Classes/Workshops/Demos (SIGN UP) PRINTABLE SUMMER SCHEDULE (252k) (Screen Printing) (Comics 101) (Plushy!) (Pen & Ink) Screen Printing Workshop (SIGN UP) Cost: $200 with materials kit or $75 without Duration: 12pm - 4pm Materials Kit includes: 1 screen, 1 squeegee, 1 qt photo emulsion, 1 qt. emulsion remover, scoop coater, ink, and 1 set of clamps Upcoming Classes: Sun 6/13, Sun 7/18, Sun 7/25, Sun 8/8, Sun 8/22 This class is at our Atwater Studio There are many ways to silkscreen. The focus of this workshop is teach the artist (whether an old pro or a total rookie) how to expose a screen using the sun and photo emulsion (so that you can do it in your studio/garage/backyard!). We walk you through the entire process, from image creation to finished print, introducing ideas and options along the way. If none of that made any sense to you, don't worry, it will after the workshop. And that's the point, it's really easy to show someone how to screen print, really hard to tell them how to do it. One afternoon with us will eliminate days of learning curve and frustration. No experience necessary. Just bring anything you want to print on (paper, clothes, wood, glass, whatever!), your ideas, and questions. This is a one day workshop. Make your own Plushy! (SIGN UP) Cost: $150 Duration: 4 sessions 11am - 2pm Upcoming Classes: Four Saturdays 8/28 - 9/18 This class is at our Atwater Studio Learn how to make plush toys of your own design! Plush toys are not just for kids anymore, they hang in galleries and high end shops around the country. If you ever wanted to learn how to make them, this class is for you. The class will cover every step from the initial design drawing, through construction, pattern making, fabric choice and sewing. We will focus on creative problem solving and student's self expression. Please bring a drawing (a doodle will do, more than one is welcome too) you would like to turn into plush, and let's get started! Our motto is to teach you how to make the plush you want to make, looking for creative ways to make it happen. About the instructor: Michal Wright-Ward is a designer and illustrator with a degree in animation. In her four years experience as a plush artist, her work has been featured and sold in galleries and shops around the U.S. and abroad. She draws her inspiration from children's books and the animal world. She hates the words "you can't". She lives in Los Angeles with a menegerie of pets, monsters, and one very patient husband. www.michalwright.com yarn-n-coffee.blogspot.com Comic Making 101 (SIGN UP) Cost: $150 (materials kit included) Duration: 5 sessions 2:30pm - 6:00pm Upcoming Classes: Five Saturdays 9/11 - 10/9 This class is at our Atwater Studio Do you want to create your own comic? Do you have a great comic story to tell but don't know where to start? Comic books have been one of America's and the world's most enduring and loved art forms. Learn all the basics to write, draw, letter, embellish, and present your comics in the most professional way you can. All levels of experience and draughtsmanship are invited to take this once a week, five session course and explore how to do it yourself! Come join our class where we will learn the basics of comic book creation from start to finish, soup to nuts. About the instructor: Kiyoshi Nakazawa is a freelance illustrator working and living in LA. He has done work for numerous clients including Dark Horse Comics, Meltdown, World War III Illustrated, LA Weekly, Destroy All Music, Mattell, Razorcake, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Sweet Velvet C, The Aquabats!, The Unlovables, Giant Robot, Pancrase and many others. He is a regular comic contributor to Razorcake magazine and has been self publishing comics since jr. high school. Since 1999 to present he has been self publishing Drunken Master zine which has the serialized Mixed Martial Arts comic Prize. LuckyNakazawa.com Check out some former student's work Intro to Pen & Ink Illustration (SIGN UP) Cost: $75 (materials kit included) Duration:1 session 1pm - 4pm Upcoming Classes: Sat 8/28 This class is at our Atwater Studio This introductory course teaches the basic principles and usage of crow quill, brush and india ink on paper. In it's simplest form pen and ink are a inexpensive and easily portable medium that packs a high- impact visual punch. Techniques taught in this 2 day course can be applied to fine arts, illustration and sketches. The class will consist of various demonstrations displaying various ways pens and brushes can be used to render an expressive image in great detail, loose gestures and even experimental works of art. Basic supplies will be provided: Hunt EF 22 Hunt 102 India Ink White Acrylic Ink! Strathmore 400 series Illustration Paper basic brush About the instructor: Kiyoshi Nakazawa is a freelance illustrator working and living in LA. He has done work for numerous clients including Dark Horse Comics, Meltdown, World War III Illustrated, LA Weekly, Destroy All Music, Mattell, Razorcake, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Sweet Velvet C, The Aquabats!, The Unlovables, Giant Robot, Pancrase and many others. He is a regular comic contributor to Razorcake magazine and has been self publishing comics since jr. high school. Since 1999 to present he has been self publishing Drunken Master zine which has the serialized Mixed Martial Arts comic Prize. LuckyNakazawa.com To Sign up for a class: Enter your information in the form below: Name: Email Address: Phone Number: Choose your class: Comic Book 101 ---Dates: choose Sat Sept 11th - Oct 9th Silkscreen ---Dates: choose Sun June 13th Sun July 18th Sun July 25th Sun August 8th Sun August 22nd Make your own Plushy! ---Dates: choose Sat August 28th - Sept 18th Pen & Ink Illustration ---Dates: choose Sat August 28th If you have taken any of our classes and would like to give us feedback, please email us. We would love to learn what we can do to make it an even richer experience!