NEW!
Using items found around the house, students will practice their creativity and resourcefulness. We’ll explore traditional printmaking techniques like relief carving, mono-prints, callograph plates and patternmaking with everyday household items. We’ll also discuss the history of printmaking and the conceptual and practical value of creating multiples. Explore the textures of the everyday objects around us […]
read moreHandbuilding with Clay (Ages 13-14)
Create fun and interesting creatures with clay! Learn slab-building and sculpting techniques while hanging out virtually with other art students. We’ll use air dry clay and focus on making containers to hold surprise animals nested inside. Learn about other sculptors and artists as well!
read moreSite-Specific Art and Your Environment (Ages 13-14)
How can you make art for a specific place? What if instead of a blank piece of paper, you used a specific place, like your yard, front porch or kitchen sink as your canvas? Create art installations that combine sculpture, photography, dance, music, collage and painting. We’ll use everyday materials, household supplies and items from […]
read moreDrawing Comics (Ages 13-14)
Explore the fundamentals of drawing comics. Students will learn how to create unique characters and learn how to show them in a variety of poses. We will also explore the basics of sequential imaging and learn how to apply that to telling your own story.
read moreDrawing with Oil Pastels (Ages 11-12)
Use ordinary things that you have around your home and make them into extraordinary pieces of art with oil pastels on paper. The instructor will demonstrate one technique each week focused on a specific topic. Students will problem solve to find the subject they want to use, then work with it in oil pastel.
read moreCartooning (Ages 11-12)
Learn about character creation and methods for drawing faces and bodies, then explore movement, symbols and cartoon/comic strip story layouts. We’ll cover inking and put together a finished comic strip.
read moreDigital Drawing + Painting (Ages 13–14)
Learn to use Adobe Photoshop for drawing and painting. We’ll explore Photoshop as a tool for digital drawing and painting. Learn a variety of techniques for creating images for print and web use.
read moreCartooning (Ages 11–12)
Invent your own cartoon characters and stories as you learn about drawing methods and materials used by professional cartoonists. We’ll also explore the history of the comic form.
read moreBlack + White Darkroom Photography (Ages 13–14)
Use 35mm film cameras to learn the fundamentals of black and white photography. Students will go outside to take photorgaphs and learn film development and printing processes in the darkroom. Lessons will include camera operation, composition, lighting and other principles. We will also experiment with pinhole photography by creating our own cameras out of recycled […]
read moreExploring Printmaking (Ages 9–10)
Explore creative aspects of printmaking by making hand-carved Styrofoam plates, glue prints, safety cut prints and photo emulsion prints. We’ll learn how to make multiples of our drawings to create editioned prints.
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