Our online classes use Zoom.
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In addition to our Cloud 9 Art School Facebook page, where we announce new classes and Cloud 9 news, we also have the Cloud 9 Art Lounge Facebook group where students and instructors share artwork, ask questions, explore answers, share info and just hang out as a community of artists. Come join us!
Friday, May 3
2pm - 4pm (Pacific Time)
$20
Online using Zoom. Video tutorial is available to students for one year.
For more information and to register, click here.
Sunday, May 19
1:30pm - 3:30pm (Pacific Time)
$30
Online using Zoom. Video tutorial is available to students for one year.
Painting skies is a stumbling block for some artists and finding ways to document weather may be challenging but with practice and a few tips, it can be very enjoyable. By the end of our time together you will have a few new tools to take with you on your next outdoor adventure including a "cyanometer" that you will make in class to use to help you choose sky colors.
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Thursday, May 23
1:30pm - 3:30pm
In May we will sketch at the iconic Archie McPhee toy store located at 1300 N 45th St, Seattle, Washington.
$20
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Wednesdays, 10am-12pm (Pacific Time)
June 12 - July 3
(4 weeks)
All levels welcome.
$160
Online using Zoom. Video tutorials available to students for one year.
Explore different ways to create pages dedicated to the life of your pet(s) and your relationship with them. We will discuss ways to document important milestones, how to capture their unique "paw-sonality" and ensure that your memories live safely between the pages of your sketchbook. Demonstrations will use various subject matter, the instructors own beloved Charlemagne will model for some, as well as Charlie's next-door neighbor, a Pug and George, a golden lab. Perhaps a bearded dragon or hamster will find its way into the classroom. Explore various media, lettering, page layout, even tips for getting good photographs to work from.
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Sunday, June 21
1:30pm - 3:30pm (Pacific Time)
$30
Online using Zoom. Video tutorial is available to students for one year.
We will explore the Tree of Life, it's historical and artistic background and symbology from a Celtic perspective. Demonstrations will include basic knotwork, designing your tree and ways to add color to your design in your sketchbook. The instructor's design will be made available to you as a reference image that you can use in whatever way you wish if you would rather not create your own design.
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Sunday, July 14
1:30pm - 3:30pm (Pacific Time)
$30
Online using Zoom. Video tutorial is available to students for one year.
Track how your garden grows through the seasons in your sketchbook or garden journal. We will create a "phenology wheel". Phenology is nature’s calendar—charting when cherry trees bloom or when a robin builds its nest and when leaves turn color in the fall. Together we will create a way to remember all the stages of one plant, seed to blossom, or the whole garden and when each plant reached maturity or what animals and birds came to the garden and when. Not only informative, a phenology wheel can be a thing of beauty that is an excellent way to record how your garden grows and when to begin next year's garden.
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Tuesdays 10am - 12pm (Pacific Time)
July 16 - August 27
$225
Online using Zoom. Classes are recorded so if you miss a class you will still be able to watch the lesson. Recordings are available up to one month after class ends.
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Thursdays 11am - 1pm (Pacific Time)
July 18 - August 29
For adults & teens. All levels welcome.
$215
Online using Zoom.
Classes are recorded so if you miss a class you will still be able to watch the lesson. Recordings are available up to one month after class ends.
For more information and to register, click here.
Saturday, July 20
10am - 12pm (Pacific Time)
$20
Online using Zoom. Video tutorial is available to students for one year.
For more information and to register, click here.
Wednesday, July 31
1pm - 3pm
In July we will sketch at the Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington.
$20
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Wednesday, August 21
10:30am - 12:30pm
In August we will sketch at the Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens, located at 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett, WA 98201.
$20
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Sunday, August 25
1:30pm - 3:30pm (Pacific Time)
$30
Online using Zoom. Video tutorial is available to students for one year.
Play with several ways to draw, paint and sketch animals in motion and at rest in your sketchbooks. You will create a spread of drawings & fun facts using elements of design. (You will have the perfect opportunity to put what you learn to practice by signing up for Charlene Collins Freeman’s September 25 Sketchbook Field Trip to the Cougar Mountain Zoo. For more details about that adventure click here.)
For more information and to register, click here.
Wednesday, September 25
1:30pm - 3:30pm
In September we will sketch at the Cougar Mountain Zoo, located at 19525 SE 54th St. Issaquah, WA 98027.
$20
(If you are new to sketching animals from life, as opposed to sketching from photographs, I highly recommend signing up for Laurie Kathleen Clark’s class, Drawing Animals in Motion. She is offering it on Zoom on August 25 (learn more here) and it is also available as an on-demand tutorial here.)
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Saturday, September 28
10am - 1pm (Pacific Time)
$35
Online using Zoom. The class will be recorded so if you can’t join us, you will still be able to watch the lesson. Recordings are available up to one month after class ends.
For more information and to register, click here.
Mondays 11am - 1pm (Pacific Time)
Sept 30 - Dec 9
(no class Nov 25)
For adults & teens. All levels welcome.
$225
Online using Zoom.
Classes are recorded so if you miss a class you will still be able to watch the lesson. Recordings are available up to one month after class ends.
For more information and to register, click here.
Thursdays, 11am - 1pm (Pacific Time)
October 3 - November 21
$250
Online using Zoom.
Classes are recorded so if you miss a class you will still be able to watch the lesson. Recordings are available up to one month after class ends.
For more information and to register, click here.
First Saturday of the Month (3 months)
October 5, November 2, December 7
2pm - 4pm (Pacific Time)
$115
Online using Zoom.
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Friday, October 25
11am - 1pm
In October we will sketch at the Cascadia Art Museum, located at 190 Sunset Ave. S., #E, Edmonds, WA 98020.
$20
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