Yes! That’s what we want the Seattle Artist League to be like! We are so happy you are a part of the League, Miles. People like you are the reason we are doing this, and the reason the League is growing into a fun, challenging, and welcoming community. We are so glad you’re a member, and we didn’t know it until now, but the world is one squid better thanks to your print design.
Big giant thanks to the printmakers and volunteers: Alexia Coney, Lucy Garnett, Emily Howatt, Ellen Lam, Cindy Larison, Wendy Lumsdaine, Murphy Mitchel, Connie Pierson, Claire Putney, Clara Rosebrock, Hallie Scott, Miles Strombach, Marisa Vanosdale, and Brian Lane of Print Zero Studios. Thanks also to photographer and League instructor Jonathan Matteson for the photographs (below), banjo player Charlie Beck, the Zaytoona food truck, and all the community members and artists who jumped in to make this party a big giant fun success! Extra super big giant thanks to League printmaking instructor Nikki Barber for running this big giant brave printmaking class, and organizing the enormously big giant fun event. Nikki, you’re big League.
Were you at the Steamroller Printmaking Party? We’d love to hear from you! What was your favorite moment? Please post below.
[image_with_animation image_url=”10498″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Martha Soriano Here are some figure paintings from our recent Friday night session. We played with light and shadow colors, and simplification of forms. It’s incredibly enjoyable to hang out with people and make stuff. I think I might have the best job in the world. Friday night, I hang …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8958″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Alex Walker, an Especially Enjoyable student in my Intermediate Studio class, decided to work on making his brushwork more direct and decisive by doing a study of John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Henry James. Since his pilgrimage to see it in London brought the sad news that the painting …
Day 24 of our 30 Day January Challenge was Pathways to the Rectangle. Pathways are directional marks and shapes for our eyes to follow across a drawing or painting. They are a powerful compositional tool to keep the viewer’s eyes engaged and moving around a composition. Connecting these pathways to the edge of the rectangle …
Steamroller Prints: a Big Giant Collaborative Event
Miles Strombach
Yes! That’s what we want the Seattle Artist League to be like! We are so happy you are a part of the League, Miles. People like you are the reason we are doing this, and the reason the League is growing into a fun, challenging, and welcoming community. We are so glad you’re a member, and we didn’t know it until now, but the world is one squid better thanks to your print design.
Big giant thanks to the printmakers and volunteers: Alexia Coney, Lucy Garnett, Emily Howatt, Ellen Lam, Cindy Larison, Wendy Lumsdaine, Murphy Mitchel, Connie Pierson, Claire Putney, Clara Rosebrock, Hallie Scott, Miles Strombach, Marisa Vanosdale, and Brian Lane of Print Zero Studios. Thanks also to photographer and League instructor Jonathan Matteson for the photographs (below), banjo player Charlie Beck, the Zaytoona food truck, and all the community members and artists who jumped in to make this party a big giant fun success! Extra super big giant thanks to League printmaking instructor Nikki Barber for running this big giant brave printmaking class, and organizing the enormously big giant fun event. Nikki, you’re big League.
Were you at the Steamroller Printmaking Party? We’d love to hear from you! What was your favorite moment? Please post below.
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