Illustration Classes 2011-2012
Karen Luke Fildes is teaching two new classes at Arts & Craftsman Supply starting in October in Seattle! Sign up or help someone get this info… Middle school and highschool age students are welcome and would enjoy the style of creative focus. Illustration is not only a valuable skill during these times as solutions based science is developing, but it is an excellent source of amazement and enrichment.
Pre College Illustration and Portfolio/ The Art of Living Ideas
Tuesdays 3:30-5:20
$30 per session; an eight-week series starting October 25
Partial scholarships available
Bring your sketches and concepts along with previously created works and learn to format them for presentation. Rough sketches on the cafe napkin have the potential for greatness when you see them through the creative process. We will help to strengthen your confidence and vision as you add new techniques to round out each set of skills. During this series we will create a concept book, image bank and portfolio to help you realize your ambition to attend art or design school or simply to compile your ideas for confidence sake.
Pre College Illustration and Portfolio
What this class is about:
The Naked Art of Living Ideas
Concept Development and Illustration
Learn the steps to effective creative process by trusting your own authentic ideas. Bring roughs into finals and add complimentary series to strengthen your portfolio. Your brilliance is fleeting in this cyber world where nothing seems to remain authentic. Make sure that your art is truly yours.
It is good if you can take hold of your significant thoughts, inventions, and solutions - they are seeds in gestation. I will be your guide as you to take your ideas through the steps of the creative process. It’s an ongoing visionary retreat for young artists, budding designers, writers, and people plagued with orphaned ideas. With some homework (or cafe-work) students will practice concept development from the seeds of gestation to birth. This class is an excellent studio session for students who have a senior project to prepare or a project to illustrate. If you don’t have a project and want to invent one, come for the fun of it, but be willing to stretch yourself. You will become addicted to the creative process and find ways to conquer your obstacles.
“We are all more than we know, and that wondrous reality,
that wholeness, holiness, is there for all of us, not the qualified only.”
Madeline L’engle
Committment - eight weeks per theme
Some starving artist scholarships available
choose an emphasis:
graphic novel / comic book
science illustration
journal and poetry book
children’s book illustration
paintings series
pre-college portfolio
scholarship profile
song cycle / album project
textile design
garden design
recipes / cuisine book
tattoo design
or come to me with your idea
computer grapics students are welcome but will be challenged to explore organically expressive tools. I will gladly meet with you to help you choose a project focus and work out materials.
Science Illustration for the Heck of It
at Seattle Artist & Craftsman Supply
Tuesdays 5:30-7:30
$30 per session; an eight-week series starting October 25
Partial scholarships available
Contact Karen if you even remotely interested… 206-595-2171 northwestcolor@gmail.com
Nature is the inspiration in this class. Develop your awareness of the natural world as you explore illustration techniques and the process of working on a field guide of images or a poster containing several. Areas of possible interest: Botany, Animal Biology, Human Anatomy, Weather, Space, Microbiology, Geology, etc… Students will be exposed to the history of the drawing tool while using their contemporary skills to render images with the instrument of their choice. Color will be added as images evolve. Fantastical projects that are inspired by science are welcome. Drawing skills are not necessary but rather an interest in developing new awareness of the natural world.
Thoughtful Box Party
Tuesday, December 20th, 3:30-7:30
$45 includes materials; bring your own box or basket
Create cards, personal stationary, hang tags and illustrations for giving. Explore spot illustration and typography using a medium of your choice including printmaking, collage, water pigments and ink. Our party will include appetizers, hot cider and dessert. Bring a friend or family member for this festive gathering! All ages welcome, children under 10, bring an adult.
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206-595-2171