This is a 6 week long course that attracts a wide array of folks from those looking for a creative community to those seeking to improve their drawing skills. We work through exercises that break down barriers around what you expect to make and encourage you to invest in the process. This is a great class for those who feel like artists but think they can’t draw.

New painters will learn to build an acrylic (or oil) underpainting from scratch, and mix colors while developing your ability to evaluate value and composition. For returning students with experience in acrylic or oil, this workshop will provide an opportunity to work on independent projects. The setting is relaxed and informative.

This painting class is geared to students who want to learn how to paint landscapes in acrylic. We will focus on step by step processes for how to develop exciting and provoking pictorial images/paintings. The class will focus on composition, thumbnail/value studies, careful study and analysis, painting palette, and of course painting!

Join us for a fun-filled week of creativity and learning at Ulna Studio’s Summer Youth Art Camp! Our camp is designed to ignite the artistic spark in young minds and provide a hands-on experience working with local artists and the creative process. Participants can expect  to create art on themes like abstract art, self portraits, some color theory, and play with different mediums and artistic styles. This is a great opportunity for teens to connect with each other and the wider Portland community about art.

All skill levels are welcome in this class – we’re here to explore your intrinsic talent and unique creative identity while being inspired by the work of local artists.

*Materials are included in class cost. Students should bring lunch and a water bottle. 

Join us for a fun-filled week of creativity and learning at Ulna Studio’s Summer Youth Art Camp! Our camp is designed to ignite the artistic spark in young minds and provide a hands-on experience working with sculpey and recycled materials. Participants can expect to work collaboratively and on their own to create miniature artworks over the course of the week.

This summer, let your child’s imagination run wild at Ulna Studio’s Art Camp. 

Spaces are limited, so sign up today and get ready for a week of artistic adventure!

*Materials are included in class cost, we welcome donations of cardboard/recycled materials that can be used collectively to create work (toilet paper rolls, plastic bottles, etc). Students should bring lunch and a water bottle. 

Do you know a kid who loves to draw and read comics? Maybe you should join us this year for Drawing and Storytelling comic camp with Jacob Wooton. Simple in concept and yet like a shark, elegant in its design, comics camp has existed much in its present form for almost a decade. Students join up to draw together, practice skills and explore the city a little bit while doing it. Each day will start in the studio, where we learn new skills and work on our submission for the collaborative comics zine we will be producing together. We take daily field trips to stretch our legs and minds, practicing observational drawing as we go.  Field trips to Books with Pictures, SE Portland’s coolest comic shop, the IPRC to make one page zines, and OMSI to play and explore. Reach out to instructor with questions: jwooton@cedarwoodschool.org

This year we are teaming up with Ulna art studio so we will have a really nice place to create and feel inspired by the creative energy that flows through that space like an electrical current, and some comfy couches to read comics on and relax after we return from adventures. 

Each participant gets a sketch book, a gift pack of rad comics from Books with Pictures and two copies of the 18th edition of “Out Of Our Heads” the long running comics compilation produced by the kids of comics camp over the course of many years. There is a $20 supply fee.