Category: Upcoming

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: Sunday, November 19, 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.

Gouache Harvest Painting, November 2023

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.

Gouache Birds & Flowers, May 2023

Comics Drawing for Teens @ Lebanon Public Library

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Comics drawing practice for Spring Break

In this class, we’ll create comic characters, make 4-panel comics, practice illustration techniques for character design, figure drawing, expression and story-telling. Students can come with ideas for a comic they want to create, characters they’ve been working on, or start fresh with character and story prompts provided in class! All materials provided, attend any one day or all 4 days.

Day 1: Creating Characters
Design characters with backstories, using character reference charts

Day 2: Quick Comics
Make a quick 4-panel comic based on step-by-step prompts

Day 3: Details and Expressions
Use line in illustration and angles in comics to create drama, tension and expression

Day 4: Using the Senses to Create Comics
How to make a visual comic that a reader can “hear” “smell” “taste” or “touch”

This class is perfect for students interested in comics, webcomics, graphic novels, character design and story writing.

Hosted at Lebanon Public Library, this class is 4 days. Each day can be attended individually.

March 27-30, 2023
More information at Lebanon Public Library Events

Spring Break Camp: Adventure Characters @ The Arts Center

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Class for young artists on character design and illustration

In this 3-day Spring Break Camp, students will create their own characters for a class role-playing adventure game!

Design and draw characters using illustration techniques and tools, create a backstory including strengths, weaknesses, motivations and conflicts. Then, launch your character into an adventure RPG to collect tools, develop experiences and interact with other characters!

This class is perfect for students interested in storytelling, role-playing games, comics, fantasy and adventure. Students will leave with a sketchbook of character details, polymer clay figurines of their character, tools, and sidekicks, plus stickers of illustrations and images.

Hosted at The Arts Center, this class is 3 days. All materials included: clay, drawing tools, collage, and a handmade sketchbook for creating your own adventure!

March 28-30, 2023
Register at The Arts Center
Registration: $50 per student

Adventure Game Characters @ Maxtivity Creative Space

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Class for young artists on character design and illustration

In this 4 week class, students will create their own characters for a class role-playing adventure game!

Design and draw characters using illustration techniques and tools, create a backstory including strengths, weaknesses, motivations and conflicts. Then, launch your character into an adventure RPG to collect tools, develop experiences and interact with other characters!

This class is perfect for students interested in storytelling, role-playing games, comics, fantasy and adventure. Students will leave with a sketchbook of character details, polymer clay figurines of their character, tools, and sidekicks, plus stickers of illustrations and images.

Hosted at MAXtivity Arts & Crafts Creative Space, this class is a series of 4 sessions.

Thursdays, April 6 – 27 (4 weeks)
Register at MAXtivity
Registration: $79 per student

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.

Gouache Animals, September 2023

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.

Gouache Summer Postcard, July 2023

Adventure Game Characters @ Maxtivity Creative Space

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Class for young artists on character design and illustration

In this 4 week class, students will create their own characters for a class role-playing adventure game!

Design and draw characters using illustration techniques and tools, create a backstory including strengths, weaknesses, motivations and conflicts. Then, launch your character into an adventure RPG to collect tools, develop experiences and interact with other characters!

This class is perfect for students interested in storytelling, role-playing games, comics, fantasy and adventure. Students will leave with a sketchbook of character details, polymer clay figurines of their character, tools, and sidekicks, plus stickers of illustrations and images.

Hosted at MAXtivity Arts & Crafts Creative Space, this class is a series of 4 sessions.

Thursdays, February 23 – March 16
Register at MAXtivity
Registration: $79 per student