Category: Adults

Thumbnailing for Graphic Novels

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Turn your story into a graphic novel

In this two-hour Write Club for Grown Ups workshop, participants will learn how to turn your stories into a comic or graphic novel one scene at a time.

Practice breaking down a scene from a story you’ve written into scripted parts, and then use those notes to make a visual thumbnail of the scene. Learn how to frame an image to show what your characters are feeling, as well as how to get inspiration from graphic novels for young adults. Learn about pacing for tone, dramatic angles, and considerations specific to comix media. Practice drawing skills and storytelling through the art of comix.

Drawing experience is not necessary, and you’ll get basic drawing tips to start from whatever skill level you have.

Class Details
DATE/ TIME: Thursday, January 25, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Wordcrafters Studio, Eugene
436 Charnelton St. Ste 100, Eugene, OR 97401

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have notes and the beginnings of a thumbnailed scene for a comic or graphic novel, to continue working on later, plus tips for visualizing written content for comics, next steps, and a list of resources for further study.

Register online at Wordcrafters Eugene

Still Life and Scenery with Gouache

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Get inspired by the world around you

Painting Still Life and Scenery with Gouache: In this class, students will paint with gouache watercolor to create illustrative scenes and still lifes. This course is designed for beginner painters who would like to learn about painting, using color and using water-soluble media. Students will have one subject to focus on for each week including: fruits, florals, and scenery from photo references and live observation. Students will also practice some drawing skills, although this is not a drawing-focused course.

Class Details
DATES/ TIME: Sundays, October 8 – 29, 10:00 – 11:50 am
LOCATION: Philomath Public Library
1050 Applegate St, Philomath, OR 97370

In this 4 week class, students will practice the basics of painting with gouache to create still lifes of natural and human-made objects, as well as landscape and senery from life and imagined inspiration.

This class uses special tools and materials. There is a $20 materials fee paid directly to the instructor.

Registration is $109 per person
Register at Linn-Benton Community College Community Education, course #28493

Bespoke Coptic Bookbinding: Family Edition

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Create Something Together

Bookbinding for beginners: In this class we’ll learn about the Coptic stitch bookbinding method, including its history and how to make a Coptic stitch book with easily accessible craft materials. Students will leave the class with a completed Coptic stitch book and take home notes for making more books with more personalization possibilities.

This one-time workshop is open to families and individual students.

Workshop Details
DATE/ TIME: Sunday, October 22, 2:00 – 3:50 pm
LOCATION: Philomath Public Library
1050 Applegate St, Philomath, OR 97370

In this 2-hour workshop, students will practice and learn the history about the ancient coptic method of bookbinding. At the end of the workshop, students will have completed sketchbooks/ journals to take home!

This class uses special tools and materials. There is a $15 materials fee paid directly to the instructor.

Registration is $49 per person
Register at Linn-Benton Community College Community Education, course #28491

Bespoke Case Bookbinding: Family Edition

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Create Something Together

Bookbinding for beginners: In this class we’ll learn about case binding bookbinding method, including its history and how to make a casebound book with easily accessible craft materials. Students will leave the class with a completed casebound book and take home notes for making more books with more personalization possibilities.

This one-time workshop is open to families and individual students.

Workshop Details
DATE/ TIME: Thursday, October 12, 6:00 – 7:50 pm
LOCATION: Benton Center
757 NW Polk Ave, Corvallis, OR 97330

In this 2-hour workshop, students will create a cover for a casebound book, and learn about the history of bookbinding. At the end of the workshop, students will have completed sketchbooks/ journals to take home!

This class uses special tools and materials. There is a $15 materials fee paid directly to the instructor.

Registration is $49 per person
Register at Linn-Benton Community College Community Education, course #28490

Harvest Gouache Workshop

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Get Warm and Gather to Celebrate the Harvest Season

Autumn offers incredible colors and textures in the Pacific Northwest. In this gouache painting workshop, we’ll create small paintings and cards to celebrate the season of change and gathering. Perfect for beginners, small groups, teens and adults, this workshop includes everything you need to create a sweet spring scene!

Workshop Details
DATE/ TIME: Saturday, November 18, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Common Fields in downtown Corvallis
545 SW 3rd St, Corvallis, OR

In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll practice with gouache, a water-soluble paint, to paint images of fall including leaves, vegetables, and critters. References, paint, paper and equipment are all included.

No painting or drawing experience needed for this laid back art-making afternoon!

Food and bevergaes are available at the locally–owned food carts at Common Fields.

This painting workshop is open to beginners as well as experienced painters, teens and adults. Registration is $35 per person

All materials provided and included.

This class has reached its limit or has already started! See more classes at jenhernandezart.com/classes

Gouache Workshop: Birds & Flowers

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Celebrate Spring with an afternoon of art!

Spend a lovely Spring afternoon with us at Common Fields as we paint birds and flowers with gouache. Perfect for beginners, small groups, teens and adults, this workshop includes everything you need to create a sweet spring scene!

Workshop Details
DATE/ TIME: Sunday, May 14, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Common Fields in downtown Corvallis
545 SW 3rd St, Corvallis, OR

In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll practice with gouache, a water-soluble paint, to create small still lifes of birds and flowers. References, paint, paper and equipment are all included.

No painting or drawing experience needed for this laid back art-making afternoon!

Food and bevergaes are available at the locally–owned food carts at Common Fields.

This painting workshop is open to beginners as well as experienced painters, teens and adults. Registration is $35 per person

All materials provided and included.

This class has reached its limit or has already started! See more classes at jenhernandezart.com/classes

Ghibli-Inspired Gouache @ Greenhouse Coffee + Plants

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Paint your favorite characters from Hayao Miyazaki’s classic animated films

Sink into a warm drink, surrounded by gorgeous plants, and dip your brush into luscious gouache as you settle in to paint some of your favorite characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli’s classic films like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, How’s Moving Castle, and Kiki’s Delivery Service.

In this workshop, beginner and experienced painters will have all they need to create small masterpieces celebrating some of the most iconic images from Miyazaki’s films. Learn the basics of layering and painting with gouache, enjoy delicious plant-based tea and coffee drinks and take your project home along with extra paints for more cozy painting nights to come.

Workshop Registration

One night workshop
Friday, April 18
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Register at Greenhouse Coffee+ Plants (coming soon)

Gouache Animals Workshop

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Illustrated Animals

Gouache is perfect for sweet illustrations as well as fine art painting with details. In this animal painting workshop, we’ll explore the full creative capacity of gouache to create unique small paintings with stunning color and texture. Perfect for beginners, small groups, teens and adults, this workshop includes everything you need to create a sweet spring scene!

Workshop Details
DATE/ TIME: Sunday, September 10, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Common Fields in downtown Corvallis
545 SW 3rd St, Corvallis, OR

In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll practice with gouache, a water-soluble paint, to illustrate favorite animals of the furry, feathered, scaly, and even slimy variety. References, paint, paper and equipment are all included.

No painting or drawing experience needed for this laid back art-making afternoon!

Food and bevergaes are available at the locally–owned food carts at Common Fields.

This painting workshop is open to beginners as well as experienced painters, teens and adults. Registration is $35 per person

All materials provided and included.

This class has reached its limit or has already started! See more classes at jenhernandezart.com/classes

Gouache Workshop: Summer Postcard

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Paint Your Own Summer Vacation Postcard

Make a totally unique memento of the season in this 2-hour workshop where we’ll capture summer memories in gouache. Perfect for beginners, small groups, teens and adults, this workshop includes everything you need to create a sweet spring scene!

Workshop Details
DATE/ TIME: Sunday, July 16, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Common Fields in downtown Corvallis
545 SW 3rd St, Corvallis, OR

In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll practice with gouache, a water-soluble paint, to create postcard that can be sent to your friends in far off places, or added to a memory board at home. References, paint, paper and equipment are all included.

No painting or drawing experience needed for this laid back art-making afternoon!

Food and bevergaes are available at the locally–owned food carts at Common Fields.

This painting workshop is open to beginners as well as experienced painters, teens and adults. Registration is $35 per person

All materials provided and included.

This class has reached its limit or has already started! See more classes at jenhernandezart.com/classes

We Made Art Polymer Clay Jewelry at The Arts Center

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What’s more romantic than hanging out in the studio, hot cocoa in my thermos and paint on my hands?

For this Valentine’s day, I teamed up with The Arts Center in Corvallis to spend the evening expressing my love of crafting in a special workshop making jewelry with polymer clay!

Although it’s not my main artform, I love crafting with polymer clay. I like the feeling of being able to make something I can hold in my hand, with relatively accessible materials and equipment. For this class, we used Sculpey Premo polymer clay in various colors, acrylic paint, bakeable clay adhesive, gold foil. We also used various clay tools including rollers, styluses, and ball tools. This class was designed to be beginner-friendly, with step-by-step instruction and the goal of a completed project in 2 hours.

We started out the evening working on faux quartz charms for earrings, broaches, and necklace pendants. The process includes cutting transparent clay down and mixing it with a small amount of acrylic paint. Then we used bakeable adhesive and gold or silver foil to replicate the veins in quartz stone. We then rolled out slabs to cut or shape into desired pieces. Through the process, we got hands on with conditioning clay and using tools. The end products were really lovely!

The second half of the workshop focused on making jewelry from clay slabs, which included selecting contrasting colors, shaping pieces and then layering to create cool designs. In this process, folks got to experiment with representational pieces that evoked memories of classic jewelry elements, as well as abstract pieces that embraced the vibrant colors and textures of the clay.

This was a super fun way to spend Valentine’s evening with a group of cool folks just making stuff! Thanks so much to The Arts Center for hosting our workshop!

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