Found Fabric Aprons for Mother’s Day!
One of the things we love the most at Art Adventures is repurposing different fabrics. This coming weekend will be our last FAMILY WORKSHOP of the season which focuses on just that topic: making functional aprons out of fabric remnants and assorted embellishments. The sample apron above uses a base of cotton fabric that protected a table top from many a student dye project which is then embellished with fanciful pockets…
Come and learn about the construction of a basic apron pattern with your child and you both can walk away outfitted for a summer of creative projects. What a wonderful way to spend Mother’s Day! REGISTER NOW >
FOUND FABRIC APRONS | Sunday, May 12th from 2pm-5pm
The sun is out and Art Adventures will be using the natural beauty of OCAC’s campus as inspiration for the FAMILY WORKSHOP Nature Printed Silk Scarves occurring this Saturday from 2-5pm. There are still a few spots left if you want to join us… after all, silk scarves make great Mother’s Day gifts!
Our final image from the series of student work created over three days as part of the Spring Break Pre-College workshop on Digital Illustration techniques. This is a quieter work than the others, but it has a lot of emotional resonance. We can’t wait to see what future work is created by everyone that was a part of this talented group!
Another sample from OCAC’s Spring Break workshop for teens on Digital Illustration— this one being much more in the vein of an editorial cartoon detailing the tremendous amount of stuff that’s on our minds these days (from economic downturns to video games).
Instructor Jonathan Hill, who will be teaching three workshops on comics this summer at OCAC, has a new editorial cartoon himself in this week’s Willamette Week on the proposed I5 river crossing. If you’ve got questions for Jonathan about what he’s covering in his week-long summer workshops you can stop and chat with him all weekend at Stumptown Comicsfest (table J07) or visit the course descriptions here.
Our third Digital Illustration work from the recent Spring Break workshop for teens is a great example of that old saying about a picture’s worth in words— a really strong narrative work that feels as if it is right in the middle of a much larger story. Nice work Idit!
Storytelling in comics, graphic novels and manga is the focus of the first Pre-College Comics Workshop this summer titled Creating Comics- Fundamentals of Story and Image. If you’ve ever wanted to try out visual storytelling this one-week workshop from July 22-26 is the perfect place to start.
Another great image from the recent OCAC Pre-College Spring Break workshop on Digital Illustration… Ketelyn tackles the topic of mortality with a nice balance of somber tones and light humor.
There will be another focus on incorporating digital tools with drawn illustrations as part of the Digital Tools for Comics - Coloring, Lettering and Pre-Press workshop for teens from July 29-August 2.
OCAC has some spectacular work to share from the recent Pre-College Spring Break workshop on Digital Illustration… just take a look at this fantastic piece created over the course of three days by Megan!
Each day through Sunday we’ll feature a new image on the blog in honor of this weekend being Stumptown Comics Fest here in Portland, Oregon. OCAC’s Comics instructor extraordinaire Jonathan Hill will be there talking about his latest projects and you can also ask him about the three workshops he’ll be teaching to teens (grades 9-12) at OCAC this summer. Stop by and visit him at table J07.
Here are some wonderful felting projects completed in the April FAMILY WORKSHOP Felted Eggs and Chicks. Great work everyone!
OCAC’s next FAMILY WORKSHOP Nature Printed Silk Scarves occurs Saturday, May 4th— just before Mother’s Day. Wouldn’t a hand-dyed silk scarf make a lovely Mother’s Day gift?
Vote For Art Adventures!
What’s the best summer art camp in Portland? OCAC’s Art Adventures of course!
What’s a great way to let the whole world know that Art Adventures is the summer art day camp not to be missed?
It’s simple! Vote for the Jordan Schnitzer Art Adventures Summer Camp as Portland’s best summer camp by quickly visiting NW Kids Portland’s Best Summer Camps page and letting them know that Art Adventures rocks the Arts & Crafts category.
It will take no more than a few seconds (just type Art Adventures into the Arts & Crafts box and hit “enter”) and you’ll be helping to spread the word about our fantastic summer camp for children in grades 1-8.
Every vote counts so show your support, and then encourage all of your art-loving friends to do the same!
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And speaking of NW Kids, their annual SUMMER CAMP EXPO is tomorrow at OMSI and the Jordan Schnitzer Art Adventures Summer Camp will be there. Stop on by and tell us about your experience at Art Adventures- we’d love to see you!
Spring Break Camp 2013 - Day 4
Look at these wonderful pop-up books campers made earlier this week!
Here is the classic “chicken or egg” question with a whole lot of sunshine to warm the scene…
And here is a bit of space travel with some out-of-this-world patterning!
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Over in the drawing/painting workshop one of our YOUNG ADULT (grades 6-8) students completed this fantastic painting after learning about complementary colors and underpainting…
Great work Spring Break campers!
