Sequoia Gallery & Studios: Art classes offered at our gallery in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon

Classes:

Sequoia offers art education for the community. Please check regularly for the latest class schedule.

Register with Sequoia Gallery + Studios Note: Please indicate class # when registering.
P.O. Box 3344 | 136 SE 3rd Avenue | Hillsboro OR 97123 | 503-693-0401

Life Drawing Studio
Two Mondays monthly, supervised, 2:00pm–5:00pm
Upcoming dates: February 13, 27, March 12, 26 (2012)
$8 model fee

A classic uninstructed life drawing group managed by studio directors. Bring drawing materials and easel (if you use one), pay the fee, and improve your skills.

Open Door Studio
Listed Sundays monthly, 1:00pm–4:00pm
Upcoming dates: February 5 (2012)
$5 tuition

Bring your current project and join the community of other artists! Nourish your creativity in the Sequoia classroom from 1-4pm on listed Sunday afternoons. Each artist will work on their individual project. A critique time will be available. Sequoia members can work with no charge. Community members are encouraged to join in with a fee of $5. Early registration is encouraged.

Steve Kleier Sequoia Workshops Brochure

Drawing Skills Every Artist Needs
With Steve Kleier
Three Saturdays: January 14, February 11, March 10 (2012), 10:00am–3:30pm
Class #: 4 Tuition: $195 for all 3, or $75 each

Increase your rendering skills to enhance the final paintings you do. Steve Kleier will include demonstrations, class drawing time, and critique. He will include rendering perspective, light and shadows. Focus will be on both details and composition. Take one or up to all three days of the workshop:

Still Life, Saturday, January 14, 2012
Portrait, Saturday February 11, 2012
Buildings & Landscapes, Saturday March 10, 2012

Workshop: Painting the Landscape from Photos
With Eric Jacobsen
Two-day workshop, Saturday–Sunday, February 18–19, 2012, 9:00am–4:00pm
Class #: 7 Tuition: $200

Eric will demonstrate painting the landscape in oil from photos, give class time for class participation and provide individual feedback. Eric will provide tips on composition and color selection. Students will provide photos of their landscape of interest.
http://jacobsenstudio.blogspot.com

Workshop: Painting Still Life
With Eric Jacobsen
Two-day workshop, Saturday–Sunday, March 24–25, 2012, 9:00am–4:00pm
Class #: 8 Tuition: $200

Eric will demonstrate painting a still life in oil. He will give class time for class work and provide individual critique. He will provide tips on composition and color selection.
http://jacobsenstudio.blogspot.com

ArtTalk: Exploring Fluid Acrylics Demo
With Linda Rothchild Ollis
Saturday, April 7, 2012, 10:00am–11:30am
Class #: 9 Tuition: $10 in advance — limited seating

Enjoy exploring a wide range of painting techniques with Golden Fluid Acrylics. Linda will share the fun she has in developing new surface textures and paint applications. Learn new ways of focusing on the process to inspire painting direction and completed paintings. This demo will provide a preview of Linda’s workshop, Exploring Fluid Acrylics, April 21 and 22.
http://portlandartmuseum.org/visit/rsg/artists/Linda-Rothchild-Ollis/
http://www.lrothchildollis.blogspot.com

Workshop: Composition, Painting, & Marketing Oil and Acrylic
With Mark Heine
Three-day workshop, Friday–Sunday, April 13–15, 2012, 9:00am–4:00pm
Class #: 10 Tuition: $350

Through a combination of live demonstration, AV presentation, and one on one coaching, Mark Heine will demonstrate his unique approach to painting and working with digital photography. Mark will discuss and demonstrate the concept, content and composition of his painting, canvas texturing, use of Adobe® Photoshop® (including one on one preparation of each student's image), his philosophy and approach to paint application using water soluble oils on canvas. Other topics for discussions will include materials, surfaces, finishes, promotion, promotional materials, galleries and the internet. With one on one coaching, students will complete their own painting. The 3-day time frame, allows for a useful mid-painting as well as final critique at the end of days 2 and 3.
Class supply list: Look under Mark Heine at http://www.spindriftstudios.com/mnews.html

Workshop: Exploring Fluid Acrylics
With Linda Rothchild Ollis
Two-day workshop, Saturday–Sunday, April 21–22, 2012, 9:30am–3:00pm
Class #: 11 Tuition: $150, plus $15 paid directly to instructor for supplies

Enjoy exploring a wide range of painting techniques with Golden Fluid Acrylics and mixed media. This workshop will combine traditional fine art guidelines with contemporary techniques, to combine realistic and abstract. Learn to develop new surface textures, paint applications and to focus on the fun and process of creating. Linda will provide Golden Fluid Acrylic paints, medium, and gesso, which are included in the tuition fee.
http://portlandartmuseum.org/visit/rsg/artists/Linda-Rothchild-Ollis/
http://www.lrothchildollis.blogspot.com

Carol Shelkin Sequoia Workshop Brochure

Workshop: Human Form & Portraiture in Stained Glass
With Carol Shelkin
Two-day workshop, Saturday–Sunday, May 5–6, 2012, 9:00am–5:00pm
Class #: 12 Tuition: $395 (supplies included) — $100 holding deposit accepted before April 1st.
Full amount due by April 16, 2012.

A hands-on workshop for intermediate and advanced levels, using modern mosaic techniques to understand structure, cross-contour, highlights, color, gradation, value and types of shadows. We will learn how to “see” things differently. The students will learn how to mix glass values and colors to define planes, and how to use color most effectively with artist tricks that will be taught. There will be a one hour demonstration; then students will begin a life-like, 12" x 12" mosaic from a photograph.
http://www.carolshelkinmosaics.com/

ArtTalk: Photoshop® Elements for Artists Demo
With Linda Rothchild Ollis
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10:00am–11:30am
Class #: 13 Tuition: $10 in advance — limited seating

Linda Rothchild Ollis will demonstrate the manipulation of photos using Photoshop®. She will use photos that class participants have submitted to be manipulated. The demonstration is an overview of the Photoshop® Elements for Artists workshop she will be giving May 19, May 26, and June 9.
http://portlandartmuseum.org/visit/rsg/artists/Linda-Rothchild-Ollis/
http://www.lrothchildollis.blogspot.com

Workshop: Photoshop® Elements for Artists – I
With Linda Rothchild Ollis
Three-day workshop: Saturday, May 19, Saturday, May 26, & Saturday, June 9, 2012, 9:30am–2:00pm
Class #: 14 Tuition: $138

Use digital images and Photoshop® Elements to improve your painting skills – to SEE, not just imagine, changes to a painting before committing more paint to canvas. Designed for those with little or no photo editing experience, you will learn new skills to move your creativity forward. Take home edited, realistic or abstract, digital images, created from original images.
Student brings laptop computer and pre-loaded Photoshop® Elements software.
http://portlandartmuseum.org/visit/rsg/artists/Linda-Rothchild-Ollis/
http://www.lrothchildollis.blogspot.com

Please contact Sequoia Gallery for availability and supply lists.

Instructors Invited:

The Sequoia Gallery invites art instructors of all levels and topics to submit a proposal for class. If you are interested in teaching a class at Sequoia Gallery, please inquire at the front desk of the gallery or send an email to sequoia.gallery@frontier.com.