Creative Spirits Host Art Classes!

The Creative Spirits Team is working with local artists to offer a variety of art classes and workshop experiences in 2017. 
The community is welcome to come and explore art basics as well as create art with others.
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SUMINAGASHI PAPER MARBLING
Liz Walker
September 14 & 15, 2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$185
Learn how to create beautiful marbled papers using sumi inks dropped from small paintbrushes into a tray of water and printed on rice paper. The process is meditative, mesmerizing, and creates subtle, found-in-nature patterns and rings that are one of a kind! Also discover how to develop one or more marbled papers into a finished painting using simple collage and painting methods.
Register with Kathy Sandell (kathy.sandell@comcast.net).

COLOR 101: BASIC COLOR THEORY FOR PAINTERS
Aimee Erickson
​April 27-29, 2017
​9:00 am - 4:00 pm
​$260

Aimee Erickson will be teaching Color 101: Basic Color Theory for Painters at WLLC, Thursday through Saturday, April 27-29, 9:15-4:00 pm. The costs are $250 for tuition and $10 for materials. To register, contact Sandy Reeves at 503-539-4105 or at the link below. There is a cancellation policy. Learn more about Aimee at www.aimeeerickson.com. Aimee's approach is as an oil painter, but she welcomes artists of other mediums, too. ​
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PALM OF THE HAND WOVEN NEST
Susan Schenk
May 13, 2017 (Saturday)
​12:30-3:30 pm
​$20

Just as the birds build their nest from found materials, you will weave this charming fit-in-your-palm nest from scrap wire, yarn, string, and raffia. Add feathers, beads, charms and anything you can string to decorate this charming nest, then glue in some tiny eggs and make a hanger. Hang this in your home as a symbol of Spring and renewal!

Supplies: 
All materials will be supplied, but you are welcome to bring needle nose pliers, scissors and scrap yarn, string, charms, beads, feathers, and small decorative elements to personalize your nest.