Science and art are not mutually exclusive. Both are used to explain and make sense of the world around us. Nikki uses her strong scientific background in biology and art to develop her printmaking process, and uses the confluence to produce two dimensional scenes anyone can approach.
Students in Nikki’s printmaking classes often comment that they appreciate how she’s able to create an environment that is comfortable and experimental, with clear techniques and methods in this process oriented art.
Nikki’s upcoming classes at the League:
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 11th
10:00-2:00pm
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 19th
6:00-10:00pm
DRYPOINT MONOTYPE / Nikki Barber
$ 195. Two Day Workshop/Sundays, Feb 10/17
10:00 – 4:00pm
WOODBLOCK PORTRAITS / Nikki Barber
$ 195. Two Days, Sundays, Mar 31/April 7
10:00 – 4:00pm
Pictured: Vitreography print by Nikki Barber (Vitreography will be offered in the spring!)
This is a new online glossary of painting terms. More to come! Alkyd (“Call me Al, kid”) Oil Painting Alkyds are synthetic resin replacements for slow drying natural oils. When added to oil paint they speed up the drying time. Examples: Liquin, Galkyd, and many more. Some paints like Quick Dry White, Gamblin FastMatte, and W&N Griffin Paints …
League artist Siobhan Wilder’s work will be part of COCA’s Motherland show this month. Wilder paints mysterious scenes. She wants to give the viewer the sensation that there are messages all around us, and we might be able to clue into them with a little concentration. The scene above was one that she happened upon in real …
I’ve been talking about the the idea that shapes in a composition can be activated to hold each other in place. In this way, there is no background and no object, there is only the interaction of shapes on the surface of the canvas. Everything in the picture holds everything else in place. Intervals I’d …
This was the final challenge – the 30th Challenge for 30 Challenges in January! The final prompt was to create an asymmetrical portrait. This suggestion was designed to push a portrait drawing – something that can frequently cause us to tense up trying to get things perfect – into something more bold, individual, compositionally dynamic, …
Using the Scientific Method to Inform the Creative Process
Nikki Barber on the Scientific Method
TODAY! January 28th 2019, 5:30-7:00pm
Bellevue College, Gallery Space D271
Science and art are not mutually exclusive. Both are used to explain and make sense of the world around us. Nikki uses her strong scientific background in biology and art to develop her printmaking process, and uses the confluence to produce two dimensional scenes anyone can approach.
Students in Nikki’s printmaking classes often comment that they appreciate how she’s able to create an environment that is comfortable and experimental, with clear techniques and methods in this process oriented art.
Nikki’s upcoming classes at the League:
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 11th
10:00-2:00pm
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 19th
6:00-10:00pm
DRYPOINT MONOTYPE / Nikki Barber
$ 195. Two Day Workshop/Sundays, Feb 10/17
10:00 – 4:00pm
10:00 – 4:00pm
Pictured: Vitreography print by Nikki Barber (Vitreography will be offered in the spring!)
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