Illustrator Craig Orback has three new Children's Book Illustration classes starting soon.He is the illustrator of over 15 books for children including "Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse", and the forthcoming picture book "The Can Man", due for release in March.He has been teaching illustration and painting classes locally for 8 years.... Continue Reading →
Class: The Artist’s Way
Annie Gage sent this along, hospitably: “Helped me get "unstuck" and on track in my creative ambitions” -Past Artist’s Way StudentFebruary 8–April 26Mondays, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.$250.00Classes held in Fremont.Students are required to purchase their own copy of the book The Artist’s WayKate Gavigan worked in social services as a trainer for over 10 years when... Continue Reading →
Online class with Ann Gonzalez
Would you like support revising and finishing the young adult or middle-grade novel you're writing so that it's ready to submit? Join Ann Gonzalez's online class The Art of Writing for Teens and Tweens and receive instructional feedback on your work-in-progress, meet other writers who share your passion for teen and tween literature, and learn... Continue Reading →
Free watercolor painting class on Friday
This comes from CreativeTechs Training (via Dana Sullivan):Moving away from our standard fare of computer training, Seattle artist Molly Murrah, is leading a live watercolor painting class in our worldwide classroom. This class is a fun experiment. Help us spread the word, and see if there is a large enough audience for more hands-on artistic... Continue Reading →
Novel revision class with Lois Brandt
Wondering what to do with that NaNoWriMo novel? Lois Brandt is teaching a novel revision class through Bellevue College’s Publishing Institute. The class meets on Thursday nights for 8 sessions starting January 7th. This is an intensive hands-on class. You will be expected to work on your novel and complete assignments between class sessions. In-class... Continue Reading →
826 Seattle: great class list
Want to learn to write from the woman who spun a mesmerizing vampire epic with incredible literary style? No, silly. Not *that* vampire epic. I'm talking about THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova. She'll be teaching at 826 Seattle in January. Check out their whole (impressive) lineup here. Thanks to Brenda Winter Hansen for sending the... Continue Reading →
Legal seminar for artists on image rights and defamation
RIGHTS OF PRIVACY & PUBLICITY AFFECTING ARTISTSStoel Rives LLP, 600 University St, Ste 3600, Seattle, Washington 98101Tuesday, November 17, 2009, Noon - 1:30 pmSEATTLE--Authors, painters, multi-media artists and others often write about others or incorporate the names and likenesses of people into their works. But when does writing about someone or using their name or... Continue Reading →
Picture book writing workshop with Clare Hodgson Meeker
Clare Hodgson Meeker, award-winning children's book author and upcoming SCBWI program speaker (March 2010), is presenting a one-day writing workshop November 7 from 1-5 pm at Richard Hugo House, a writer's cooperative on Capital Hill in Seattle:Intersections: Poetry and Picture Book.Poetry and picture have much in common: strong imagery, rhythm, brevity, a certain musicality, and... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo support class!
Want to participate in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month,) but you're nervous you can't do it, that you won't succeed? Consider joining Ann Gonzalez's online Nanowrimo Support Class and you're guaranteed, even if you don't write a word, to end November with a T-shirt, a copy of No Plot No Problem, and several great writer... Continue Reading →
Good news for Trudi Trueit
Trudi is the author of a number of adorable middle grade books and she reports that Scholastic Book Clubs just bought the rights to sell Secrets of a Lab Rat #1: No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay). The book should be featured in the take-home flyers for kids in January, 2010. She's tickled because the next... Continue Reading →