Class Dates: October 19-23, 2020
Hello!
Welcome to this 5-lesson online class! We are focusing on BUGS! and we’ve asked five artists to lend a hand and share their favorite lessons; our guest teachers Dr. Adrian Smith, Cara Rooney, Hazel Terry, Lisa Myers Bulmash and P. Marin!
The private Facebook groups is now open! Please introduce yourselves and get ready for Monday! https://www.facebook.com/groups/648110112519017
You will receive an email each lesson day reminding you that your lesson is up and available right here. Lessons usually go up by 12:15am PT.
Thank you again for your signup, and we’ll see you soon!
Carla
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Bugs! Class Schedule
Lesson 1
Monday, October 19
Flying Insects + Imaginary Bugs
Interview + Videos: Dr. Adrian Smith
Imaginary Bugs: Carla Sonheim
Lesson 2
Tuesday, October 20
Pop-Up Bug World
Guest Teacher: Cara Rooney
Lesson 3
Wednesday, October 21
Simple Flying Bugs
Guest Teacher: Hazel Terry
Lesson 4
Thursday, October 22
Butterfly Collages
Guest Teacher: Lisa Myers Bulmash
Lesson 5
Friday, October 23
Mud. Splat. Tarantula!
Guest Teacher: P. Marin
Supplies
Here are the supplies you will need (but please know that in most cases you can substitute art materials with supplies you already have on hand)!
• Mixed Media Paper or stiff paper to paint on
• Colored pencils, markers, crayons, pencil, pen
• Set of watercolors
• Acrylic or tempera paints
• Paint brushes, various sizes
• Oil pastels
• Glue stick
• Collection of scrap papers, candy wrappers, fabric scraps etc.
• Scissors
• Cardboard (like from a cereal box)
• A sheet of tin foil
• Optional: Rhinestones and other embellishments
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Guest Teachers
Adrian Smith, Ph.D. is an entomologist and media maker. Most days, you can find Adrian working in a glass-walled research lab at the science museum in downtown Raleigh, filming insects. In his research he’s discovered curiosities of the insect world ranging from ants with 200 mph jaw movements to fly maggots that live in dead trees and use their bodies as a spring to fling themselves into the air. He is the Head of the Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and a Research Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at NC State. Instagram: @DrAdrianSmith YouTube: www.youtube.com/AntLab
Cara Rooney is an illustrator, hand letterer and plaything maker based in Dundee, Scotland. Her work takes the form of tactile, brightly coloured interactive picture books, activity books and toys that encourage big and little people to form a fascination for nature. Cara graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2020 with First Class Honours and has since been shortlisted for Penguin Random House’s Student Design Award and been awarded a One to Watch award in D&AD x Squarespace’s Digital PortfolioShowcase. Website: www.cararooney.com Instagram: @cararoooney
Hazel Terry is an illustrator and artist who lives north of Edinburgh with her partner and their two children. She studied Fine Craft Design at York Street Art College, Belfast, Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art and has recently completed her MA in Illustration at the University of Hertfordshire. Hazel was raised with a macaw, a donkey and countless cats, dogs, rabbits, chickens, goats, pigs and foxes. A childhood spent amongst these wonderful creatures shaped her character and imagination. She has a wonderful blog where she features illustrators from all over the world! Blog: www.theartroomplant.blogspot.com Website: www.hazelterry.com Instagram: @hazelterryillustration
Lisa Myers Bulmash is a collage and book artist who works primarily in acrylics, paper and found objects. Questions of identity, trust and the imperfect memory now drive most of her work. The artist aims to nudge the viewer into recognizing our shared stories, especially those narratives that are usually experienced in isolation. Collage work by Myers Bulmash resides in two city art collections: Shoreline and Seattle. She is also the winner of a Sustainable Arts Foundation grant, an award to support artists with children under age 18. Website: www.lisamb.com Instagram @_lisa_mb_
P. Marin is an SCBWI Honor Award recipient in illustration and the Author/Illustrator of the acclaimed Pig and Chick series. She’s the creator of Oops and Doodles, a creative writing and illustrating program for budding artists. She spends her time writing and drawing in her reformed closet studio in Huntington Beach, California, where she lives with her husband and their son who she affectionately refers to as the Domestic Zookeeper. Website: www.printsmarin.com Instagram: @P._Marin
Nuts & Bolts
Here’s how this online class works:
- Once the lessons go up, you can work the lessons on your own timetable.
- You have indefinite access to this class.
- You can (optionally) share your work with Carla via email or via the class Facebook pages.
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Class Schedule
Lesson 1
Monday, October 19
Flying Insects + Imaginary Bugs
Interview + Videos: Dr. Adrian Smith
Imaginary Bugs: Carla Sonheim
Lesson 2
Tuesday, October 20
Pop-Up Bug World
Guest Teacher: Cara Rooney
Lesson 3
Wednesday, October 21
Simple Flying Bugs
Guest Teacher: Hazel Terry
Lesson 4
Thursday, October 22
Butterfly Collages
Guest Teacher: Lisa Myers Bulmash
Lesson 5
Friday, October 23
Mud. Splat. Tarantula!
Guest Teacher: P. Marin