Art Classes:
Children and Adults
Art Workshops & Summer Camps
are Here for 2025!
Silk Painting Flags @NW Yarns - June 28th!
Join Ms Rachel Simpson in this Silk Painting Flags art class that adult & teen students will design, paint, and set a silk painting. To begin with, you'll design a pattern, choosing from the collection provided, or students can create their own to be 10"x10" size (ahead of time is best). We'll trace it onto the silk with a resist, and then paint on the dyes, which flow out to the resist lines. The dyes are then set with washing and ironing to become permanent, and ready for you to take home.
All Supplies are Included. No experience necessary. Adults & Teens art class. Dress for Mess! Bring a Pencil & Paper. Also, may want to bring a water bottle and snack of your own.
All Supplies are Included. No experience necessary. Adults & Teens art class. Dress for Mess! Bring a Pencil & Paper. Also, may want to bring a water bottle and snack of your own.
- Registration per student - $60.00
- Ages - Adult & Teens
- Date/Time - June 28th, 2025, 12-3pm
- Location - NW Yarns, 206 West Magnolia St, Bellingham, WA 98225
Summer Art & Dance Camps in July!
Summer Registration is Happening!
Registration is OPEN! Click Here to UTD (@Unique Technique Dance Studio)
Where the Wild Things Roam: July 7th - 11th, 10am - 4pm, Ages: 5-8
Art Projects: Clay Foxes & Wild Cats Watercolor Paints with Leaf Prints 3/D Bunny or Mice in Mini-Tin-Beds Wild Forrest & Fauna Paint & Papercraft Art Mushroom and Wee Bugs in 3/D Craft Bright Painted Dots of Favorite Animals Art Games with Nature! Be ready to Dress for Mess, bring a snack, lunch, and water bottle to camp. $300.
Heroes and Heroines: July 14 - 18th, 10am - 4pm, Ages: 7-12
Art Projects: Super Hero Masks & Power Cuffs Paint & Draw Favorite Hero or Heroine Hero Shields Painted onto Canvas Spinning Paint Art Super Hero & Heroine Selfies Ink Painting Silhouettes of Heroes on Painted Paper Rockets and Cars to Boost your Hero Art Games! Be ready to Dress for Mess, bring a snack, lunch, and water bottle to the summer camp. $300.
Where the Wild Things Roam: July 21 - 28th, 10am - 4pm, Ages: 7-12
Art Projects: Clay Foxes & Wild Cats Watercolor Paints with Leaf Prints 3/D Bunny or Mice in Mini-Tin-Beds Wild Forrest & Fauna Paint & Papercraft Art Mushroom and Wee Bugs in 3/D Craft Bright Painted Dots of Favorite Animals Art Games with Nature! Be ready to Dress for Mess, bring a snack, lunch, and water bottle to camp. $300.
CLOSED: Heroes & Heroines Celebrate the 4th of July
Registration is OPEN! Click Here to UTD (@Unique Technique Dance Studio)
Where Are the Summer Camps?
Both the Art teacher, Ms Rachel and the Dance teachers work together to have our exciting summer camps at:
Unique Technique Dance Studio (UTD)
3815 Bakerview Spur #1
Bellingham, WA 98225
Where the Wild Things Roam: July 7th - 11th, 10am - 4pm, Ages: 5-8
Art Projects: Clay Foxes & Wild Cats Watercolor Paints with Leaf Prints 3/D Bunny or Mice in Mini-Tin-Beds Wild Forrest & Fauna Paint & Papercraft Art Mushroom and Wee Bugs in 3/D Craft Bright Painted Dots of Favorite Animals Art Games with Nature! Be ready to Dress for Mess, bring a snack, lunch, and water bottle to camp. $300.
Heroes and Heroines: July 14 - 18th, 10am - 4pm, Ages: 7-12
Art Projects: Super Hero Masks & Power Cuffs Paint & Draw Favorite Hero or Heroine Hero Shields Painted onto Canvas Spinning Paint Art Super Hero & Heroine Selfies Ink Painting Silhouettes of Heroes on Painted Paper Rockets and Cars to Boost your Hero Art Games! Be ready to Dress for Mess, bring a snack, lunch, and water bottle to the summer camp. $300.
Where the Wild Things Roam: July 21 - 28th, 10am - 4pm, Ages: 7-12
Art Projects: Clay Foxes & Wild Cats Watercolor Paints with Leaf Prints 3/D Bunny or Mice in Mini-Tin-Beds Wild Forrest & Fauna Paint & Papercraft Art Mushroom and Wee Bugs in 3/D Craft Bright Painted Dots of Favorite Animals Art Games with Nature! Be ready to Dress for Mess, bring a snack, lunch, and water bottle to camp. $300.
CLOSED: Heroes & Heroines Celebrate the 4th of July
Registration is OPEN! Click Here to UTD (@Unique Technique Dance Studio)
Where Are the Summer Camps?
Both the Art teacher, Ms Rachel and the Dance teachers work together to have our exciting summer camps at:
Unique Technique Dance Studio (UTD)
3815 Bakerview Spur #1
Bellingham, WA 98225
Spring Classes & Workshops
Art Classes at a few locations!
- Whatcom Cultural Arts Festival - a FREE Kids Art Workshop with Ms Rachel: Heritage Art Jars in collage: March 15th, 3-6pm
- Teaching Artist with Allied Arts of Whatcom County: Silk Painting Flags, Clay Self-Portraits, & Marine-Life Neurographics
- Allied Arts Professional Art, TBD, 1-3pm Presentation (free)
- Kids Art Classes in After School Art Enrichment Classes at several Bellingham Public Schools (Register with 6Crickets and your School)
Art Classes with Allied Arts in Arts Education Program
Are you a Classroom Teacher in Whatcom County, and want to invite teaching artist Ms Rachel Simpson, into your classroom to teach an Art Class? Go look at the list of Art Lessons below, and you can find out more details on the above link to the Arts Education Program with Allied Arts of Whatcom County.
- Silk Painting Flags
- Neurographic Art- Drawing & Painting Marine Life
- Macro Butterflies & Moths Painting
- Self-Portraits in Clay
- Papier-Mache Animals
Class is CLOSED!!! Embroidery Painting Night Skies on May 18th!
Join us with Ms Rachel Simpson at the Whatcom Art Center (WAC) for this 2 hour art workshop. We'll learn how to craft and paint on fabric of Embroidery Night Skies with Trees and Stars on an embroidery hoop. All art supplies are provided. Dress for Mess!
All ages are welcome! If you've a child, then the parent/guardian will need to register for both the Parent and Child. Registration is HIGHLY Advised, so you make sure you've a seat. Space is limited.
What: Embroidery Painting Night Skies & Trees with Stars!
When: May 18th, 2025, 11:00AM -1:00PM
Where: WAC, 1105 11th Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Who: All Ages are Welcome. Parents must be with Child & Register for Both. There's no experience necessary.
Register Below: $45 per Student via PayPal, or use any Credit Card in Register Embroidery Night Skies link, or you can email [email protected] and Pay with Check or Cash at the start of Art Class.
All ages are welcome! If you've a child, then the parent/guardian will need to register for both the Parent and Child. Registration is HIGHLY Advised, so you make sure you've a seat. Space is limited.
What: Embroidery Painting Night Skies & Trees with Stars!
When: May 18th, 2025, 11:00AM -1:00PM
Where: WAC, 1105 11th Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Who: All Ages are Welcome. Parents must be with Child & Register for Both. There's no experience necessary.
Register Below: $45 per Student via PayPal, or use any Credit Card in Register Embroidery Night Skies link, or you can email [email protected] and Pay with Check or Cash at the start of Art Class.
Family’s Legacy! Art Class: Antiqued Mixed-Media Painting
Winter Art: Family's Legacy! Art Class: Antiqued Mixed-Media Painting!
Family’s Legacy! Art Class: Antiqued Mixed-Media Painting with Ms. Rachel Simpson
When: March 1, 2025, 12-3pm
Ages: 13+ Adults
Location: Unique Technique Dance Studio - 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA. Class size is limited to reserve your spot today!
Registration: $90.00 (includes art supplies)
Join us at Bellingham's Unique Technique Art Studio in this exciting art class, students will get to learn from local art teacher Ms. Rachel Simpson, a wide variety of art techniques, materials, tricks, and textures of mixed-media acrylics onto canvas. You'll get to make a painting of your own, in a style of antiquing, that’s about your family’s legacy. This artwork will be layered with acrylic paints, mediums, adhesives, metallic paints, found objects, and with the option of students bringing their own old photograph and objects to incorporate into your own artwork (the photo will be set into the painting with adhesives).
Students can be prepared by bringing in at least 1 old photograph (perhaps of yourself, your family, or a family member), and some small found objects that you’d like to include in your piece of art, such as: old charms, jewelry pieces, shells, semi-precious stones/rocks, beads, keys, lace, fabric samples, pressed flowers, charms, small toys, or old clippings from magazines. Be sure to Dress-for-Mess!
Family’s Legacy! Art Class: Antiqued Mixed-Media Painting with Ms. Rachel Simpson
When: March 1, 2025, 12-3pm
Ages: 13+ Adults
Location: Unique Technique Dance Studio - 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA. Class size is limited to reserve your spot today!
Registration: $90.00 (includes art supplies)
Join us at Bellingham's Unique Technique Art Studio in this exciting art class, students will get to learn from local art teacher Ms. Rachel Simpson, a wide variety of art techniques, materials, tricks, and textures of mixed-media acrylics onto canvas. You'll get to make a painting of your own, in a style of antiquing, that’s about your family’s legacy. This artwork will be layered with acrylic paints, mediums, adhesives, metallic paints, found objects, and with the option of students bringing their own old photograph and objects to incorporate into your own artwork (the photo will be set into the painting with adhesives).
Students can be prepared by bringing in at least 1 old photograph (perhaps of yourself, your family, or a family member), and some small found objects that you’d like to include in your piece of art, such as: old charms, jewelry pieces, shells, semi-precious stones/rocks, beads, keys, lace, fabric samples, pressed flowers, charms, small toys, or old clippings from magazines. Be sure to Dress-for-Mess!
Free First Friday @Whatcom Museum - Clay Creatures!
Clay Creatures with Ms. Rachel
Feburary 7th, 11 am – 1 pm
The Lightcatcher Lobby | 250 Flora St. | 11 am – 1 pm (FREE)
Join art educator Ms. Rachel as you shape your own animal, real or imagined, and decorate it with beads, buttons, and cutout shapes. We'll explore ways to make clay into a reptile portrait or a fish shape, and be creative. Little artists can make their own patterned creatures by organizing beads, buttons, and sequins in clay cutouts.
Featured Artist Exhibit: From mischievous monkeys to pretty parrots, Alfredo Arreguín featured many animals in his paintings inspired by the jungles of Mexico.
www.whatcommuseum.org/free-first-friday/#february-2025
Feburary 7th, 11 am – 1 pm
The Lightcatcher Lobby | 250 Flora St. | 11 am – 1 pm (FREE)
Join art educator Ms. Rachel as you shape your own animal, real or imagined, and decorate it with beads, buttons, and cutout shapes. We'll explore ways to make clay into a reptile portrait or a fish shape, and be creative. Little artists can make their own patterned creatures by organizing beads, buttons, and sequins in clay cutouts.
Featured Artist Exhibit: From mischievous monkeys to pretty parrots, Alfredo Arreguín featured many animals in his paintings inspired by the jungles of Mexico.
www.whatcommuseum.org/free-first-friday/#february-2025
Winter Art: Macro Butterfly Acrylic Painting
Saturday, November 16th & 23rd (both Saturdays), 1pm- 3:30pm, $115.00
Macro Butterfly Acrylic Painting Workshop with Rachel Simpson
Nov 16 & 23 | 1 pm - 3:30 pm (includes all art supplies & hot drinks)
For children (9 and up) & adults @BellinghamART
Children and their parents are encouraged to join!
REGISTER!
Join our wonderful guest teacher Rachel as she guides us through creating a large scale butterfly on canvas. Each student in this workshop will use a large canvas to map out their butterfly design, plan their color scheme (bright colors encouraged for this one!), then work with acrylic to paint their beautiful creature. Time will be spent at the end to add texture and details, and maybe even some metallic paint to really make your butterfly pop! This workshop is appropriate for children as well as adults, and is a great one to do with a family member. If you have no experience with acrylic paint, not to worry, Rachel will guide you through everything from start to finish. Walk away with a finished piece of artwork ready to be hung, or gifted for the holidays.
Healthy vegetable soup, buns, and chips will be provided for lunch, along with drinks and a dessert. We also have a Keurig for coffee drinkers.
This workshop is taught by Rachel Simpson. Rachel is a local artist and art educator. She teaches at many of the public schools in Bellingham, as well as Franklin Academy, and through Allied Arts of Whatcom County. Rachel has a diverse style and works in a range of mediums including acrylic, sculpture, collage, textiles, and more. Rachel is enthusiastic and excited to share her love for art with others. We are excited to have her guest teach for BellinghamART.
Register for this Art Workshop via BellinghamART
701 Ellis Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
[email protected]
(360) 738 8379
Macro Butterfly Acrylic Painting Workshop with Rachel Simpson
Nov 16 & 23 | 1 pm - 3:30 pm (includes all art supplies & hot drinks)
For children (9 and up) & adults @BellinghamART
Children and their parents are encouraged to join!
REGISTER!
Join our wonderful guest teacher Rachel as she guides us through creating a large scale butterfly on canvas. Each student in this workshop will use a large canvas to map out their butterfly design, plan their color scheme (bright colors encouraged for this one!), then work with acrylic to paint their beautiful creature. Time will be spent at the end to add texture and details, and maybe even some metallic paint to really make your butterfly pop! This workshop is appropriate for children as well as adults, and is a great one to do with a family member. If you have no experience with acrylic paint, not to worry, Rachel will guide you through everything from start to finish. Walk away with a finished piece of artwork ready to be hung, or gifted for the holidays.
Healthy vegetable soup, buns, and chips will be provided for lunch, along with drinks and a dessert. We also have a Keurig for coffee drinkers.
This workshop is taught by Rachel Simpson. Rachel is a local artist and art educator. She teaches at many of the public schools in Bellingham, as well as Franklin Academy, and through Allied Arts of Whatcom County. Rachel has a diverse style and works in a range of mediums including acrylic, sculpture, collage, textiles, and more. Rachel is enthusiastic and excited to share her love for art with others. We are excited to have her guest teach for BellinghamART.
Register for this Art Workshop via BellinghamART
701 Ellis Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
[email protected]
(360) 738 8379
Littles Explore Art!
Littles Explore Art!
Parent and Me Art Exploration
Art Teacher Ms Rachel Simpson
Email Art Teacher with Register Date/Age Group: [email protected]
Ages: 1.5-2.5 Years, or 3-4 Years
Dates/Times: December 11th &/or 18th
9:30-10:30am (1.5-2.5 yrs)
11am-12pm (3-4 yrs)
Register Now: $22.00 per Child & Parent, plus $5-$10 Art Supplies Fee upon arrival
In the Littles in Art class, the parent and child will explore and play together, while making an Art Project to make & take home. Each class will have all the art supplies you’ll need, with instructions taught by the fabulous local Art Teacher, Ms Rachel. We’ll have fun music, a variety of tactile oriented art materials to explore, play with other littles with smiles on our faces, while we have fun together. Expect to get messy, so Dress for Mess! If you need, there’ll be Extra Art materials/supplies to take home with a small fee of $5-$10 (based on the amount of Extra Art Supplies). Note: Parents must stay with child in this Art class.
Register in Littles Explore Art:
Parent and Me Art Exploration
Art Teacher Ms Rachel Simpson
Email Art Teacher with Register Date/Age Group: [email protected]
Ages: 1.5-2.5 Years, or 3-4 Years
Dates/Times: December 11th &/or 18th
9:30-10:30am (1.5-2.5 yrs)
11am-12pm (3-4 yrs)
Register Now: $22.00 per Child & Parent, plus $5-$10 Art Supplies Fee upon arrival
In the Littles in Art class, the parent and child will explore and play together, while making an Art Project to make & take home. Each class will have all the art supplies you’ll need, with instructions taught by the fabulous local Art Teacher, Ms Rachel. We’ll have fun music, a variety of tactile oriented art materials to explore, play with other littles with smiles on our faces, while we have fun together. Expect to get messy, so Dress for Mess! If you need, there’ll be Extra Art materials/supplies to take home with a small fee of $5-$10 (based on the amount of Extra Art Supplies). Note: Parents must stay with child in this Art class.
Register in Littles Explore Art:
- Dec 11th - 2D Art Exploration with Paints! Some Art projects we’ll be making: Splatter Paint with Inspirational Quotes and Bring your Toy Trucks & Cars to Roll in the Paint
- Dec 18th - 3D Art Exploration with Clay! Some Art projects we’ll be making: Fingerprint/Handprint Clay Ornaments, and Animal Portraits with Colorful Buttons
Free Art Activities @Holiday Festival of the Arts!
This winter holiday season, I'll be teaching two different Kids Art Activities at the Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts with Allied Arts of Whatcom County!
You can Find Out More with Allied Arts, closer to the opening date of November 20th.
What are the Kids Art Activities?
https://www.alliedarts.org/holiday-festival/
You can Find Out More with Allied Arts, closer to the opening date of November 20th.
What are the Kids Art Activities?
- Aurora Borealis in Soft Pastels & Collage Art! December 14th, 1:00-4:00pm
- Painting Night Skies with Stars and Embroidery! December 21st, 1:00-4:00pm
https://www.alliedarts.org/holiday-festival/
Art Class with BellinghamART!
REGISTRATION CLOSED! 1-Day Parent & Me Art Workshop: Embroidery Painting Night Skies Workshop with Ms. Rachel Simpson
When: Saturday, October 19th, 12pm - 2:30 pm, $60.00
Ages: For children 8 and up, accompanied by an Adult
Children and their parents are encouraged to join! Includes all art supplies and hot drinks.
Register at BellinghamART
Location: BellinghamART, 1701 Ellis St. Bellingham, WA 98225
Painting Embroidery Skies with Ms Rachel Simpson - Let's use Paint and Textiles to make a picture of an evening sky or sunset with trees! We'll enjoy painting a sky like a sunset on fabric in an embroidery hoop, then we'll sew stars, & a silhouette of trees using a needle and embroidery thread (kids can have help with their parents to do this step). You can take home your finished Art that'll be in a square of cotton fabric, to frame or display in your own hoop to hang! All art supplies will be provided. Just come ready with a smile, and Dress for Mess!
Register for this Art Workshop via BellinghamART
REGISTRATION CLOSED! 1-Day Parent & Me Art Workshop: Embroidery Painting Night Skies Workshop with Ms. Rachel Simpson
When: Saturday, October 19th, 12pm - 2:30 pm, $60.00
Ages: For children 8 and up, accompanied by an Adult
Children and their parents are encouraged to join! Includes all art supplies and hot drinks.
Register at BellinghamART
Location: BellinghamART, 1701 Ellis St. Bellingham, WA 98225
Painting Embroidery Skies with Ms Rachel Simpson - Let's use Paint and Textiles to make a picture of an evening sky or sunset with trees! We'll enjoy painting a sky like a sunset on fabric in an embroidery hoop, then we'll sew stars, & a silhouette of trees using a needle and embroidery thread (kids can have help with their parents to do this step). You can take home your finished Art that'll be in a square of cotton fabric, to frame or display in your own hoop to hang! All art supplies will be provided. Just come ready with a smile, and Dress for Mess!
Register for this Art Workshop via BellinghamART
Summer Art & Dance Camps @UTD!
Summer Art Camps are CLOSED for registration on March 1st! We’ll have 4 different art and dance camps at Unique Technique Dance Studio in July. Each camp will be full of fun themes to include art projects to make with Ms Rachel Simpson, and fantastic dance with Mrs Patricia Grace. Camps will be for kids ranging from 6-12 years, and 5-8 years old. They will include a 30 minute lunch break with half the day for art and the other half of the day for dance. Students bring their own lunch and Dress for Mess! All art supplies are included in the registration. You’ll want to register soon, as they are likely to fill-up fast!
Dates & Themes of Summer Camps:
Enchanted Forests & Creatures - July 1st-3rd , 10am-4pm (5-8 years)
Wizards of Wonder- July 8th – 12th , 10am-4pm (6-12 years)
Enchanted Forests & Creatures - July 15th -19th , 10am-4pm (6-12 years)
Space Camp Legends – July 22nd - 26th, 10am-4pm (6-12 years)
Location: 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration is Open, Click Here!
Art Projects for each Summer Camp:
Enchanted Forest and Creatures Art Camp Projects:
Floral Pinch Pots in Clay, Enchanted Printing, Birch Tree Woodland Painting, Creatures in Mixed-Media, Crowns of Fancy, and Beautiful Birds and Stars.
Space Camp Legacy Art Camp Projects:
Rockets in Space, Planets to Draw & Paint, Outer-Space in Mixed-Media, 3/D Moons, Make Geometric Gems and Constellations, and Painting Stars & Sunsets at Night.
Wizards of Wonder Art Camp Projects:
Flowers & Potion Bottle Painting, Creatures of Wizards, Experimental Art, Paint Feathers and Hats, Crystals & Gems Painting, and make Pressed Flowers to be like Stained-Glass.
Register Now with Unique Technique Dance!
Dates & Themes of Summer Camps:
Enchanted Forests & Creatures - July 1st-3rd , 10am-4pm (5-8 years)
Wizards of Wonder- July 8th – 12th , 10am-4pm (6-12 years)
Enchanted Forests & Creatures - July 15th -19th , 10am-4pm (6-12 years)
Space Camp Legends – July 22nd - 26th, 10am-4pm (6-12 years)
Location: 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration is Open, Click Here!
Art Projects for each Summer Camp:
Enchanted Forest and Creatures Art Camp Projects:
Floral Pinch Pots in Clay, Enchanted Printing, Birch Tree Woodland Painting, Creatures in Mixed-Media, Crowns of Fancy, and Beautiful Birds and Stars.
Space Camp Legacy Art Camp Projects:
Rockets in Space, Planets to Draw & Paint, Outer-Space in Mixed-Media, 3/D Moons, Make Geometric Gems and Constellations, and Painting Stars & Sunsets at Night.
Wizards of Wonder Art Camp Projects:
Flowers & Potion Bottle Painting, Creatures of Wizards, Experimental Art, Paint Feathers and Hats, Crystals & Gems Painting, and make Pressed Flowers to be like Stained-Glass.
Register Now with Unique Technique Dance!
Spring Art: My Adult & Me Mixed Media Class @MoNA! CLASS FULL!
REGISTRATION Has Ended.
My Adult & Me Mixed Media Class w/ Rachel Simpson on May 11th Saturday, 5/11/24, 10:00am-1:00pm, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 1st Street, La Conner, WA, 98257
In this fun mixed-media art class, students will join Ms Rachel Simpson in making a forest scene of birch trees and your animal of choice to walk through the trees. We’ll collaborate in the art project together in pairs, as we learn how to draw and paint in a wide variety of materials, experiment with different kinds of painting methods, use our imaginations to add an animal in your woodland world, and share our creations with each other.
Register here with MoNA!
Ages: 5-12 years old and Adult collaborator (parent/caregiver)
Cost: $35 per adult & child pair ($30 participation, $5 materials fee)…
Date, Time, Location: Saturday, May 11 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. In-person class in MoNA’s Art Studio.
My Adult & Me Mixed Media Class w/ Rachel Simpson on May 11th Saturday, 5/11/24, 10:00am-1:00pm, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 1st Street, La Conner, WA, 98257
In this fun mixed-media art class, students will join Ms Rachel Simpson in making a forest scene of birch trees and your animal of choice to walk through the trees. We’ll collaborate in the art project together in pairs, as we learn how to draw and paint in a wide variety of materials, experiment with different kinds of painting methods, use our imaginations to add an animal in your woodland world, and share our creations with each other.
Register here with MoNA!
Ages: 5-12 years old and Adult collaborator (parent/caregiver)
Cost: $35 per adult & child pair ($30 participation, $5 materials fee)…
Date, Time, Location: Saturday, May 11 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. In-person class in MoNA’s Art Studio.
Painting – Explore Outer-Space!
CLASS SOLD OUT! Week Class with Rachel Simpson
Saturday, January 20 – February 3, 2024
12:30–2:00pm
REGISTER!
Let’s explore space, nebulae, planets, and more fun together! Students will get to learn how to draw an astronaut of their choice, and paint with watercolors in layers, use different kinds of brushes, try various painting techniques, and pick from various kinds of color palettes. We’ll use different mixed-media supplies, and methods to add detail in the stars, the shine of the astronaut’s helmet, and vivid colors! This project is great way to use our imagination and to discuss the ways in which NASA’s telescopes and cameras are getting high-res and high quality photographs of far away nebulae, planets, comets, and stars! Your student will get to take home a wonderful painting on high quality watercolor paper, for you to display with the family.
CLASS FEES: Members: $72, Non-Members: $80
MATERIALS FEES: Paid to the instructor on the first day of class: $10
AGES: Kids 8-12
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, January 15, 12:00pm
MATERIALS TO BRING: Dress for Mess! Please wear clothing you don’t mind getting messy in, or an over-sized adult shirt to put on top of your clothes, or you can bring an apron/smock to wear.
Registration Required
Saturday, January 20 – February 3, 2024
12:30–2:00pm
REGISTER!
Let’s explore space, nebulae, planets, and more fun together! Students will get to learn how to draw an astronaut of their choice, and paint with watercolors in layers, use different kinds of brushes, try various painting techniques, and pick from various kinds of color palettes. We’ll use different mixed-media supplies, and methods to add detail in the stars, the shine of the astronaut’s helmet, and vivid colors! This project is great way to use our imagination and to discuss the ways in which NASA’s telescopes and cameras are getting high-res and high quality photographs of far away nebulae, planets, comets, and stars! Your student will get to take home a wonderful painting on high quality watercolor paper, for you to display with the family.
CLASS FEES: Members: $72, Non-Members: $80
MATERIALS FEES: Paid to the instructor on the first day of class: $10
AGES: Kids 8-12
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, January 15, 12:00pm
MATERIALS TO BRING: Dress for Mess! Please wear clothing you don’t mind getting messy in, or an over-sized adult shirt to put on top of your clothes, or you can bring an apron/smock to wear.
Registration Required
Parent & Me Art Class
Children’s Parent & Me Art Class @Jansen Art Center
CLASS SOLD OUT!!! 3 Week Class with Rachel Simpson
Saturdays, November 11 – 25, 2023
12:00–1:30pm
Register at JAC
Art class for your child artist and a parent/adult family member, can enjoy this exciting art class together at Jansen Art Center! In this fun art class, Miss Rachel Simpson will guide you to explore various painting and collage art techniques, to create one mixed-media Animal portrait onto canvas board. Animals can be one of the following: cat, dog, owl, or a hawk. We will learn and express ourselves in many fun ways to make abstract painting onto thick papers, then we’ll mix and match them to make a collage, try different art mediums, and learn how to draw the animal faces, with a close-up view, showing off their big, adorable eyes.
Art Supplies: Canvas board, thick mixed-media paper, watercolor paints, ink, paint brushes, pencils, permanent markers, adhesive, craft brushes, oil pastels, charcoal, acrylics, gloss medium, scissors, paper towels, soap, and cups of H2O.
Wooden Earrings - Teen & Adults @JAC - Oct 28th
CLASS CLOSED! Day Workshop with Rachel Simpson
Jansen Art Center, 321 Front Street, Lynden, WA
Teens, Ages 13-18
Saturday, October 28th, 2023, 1:00–2:30pm
Price: Members: $41.40 or Non-Members: $46
In this brilliantly bright art class, at the Jansen Art Center, (JAC) students will learn how to personalize their very own set of earrings. Miss Rachel Simpson, the art teacher will demonstrate how to create and paint the earrings. Students will dream up their design and use wooden circles or ovals as the base of the earrings. The earrings will be painted in the pointillism style. Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots or strokes of color are applied to a surface form an image. Students will then draw and paint their design onto the earrings. We will use special inks and neon colored paints to really make those earrings GLOW!
Students will leave class with their very own pair of hand-painted earrings or the earrings can be worn separately as necklaces.
Register via JAC Here!
Jansen Art Center, 321 Front Street, Lynden, WA
Teens, Ages 13-18
Saturday, October 28th, 2023, 1:00–2:30pm
Price: Members: $41.40 or Non-Members: $46
In this brilliantly bright art class, at the Jansen Art Center, (JAC) students will learn how to personalize their very own set of earrings. Miss Rachel Simpson, the art teacher will demonstrate how to create and paint the earrings. Students will dream up their design and use wooden circles or ovals as the base of the earrings. The earrings will be painted in the pointillism style. Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots or strokes of color are applied to a surface form an image. Students will then draw and paint their design onto the earrings. We will use special inks and neon colored paints to really make those earrings GLOW!
Students will leave class with their very own pair of hand-painted earrings or the earrings can be worn separately as necklaces.
Register via JAC Here!
Art & Dance 🌈Rainbow🌈 Summer Camps!
Art and Dance 🌈Rainbow🌈 Summer Camp -
Get a colorful mixture of Dance and Art during this Rainbow themed summer camp! Learn a full dance routine, lots of dance games and amazing art projects! Students create their own mixed-media art to take home! Including: Creative Rainbow Color Wheels, Mask-Making, Hearts in Abstract Painting, Birds of Color Drawings, Sculpt Dragon Eyes in Clay!
This camp offers time with 2 wonderful instructors! Miss. Patsy will lead dancing and Miss. Rachel will lead art! Both instructors have been teaching in the Bellingham area for over 10 years! Days will be 1/2 Art and 1/2 Dance! Students will need to bring a lunch, bottle of water, rainbow/colorful outfits for dress up days and possibly changes of clothing for cooler or warmer weather. On the last day of camp we will have a showcase for the Art and Dance! Please invite your family and friends!
Art and Dance 🌈Rainbow🌈 Summer Camp! Ages 6-12, July 10th - 15th
July 10-14 Mon-Thurs 10:00am-4:00pm $185, Ages 6-12
Location: UTD, 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98226
uniquetechniquedance.com/summer-dance
Get a colorful mixture of Dance and Art during this Rainbow themed summer camp at UTD (Unique technique Dance Studio)! Learn a full dance routine, lots of dance games and amazing art projects! Students create their own mixed-media art to take home! Including Creative Rainbow Color Wheels,Mask-Making, Hearts in Abstract Painting, Birds of Color Drawings, Sculpt Dragon Eyes in Clay!
This camp offers time with 2 wonderful instructors! Miss. Patsy will lead dancing and Miss. Rachel will lead art! Both instructors have been teaching in the Bellingham area for over 10 years! Days will be 1/2 Art and 1/2 Dance!
Students will need to bring a lunch, bottle of water, rainbow/colorful outfits for dress up days and possibly changes of clothing for cooler or warmer weather. Thursday July 14th at 3:00pm we will have a showcase for the Art and Dance! Please invite your family and friends!
REGISTER on UTD!
Art and Dance 🌈Rainbow🌈 Summer Camp! Ages 5-8, July 5th - 7th
July 5-7 10:00am-3:00pm $150, Ages 5-8
Location: UTD, 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98226
uniquetechniquedance.com/summer-dance
Get a colorful mixture of Dance and Art during this Rainbow themed summer camp at UTD (Unique Technique Dance Studio)! Learn a full dance routine, lots of dance games and amazing art projects! Students create their own mixed-media art to take home! Including Creative Rainbows, Mask-Making, Hearts in Abstract Painting, Birds of Color Drawings, Hot Air Balloons, Stained Glass-Craft, Draw Mystical Creatures like Dragons and Unicorns!This camp offers time with 2 wonderful instructors! Mrs. Patsy will lead dancing and Miss. Rachel will lead art! Both instructors have been teaching in the Bellingham area for over 10 years! Days will be 1/2 Art and 1/2 Dance! Students will need to bring a lunch, bottle of water, rainbow/colorful outfits for dress up days and possibly changes of clothing for cooler or warmer weather. Friday July 7th at 3:00pm we will have a showcase for the Art and Dance! Please invite your family and friends!
REGISTER on UTD!
Art That GLOWS!!! Adult Art Class - June 10th
ART that GLOWS! Adult Painting Class
Art Teacher: Miss Rachel Simpson
Date & Time: Saturday, June 10th, 1:30-3:30pm
Student Ages: Adults, ages 18+
Location: Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave, (Unit-A), Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration: $50, plus $20 supplies fee, a Total $70.00 . Please Note your ‘Name’ and ‘ART that Glows’ in comments with your email, when you Register via PayPal paypal.me/RachelsWhimsicalArts
Art from the 80’s – 90’s are back! Do you like the effect from the Glow with Neon colors, and how much it can pop with a black light (UV-light)? We’ll learn how to experiment with painting in neon colors, taught by Miss Rachel Simpson. You can choose your 2 pieces of art to be inspired by bioluminescent creatures, nature such as fungi in forests, marine-life in the deep ocean, or even planets and stars in outer space! All Art Supplies are provided such as neon paint, UV-lights, brushes, oil pastels, canvas, paper, pencils, pens, pallets, and more with your registration. Be sure to Dress for Mess! (Note: Bring inspirational photos, print-outs, or digital image of your theme of choice to inspire and share! Keep a look out for email info about this art class.)
Register via PayPal
Art Teacher: Miss Rachel Simpson
Date & Time: Saturday, June 10th, 1:30-3:30pm
Student Ages: Adults, ages 18+
Location: Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave, (Unit-A), Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration: $50, plus $20 supplies fee, a Total $70.00 . Please Note your ‘Name’ and ‘ART that Glows’ in comments with your email, when you Register via PayPal paypal.me/RachelsWhimsicalArts
Art from the 80’s – 90’s are back! Do you like the effect from the Glow with Neon colors, and how much it can pop with a black light (UV-light)? We’ll learn how to experiment with painting in neon colors, taught by Miss Rachel Simpson. You can choose your 2 pieces of art to be inspired by bioluminescent creatures, nature such as fungi in forests, marine-life in the deep ocean, or even planets and stars in outer space! All Art Supplies are provided such as neon paint, UV-lights, brushes, oil pastels, canvas, paper, pencils, pens, pallets, and more with your registration. Be sure to Dress for Mess! (Note: Bring inspirational photos, print-outs, or digital image of your theme of choice to inspire and share! Keep a look out for email info about this art class.)
Register via PayPal
Pet Portrait Paintings!
Pet Portrait Paintings! Adult Art Class
Art Teacher: Miss Rachel Simpson
Registration CLOSED!
Student Ages: 1 Adult, ages 18+
Location: Gallery Cordata, 465 West Stuart Rd. Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration: $75.00 Please Note your ‘Name’ and ‘Pet Portraits’ in comments, when you Register via PayPal! (Include your Email Address - There will be information sent via Email to you about the upcoming class.)
Let’s paint our furry friends in a Pet Portrait! Pick your favorite pet dog or cat with a close-up color portrait photo of their sweet faces, to transform into a portrait painting! Everyone will have fun learning how to paint acrylics onto canvas, using their photo and the grid method taught by Miss Rachel Simpson. You’ll be able to choose a 5” x 7” photo of your pet cat or dog, to be used as inspiration and as a guide to paint it onto canvas. All Art Supplies are provided such as acrylic paint, acrylic mediums, brushes, easels, canvas, paper, pencils, paper, pallets, and more with your registration. Be sure to Dress for Mess! (Note: Need to bring your inspirational pet portrait photo, as a Color Print-out in a 5” x 7” standard size of your pet portrait, to be used in this class! You will not be able to use an electronic device for the photo of this project. Suggestion to get professional photos printed locally at Quick Silver Photo in Bellingham.)
Art Teacher: Miss Rachel Simpson
Registration CLOSED!
Student Ages: 1 Adult, ages 18+
Location: Gallery Cordata, 465 West Stuart Rd. Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration: $75.00 Please Note your ‘Name’ and ‘Pet Portraits’ in comments, when you Register via PayPal! (Include your Email Address - There will be information sent via Email to you about the upcoming class.)
Let’s paint our furry friends in a Pet Portrait! Pick your favorite pet dog or cat with a close-up color portrait photo of their sweet faces, to transform into a portrait painting! Everyone will have fun learning how to paint acrylics onto canvas, using their photo and the grid method taught by Miss Rachel Simpson. You’ll be able to choose a 5” x 7” photo of your pet cat or dog, to be used as inspiration and as a guide to paint it onto canvas. All Art Supplies are provided such as acrylic paint, acrylic mediums, brushes, easels, canvas, paper, pencils, paper, pallets, and more with your registration. Be sure to Dress for Mess! (Note: Need to bring your inspirational pet portrait photo, as a Color Print-out in a 5” x 7” standard size of your pet portrait, to be used in this class! You will not be able to use an electronic device for the photo of this project. Suggestion to get professional photos printed locally at Quick Silver Photo in Bellingham.)
Parent & Me - Paint Mini Polaroid Paintings! - May 13th
Parent & Me (ages 6-18, + Adult) - Mini Polaroid Paintings!
Art Teacher: Miss Rachel Simpson
Date: Saturday, May 13th, 12:30-3:00pm
Students: 1 Adult (parent/guardian) & 1 Child, Ages 6-16 years old
Location: Gallery Syre, 465 West Stuart Rd. Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration: $55.00 Each Pair (1 Adult + 1 Child) includes art supplies. REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Let’s get nostalgic and be inspired by some fun old-school style of Polaroids to make your own series of 4 Mini-Paintings in this class, taught by Miss Rachel Simpson, for a Parent and your Child Artist! You can choose if it will be Landscapes, Star-Scapes, Night Skies, Aurora Borealis, add some happy Trees or other things within nature's beauty. We’ll draw in pairs of 2 in a collaboration, the sketches of what you want to have in your pictures, cut out paper, and use both Watercolors and Acrylic Paints, to experiment with and have fun together! All Art Supplies are provided with registration. Be sure to Dress for Mess! (Note: Bring inspirational photographs, and if you happen to have any Polaroid Photos or this kind of Camera, please bring them in to share!)
Register via PayPal
Art Teacher: Miss Rachel Simpson
Date: Saturday, May 13th, 12:30-3:00pm
Students: 1 Adult (parent/guardian) & 1 Child, Ages 6-16 years old
Location: Gallery Syre, 465 West Stuart Rd. Bellingham, WA 98226
Registration: $55.00 Each Pair (1 Adult + 1 Child) includes art supplies. REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Let’s get nostalgic and be inspired by some fun old-school style of Polaroids to make your own series of 4 Mini-Paintings in this class, taught by Miss Rachel Simpson, for a Parent and your Child Artist! You can choose if it will be Landscapes, Star-Scapes, Night Skies, Aurora Borealis, add some happy Trees or other things within nature's beauty. We’ll draw in pairs of 2 in a collaboration, the sketches of what you want to have in your pictures, cut out paper, and use both Watercolors and Acrylic Paints, to experiment with and have fun together! All Art Supplies are provided with registration. Be sure to Dress for Mess! (Note: Bring inspirational photographs, and if you happen to have any Polaroid Photos or this kind of Camera, please bring them in to share!)
Register via PayPal
Recycled Books into Art Journals Workshop
Transform a discarded worn book into a creative work of art that encompasses a theme and utilizes a variety of media and techniques. You can make your altered book into an art journal, writing journal, photo album, or a scrapbook! REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Time: 1:00 - 3:30pm
Ages: Teens ages 14 years old - adults of all ages and all levels of experience in art
Register with MoNA! Cost: $30
In-person workshop in MoNA’s Art Studio
Join local teaching artist Rachel Simpson for a hands-on workshop showing how to reuse old books into art and journals with various techniques of how to add texture and design with mixed-media. You will get to take home your very own altered book to continue to work on and use at the end of the class. Each participant is required to bring one hardbound, old book to recycle into a new art book for the workshop. The rest of the art supplies will be provided.
Register with MoNA Here!
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Time: 1:00 - 3:30pm
Ages: Teens ages 14 years old - adults of all ages and all levels of experience in art
Register with MoNA! Cost: $30
In-person workshop in MoNA’s Art Studio
Join local teaching artist Rachel Simpson for a hands-on workshop showing how to reuse old books into art and journals with various techniques of how to add texture and design with mixed-media. You will get to take home your very own altered book to continue to work on and use at the end of the class. Each participant is required to bring one hardbound, old book to recycle into a new art book for the workshop. The rest of the art supplies will be provided.
Register with MoNA Here!
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Steampunk & Antique Mixed-Media Painting Class @Gallery Syre!
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In this exciting art class, students will get to learn from art teacher Miss Rachel, a wide variety of art techniques, materials, tricks, and textures onto canvas. You'll get to make an acrylic painting of your own, that's layered with acrylic paints, mediums, metallic paints, found objects, and have the option of bringing your own old photograph to incorporate into your artwork (the photo will be set into the painting with adhesives).
Students can be prepared by bringing in at least 1 old photograph (perhaps of a family member, loved one, or a pet), and Dress-for-Mess!
Art Supplies are included.
Art Supplies: Canvas, Acrylic Paints, Metallics, Brushes, Paint Pallet Knives, Pallets, Cups, Paper Towels, Collage Paper, Stencils, Sponges, Acrylic Mediums, Gesso, Adhesives, Glue Guns, and Found Objects such as: Cogs, Shells, Beads, Jewelry Charms, & Craft Gems.
Students can be prepared by bringing in at least 1 old photograph (perhaps of a family member, loved one, or a pet), and Dress-for-Mess!
Art Supplies are included.
Art Supplies: Canvas, Acrylic Paints, Metallics, Brushes, Paint Pallet Knives, Pallets, Cups, Paper Towels, Collage Paper, Stencils, Sponges, Acrylic Mediums, Gesso, Adhesives, Glue Guns, and Found Objects such as: Cogs, Shells, Beads, Jewelry Charms, & Craft Gems.
Fall - After School Art Enrichment Classes
Woodland Theme (K-2nd & 3rd-5th)
Kids art projects such as: Foxes & Raccoons in Trees, Autumn Leaves in Rubbings & Paint, Fairytale Characters to Draw, Colorful Trees at Sunset, Clay Mushrooms & Owls in Texture.
Join us this fall in the after school art classes in the Woodland theme with Miss Rachel DBA Rachel's Whimsical Arts! This is an after school enrichment program for local elementary schools in Whatcom County.
Prerequisites: Ages 5-10. Any levels of skills in art are a great asset to having fun in art. All students will want to Dress for Mess! Many of our art materials could stain clothes, so it’s best to be prepared, by wearing old clothes on the day of Art Class, or bring a smock or apron to wear in art class. All art supplies will be provided, except for a request to bring 1 brown paper grocery bag to recycle & use in art.
Join us this fall in the after school art classes in the Woodland theme with Miss Rachel DBA Rachel's Whimsical Arts! This is an after school enrichment program for local elementary schools in Whatcom County.
Prerequisites: Ages 5-10. Any levels of skills in art are a great asset to having fun in art. All students will want to Dress for Mess! Many of our art materials could stain clothes, so it’s best to be prepared, by wearing old clothes on the day of Art Class, or bring a smock or apron to wear in art class. All art supplies will be provided, except for a request to bring 1 brown paper grocery bag to recycle & use in art.
Miss Rachel's a Teaching Artist at Allied Arts of Whatcom County
If you have a creative child in an elementary or middle school located in Whatcom County, and you want to see more artists teaching them fun art projects (like school murals, ceramics, self-portraits, puppetry, illustration, printing, and more!), then reach out to your school, your classroom teacher, and ask them to contact Allied Arts of Whatcom County to have a guest Teaching Artist. I'm one of many, who can come to your school to instruct some fun Art projects to your students in a class. Reach out to your school & tell them to contact Allied Arts!
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Enchanted & Magical Art!
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– July 5th – 9th, 2021, Ages 6-12 years, 11:30-3:30pm, $200.00
Students create their own piece of art in mixed-media to take home. Enchanted & Magical Art includes Forests, Gnomes, Fairies, Wizards, Mermaids, Dragons, Unicorns, & more magical creatures! Artists will make a variety of colorful art using layers of paintings, drawings, clay, & more created in art camp. We’ll experiment with marbling paper, painting, textures, explore drawing such as oil pastels, soft pastels, markers, & printing. Let’s have fun making fairy or gnome doors in clay, do playful art, & use a variety of crafts, felt, & even glue guns!
Students create their own piece of art in mixed-media to take home. Enchanted & Magical Art includes Forests, Gnomes, Fairies, Wizards, Mermaids, Dragons, Unicorns, & more magical creatures! Artists will make a variety of colorful art using layers of paintings, drawings, clay, & more created in art camp. We’ll experiment with marbling paper, painting, textures, explore drawing such as oil pastels, soft pastels, markers, & printing. Let’s have fun making fairy or gnome doors in clay, do playful art, & use a variety of crafts, felt, & even glue guns!
- Dance Routines
- Dance Games
- Art Projects
- Enchanted & Magical Art with Creatures
- Fairy Doors & Gnomes in Clay
- Painting & Drawing
- Clay & Mixed Media
Teen Artists Summer Camp!
July 14th-17th, 2021
Ages 12-18
Teen Artist Camp: Make Paints & En Plein Air Painting
CANCELLED!!! (Due to unforeseen circumstances, this class had to be cancelled. If it can be rescheduled, I'll post the news & update the event. Thank you.)
July, 2021, Ages 12-18 years, 11:00am - 1:00pm, $180.00 (minimum 5 students, maximum 10)
Join Miss Rachel Simpson in a Teen Artist Camp! Students will learn from an Artist & Art Educator of various ways in which artists create their own brushes, quills, inks, & paints such as: tempera, watercolors, pigments, items found in nature, and things that can be found in the kitchen! We will do art experimentation, drawing/painting both on paper & canvas. Art subjects will be found with observation of still life, landscapes, & looking at nature. This is a 3 day online art class, with the 4th day on the 17th, to have a fun meeting at a local park in Bellingham - Cornwall Park, to paint in the style of en Plein Air with our paints, and art materials in nature together.
Price includes instruction, 3 sessions of online art classes via Zoom, 1-day in-person at a park, & the following art supplies: pigments, essential oils, paint, metallic colors, medium base, wooden dowel, string, paint brush, feather, mixed-media paper, canvas, aluminum tin, half-pans, pallet knife, stir stick, cups with lids, (Optional: Pallet of Watercolors, Bamboo Brush, & various size Paint Brushes). Students need to provide the following supplies: a pencil, erasure, scissors, Elmer’s glue, paper towels, a large glass plate or a glass from a picture frame, a glass cup with a flat bottom, eggs, fork/spoon/small bowl for mixing paints, things found in nature like flowers & leaves, (Optional: items in the kitchen pantry like food coloring and/or spices).
CANCELLED!!! (Due to unforeseen circumstances, this class had to be cancelled. If it can be rescheduled, I'll post the news & update the event. Thank you.)
July, 2021, Ages 12-18 years, 11:00am - 1:00pm, $180.00 (minimum 5 students, maximum 10)
Join Miss Rachel Simpson in a Teen Artist Camp! Students will learn from an Artist & Art Educator of various ways in which artists create their own brushes, quills, inks, & paints such as: tempera, watercolors, pigments, items found in nature, and things that can be found in the kitchen! We will do art experimentation, drawing/painting both on paper & canvas. Art subjects will be found with observation of still life, landscapes, & looking at nature. This is a 3 day online art class, with the 4th day on the 17th, to have a fun meeting at a local park in Bellingham - Cornwall Park, to paint in the style of en Plein Air with our paints, and art materials in nature together.
Price includes instruction, 3 sessions of online art classes via Zoom, 1-day in-person at a park, & the following art supplies: pigments, essential oils, paint, metallic colors, medium base, wooden dowel, string, paint brush, feather, mixed-media paper, canvas, aluminum tin, half-pans, pallet knife, stir stick, cups with lids, (Optional: Pallet of Watercolors, Bamboo Brush, & various size Paint Brushes). Students need to provide the following supplies: a pencil, erasure, scissors, Elmer’s glue, paper towels, a large glass plate or a glass from a picture frame, a glass cup with a flat bottom, eggs, fork/spoon/small bowl for mixing paints, things found in nature like flowers & leaves, (Optional: items in the kitchen pantry like food coloring and/or spices).
Fairy Elf Doors Kids Art Party, Summer 2020!
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
CLASS FULL!!!
Let's have fun in this kids online Fairy Elf Doors Painting Party! All you'll need is to purchase your kids Art Kit, and you'll be sent the Zoom Art Painting Party link, so you can join the online Painting Party, with instructions from renowned Art Teacher & Artist Miss Rachel Simpson.
August 7th, 12:00-2:00pm, PST
Kids ages 5-13 years
You'll need to check your email for confirmation and to arrange Art Kit pick-up or drop-off or you can have delivery with shipping fees.
Art Kit is $30.00, includes:
A Wooden Door (for either a fairy, elf, or gnome of your imagination)
Paint brush
Acrylic paints in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, magenta, brown, white, and black
Glue & Glue Stick
Bag of Crafts such as: beads, moss, buttons, and shiny rocks
Pallet
Space is Limited! Only 10 seats & Art Kits are available, so it's a first come, first serve basis with purchase of your kit. The Art Kits can be picked-up by appointment, at my Art Studio (outside), located in downtown Bellingham. If you'd prefer a drop-off in Bellingham,WA, then there will be a $5.00 delivery fee, or if you need it sent by mail (with a minimum of 1 week in advance), then there will be an additional shipping fee. You'll be contacted by email for arrangement, after payment. Thank you!
Kids ages 5-13 years old and all levels of artists from beginner to advanced are welcome. Bring a snack while we paint together in this fun painting party! Thank you.
Let's have fun in this kids online Fairy Elf Doors Painting Party! All you'll need is to purchase your kids Art Kit, and you'll be sent the Zoom Art Painting Party link, so you can join the online Painting Party, with instructions from renowned Art Teacher & Artist Miss Rachel Simpson.
August 7th, 12:00-2:00pm, PST
Kids ages 5-13 years
You'll need to check your email for confirmation and to arrange Art Kit pick-up or drop-off or you can have delivery with shipping fees.
Art Kit is $30.00, includes:
A Wooden Door (for either a fairy, elf, or gnome of your imagination)
Paint brush
Acrylic paints in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, magenta, brown, white, and black
Glue & Glue Stick
Bag of Crafts such as: beads, moss, buttons, and shiny rocks
Pallet
Space is Limited! Only 10 seats & Art Kits are available, so it's a first come, first serve basis with purchase of your kit. The Art Kits can be picked-up by appointment, at my Art Studio (outside), located in downtown Bellingham. If you'd prefer a drop-off in Bellingham,WA, then there will be a $5.00 delivery fee, or if you need it sent by mail (with a minimum of 1 week in advance), then there will be an additional shipping fee. You'll be contacted by email for arrangement, after payment. Thank you!
Kids ages 5-13 years old and all levels of artists from beginner to advanced are welcome. Bring a snack while we paint together in this fun painting party! Thank you.
Enchanted Castles & Mermaids, Summer 2019!
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
CLASS FULL!!!
An exciting magical time awaits your kids, with this online Enchanted Castles & Mermaids Painting Party! All you'll need is to purchase your Art Kit, & you'll be sent the Zoom Art Painting Party link, to join the online Painting Party, with instructions from renowned Art Teacher & Artist Miss Rachel Simpson.
August 6th & 7th, 9:30am-11:30am, PST
Kids ages 6-13 years
You'll need to check your email for confirmation & arrange Art Kit pick-up/drop-off ,or you can have delivery with shipping fees.
Art Kit is $55.00, includes:
A Wooden Castle (for either a mermaid, knight, pirate king, or sea creature of your imagination)
Choice of Wooden Figure: Mermaid, Boat, Ships Wheel, Anchor, Octopus, Dolphin, Whale, or Shark
Paint brushes
Pallet
Acrylic paints in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, magenta, brown, white, and black
Glue
Bag of Crafts, such as: pearl beads, treasure gem stones, moss, yarn, ribbon, wood, buttons, felt, and shiny rocks
Space is Limited! Only 7 seats & Art Kits are available, so it's a first come, first serve basis with purchase of your kit. The Art Kits can be Picked-up by appointment, at my Art Studio (outside), located in downtown Bellingham. If you'd prefer a Drop-off in Bellingham,WA, then there will be a $5.00 delivery fee, or if you need it sent by mail, then there will be an additional shipping fee. You'll be contacted by email for arrangement, after payment. Thank you!
Kids ages 6-13 years old and all levels of artists from beginner to advanced are welcome. Bring a snack while we paint together in this fun painting party! Thank you.
An exciting magical time awaits your kids, with this online Enchanted Castles & Mermaids Painting Party! All you'll need is to purchase your Art Kit, & you'll be sent the Zoom Art Painting Party link, to join the online Painting Party, with instructions from renowned Art Teacher & Artist Miss Rachel Simpson.
August 6th & 7th, 9:30am-11:30am, PST
Kids ages 6-13 years
You'll need to check your email for confirmation & arrange Art Kit pick-up/drop-off ,or you can have delivery with shipping fees.
Art Kit is $55.00, includes:
A Wooden Castle (for either a mermaid, knight, pirate king, or sea creature of your imagination)
Choice of Wooden Figure: Mermaid, Boat, Ships Wheel, Anchor, Octopus, Dolphin, Whale, or Shark
Paint brushes
Pallet
Acrylic paints in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, magenta, brown, white, and black
Glue
Bag of Crafts, such as: pearl beads, treasure gem stones, moss, yarn, ribbon, wood, buttons, felt, and shiny rocks
Space is Limited! Only 7 seats & Art Kits are available, so it's a first come, first serve basis with purchase of your kit. The Art Kits can be Picked-up by appointment, at my Art Studio (outside), located in downtown Bellingham. If you'd prefer a Drop-off in Bellingham,WA, then there will be a $5.00 delivery fee, or if you need it sent by mail, then there will be an additional shipping fee. You'll be contacted by email for arrangement, after payment. Thank you!
Kids ages 6-13 years old and all levels of artists from beginner to advanced are welcome. Bring a snack while we paint together in this fun painting party! Thank you.
Painting Party - Starry Skies Coasters! REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Let's have fun in this online Painting Party! All you'll need is to purchase your Art Kit, and you'll be sent the Zoom Art Painting Party link, so you can join the online Painting Party, with instructions from renowned Art Teacher & Artist Miss Rachel Simpson, on Friday, June 5th, 2020, 6:00-8:00pm.
Art Kit is $25.00, and includes: Choice of either a set of wooden Circle or Hexagon shape coasters (each set is 2 coasters of the same shape), paint brushes, acrylic paints in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, magenta, brown, white, and black, & a pallet.
Note: Space is Limited! Only 12 seats & Art Kits are available, so it's a first come, first serve basis with purchase of your kit.
All ages and levels of artists from beginner to advanced are welcome. BYOB - if you want to drink a beverage, while we paint together in this fun painting party! Thank you!
Art Kit is $25.00, and includes: Choice of either a set of wooden Circle or Hexagon shape coasters (each set is 2 coasters of the same shape), paint brushes, acrylic paints in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, magenta, brown, white, and black, & a pallet.
Note: Space is Limited! Only 12 seats & Art Kits are available, so it's a first come, first serve basis with purchase of your kit.
All ages and levels of artists from beginner to advanced are welcome. BYOB - if you want to drink a beverage, while we paint together in this fun painting party! Thank you!
Summer Art Camp Classes Posted in Spring, 2019!
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Parent & Me: Mixed-Media Animal Portraits at Pratt - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Parent & Me: Mixed-Media Animals
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Pratt Fine Arts Center,
1902 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98144
Ages 8 years & Teens up to Adults.
September 15th, 2019, 12:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn Mixed-Media and Collage to make Animal Portraits with Art Teacher Rachel Simpson, and explore the unlimited facets of using layers, texture, collage, drawing and painting that is all a part of mixed-media art. We will create a unique animal portrait (your choice of an owl, cat, dog, or a rabbit), in a large scale of 18”x20” board, with layers of watercolor painted paper collaged with adhesive. This is a cherished moment that you’ll not want to miss with your family! This class is designed for one student, 8 years and up, and one accompanying adult (Mom, Dad, Grandma etc.). Space is limited so sign up early! No experience necessary, all materials included.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Pratt Fine Arts Center,
1902 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98144
Ages 8 years & Teens up to Adults.
September 15th, 2019, 12:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn Mixed-Media and Collage to make Animal Portraits with Art Teacher Rachel Simpson, and explore the unlimited facets of using layers, texture, collage, drawing and painting that is all a part of mixed-media art. We will create a unique animal portrait (your choice of an owl, cat, dog, or a rabbit), in a large scale of 18”x20” board, with layers of watercolor painted paper collaged with adhesive. This is a cherished moment that you’ll not want to miss with your family! This class is designed for one student, 8 years and up, and one accompanying adult (Mom, Dad, Grandma etc.). Space is limited so sign up early! No experience necessary, all materials included.
Sensational Summer Art Camp - August 1-2, 2019. - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Sensational Summer Art Camp!
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Unique Technique Dance Studio,
3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98225
Ages 6 - 12 years
August 1st & 2nd, 2019, 10:00AM - 1:30PM
(lunch break at 11:30-12pm, bring your own lunch)
2-Days of Kids Art! Kids ages 6-12 years. Let’s paint like famous artists, play, & experiment with art! We’ll try layering in drawing & painting, natural brushes, pastels, gel crayons, ink, colored pencils, watercolors, & acrylics. Artists inspiration: Georgia O’Keefe’s Blue Morning Glories, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and Paul Klee’s Cat & Bird. Kids will have fun drawing, painting, & play art games!
We’ll have fun games and a lunch break between 11:30-12:00PM every day. Lunch is not provided, so we ask that you pack and bring both a lunch, beverage, water bottle, and dress for mess! $75.00 per child, for this 2-day art camp.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Unique Technique Dance Studio,
3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98225
Ages 6 - 12 years
August 1st & 2nd, 2019, 10:00AM - 1:30PM
(lunch break at 11:30-12pm, bring your own lunch)
2-Days of Kids Art! Kids ages 6-12 years. Let’s paint like famous artists, play, & experiment with art! We’ll try layering in drawing & painting, natural brushes, pastels, gel crayons, ink, colored pencils, watercolors, & acrylics. Artists inspiration: Georgia O’Keefe’s Blue Morning Glories, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and Paul Klee’s Cat & Bird. Kids will have fun drawing, painting, & play art games!
We’ll have fun games and a lunch break between 11:30-12:00PM every day. Lunch is not provided, so we ask that you pack and bring both a lunch, beverage, water bottle, and dress for mess! $75.00 per child, for this 2-day art camp.
Summer Art & Dance Camps, 2019! - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Pirates & Mermaids Camp & Run Away to the Circus Camp
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Dance Teacher: Patricia Grace
Unique Technique Dance Studio
3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98226
Ages 6-12 years.
Pirates & Mermaids - June 24th - 28th, 2019, Mon-Fri, 9:00AM - 3:30PM, and
Run Away to the Circus - July 8th - 12th, 2019, Mon-Fri, 9:00AM - 3:30PM
In these two kids summer camps, you'll be a part of both Dance and Visual Art camps each day! We will also have fun games and a lunch break between 12:00-12:30PM every day. Lunch is not provided, so we ask that you pack and bring both a lunch, beverage, water bottle, and dress for mess!
Art Projects:Pirate/Mermaid Camp: Glowing Marine-Life Painting, Drawing Shells, Skulls & Games, Art with Movement & Music, Build a Mermaid & Pirate, Create a Treasure Chest, an Octopus & a Pirate Ship! The last day is a themed costume party with art show & dance performance for kids & families!
Run Away to the Circus Camp: Experiment with Art, Painting/Drawing Circus Animals - Elephants, Zebras, Bears, Giraffes, Seals, Lions, & Tigers, Mixed-Media Art of Circus Dogs in Silly Costumes, Delicate Dancers, Make a Mysterious Mask, & Trapeze Artists Collide! The last day is a themed costume party, with art show & dance performance for kids & families!
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Dance Teacher: Patricia Grace
Unique Technique Dance Studio
3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA 98226
Ages 6-12 years.
Pirates & Mermaids - June 24th - 28th, 2019, Mon-Fri, 9:00AM - 3:30PM, and
Run Away to the Circus - July 8th - 12th, 2019, Mon-Fri, 9:00AM - 3:30PM
In these two kids summer camps, you'll be a part of both Dance and Visual Art camps each day! We will also have fun games and a lunch break between 12:00-12:30PM every day. Lunch is not provided, so we ask that you pack and bring both a lunch, beverage, water bottle, and dress for mess!
Art Projects:Pirate/Mermaid Camp: Glowing Marine-Life Painting, Drawing Shells, Skulls & Games, Art with Movement & Music, Build a Mermaid & Pirate, Create a Treasure Chest, an Octopus & a Pirate Ship! The last day is a themed costume party with art show & dance performance for kids & families!
Run Away to the Circus Camp: Experiment with Art, Painting/Drawing Circus Animals - Elephants, Zebras, Bears, Giraffes, Seals, Lions, & Tigers, Mixed-Media Art of Circus Dogs in Silly Costumes, Delicate Dancers, Make a Mysterious Mask, & Trapeze Artists Collide! The last day is a themed costume party, with art show & dance performance for kids & families!
Mixed-Media Art Class in July @ MONA. - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Mixed-Media Animals Art Class
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Museum of Northwest Art,
121 First Street, La Connor, WA 98257
Ages 8 -15 years
July 14th & 15th, 2019, 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Learn Mixed-Media and Painting to make Northwest animals in the colorful style of the artist Dean Russo, with our very own local Artist & Art Teacher Rachel Simpson, and explore the unlimited facets of using layers of drawing, texture, using Sumi Ink, and painting that is all a part of the mixed-media art form. We will create a unique animal portrait (your choice of northwest animal), to be on 9” x 12” heavyweight paper, with layers of watercolors, soft pastels, oil pastels, & ink. This class is designed for students, 8 - 15 years old. No experience necessary, all materials included.
Cost: $70 + $10.00 materials fee to instructor
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Museum of Northwest Art,
121 First Street, La Connor, WA 98257
Ages 8 -15 years
July 14th & 15th, 2019, 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Learn Mixed-Media and Painting to make Northwest animals in the colorful style of the artist Dean Russo, with our very own local Artist & Art Teacher Rachel Simpson, and explore the unlimited facets of using layers of drawing, texture, using Sumi Ink, and painting that is all a part of the mixed-media art form. We will create a unique animal portrait (your choice of northwest animal), to be on 9” x 12” heavyweight paper, with layers of watercolors, soft pastels, oil pastels, & ink. This class is designed for students, 8 - 15 years old. No experience necessary, all materials included.
Cost: $70 + $10.00 materials fee to instructor
Da Vinci's Heart Art Class @ MoNA! - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Parent & Me: Da Vinci's Heart Pounding Studies
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Museum of Northwest Art,
121 South First Street, La Connor, WA 98257
Ages 8 - 12 years and Adults (both children and parents/guardians)
April 20th, 2019, 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Heart Pounding Studies:
Layering Authentic Scientific Illustration with the Emotional & Expressive Heart
Let’s study the science behind the function of the human heart, the details of how Da Vinci studied an oxen heart & learn how to recreate a sculpture of a heart with clay & beeswax! We’ll also follow the intense curiosity of Leonardo and sketch onto paper, the outside of the heart, the inner chambers of the anatomical heart, with many references and techniques of the Renaissance Art. During this process, we’ll make our own quill pens with feathers, make egg tempera paints with eggs, use dip pens & nibs with ink, use watercolor paints for washes, and even use some fine Sharpies.
Next, the students will get to reveal their inner expressive heart by using a second drawing of the 4 chambers which are representations of different kinds of things that each one of us holds close to our hearts. For example; chamber 1 – Love, chamber 2 – Family, chamber 3 – Art, chamber 4 – Nature. What do you hold close to your heart?
As each heart is a reflection of similarities that unites us, each heart s a unique expression of self. Decide how you’d like to assemble the layers of your heart. You decide how you’d like to speak with your heart & communicate what’s inside.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Museum of Northwest Art,
121 South First Street, La Connor, WA 98257
Ages 8 - 12 years and Adults (both children and parents/guardians)
April 20th, 2019, 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Heart Pounding Studies:
Layering Authentic Scientific Illustration with the Emotional & Expressive Heart
Let’s study the science behind the function of the human heart, the details of how Da Vinci studied an oxen heart & learn how to recreate a sculpture of a heart with clay & beeswax! We’ll also follow the intense curiosity of Leonardo and sketch onto paper, the outside of the heart, the inner chambers of the anatomical heart, with many references and techniques of the Renaissance Art. During this process, we’ll make our own quill pens with feathers, make egg tempera paints with eggs, use dip pens & nibs with ink, use watercolor paints for washes, and even use some fine Sharpies.
Next, the students will get to reveal their inner expressive heart by using a second drawing of the 4 chambers which are representations of different kinds of things that each one of us holds close to our hearts. For example; chamber 1 – Love, chamber 2 – Family, chamber 3 – Art, chamber 4 – Nature. What do you hold close to your heart?
As each heart is a reflection of similarities that unites us, each heart s a unique expression of self. Decide how you’d like to assemble the layers of your heart. You decide how you’d like to speak with your heart & communicate what’s inside.
Self-Love Through Art Class - Feb. 9th, 2019. - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Break free of any boundaries you have about looking at all of your body: it’s curves, lines, bumps, smooth, and rough qualities. If you’re ready to break barriers and love yourself, this afternoon art workshop will lead you into something new through learning drawing/painting techniques, gaining confidence, embodying self-love.
Learn to paint and draw yourself and a friend, by embodiment of self-love, appreciation of the human body in all of its forms through making art, with Artist & Art Teacher Rachel Simpson. We’ll make this space a safe place for you to look at yourself with use of mirrors, have conversation, and draw/paint with a variety of options, including pen, ink, watercolors, paints, pencil, paper. All art materials are provided, although you’re welcome to bring your own art supplies. Cost is $50.00 per registered student.
Participants will be invited to disrobe to underwear, tank top/shorts, etc., while you look at all of yourself to work toward acceptance of your body in all its unique beauty.
This workshop is for womxn and gender non-binary folks. Ages 18+.
Location: WinkWink Studio, 1303 Commercial St. Suite 1; the entrance is just to the left of WinkWink. Suite 1 is located on the 2nd floor. Entrance has no stairs, 2nd floor and restrooms are accessible by elevator. Please contact [email protected] or call (360)990-0225 to request any other accommodations.
Learn to paint and draw yourself and a friend, by embodiment of self-love, appreciation of the human body in all of its forms through making art, with Artist & Art Teacher Rachel Simpson. We’ll make this space a safe place for you to look at yourself with use of mirrors, have conversation, and draw/paint with a variety of options, including pen, ink, watercolors, paints, pencil, paper. All art materials are provided, although you’re welcome to bring your own art supplies. Cost is $50.00 per registered student.
Participants will be invited to disrobe to underwear, tank top/shorts, etc., while you look at all of yourself to work toward acceptance of your body in all its unique beauty.
This workshop is for womxn and gender non-binary folks. Ages 18+.
Location: WinkWink Studio, 1303 Commercial St. Suite 1; the entrance is just to the left of WinkWink. Suite 1 is located on the 2nd floor. Entrance has no stairs, 2nd floor and restrooms are accessible by elevator. Please contact [email protected] or call (360)990-0225 to request any other accommodations.
Kids Art Class - Wizards & Magical Creatures in Winter Wonderland!
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Art Classes for Kids this Winter Break: Wizards & Magical Creatures in a Winter Wonderland!
Announcement: This Kids Art Class is FULL!
Join Art Teacher Miss Rachel Simpson in the Magical Creatures & Wizards in a Winter Wonderland! On December 17th - 20th, 2018, 11:00am – 2:00pm (with a lunch break at 12:30pm ), at Unique Technique Dance Studio: 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA.98226
Update! Only 1 spot left for this class as of 12/6/18, 1:45pm. If you want to join, now is the time to register!
Registration is $100 per Student.
Includes 4 day class sessions, art supplies, instruction, & final day of Harry Potter Themed Party with Snacks & Beverages. Ages: 6-12 years. Minimum students: 5 Maximum students: 12
Art Projects, Games, and More!
Announcement: This Kids Art Class is FULL!
Join Art Teacher Miss Rachel Simpson in the Magical Creatures & Wizards in a Winter Wonderland! On December 17th - 20th, 2018, 11:00am – 2:00pm (with a lunch break at 12:30pm ), at Unique Technique Dance Studio: 3815 Bakerview Spur #1, Bellingham, WA.98226
Update! Only 1 spot left for this class as of 12/6/18, 1:45pm. If you want to join, now is the time to register!
Registration is $100 per Student.
Includes 4 day class sessions, art supplies, instruction, & final day of Harry Potter Themed Party with Snacks & Beverages. Ages: 6-12 years. Minimum students: 5 Maximum students: 12
Art Projects, Games, and More!
- Glow-in-the-Dark Galaxies & Nebulas to Paint
- Expecto Patronum! Create your own Animal Guide with Colored Pencils & Pastels
- Paint Creatures onto Canvas – Dragons, Hippogriffs, Unicorns, Oh My!
- Draw Owls & Castles in Pastels & Charcoal
- Create Your Very Own Magical Wand
- Art Games - Capture the Unicorn, Wish Upon a Star, and Story Drawing!
- A Harry Potter Party! Games like The Sorting Hat & Costumes Encouraged. Drinks like Butter Beer, Pumpkin Juice, & Treats like Chocolate Frogs, Cookies, Tarts, & more!
Padilla Bay Marine-Life in Mixed-Media Art @MoNA! REGISTRATION CLOSED!
On Saturday, 11/10/18, 1:00pm-4:00pm, this fun kids art class taught by art teacher, Rachel Simpson at the Museum of Northwest Art, in LaConner, WA, and we’ll focus on the marine life in and around Padilla Bay.
There will also be an educator from Padilla Bay reserve there to share their knowledge! We'll learn to draw a few different kinds of animals such as salmon, flatfish, herring, dungeness crab, or otter, while we use recycled brown paper bags to draw/paint with a wide variety of materials, watercolors, tempera/acrylic paints, print bubbles with paints, and collage our beautiful marine life animals onto a larger piece of paper that will be designed for our backgrounds of the underwater scene.
Dress for mess, and enjoy this fun kids activity!
There will also be an educator from Padilla Bay reserve there to share their knowledge! We'll learn to draw a few different kinds of animals such as salmon, flatfish, herring, dungeness crab, or otter, while we use recycled brown paper bags to draw/paint with a wide variety of materials, watercolors, tempera/acrylic paints, print bubbles with paints, and collage our beautiful marine life animals onto a larger piece of paper that will be designed for our backgrounds of the underwater scene.
Dress for mess, and enjoy this fun kids activity!
Ceramic Garden Masks at Tri-Dee Arts - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Ceramic Garden Masks at Tri-Dee Arts
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Tri-Dee Arts in Mount Vernon
215 S. 1st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273,
September 15th, 2018, Saturday, 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Join local ceramic artist Rachel Simpson at Tri-Dee Arts, and create a hanging garden mask OR a nautical mask! Choose to make a classic Green Man mask, Sun/Moon face, or a Nautical themed face with starfish, fish scales, and shapes of shells. Rachel will guide you in sculpting facial features in the right proportions for a realistic mask, or get creative and make it whimsical. Dress for mess and be ready to have some fun with clay! All levels, including teens ages 12 and up with a parent, are welcome. All materials included in class fee. Finished masks will be ready for pickup in 2 weeks on September 29th.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Tri-Dee Arts in Mount Vernon
215 S. 1st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273,
September 15th, 2018, Saturday, 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Join local ceramic artist Rachel Simpson at Tri-Dee Arts, and create a hanging garden mask OR a nautical mask! Choose to make a classic Green Man mask, Sun/Moon face, or a Nautical themed face with starfish, fish scales, and shapes of shells. Rachel will guide you in sculpting facial features in the right proportions for a realistic mask, or get creative and make it whimsical. Dress for mess and be ready to have some fun with clay! All levels, including teens ages 12 and up with a parent, are welcome. All materials included in class fee. Finished masks will be ready for pickup in 2 weeks on September 29th.
Bellingham Sea Feast - September 22nd - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Free Kids Art Activity & Art Booth @ Bellingham Sea Feast
You’re welcome to join me in the fun festivities at the local Bellingham Sea Feast this September, where I’ll be showing & selling my work in an art booth called Rachel’s Whimsical Arts, and there's a...
Free Kids Art Activity, on Saturday, Sept.22nd, 2018, 2pm – 5:30pm, at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County table.
There’s a good chance you could find me making mermaids with kids, or showing my wee mermaid crowns, wands, drawings that glow bioluminescent fish, acrylic mixed-media paintings, and shells on chandeliers to decorate your home! You will find all sorts of other artists, fun activities, and delicious seafood at the SeaFeast for you to enjoy on both the 21st and the 22nd.
You’re welcome to join me in the fun festivities at the local Bellingham Sea Feast this September, where I’ll be showing & selling my work in an art booth called Rachel’s Whimsical Arts, and there's a...
Free Kids Art Activity, on Saturday, Sept.22nd, 2018, 2pm – 5:30pm, at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County table.
There’s a good chance you could find me making mermaids with kids, or showing my wee mermaid crowns, wands, drawings that glow bioluminescent fish, acrylic mixed-media paintings, and shells on chandeliers to decorate your home! You will find all sorts of other artists, fun activities, and delicious seafood at the SeaFeast for you to enjoy on both the 21st and the 22nd.
Upcycle Trash into Art & Sculpture Camp at BAAY! - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Upcycle Trash into Art & Sculpture Camp
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY)
Ages 9-16 years.
July 23rd - 27th & July 30th - August 3rd, 2018, 11:30AM - 3:00PM (Register for 1 or 2 weeks.)
Finishes with Kids Art Show at BAAY for the Downtown Art Walk on August 3rd at 6pm!
In this amazing art course, we’ll start the first week to develop skills and techniques to create a miniature shadow box in mixed-media with use of recycled tins, metallic’s, lace, buttons, glitter, gears, moss, gems, keys, photos, felt, collage and our unlimited imagination. We’ll also explore how to do Paint-Cup-Pour acrylics in fluid art of an abstract painting of swirls of color onto canvas into our very own works of art. During the second week, we’ll explore Sculpture & Papier-Mâché and Paper Clay; we’ll discuss styles of sculpture, a variety of artists such as Leonardo DaVinci, Picasso, & contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Claes Oldenburg, and Romero Britto…. We’ll also select an animal of their choice to build into sculpture, by learning the use of building armatures, sculpting, using paper mache, paper clay, and painting to finish their pieces. The class will also have a 1-day field trip to visit a local gallery or museum downtown.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY)
Ages 9-16 years.
July 23rd - 27th & July 30th - August 3rd, 2018, 11:30AM - 3:00PM (Register for 1 or 2 weeks.)
Finishes with Kids Art Show at BAAY for the Downtown Art Walk on August 3rd at 6pm!
In this amazing art course, we’ll start the first week to develop skills and techniques to create a miniature shadow box in mixed-media with use of recycled tins, metallic’s, lace, buttons, glitter, gears, moss, gems, keys, photos, felt, collage and our unlimited imagination. We’ll also explore how to do Paint-Cup-Pour acrylics in fluid art of an abstract painting of swirls of color onto canvas into our very own works of art. During the second week, we’ll explore Sculpture & Papier-Mâché and Paper Clay; we’ll discuss styles of sculpture, a variety of artists such as Leonardo DaVinci, Picasso, & contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Claes Oldenburg, and Romero Britto…. We’ll also select an animal of their choice to build into sculpture, by learning the use of building armatures, sculpting, using paper mache, paper clay, and painting to finish their pieces. The class will also have a 1-day field trip to visit a local gallery or museum downtown.
Preschoolers & Kinders Art Camp at BAAY! - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Preschoolers & Kinders Art Camp!
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY)
Ages 5-6 years.
July 9th - 13th, Monday - Friday, 2018, 8:30AM - 9:30AM
In this fun preschool summer art camp, we’ll explore a variety of different art mediums, experience choice based art, hands-on tactile sensations such as air dry clay, charcoal and soft pastel drawing, shaving cream painting, create sun-catchers with glass beads, paper craft flowers, use balls marbles and balloons to make art, use movement and music to express themselves in art, use of children’s books as inspiration, as well as explore painting onto various types of surfaces. Your child will be able to take home many pieces of art as well as wonderful experiences and stories to share with their family.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY)
Ages 5-6 years.
July 9th - 13th, Monday - Friday, 2018, 8:30AM - 9:30AM
In this fun preschool summer art camp, we’ll explore a variety of different art mediums, experience choice based art, hands-on tactile sensations such as air dry clay, charcoal and soft pastel drawing, shaving cream painting, create sun-catchers with glass beads, paper craft flowers, use balls marbles and balloons to make art, use movement and music to express themselves in art, use of children’s books as inspiration, as well as explore painting onto various types of surfaces. Your child will be able to take home many pieces of art as well as wonderful experiences and stories to share with their family.
Drawing & Painting Art Camp at BAAY! - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Drawing & Painting Art Camp
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY)
Ages 6-12 years.
July 9th - 13th, & July 16th - 20th, 2018, 2:00PM - 6:00PM (Register for 1 or 2 weeks)
In this exciting summer art camp, we’ll gain the confidence & ability to work in any medium. We’ll take the first week to learn to accurately draw what you see, self-portraits, & learning the beginning of perspective and shading, through the use of charcoal, graphite, oil pastels and chalk pastels. The second week will be about painting, using watercolors/acrylic paints onto canvas with different techniques to change the look and texture, with inspiration of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Van Gogh & the contemporary artists Amy Sherald & Kehine Wiley, who were the first black artists to create official, Smithsonian-commissioned portraits of former President Obama and First Lady in 2018. Students will explore the arts, creating fun & educational drawings/paintings taken from observation, photographs, & illustrations. The class will also have a 1-day field trip to visit a local gallery or museum downtown. By making art of the world around us, we learn to see it in all of its beauty.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY)
Ages 6-12 years.
July 9th - 13th, & July 16th - 20th, 2018, 2:00PM - 6:00PM (Register for 1 or 2 weeks)
In this exciting summer art camp, we’ll gain the confidence & ability to work in any medium. We’ll take the first week to learn to accurately draw what you see, self-portraits, & learning the beginning of perspective and shading, through the use of charcoal, graphite, oil pastels and chalk pastels. The second week will be about painting, using watercolors/acrylic paints onto canvas with different techniques to change the look and texture, with inspiration of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Van Gogh & the contemporary artists Amy Sherald & Kehine Wiley, who were the first black artists to create official, Smithsonian-commissioned portraits of former President Obama and First Lady in 2018. Students will explore the arts, creating fun & educational drawings/paintings taken from observation, photographs, & illustrations. The class will also have a 1-day field trip to visit a local gallery or museum downtown. By making art of the world around us, we learn to see it in all of its beauty.
The Art of Drawing at WCC - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
The Art of Drawing
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Whatcom Community College: Kid's College
Ages 10 -14 years.
June 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th, 2018, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Learn how to draw what you see and gain the confidence and ability to work in multiple mediums in this fun class! Using pencil, charcoal, soft pastels, and ink, we'll develop skills in contour drawing, shading, and creating depth. We'll discuss our artwork as a group, as well as gain positive feedback from your instructor, local artist Rachel Simpson. We'll also look at a variety of artwork and discuss such famous artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Paul Cézanne, Andy Warhol, Kiki Smith, and more! All materials included. Designed for ages 10-14.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Whatcom Community College: Kid's College
Ages 10 -14 years.
June 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th, 2018, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Learn how to draw what you see and gain the confidence and ability to work in multiple mediums in this fun class! Using pencil, charcoal, soft pastels, and ink, we'll develop skills in contour drawing, shading, and creating depth. We'll discuss our artwork as a group, as well as gain positive feedback from your instructor, local artist Rachel Simpson. We'll also look at a variety of artwork and discuss such famous artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Paul Cézanne, Andy Warhol, Kiki Smith, and more! All materials included. Designed for ages 10-14.
Registration has ended.
sea Treasures Transformed into Mixed Media at WCC - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
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Registration Closed! Sea Treasures Transformed into Mixed-Media Painting.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson Whatcom Community College Ages Teens up to Adults. February 27th - March 13th, 2018, Tuesdays, 6:00PM - 8:00PM Learn how to transform a blank canvas into a creative work of art showcasing the beauty and treasures of the sea! Instructor Rachel Simpson will teach you valuable painting and mixed-media techniques, including how to create effects such as antiquing, apply texture and layers, and add found objects to your painting. You will take home your very own painting and learn the skills to create even more. Previous art experience is not necessary. Ages 15 and up are welcome to join. For class supply list, visit www.whatcomcommunityed.com and click on "Supply Lists & Class Info." |
Hand-Built Planters for Spring and Beyond at WCC - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
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Registration Closed! Hand-Built Planters for Spring and Beyond.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson Whatcom Community College Ages Teens up to Adults. February 24th, 2018, 10:00AM - 1:00PM Add a homemade touch to your garden or outdoor patio this year with your very own terra cotta planter or a pottery wall vase for plants. Artist Rachel Simpson will guide you as you design and create a planter out of clay, learning basic hand building skills as you go. Rachel invites all skill levels, including beginners and teens ages 12 and up with a parent, to register. All materials are included in class fee. Finished planters will be available for pick up by March 9. |
Holiday Ornaments in Clay at WCC - REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Holiday Ornaments in Clay.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Whatcom Community College
Ages Teens to Adults
November 18th, 2018, 10:00AM –12:30PM
Break out your creativity and have fun making a set of 4-6 holiday ornaments in this ceramic workshop! Learn how to make shapes such as stars and hearts, or learn how to create your own shape out of clay. Your ornaments will be stained and fired in the kiln, ready for your to pick up December 2nd - just in time for the winter holidays and decorations or handmade gifts. Please bring sketch paper, pencil, erasure, and a ruler to class. All other materials included. Ages 10 and up are welcome to register with an adult. When: Saturday, Nov. 18th, 2017, at 10:00 am - 12:30 pm.
Art Teacher: Rachel Simpson
Whatcom Community College
Ages Teens to Adults
November 18th, 2018, 10:00AM –12:30PM
Break out your creativity and have fun making a set of 4-6 holiday ornaments in this ceramic workshop! Learn how to make shapes such as stars and hearts, or learn how to create your own shape out of clay. Your ornaments will be stained and fired in the kiln, ready for your to pick up December 2nd - just in time for the winter holidays and decorations or handmade gifts. Please bring sketch paper, pencil, erasure, and a ruler to class. All other materials included. Ages 10 and up are welcome to register with an adult. When: Saturday, Nov. 18th, 2017, at 10:00 am - 12:30 pm.
_Registration CLOSED! Mixed-Media Meets Steampunk! June 2nd & 9th, 2017, at Pace Atelier Studio
Fridays, June 2nd & 9th, 2017, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Ages Adults, 18+
Instructor: Rachel Simpson
Registration
Take a blank canvas and transform it into a creative work of Steampunk altered art! In this 2-day workshop, you'll create a mixed-media 12”x16” painting while utilizing a variety of techniques such as collage, antiquing, blackened canvas, and the use of found objects on canvas. Your finished painting will reflect an eclectic Steampunk style and you'll leave with a treasure trove of skills to use on your next project. Prerequisite: basic art skills; experience in painting is not required. Adult artists ages 18+ are welcome to join.
How? All supplies are provided, for only $70, and fill out a registration form, you can make your very own Mixed-Media Meets Steampunk painting in this 2-day workshop.
Register: by March 1st to reserve a seat with registration form and payment: use PayPal with credit card or PayPal and a registration form emailed to Miss Rachel at [email protected], or pay by check written & mailed to; Rachel Simpson, 4135 Landon Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98226, with your registration form.
When & Where: March 10th & 17th, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM at Pac'e Atelier Studio, Bldg #2, 3815 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham, WA 98226. Call studio for directions: (360) 393-1335
What to bring? This is a BYOB event, (bring wine, malt, or beer, &/or non-alcoholic beverage). Wear an apron or clothes to get artistic in, a photo print of a 4”x6” in black and white, or in sepia, of an old-fashioned photograph, & any found objects like old jewelry, keys, or old metal accessories, to be added onto your painting. Optional: Your own brushes, a hair dryer to speed up drying time, & your choice of a color pallet (I’ll have only blue and red colors to choose from), and/or metallic in acrylic paints.
Supplies Provided: one 12”x16” stretched canvas for each student, easels, gesso, adhesives, brushes, sponges, some accessories/found objects, tools, textures, acrylic mediums, & acrylic paints: black, blue, red, & metallic options.
Ages Adults, 18+
Instructor: Rachel Simpson
Registration
Take a blank canvas and transform it into a creative work of Steampunk altered art! In this 2-day workshop, you'll create a mixed-media 12”x16” painting while utilizing a variety of techniques such as collage, antiquing, blackened canvas, and the use of found objects on canvas. Your finished painting will reflect an eclectic Steampunk style and you'll leave with a treasure trove of skills to use on your next project. Prerequisite: basic art skills; experience in painting is not required. Adult artists ages 18+ are welcome to join.
How? All supplies are provided, for only $70, and fill out a registration form, you can make your very own Mixed-Media Meets Steampunk painting in this 2-day workshop.
Register: by March 1st to reserve a seat with registration form and payment: use PayPal with credit card or PayPal and a registration form emailed to Miss Rachel at [email protected], or pay by check written & mailed to; Rachel Simpson, 4135 Landon Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98226, with your registration form.
When & Where: March 10th & 17th, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM at Pac'e Atelier Studio, Bldg #2, 3815 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham, WA 98226. Call studio for directions: (360) 393-1335
What to bring? This is a BYOB event, (bring wine, malt, or beer, &/or non-alcoholic beverage). Wear an apron or clothes to get artistic in, a photo print of a 4”x6” in black and white, or in sepia, of an old-fashioned photograph, & any found objects like old jewelry, keys, or old metal accessories, to be added onto your painting. Optional: Your own brushes, a hair dryer to speed up drying time, & your choice of a color pallet (I’ll have only blue and red colors to choose from), and/or metallic in acrylic paints.
Supplies Provided: one 12”x16” stretched canvas for each student, easels, gesso, adhesives, brushes, sponges, some accessories/found objects, tools, textures, acrylic mediums, & acrylic paints: black, blue, red, & metallic options.
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Face Painting for Kids Parties!
I have done several Face-Painting sessions for kids and familiy at local non-profit events and at personal kids birthday parties. If you're interested, please do contact me via email, or on the contact page.
Private Art Lessons
There is a change in cost of fees with private lessons, verses an art class of students. Due to the fact that I am a certified art teacher for K-12 in Visual and Fine Arts, I charge $75 per hour for private lessons, plus the cost of art supplies. If you are interested in private lessons, please fill out my contact form. Thank you.