Alameda StudioTime Summer '16
Small groups. Wonderfully creative.
Limited spaces.
These special Summer workshops are a wonderfully paced way for young artists to immerse in larger-scaled projects in the studio! Artists will receive a great deal of one-on-one support and companionship to help turn their ideas into beautiful realities!
(Full!)
(Full!)
June 20, 21, 22, 23
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
Comics and Graphic Novels are a powerful and popular way of communicating ideas, telling stories and expressing one's artistic vision! In this four-day intensive we will create a multi-panel comic book and we will cover simple story writing, character development, storyboarding, inking and more. One of the four days will start off at a local cafe (TBA) for observational drawing - students may purchase a snack with their own funds.
Ages 7+
*Just added!*
Graphic Novel Workshop II
July 18, 19, 20, 21 (See below for listing)
Little Monsters
Saturday June 25th
9-2:00 p.m. $85.00
This five-hour workshop is a great way to get younger kids into the studio who want to create and have fun! Using our silliest, most imaginative powers, we will create a large style painting of our very own monster! Starting with drawing, we will create our creature then supersize them with bright acrylic paint onto masonite board.
Ages 4 -8 or with teacher permission.
The Art of the Portrait
June 27, 28, 29, 30
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
Come and explore the art of the portrait! This wonderful retreat offers artists fresh and challenging ways to explore the human image from classic portraiture to magical realism. Inspired by contemporary artists and past masters, we will use a wide range of mediums such as acrylic, tempera, oil, charcoal, printing, etc. This has been a popular workshop for the past two years and each Summer we offer brand new and powerful projects.
Fairy Village Workshop I
July 5, 6, 7, 8
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
If you can dream it you can do it! Really! This highly requested workshop focuses on building skills: foundation, framing, roofing and siding of a scale-model structure made from all natural materials. Each artist will build a structure and then construct accessory pieces to furnish their abodes. The building size is loosely based on the 1“=1’ scale.
Ages 7+ and must have experience with the glue gun. Young artists must be able to work independently for periods of time.
Fairy Village Workshop II
July 11, 12, 13, 14
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
If you can dream it you can do it! Really! This highly requested workshop focuses on building skills: foundation, framing, roofing and siding of a scale-model structure made from all natural materials. Each artist will build a structure and then construct accessory pieces to furnish their abodes. The building size is loosely based on the 1“=1’ scale.
Ages 7+ and must have experience with the glue gun. Young artists must be able to work independently for periods of time.
Fairy Village Workshop III
July 25, 26, 27, 28
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
If you can dream it you can do it! Really! This highly requested workshop focuses on building skills: foundation, framing, roofing and siding of a scale-model structure made from all natural materials. Each artist will build a structure and then construct accessory pieces to furnish their abodes. The building size is loosely based on the 1“=1’ scale.
Ages 7+ and must have experience with the glue gun. Young artists must be able to work independently for periods of time.
Summer Dreams
Saturday July 23rd
1:00-6:00 p.m. $85.00
This lovely StudioTime special offering is a five-hour painting exploration on canvas that will capture the feelings and dreams of Summer! Using a style of bold underpainting, we will sketch, fill and shade to capture the tone for this warm and wonderful season.
This workshop is designed for ages 18+. Younger artists joining in with a parent will be considered.
Graphic Novel Workshop II
July 18, 19, 20, 21
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
Comics and Graphic Novels are a powerful and popular way of communicating ideas, telling stories and expressing one's artistic vision! In this four-day intensive we will create a multi-panel comic book and we will cover simple story writing, character development, storyboarding, inking and more. One of the four days will start off at a local cafe (TBA) for observational drawing - students may purchase a snack with their own funds.
Ages 7+
Let's Make Small Things
August 1, 2, 3, 4 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $392
Wood, Felt and Fiber!
Drawing from fictional or historical figures, fairy folks (gnomes, mermaids, pirates, forest folks) or real-life people, we will create these sculptures in either in the 1'=1" scale (matching the Fairy Houses created in the Fairy Village Workshops), or a larger 8" size! Using classic figure studies, we create a "skeleton" in wire, "flesh" it out with fiber, clothe it in hand sewn wool and hand embroidery, create the head in painted wood.
Little Monsters
Saturday August 6th
9-2:00 p.m. $85.00
This five-hour workshop is a great way to get younger kids into the studio who want to create and have fun! Starting with colorful sketches we will then use hand and (supervised) machine sewing to turn drawings into lovable sturdy stuffy's.
We will use fleece, trims, notions and magic to transform imaginative characters into lovable friends.
Ages 4 -8 or with teacher permission.
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The Summer studio day is (approximately) a 2+ hour morning studio session with a short break mid- morning, then a picnic lunch, cinema break and second 2+ hour afternoon studio session.
All full workshop artists are to bring a lunch and a beverage to each day .
All materials and snacks, afternoon creative cinema offerings included.
Some workshops may include local outings based on the area
of study and will be arranged with approval by parents, per workshop. Call Patrice to ask questions 522-3494 or to sign-up!
