Courses & Workshops

Transform yourself and your life into a comic! Learn traditional drawing techniques and digital processes to create comics inspired by your everyday life. From script to storyboard and paper to digital, learn all the ins and outs of comics.

Make realistic or larger-than-life versions of your favorite plants and animals. Learn how to use paper-maché, plaster, and paint to create realistic 3D sculptures of your pet, a cheetah, a rose, or your own imaginary creation.

Create ceramic objects and vessels to store your things! Make a bowl for your coins, a tall vessel for your paintbrushes, or a piece that hangs off the wall to hook your jewelry. Whatever the object, design a vessel for it.

Discover what you would look like as a computer-generated character! Learn the techniques used in film and game industries, such as Blender’s 3D modeling software and photography, to create your own digitally modeled self-portraits.

New to Marwen? New to art? Just want to try new things? Explore various ways to make art in one course! Create art you can share, trade, and even sell by learning to make zines, patches, jewelry, and more.

Learn to use analog black and white photography to influence change in your community. Create portraits of your family and each other to communicate stories about your lives and experiences while learning the ins and outs of the darkroom.

Create digital books that combine writing, art, and technology to bring stories to life. Learn the basics of graphic design, video, audio, and sound editing to create digital content you can interact with and upload to Apple’s iBooks store!

Master observational skills by painting what you see. Learn a little bit of everything: figure drawing, still life, and color theory to make your work pop, refine your painting technique, and create portfolio ready art!

Learn to design and construct your own accessories with leather, vinyl, and metal jewelry materials. Work individually or as a creative design team to come up with a cohesive, wearable, collection of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.

Discover how fashion is made and create clothing from start to finish. Learn to use sewing patterns, operate a sewing machine, and build illustration and design skills to develop your own wearable garments.

Learn basic and intermediate sewing skills. Become a master of the sewing machine as you learn how to sew fabric, add zippers, and create 3D forms like pouches to store your art supplies, toys, or makeup!

Learn how to take your static character drawings and turn them into movable animation! Using Photoshop and Adobe After Effects learn the professional process called Digital Puppet Animation to bring your flat drawings to life.

Gain figure drawing techniques that will help you with your cartoon, comic, and anime character designs. Work from a model to improve your proportions and postures while discovering how to add your personal style to your characters.

Take your photography skills to the next level by learning how to manipulate your images in Photoshop. Discover how to merge, composite, and edit your images through post-production techniques to enhance and transform your photos.

Develop painting and observational skills by working from clothed and nude models to learn about proportions, color mixing, value, and oil painting techniques. Permission form required to participate; forms will be provided on the first day of class.

Learn how to draw anything from realistic images to stylized illustrations that come from your imagination. Whether you are new to drawing or not, grow your skills and learn new techniques to take your drawing to the next level.

Make animations the way the old masters like Warner Bros. and Disney did! Learn to animate your drawings and characters using traditional hand-drawn animation techniques still used by animators today.

Create bowls, cups, mugs and more – on and off the wheel – while exploring new techniques in surface design like carving, stamping, and glazing. Whether you are new to ceramics or experienced, this class has something for everyone.

Discover how to make multiples of your artwork. If you like to draw or paint, use your skills to explore drypoint etching, aquatint, and intaglio printmaking techniques. Make copies of your work that you can trade or sell!