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osmar home page
Seattle
Art Classes
(a note
from the instructor)
Hello! I'm Nils Osmar. This page has information about
my drawing and painting classes,
which are held in Seattle, Washington.
Most of them take
place on the Seattle branch of the University
of Washington campus, about five minutes by freeway from downtown
Seattle, and are
sponsored by the ASUW Experimental College, a non-credit program
for the general public
run by the ASUW (Associated Students University of Washington).
About my background:
I work as an artist,
writer and filmmaker, and have developed classes over
the years in
those subject areas. I've made about half of my living as an artist
and illustrator since the mid-1980s,
doing everything from fine and commercial art, realistic and humorous
illustration, to cartooning,
storyboarding, and computer graphics. I currently offer several
different drawing and painting classes:
Drawing for absolute beginners
Intermediate
Drawing
Figure
Drawing for beginners
Drawing
Faces for beginners
Drawing
in pen, brush & ink
Painting
for beginners
How
to draw clothing
Cartooning
My philosophy
is that anyone can learn to draw or paint. I went into
teaching
a couple of decades ago hoping this was true, and have found it
to be the case - though I also learned
that people sometimes need specific kinds of help to get there.
The truth seems to be that
everyone seems to have an impulse to draw; we see something
in front of us, and feel like we
"should" be able to draw it. But when we pick up
a pencil and try, the results aren't always
what we'd hoped for. So we (or many of us) give up and conclude
that we don't have any talent.
The fact is that
"talent" is much less important than information
and training. Drawing
and painting are things we can learn, no harder than other ordinary
things people do.
If you can walk, or drive a car, you have the skills necessary
to learn to draw. If you haven't
been able to in the past, there are understandable reasons why
that was the case,
and I can help you to find an approach that will work for you.
People sometimes
say learning to draw is just a matter of practice, but this isn't
quite
accurate. Practice is important, but you first need to learn some
foundation skills, so you'll know what to practice.
When you learn them, improvement can be surprisingly fast. I don't
mean to come across like an infomercial,
but I hear time and again, every quarter, that students are amazed
at how well the techniques I'm teaching work,
and the dramatic improvement they see in their drawings. This,
from people
who had often never drawn before. They knew t hey wanted to learn,
but didn't know how.
I'm happy to say that the classes can help. If you take them,
and work through the exercises in class,
your odds are very good that you really will learn to draw, and
see a striking improvement as the classes go by.
All of my classes
except for Painting
for beginners
include the art materials
at no additional charge. I bring in drawing pencils, paper, erasers,
etc., for students to use in class.
You don't have to pay any extra for them, they're there for you
to use. (For the painting class, there's a materials kit
which can be purchased for $35 at the University Bookstore, and
should last you for weeks or months of painting.)
Scroll down
for a full list of classes - or - return to Classesandworkshops.com
Art Classes
Drawing
for absolute beginners meets on Saturdays, 4/24-5/15
- 9-10:45 am (4 meetings) Tuition: $99 More info/sign
up now
Acrylic
painting for beginners
Sun. 4/25-5/23 (no class on 5/9) 1 pm-3 pm (4 meetings) Tuition:
$99 More
info/sign up now
How
to draw clothing
meets on Thursday 6/3 only, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. - (1 meeting) Tuition:
$99 More
info/sign up now
Perspective
drawing meets
on Sunday 6/6 only - 10 am-4 pm - Tuition $99 (includes all materials)
More
info/sign up
Drawing
in pen, brush & ink
meets on Wednesday 6/2 only 7-10 p.m. (1 meeting) Tuition: $39
More
info/sign up now
Storyboarding
for film and video
Sat. 5/22 only - 2 pm-6 p.m. - Tuition $49 (includes all materials)
More
info/sign up
Figure
Drawing for beginners
Saturdays 4/24-5/15 - 1 pm-2:45 pm (4 meetings) Tuition: $99 More
info/sign up now
Cartooning Sunday 4/25-5/23 (no class on 5/9) - 10 am-11:45
am - (4 meetings) Tuition: $99 More
info/sign up now
Learn
to Draw Faces
Saturdays, 4/24-5/15
- 11 am-12:45 pm. (4 meetings) Tuition: $99 More
info/sign up now
How
to make money as an artist Saturday 6/5 only, 2 pm-5 p.m. (1 meeting) Tuition:
$39 More
info/sign up now
Questions
and answers about our art classes
Acting Classes
Beginning acting
Mondays 7-9:30
pm, 4/26-5/24 (5 meetings) Tuition: $150 More
info/sign up now
Let's
make a movie
Tuesdays, 7-9:30 pm - 4/27-6/1 (6 meetings) Tuition: $200 More
info/sign up now
Questions
and answers about our acting classes
Writing Classes
It's
time to write your screenplay Thursdays 7-9 pm, 4/29-5/27 (5 meetings) Tuition:
$125 More
info/sign up
Writing
fiction & short stories
Wed. 4/28-5/26,
7 pm-9 pm (5 meetings) Tuition: $125 More
info/sign up
Write
your novel Sundays 3 p.m.-5:30 pm, 4/25-5/23
(4 meetings) Tuition: $125 More
info/sign up
Questions
and answers about our writing classes
Filmmaking Classes
Let's
make a movie Tuesdays
7-9:30 pm - 4/27-6/1( 6 meetings) Tuition: $200 More
info/sign up now
It's
time to write your screenplay Thursdays 7-9 pm, 4/29-5/27 (5 meetings) Tuition:
$125 More
info/sign up
Video
editing in Final Cut Pro
- Fridays, 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m. - 5/21-6/4 (3 meetings) Tuition: $125
More
info/sign up
Boot
camp for filmmakers: Basic training
Sat 10 a.m.-1 pm 5/22-6/5
(3 meetings) Tuition: $110 More
info/sign up
Audio training for filmmakers Saturday
May 29th, 2 p.m.-6 p.m (1 meeting) Tuition: $49 - More
info/sign up
Storyboarding Saturday 5/22 only - 2 pm-6 p.m.
- Tuition $49 (includes all materials) More
info/sign up
Documentary
filmmaking
Sunday 5/9 only - 10 am-5 pm (1 meeting) Tuition: $125 More
info-sign up
Lighting
for filmmakers Sunday
10 a.m-4 p.m. 5/30 only- Tuition: $99 More info/sign
up
Questions
and answers about our film and video classes
Software
Classes
Photoshop
for Beginners
Fridays, 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m. 4/30-5/14 (3 meetings) Tuition: $125
More
info/sign up
Final
Cut Pro for Beginners
Fridays, 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m. - 5/21-6/4 (3 meetings) Tuition: $125
More
info/sign up
How to sign up
To
sign up by phone:
call 206-420-1309 , Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(Visa, MC, American Express and Discover accepted)
To
sign up online:
1) Click the course title in the list above
to be taken to the class page.
2) Then click the Add to Cart button on that page.
To pay online
using a credit or debit card:
1) Click the course title in the list above
to be taken to the class page.
2) then click the Add to Cart link on that page
3) click "proceed to checkout"
4) click at the bottom where it says,
"Use your Credit Card or Bank account"
and enter your credit card information.
To
pay online using Paypal:
1) Click
the course title in the list above to be taken to the class page.
2) then click the Add to Cart link on that page
3) then choose Paypal as your payment option.
To
pay by check:
To pay by
check, just download the registration form, print it,
and mail it to the address on the form along with your check or
money order.
Download
registration form as .pdf
Download
registration form as .html
To
pay using cash:
Please don't
mail cash! If you want to pay cash, you'll need to come in in
person.
Email
Nilsosmar@gmail.com or call 206-420-1309 for information about how
to do so.
Class
calendar! (Listed by start date)
starting
in APRIL
Drawing
for absolute beginners
Saturdays, 4/24-5/15 - 9-10:45 am More info/sign
up now
Figure
Drawing for beginners
Saturdays 4/24-5/15 - 1 pm-2:45 pm More
info/sign up now
Learn
to Draw Faces
Saturdays, 4/24-5/15
- 11 am-12:45 pm. More
info/sign up now
Acrylic
painting for beginners
Sun. 4/25-5/23 (no class on 5/9) 1 pm-3 pm More
info/sign up
Cartooning Sunday 4/25-5/23 (no class on 5/9) - 10 a.m.-11:45
a.m. - More
info/sign up now
Write
your novel Sundays 3 p.m.-5:30 pm, 4/25-5/23
(4 meetings) More
info/sign up
Beginning
acting
Mondays 7-9:30
pm, 4/26-5/24 More
info/sign up now
Let's
make a movie
Tuesdays, 7-9:30 pm - 4/27-6/1 More
info/sign up now
Writing
fiction & short stories
Wed, 4/28-5/26,
7 pm-9 pm More
info/sign up
It's
time to write your screenplay Thurs 7-9 pm, 4/29-5/27 More
info/sign up
Photoshop
for Beginners
Fridays, 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m. 4/30-5/14 More
info/sign up
starting
in MAY
Documentary
filmmaking
(spring session) Sunday 5/9 only - 10 am-5 pm More
info-sign up
Video
editing in Final Cut Pro
- meets on Fridays, 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m. - 5/21-6/4 More
info/sign up
Boot
camp for filmmakers: Basic training
Sat 10 a.m.-1 pm 5/22-6/5
(3 meetings) Tuition: $110 More
info/sign up
How
to make money as an artist Sunday 5/23 only, from 3 pm-6 p.m. More
info/sign up now
Audio training for filmmakers Sat.
May 29th, 2 p.m.-6 p.m (1 meeting) Tuition: $49 - More
info/sign up
Lighting
for filmmakers Sunday
10 a.m-4 p.m. 5/30 only (1 meeting) - Tuition: $99 More
info/sign up
starting
in JUNE
How
to draw clothing
meets on Thursday 6/3 only, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. - (1 meeting) Tuition:
$99 More
info/sign up now
Perspective
drawing Sunday
6/6 only - 10 am-4 pm - Tuition $99 (includes all materials) More
info/sign up
How
to make money as an artist meets on Saturday 6/5 only, 2 pm-5 p.m. $39 More
info/sign up now
Drawing
in pen, brush & ink
Wednesday 6/2 only 7-10 p.m. (1 meeting) Tuition: $39 More
info/sign up now
You
can pay using Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, check or cash.
You
can pay using Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, check or cash.
To sign
up, click the course title to be taken to the class page,
then click the Add to Cart link on that page.
Or call 206-420-1309 to register by phone.
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