Join me in my studio or other venues for creative exploration and development of your art.
Please email or call me (503-780-6702) for details.
2018 Schedule:
Monoprinting with Gelli Plates
At Currents Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon
Have fun playing with a Gelli monoprint plate in this workshop…it has an appealing gelatin texture. You’ll create monoprints with luscious surfaces containing myriads of unexpected colors, patterns and textures. You’ll end up with a pile of monoprints that can be enjoyed simply for themselves, or used as a jumping off for a new piece altogether. Use your prints as collage, in art journaling, or for greeting cards. Or the monoprint may be further altered with other media such as watercolor, pastels, pencil, or added texture. We’ll be using Golden Artist Colors in OPEN and High Flow acrylics, plus stencils both commercial and ones we make ourselves.
You may bring your own stencils or found objects.
Where: Currents Gallery, McMinnville Oregon https://currentsgallery.com/pages/classes-currents-gallerys-back-door-studio
Date: Friday October 19th 2018, noon to 4pm
Cost: $90. All materials included
Surprise! A Workshop in Art, Writing, and Spontaneity
Whether you are a beginner as an artist, a writer, or both; or whether you are advanced in skills, you’ll encounter your authentic creativity in an oblique way that is essential to delight and development. We’ll move quickly through a series of evolving exercises in writing and image making, helping to strengthen our intuitive muscle. Teachers are award-winning pastel artist Jane Aukshunas and International writing coach Christi Krug.
Date: Saturday October 27th, 10am to 2pm
Where: The Artspace at Taborspace , 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215
Cost: Early bird special $100 until October 15, $115 thereafter.
To register, email Jane at janeauk@gmail.com, or by clicking here Christi Krug
Shoe Painting 101
At my studio in NE Portland with a second session at the studio of Corrine Loomis Dietz in Salem, Oregon
Upcycle a pair of your well-worn shoes, repurposing them with a new glamorous or funky personality! Canvas, leather or faux leather shoes are the candidates. By guiding you through techniques and product choices, we’ll help you create a work of wearable art. GOLDEN High Flow acrylics, Iridescent and Interference colors, as well as a myriad of other acrylic paints will be supplied.
The GOLDEN Teaching Triad supplies everything but the shoes!
We are offering the workshop at two locations:
Date: March 29, noon to 2:30pm at my studio in Northeast Portland. Email me at janeauk@gmail.com or call me at 503-780-6702 to register.
AND March 30, 10am to 12:30pm at the studio of Corrine Loomis Dietz, Salem Oregon. Register at www.corrineloomisdietz.com/home/workshops
Cost: $65. for a 2 1/2 hour workshop.
Experimenting with Oil Pastels using Surfaces and Materials
At my studio in Northeast Portland
Enjoy playing with the luscious texture and versatility of oil pastel. In this 2-day workshop, we will experiment with grounds and a variety of surfaces to change the way oil pastels behave, and use tools for different effects. We will look into how oil pastel works with media such as acrylic paint, watercolor, and colored pencils. We’ll explore the creation of imagery that evolves intuitively rather than intentionally. Beginners and more experienced artists will have fun experimenting in this class. Bring your own ideas for subjects or use the ideas supplied.
Date: Feb 3-4, 2018, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Where: My studio in Northeast Portland.
Cost: $149.
Email me at janeauk@gmail.com or call me at 503-780-6702 to register.
2017 Schedule:
In Oregon Wine Country
Pinot and Paint
Join wine country landscape artist Jane Aukshunas for a morning of plein aire painting at an idyllic Northwest vineyard, Stoller Family Estate. You will create your own interpretation of the vineyard landscape using shape, value, and color. Materials will be provided. $75 per person includes a glass of wine. Space is limited to 10 people.
Date: Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Stoller Family Estate, 16161 NE McDougall Rd, Dayton, OR 97114 . Phone (503) 864-3404
Cost: $75, which includes materials and a glass of wine.
Click here to register.
At the Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, Oregon
Experimenting with Oil Pastels using Surfaces & Materials
This workshop focuses on the use of oil pastels combined with painting mediums such as acrylic and watercolor, and how they interact with various substrates and GOLDEN textures and paints.
Enjoy playing with the luscious texture and versatility of oil pastel. In this 2-day workshop, we will experiment with grounds and a variety of surfaces to change the way oil pastels behave, and use tools for different effects. We will look into how oil pastel works with media such as watercolor, colored pencils and acrylic paint, and explore responding to arbitrary marks to create imagery that evolves intuitively rather than intentionally. This class is about experimenting and having fun, and is suitable for both beginners and those more experienced.
Please bring some of your own ideas for subject matter; other ideas will also be supplied.
Date: August 12 and 13, 2017, Saturday & Sunday, 9am-4pm
Where: At the Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, Oregon
Cost: $205.
Click here for registration information.
At the Art Department in Salem, Oregon
Experimenting with Oil Pastels using Surfaces & Materials
This workshop focuses on the use of oil pastels combined with painting mediums such as acrylic and watercolor, and how they interact with various substrates and GOLDEN textures and paints.
Enjoy playing with the luscious texture and versatility of oil pastel. In this 2-day workshop, we will experiment with grounds and a variety of surfaces to change the way oil pastels behave, and use tools for different effects. We will look into how oil pastel works with media such as watercolor, colored pencils and acrylic paint, and explore responding to arbitrary marks to create imagery that evolves intuitively rather than intentionally. This class is about experimenting and having fun, and is suitable for both beginners and those more experienced.
Please bring some of your own ideas for subject matter; other ideas will also be supplied.
Date: November 4 and 5, 2017, Saturday & Sunday, 10am-3pm
Where: At the Art Department in downtown Salem
Cost: $149.
Click here for registration information.
At my studio in Portland, OR
Getting Familiar with Oil Pastels using Color & Shape
This workshop focuses on the use of oil pastels
Oil pastel is a fascinating medium that can be used both for drawing and painting techniques. In this 2-day workshop, learn ways to use the medium and explore how oil pastel can be manipulated and adapted to each individual’s means of expression.
We’ll begin with simple exercises to become familiar with tools and concepts and create a still life using the techniques we’ve learned. We’ll explore seeing color values, mixing color for different effects, making marks to create texture, composing with shapes, and creating volume through understanding color value.
Each person’s style will evolve as we create from our imagination using abstract or realistic approaches, and become familiar with suggesting reality through working with abstract marks. We’ll work to each student’s ability, have fun, grow our skills and confidence, and encourage each other by sharing the experience. Good for beginners.
Date: to be scheduled
Where: At my studio in Northeast Portland
Cost: $159, which includes a materials fee.
For inquiries or to reserve your space, please email me at janeauk@gmail.com.
