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Winter Workshops

Thursday, January 2, 2020
STUDIO
Thursday, January 2nd  // Kids Grades 3-5 | 9:30a-12:00p  Learn how to use foundational drawing techniques to naturally render the human eye. Students will learn how to draw from reference and become familiar with the charcoal medium.

Learn to Draw Realistically: The Eye

Kids (Grades 3-5)
9:30 am - 12:00 pm | $65
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STUDIO
Thursday, December 26th  // Teens - 9:30-12:00 In Graphic Novel Illustration, students will experiment with the pen and ink medium while exploring the concept of creating a short narrative. Students will create a cover page for a fictional story inspired by the style of Scott McCloud, a professional comic author. Some of McCloud's titles include Understanding Comics, Making Comics, and Reinventing Comics. 

Graphic Novel Illustration

Teens (Grades 6-12)
9:30 am - 12:00 pm | $65
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STUDIO
Thursday, January 2 // Kids Grades K-2 | 12:30p-3:00p  Design your own winter monster with scales, horns, claws, wings, and more! Students will use their imaginations to dream up their monsters and backstories. They will then sculpt their unique monsters using clay and various sculpting tools and methods.

Frosty Monsters

Kids (Grades K-2)
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | $65
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STUDIO
Thursday, January 2nd  // Teens | 12:30p-3:00p  In Learn to Draw Realistically: The Face, students will learn the foundations of drawing and become familiar with the graphite medium. Students will focus on facial proportions and learn how to render the human eye, nose, and mouth naturalistically.

Learn to Draw Realistically: The Face

Teens (Grades 6-12)
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | $65
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DIGITAL
Thursday, January 2nd  // Kids Grades 3-5 | 9:30a-12:00p Students will explore sketching and inking in Photoshop to create a black and white robotic character. Skills and techniques will focus primarily on 3-dimensional drawing, layering, and inking.

Digital Bots: Sketching & Inking

Kids (Grades 3-5)
9:30 am - 12:00 pm | $65
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DIGITAL
Thursday, January 26th  // Teens - 12:30-3:00  Students will explore sketching & inking in Photoshop to create a Character Promo. Skills & Techniques will focus primarily on drawing, layering, and digital aspects. 

Digital Character Promos

Teens (Grades 6-12)
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | $65
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Friday, January 3, 2020
STUDIO
Friday, January 3rd // Kids Grades K-2 | 9:30a-12:00p  Students will learn about different arctic animals and how to draw them. They will explore printmaking processes to create a multi-media print of these winter animals!

Puffins, Penguins, & Polar Bears

Kids (Grades K-2)
9:30 am - 12:00 pm | $65
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STUDIO
Friday, January 3rd  // Adults | 9:30a-12:00p  Students will explore and experiment with pastels, learning about composition and color mixing through this landscape project. The workshop is suitable for all skill levels from absolute beginner to seasoned pastel-lover.

Pastel Landscapes

Adults
9:30 am - 12:00 pm | $65
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STUDIO
Friday, January 3rd // Kids Grades 3-5 - 12:30-3:00  Students will explore the clay medium and learn foundational techniques of sculpture. They will work on creating a self-portrait relief sculpture.

Sculpting with Clay – The Portrait

Kids (Grades 3-5)
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | $65
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STUDIO
Friday, January 3rd  // Teens | 12:30a-3:00p  The highly stylized characteristics and engaging storylines of manga comics have become a cultural phenomenon worldwide. In this workshop, students will create their own manga character with skills and techniques focused on color application and linework. 

Manga Characters

Teens (Grades 6-12)
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | $65
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DIGITAL
Friday, January 3rd  // Grades 3-5 | 9:30a-12:00p  Students will explore coloring and shading in Photoshop to create a robot character with Color. Skills and techniques will focus primarily on layering base colors with clipping masks to add shadows and highlights.

Digital Bots: Coloring & Shading

Kids (Grades 3-5)
9:30 am - 12:00 pm | $65
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DIGITAL
Friday, January 3rd // Teens - 12:30-3:00  Through digital compositing, students will create their own unique version of a Chimera: a creature comprised of various other animals. Skills and techniques will focus on various photo manipulation tools such as the content-aware move tool, masking, and gradient effects.

Digital Chimera Creations

Teens (Grades 6-12)
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | $65
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