Get ready for a new Pocket Sketching® class with world-renowned painting and sketching artist Kath Macaulay, inspired by her PBS feature.This is the perfect technique for travel journaling, hiking, biking, sauntering, sitting in a café or the airport. Capture what you think you see in 25 minutes or less using a water soluble pen, a 4 x 6 inch pad of paper and a small paint set. Ideal for the timid beginner to paint fearlessly in public, and the advanced artist who wants minimal equipment. Whether you're new to sketching or returning to your practice, this is a beautiful way to build a creative habit that travels with you. See you in the Studio for this series!

Pocket Sketching® Founder Kath Macaulay Learn more about Kath here and preview Kath’s work here: https://www.pbs.org/show/pocket-sketching/ Workshop includes several of the watercolor techniques of John Singer Sargent.

A curated art kit will be provided to all participants of this event series. No additional supplies are necessary. 

Open Print Lab is designed to be a creative exploration space! Open Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

Think Procreate is only for designers and illustrators? Think again. Touch & Create is a beginner's course that makes digital art approachable and fun for adults of all backgrounds. Your iPad is already powerful — now let's make something with it.

Materials not provided. Please bring your own iPad and charger (if needed).

Explore the wonderful world of artist books by learning the skills of building books. Books can be great places to collect and share your artwork, or they can be works of art on their own. We will create a variety of soft cover and hard cover books out of paper and learn about the materials and tools commonly used. Students usually guide our decisions on which types of books to create after the first class.

This class is designed for those with no or limited experience in book arts. Along the way, we will become familiar with the vocabulary and tools of bookbinding and how to use them.

Materials not provided. Bring what you have of these items, we may or may not use everything here. The instructor will have extra supplies to lend to students during class time. Please don't purchase any new tools until after the first class, the instructor will bring enough tools for everyone. This way you have the opportunity to see the tools and know the options. bring the following supplies:

-1 cutting mat or other cutting surface, minimum 8.5x12 inches (required)

-1 bookbinding awl or other sharp tool to push through paper and board (required)

-1 bonefolder (required)

-1 craft knife (required)

-1 ruler: 12, 18, or 24 inches, cork preferred (required)

-1 flat paint brush, foam brush, or glue brush for glue, 1.5 to 2 inches wide (required)

-scissors 

-pencil or pen

-binder clips

Consumables:

-cover paper for your books. Lotka is a great choice 2 - 20x30 sheets

-PVA glue, white

-Pad of paper, drawing paper, copy paper, even scrap paper can be used from sample books - 8x11

-Notebook for notes

-Old phone book if you have one

Open Print Lab is designed to be a creative exploration space! Open Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

Open Print Lab is designed to be a creative exploration space! Open Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

Open Print Lab is designed to be a creative exploration space! Open Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

We will explore the basic tools and properties of digital painting and programs (from FireAlpaca to Photoshop). Brushes, tools, language, program specifics, making different paintings to explore each tool.

Materials not provided. Please bring the following:

FireAlpaca download (if you already have access to another program [clip studio paint, photoshop, procreate, etc] then you may also use that, however having access to FireAlpaca is recommended as it is both free and the program I will primarily teach).