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 SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. TUCKET : a fanfare on a trumpet Merriam-Webster: Tucket can be found most notably …
Today is the first part of a two part drawing. You can catch up tomorrow if you miss today, but don’t throw out your drawing for today! Thursday is Vocabulary day, and the word is sesquipedalian. The rare time this unusual word is introduced into conversation, it is to describe someone or something that overuses …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Preparing for my Unconventional Portraits class, I found this post on WideWalls: a top 10 list of the most influential living – or barely dead – famous portrait artists. You don’t have to like them, but you should know about them. I’m posting my personal thoughts about each …
Monday is composition day in our 30 Day Challenge, and you’re doing great! Today we’re going to work with negative space, and an element of chance to make it fun. You’ll need some string, and simple drawing materials. If you don’t have string, try rubber bands, chopsticks, or bamboo skewers. If you prefer not to …
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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Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Preparing for my Unconventional Portraits class, I found this post on WideWalls: a top 10 list of the most influential living – or barely dead – famous portrait artists. You don’t have to like them, but you should know about them. I’m posting my personal thoughts about each …
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Monday is composition day in our 30 Day Challenge, and you’re doing great! Today we’re going to work with negative space, and an element of chance to make it fun. You’ll need some string, and simple drawing materials. If you don’t have string, try rubber bands, chopsticks, or bamboo skewers. If you prefer not to …