There are artistic skills in ALL of us.
I believe that practice makes improvement. With time we can all develop our artistic style and voice.
I teach classes based in watercolor painting, block printing, creating/using natural pigments, drawing, and book binding.
Adult Classes
Watercoloring Beach Finds
5/14 - 6/11, 6:30 - 9PM
Gage Academy of Arts
If you're captivated by the treasures found on the beach—shells, seaweed, rocks, and driftwood—this 5-week beginner to intermediate watercolor class is for you! In this course, you'll learn how to: plan watercolor layers and glazing techniques, create varying values and textures and how to enhance your observational and visual interpretation skills. Come and bring beachcombing finds to life on paper!
Drawing Flowers in Graphite
5/20 - 6/17, 6:30 - 9PM
North Seattle College
Unleash your creativity and discover the enchanting world of flowers through the magic of graphite drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or an intermediate artist, this class is designed to guide you on your journey to mastering realistic flower drawings. We’ll build your observational skills, teach you the secrets of value, shading, and form, and help you create a sense of volume and delicate petal textures. You’ll learn how to capture accurate proportions using graphite pencils. Throughout the course, you’ll practice techniques for line quality, layering tone, and creating depth.
Textured Watercolor Collage
7/7 - 8/4, 6:30 - 9PM
North Seattle College
Bring the textures and colors of nature to life with watercolor and collage! Students will begin by creating a variety of painted papers while learning watercolor techniques, including how to create texture using everyday items. They will also explore color mixing and harmony as they experiment with marks, patterns, and surfaces. Once their papers are complete, students will cut, tear, and layer them to build vibrant collages on large sheets of watercolor paper. The final pieces will fall somewhere between abstract and realistic, inspired by natural forms such as landscapes, plants, and organic shapes.
Field Sketching Plants in Watercolor
7/11, 10 AM - 1PM
Washington Park Arboretum
Do you love botanical art? Do you like to spend time outside? Combine the two in this nature journaling class that focuses on plants. In this class you’ll learn techniques to document the experiences you’re seeing in nature, how to improve your observational skills, how to combine pen and watercolor to create your pieces, how to create a pleasing composition, and color relationships. You’ll also learn how to use creative prompts to connect further and deeper with nature. Come create a memory of a place!
Watercoloring Fruits and Veggies with a Limited Palette
7/15 - 8/12, 6:30 - 9PM
North Seattle College
Color can feel challenging, but working with a limited palette is a great way to simplify the process and take some of the stress away. In this watercolor course, we’ll explore color mixing, basic color theory, and watercolor techniques while painting summer’s fruits and vegetables. Students will work from a combination of photographs and fresh specimens they bring to class, learning how a small selection of pigments can create a wide range of beautiful colors.
Youth Classes
Scientific Illustration & Watercolor
7/6 - 7/10, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Gage Academy of Arts
Are you fascinated by nature and love to create art? Then this class is for you! We’ll use real specimens of plants and animals as inspiration to explore the world of scientific illustration, where accuracy meets creativity. You’ll learn how to make detailed, lifelike drawings using pencil, pen, and watercolor. Along the way, we’ll develop both your observation skills and your artistic techniques, helping you see the natural world in a whole new way. Come discover how art and science work hand in hand!
Magical Pop-up Books + Acro Arts
7/20 - 7/24, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Gage Academy of Arts
Come learn how to create pages that will come to life! In this camp students will unlock the imagination and explore how to create pop-up illustration out of paper. There will be an emphasis on how to construct pop-up artwork and at the same time students will learn how to add hand drawn illustrations to their pieces. Students will also develop their visual storytelling skills as they illustrate a short story with their own pop-up constructions.
Fantastical Forests + Dancing Gardens
8/3 - 8/7, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Gage Academy of Arts
There are many magical forests around the world and they full of fantastic animals and plants. In this summer camp students will learn how to watercolor creatures and plant species of different forest (and forest types). One day painting slugs, ferns, and salmon found in the forests of the Olympic Peninsula. The next day painting Caribou, moose, and spruce trees of Alaska's forest. Students will spend the week learning watercolor technique as well as how to paint animals and plants. Come paint and see the world around us!
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I have taught classes with: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Case for Making, Camp Craftaway, Gage Academy of Art, Kitsap Regional Library, North Seattle College, Peninsula College, The Works Seattle, University of Washington Botanic Gardens, and Wildcraft.
I have also taught youth based art classes at schools: Dry Creek Elementary in Port Angeles (in conjunction with the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center), Hawthorne Elementary, Open Window School, Sandpoint Elementary, Summit Atlas, and Summit Sierra.