Botanical drawing is a valuable way to grow your drawing practice, learn to see with a more focused eye, and use drawing as a way to explore and learn about the world around us. During this virtual workshop we will practice observational drawing skills through close examination and drawing of a variety of specimens right […]
Bring your pastel landscapes to life through a better understanding of key artistic principles. We'll discuss design and composition, painting fundamentals, the importance of accurate drawing and those valuable tools: color, value, intensity, and temperature, among others. We'll experiment with and have fun exploring a variety of painting approaches. Students will paint from their own […]
Join Nick Wroblewski, Duluth-based printmaker, for four days of carving and printing explorations while investigating the methods of relief woodblock printmaking. Techniques covered include transfer, carving, reduction, and multiblock methods; simplifying the world of layers; reverse imagery; registration; and printing. Also included are guided discussions on imagery, abstraction, and conceptual intent. There will be good […]
Do you love to draw, write, and use your imagination? This camp is for you! Join author and illustrator Nancy Carlson, who has published over 67 books, to create characters, get to know them and put them in original stories. Students will invent a character or characters and use artwork and the written word to […]
Paper mache is an exciting and sometimes overlooked medium that embodies fascinating ideas about craft, preciousness, ephemerality, and play. This class explores a range of paper mache materials, techniques, and presents historical and contemporary examples of artists working with the medium. Students will use wire, paper, canvas, and acrylic paint to create three-dimensional artworks that […]
Create a suspended, mobile-like sculpture using line and volume as your guide. Using materials such as reed, tissue paper, wire and glue, students will learn about rectangular prisms, cylinders, and positive and negative space. Everyone will create a reed framework for their sculpture that will be skinned with a tissue paper matrix. The camp will […]
Create a suspended, mobile-like sculpture using line and volume as your guide. Using materials such as reed, tissue paper, wire and glue, students will learn about rectangular prisms, cylinders, and positive and negative space. Everyone will create a reed framework for their sculpture that will be skinned with a tissue paper matrix. The camp will […]
Bring your art making outdoors using cyanotypes and various drawing exercises. Cyanotype printing is a non-toxic sun printing process that uses natural objects, coated paper, light and water to create blue and white toned prints. You will learn a variety of techniques to use both inside the studio and outdoors, and additionally, fine tune your […]
Writing is an often overlooked art form that is easily accessible, but can be intimidating. This workshop is designed to spark your creative juices and awaken the writer in you. Through prompts and exercises, you will explore a variety of genres, journaling, memoir, poetry, fiction and the truly lost art of letter writing. You will […]
When you see a beautiful landscape, do you perceive it with your eyes only? Is it purely visual? What about the broader context? Imagine if we learn to communicate this context through fearless painting. Imagine confidently showing us what you see in the subject matter. Carla's workshop is designed to teach you the fundamentals that […]
Gain the tools to make a color palette from naturally-sourced pigments and make a series of artwork with wax resists on paper by creating several different natural dye baths. Students will learn about the fascinating history of natural pigments and how they relate to many cultures worldwide, ways to ethically source and procure pigments from […]
Monotype through Drawing demonstrates trace monotype, which allows an artist to explore the specific vocabulary of drawing while making one-of-a-kind prints. Done most effectively on dry Asian paper, trace monotype can stand on its own or be used as the beginnings of collages, mixed media works, and printstallation. Trace monotype is portable and invites possibilities […]