Events at Push/Pull Ballard

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Carve and print your own linocut print, for yourself or as a gift! Learn about positive and negative space and experiment with your block print in color or classic black & white. Learn how the Push/Pull crew designs and prints many of the sketchbooks, patches, and more! All materials are provided.

Have you taken this workshop before? Can't get enough? Here's yet another reason to come back: returning students get $5 off!

All students receive 15% off at Push/Pull on the day of class! Please show class registration to staff to receive your discount.

RJ (she/him) is a speculative author and artist telling stories about the natural world and exploring alien ones. She is a watercolor artist, illustrator, science writer, and experimenter. In her free time she draws bugs, cuddles her cat, gardens, and makes weird stuff. See more and connect @beccaquibbles.

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Craft your own characters, stories, and make-believe worlds while getting an introduction to storytelling and cartoon illustration!

Cartoon characters are the most important thing to come up with before deciding what Cartoon and/or Illustration method one wants to use to tell their stories! This Character Design focused workshop will teach students an introduction to character design. You'll learn to tell stories in single image or short comic formats.

We will explore shapes to build characters, how body language and facial expressions help show who a character is, story and backstory elements, and the different types of characters that can be created, from people, to animals, to talking plants or objects. Pre-printed comic box paper will be provided, and students will get to keep the printed lesson plans from the workshop. Students will leave having practiced drawing their characters, or even having created new characters using sketches, an illustrated scene, or maybe even the start of a short comic.

All supplies are provided. This class is recommended for students ages 14 and up.

Since October of 2010, Donna Letterese (she/her) has taught Cartooning, Zine-Making, and Drawing classes. She taught for many years in and around the Los Angeles area (and still does on Zoom), and since 2020 has been teaching in and around Seattle. Donna loves teaching visual storytelling, and is passionate about helping students find their voice through creating narrative images and words to tell their own tales. As an educator, she has taught at afterschool programs, libraries, museums, and arts centers, really enjoying being part of the process that helps young artists find their voices through putting pencil, pen and any favorite drawing materials to paper.

This is a free event, but space is limited. Please RSVP here so we know how many to expect!

Want to help keep Qu-ART going? Help support our community art programs with an optional donation.

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Watercolor cats!! And dogs, and fish, and lizards, and geckos, and rats, and guinea pigs, and horses, and dragons, and unicorns, and...

Bring a picture of your beloved creature (be it real or imaginary) and we will sketch a cute cartoon or caricature that captures what makes your pet unique. From there, we'll use pens and ink to create a bold base for our watercolors. You'll have your choice of colors and teacher instruction through each step of your painting.

By the end of the class, you'll have a full-color, watercolor illustration of your furry friend and some new watercolor skills under your belt!

Max M (he/him) is Push/Pull's resident watercolor fanatic. He's been exploring the medium for over 8 years and can't wait to share his passion with you! When he's not painting, you can find Max hiking, swimming, and cooking.