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Cole and Allie: Starting a Painting (June 27th)
This is a 1 day painting workshop, Staring at a blank canvas can be the most intimidating part of being an artist. In class, Cole and Allie explain the hardest part of the creative process: the beginning. Through live demos, we will help you break through creative blocks, plan your composition, make your first marks, and survive the dreaded "ugly phase." We will share our own approaches contrasting our different styles. Starting with where do ideas come from, and how do we lower the stakes?
Bring your own photos, idea, or sketches as references. Bring your own supplies!
Please email instructor with questions: lyonscole1992@gmail.com
About the instructor: Allie Yacina is a Philly girl and Portland-er of seven years. She is a multi-media, award-winning illustrator, artist, and graphic designer. Her work is rooted in observation with a casual focus in landscapes, and environments, and exploring gentle narratives. She utilizes an expressive color palette and often works traditionally in gouache. She has been keeping a sketchbook since the 5th grade. See more of her work at www.allieyacina.com
About the instructor: Cole is a painter and visual artist based in Portland Oregon. Nature is the biggest influence in Cole’s art especially now that natural disasters are ever increasing with climate change. Making observations, interpretations, and communicating the forms of nature that he thinks should be preserved and cherished is his goal. He wants to create excitement about preservation through visual interest by bringing the feelings and emotions associated in nature. Cole studied illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and has a Bachelors of Arts in Art History from Portland State University.
About the new classroom space: Ulna Studio is a creative space located in the Portland Storage Building on SE Morrison St. Masks will be optional, and we ask that you do not come to class if you are feeling sick. There is a staircase to enter and leave our second-floor classroom.