The Winged Histories opens THIS SATURDAY!🪽

The Winged Histories opens THIS SATURDAY!🪽
Our annual Book Club show opens this Saturday, featuring various works inspired by The Winged Histories by Sofia Samata.

If you've read the book, come marvel at the cool art and connect pieces to the narrative! If you haven't, perhaps you'll be inspired to! Join us for the opening reception starting at 6!
Notes & Reminders
LAST CALL: Watercolor & Mixed Media Camps
We need to meet class minimums in the next 24 hours to be able to run the FINAL summer camps of the year, Watercolor & Mixed Media Camp, with separate tracks for Teens and for Adults

Get a comprehensive crash course on watercolor for you and/or the creative teen in your life! Convince a friend to go in on it with you! The more, the merrier! The weeklong series run August 11-15!!
Phinneywood Comic Show & Outsider Zine Fest
We'll be at Phinneywood Comic Book Show on August 9th!

We'll ALSO be at Outsider Zine Fest at Outsider Comics in Fremont the very next day on August 10th! So many cool new events lately!!
This Week
Three of four colors down on a recent Riso printing project... how do you lay out files for this kind of printing in Procreate? Find out at Risograph for Procreate!
TONIGHT, August 5, 6 PM: Meet us at Hattie's Hat for our twice monthly casual artist hang, Ballard Sketch Team! Bring a friend and a sketchbook, order a bite and drink, then settle in for an evening of conversation and drawing! 🍔 FREE MEETUP.

Wednesday, August 6, 6 PM: Whether it's knitting, crochet, needle felting, embroidery, or something else, bring your fiber project and hang out with us at Stitch n' Bitch! 🧵 FREE MEETUP.

Thursday, August 7, 5:30 PM: There's no time like the present to finally start learning how to do the thing! Procreate is the most powerful drawing program for iPad, which can certainly make it intimidating! Get guidance and help as you immerse yourself in all that it can offer at Intro to Procreate! 📱THREE SPOTS LEFT!

Friday, August 8, 11 AM: Only a few more weeks of Botanical Sketching are left, so don't miss them! Enjoy the warm and dry while it's still here, and spend some time with us in the beautiful greenery around Ballard Locks! 🌷

Saturday, August 9, 10 AM: How do you start thinking about colors, color layering, and color separation in Risograph? How do you format your files in Procreate? Your questions are all answered at Designing for Risograph in Procreate! 🖨️

Saturday, August 9, 1 PM: One of our most frequently requested classes is Intro to Calligraphy! Learn the basics of creating letterforms with ink and nib and soon you'll be on your way to embellishing your letters and invites with beautiful calligraphy! ✒️

Sunday, August 10, 11 AM: You can use nature in your art! Learn several ways how at Botanical Printing Sampler! It's not cheating to use what's around you, whether that's mere inspiration or literally incorporating pieces of it into your work -- don't limit yourself! Learn new ways to create art gives you endless flexibility and ensures you're never bored or run out of ideas! 🌿

Sunday, August 10, 7:15 PM: How are those primary results? What actions can we take ahead of the general election? Local politics matter! What happened in national news this week? How can we divide our energy between the two? Join us at Riff Raff League and we'll work through these questions together! 🗳️ FREE MEETUP.
Zine Spotlight: Quinn Amacher
More 18+ titles to spice up your summer: check out these new arrivals from Portland-based Quinn Amacher! There's a lot of variety in these adult works, too!

Frolic #1 is the self published first issue of Amacher's one-woman anthology, a duet of two short pieces, a sex fantasy and a science fiction allegory. "Puh-cest" & "Rad Moon".

In Wilder, Court and Howell earn keep making art for the witches who rule them, but a new commission threatens their stability. In a land without kings, will the people know play?

In Syncing, as the waters keep rising, a dysfunctional community struggles to survive the growth of a telepathic, people-eating fungus.
New & Restocked!
Old Man Yaoi
New! More 18+ goods! 

From local zinester and QU-ART regular Kami comes Old Man Yaoi, an artbook featuring exactly what it says on the tin. 👀

There's also a cute (SFW) sticker pack!
Cherry Blossom zine! 🌸
New! Cool off from all that spice with something education! And a little bit snarky! 

"CHERRY isn't the only tree that BLOSSOMS in the Seattle spring," and you can learn to spot the differences between cherries and other trees in this new 4-color Riso zine by KIRISKA!
Tri-Art restock
Restocked! We've restocked a few things from our Canadian friends at Tri-Art, including some printing ink, acrylics, gouache, solvent, cold wax, and masking fluid.

Further restocks are kinda up in the air because of tariffs, which we're really, really bummed about, but what can we do. :(
More Uglybooks
New and restocked! More Uglybooks are in! Including a coupla new-to-us colorways! There's a lovely variety of them here now, all available as singles!

In addition to not having to commit to a 3-pack of any given colorway, we think it's really important to be able to touch and feel the pages before purchase. ^^
Riso postcards by Maxx
New! Coupla fun new designs by Maxx are now available as Riso-printed postcards, including rainclouds, poppies, and a hissing cat.
Look Ahead!
Scene from last year's Watercolor & Mixed Media Camp for Adults! This year's camp needs to meet minimum registration by TOMORROW in order to run!
Monday-Friday, August 11-15, 10 AM: Why use just one art medium when you could learn them all? Watercolor paint is great because it works with most other materials. This weeklong series will teach you how to use watercolor paint with colored pencils, markers, ink, gouache, paint pens and more! Watercolor & Mixed Media Camp for TEENS needs to meet minimum registration (which is 2 more registrants) by TOMORROW, August 6, in order to run next week. 🙏

Monday-Friday, August 11-15, 2 PM: Same goes for Watercolor & Mixed Media Camp for ADULTS! We just need 2 more people to sign up! 💦

Monday, August 11, 6 PM: It's a Monday evening QU-ART! Bring in a project or start a new one, and get some work in while hanging out with your fellow queer creatives! 🏳️‍🌈 FREE MEETUP.

Tuesday, August 12, 6 PM: Join us for our monthly session of Crazy Cat Croonies Club--- I mean, Acrylic Painting Cats, but aren't they really the same thing?! Share cat photos with fellow cat parents and enthusiasts while painting a fabulous feline in acrylics! Very beginner friendly! 😺

Wednesday, August 13, 5:30 PM: THREE SPOTS LEFT for this month's Watercolor for Everyone, which will focus on additives in watercolor. Play around with isopropyl alcohol, salt, and masking fluid and create dazzling effects in your paintings! 🧂

Thursday, August 14, 6 PM: What better way is there to gain new understanding of watercolor than by making it yourself? Learn about and put together the ingredients that make up your favourite paint and see what colors the pigments you choose turn into! You'll create up to 3 different watercolors at Make Your Own Watercolors! 💚💜🩷

Friday, August 15, 11 AM: Some of us might be dreaming about fall already, but there's still life in summer yet! Come enjoy these warm mornings while they're still here and capture some of the natural beauty at Ballard Locks with Botanical Sketching! 🌿

Friday, August 15, 5:30 PM: Are you a fiber artist who's always loved the idea of sketchbooks, but don't feel like they really fit your craft? Fear not! You can Make an Embroidery Book! Drawing-type artists can't monopolise the fun! 📖

Friday, August 15, 8 PM: Spend Friday night with fellow artists revisiting and refreshing foundations at Figure Drawing! Humans are weird; drawing from life helps! 🕺

Saturday, August 16, 10 AM: There are so many different nibs! Explore your options at Inking with Dip Pen and see what best suits you, your style, and the lines you're trying to achieve! ✒️

Saturday, August 16, 2 PM: Get a crash course into gouache with All About Gouache! It really is everything you need to get started with this amazing medium! 🌲

Saturday, August 16, 5:30 PM: Big book lover? Got a huge pile of books at home? (Haven't started reading them yet? Shh, we won't tell anyone.) Want to everyono to remember they're your books when you lend them out? Make some cool bookplates for them, and learn about Risograph printing while you're at it, at Custom Bookplates on Risograph! 🖨️

Sunday, August 17, NOON: New class alert! Learn the basics of weaving and make yourself a fashionable accessory with Intro to Weaving: Cuff Bracelet! If you've been looking to get into fiber crafting, but crochet and knitting aren't speaking to you, weaving may be the answer. 🪢

Sunday, August 17, 3 PM: Paint beautiful landscapes with oils in this single-session introductory class for beginner and intermediate painters. We'll focus on using references as inspiration and letting go as our natural worlds reveal themselves on canvas. Plus, explore oil painting without using solvents--a much healthier way to interact with the medium. Join us for Majestic Oil Landscapes! 🌄
Plan ahead for the end of the month and Kami's new class on how to Build a Website Like it's 1999! The Internet has changed a lot in the last 25 years, but you can absolutely still make the weird website of your dreams. Garnish animated gifs and clashing wallpaper choices are entirely optional. 🔥