Event Name:Sketching Historic Browne's AdditionEvent Date(s):Saturday, 9/9/2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2 hoursAges Allowed:16 - 99Purchase Deadline:Saturday, 9/9/2023 10:00 AM

Sketching Historic Browne's Addition

Saturday, September 9, 202310 am - 12 pm, meet outside on plaza $20 members, $25 non-members 

Artist Megan Perkins provides adults and mature teens of all skill levels the opportunity to learn the essence of sketching outdoors. The focus will be on utilizing expressive lines and drawing houses as well as general tips for sketching. Students will make portraits of a neighborhood home or building in a loose and creative way.  

*Art supplies NOT provided, please click here to be taken to the recommended supply list or check your confirmation email.*

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Erik Ness at erik.ness@northwestmuseum.org or 509-363-5315.

Sketch Out at Riverfront Park

Join Megan Perkins at the Riverfront Park to learn about urban sketching and how to capture the story of a place by drawing and painting on location. Finish the class with a spread in your sketchbook that will remind you of the time you spent in this beautiful park every time you look at it. All skill levels welcome! Students have the option of displaying their work alongside Megan’s at the Pavilion Art Space in Riverfront Park. If that is desired, please bring loose leaf paper or a sketchbook where the pages can be torn out for your sketching surface.

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Students will provide their own supplies.

Absolute minimum: a sketchbook or loose leaf paper with a rigid backing to provide support (clips recommended to secure the paper to the board), pencil, eraser. Other drawing tools as desired: pens, colored pencils, markers, watercolor pencils, water soluble pens, etc. 

A watercolor set with paints, brushes, cup for water, and paper towels is suggested if the student wants to paint. Megan will be doing a sketching demo that includes watercolor. If student desires to use watercolor, paper must be at least 90 lb watercolor or mixed media paper or sketchbook. Princeton Snap brushes are recommended as good, affordable starter brushes. Sizes 6 and 12 are recommended. 

You can buy a basic urban sketching kit from Spokane Art Supply. Link below!

https://spokaneartsupply.com/products/megan-perkins-urban-watercolor-kit

Students have the option of displaying their work alongside Megan’s at the Pavilion Art Space in Riverfront Park. If that is desired, please bring loose leaf paper or a sketchbook where the pages can be torn out for your sketching surface.

Please prepare to be out in warm weather-water bottle, sunscreen, hat, and comfortable shoes are recommended. If student has difficulty sitting on the ground or on various surfaces at Riverfront park, please bring a folding stool or camp chair. 

Sketch Out at Manito Park

Join Megan Perkins at the Duncan Gardens to learn about urban sketching and how to break down a large subject like the magnificent Duncan Gardens into vignettes to capture the mood and special qualities of the space. Finish the class with a spread in your sketchbook that will remind you of the time you spent in this beautiful place every time you look at it. Students have the option of displaying their work alongside Megan’s at the Pavilion Art Space in Riverfront Park. If that is desired, please bring loose leaf paper or a sketchbook where the pages can be torn out for your sketching surface.

You can buy a basic urban sketching kit from Spokane Art Supply. Link below!

https://spokaneartsupply.com/products/megan-perkins-urban-watercolor-kit

We will meet at the front doors of the Gaiser Conservatory before class.

Register for this class via the Corbin Art Center.

Creating Mood in a LandscapeEvent Date(s):Saturday, 4/29/2023, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 6 hoursAges Allowed:16 - 99Purchase Deadline:Saturday, 4/29/2023 8:30 AM

Creating Mood in a Landscape
Saturday, April 29, 202310 am - 4 pm, Art Studio $45 members, $50 non-members 

Learn how time of day, color, lighting, and composition all work together to create mood in a landscape, whether that is happy and bright, dramatic, or tranquil. Students will learn from local teaching artist Megan Perkins to complete multiple studies using techniques to alter mood while using the same reference image, then you will complete a final painting based on your favorite study. Please bring a reference picture to work from. 

*Art supplies NOT provided, please see recommended supply list in confirmation email.*

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Amanda Gardner at 509.363.5357 or amanda.gardner@northwestmuseum.org.

Interested in warming up for plein air (drawing/painting outside) season? In this class, we will use the website “Window Swap” as our inspiration. People from all around the world submit video clips of the view from their window. Travel the world from your chair! Students will learn how to simplify a scene, draw accurately and interpret a video into a sketch. Class can be followed up with the urban sketching/plein air classes that will be offered in the summer.  

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This is a 1 session, 2 hour class for all skill levels. 14 year olds and up. 

Paint and Sip

Northwest Museum of Art and Culture

Thursday, March 16, 20235:45-7:45 pm, Art Studio $18 members, $20 non-members 

Explore your inner artist in this watercolor painting workshop led by Spokane artist Megan Perkins, best known for her whimsical paintings of Spokane city landmarks. Along with a reference image, a complimentary glass of wine (21+) or a bottle of water is included. 

*Art supplies NOT provided, please see recommended supply list

in confirmation email.*

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Amanda Gardner at 509.363.5357 or amanda.gardner@northwestmuseum.org.

Buy tickets HERE

Title: Memory and Landscape

Time: December 14th, 5-7

Ages: 18 and up

Short Blurb: Place has such a huge impact on our memories, especially places that we return to again and again over the years. Join Megan for this drawing/painting class where you will learn how to create a piece of art that reflects your feelings about a beloved place.

Long Blurb: Place has such a huge impact on our memories, especially places that we return to again and again over the years. Maybe it is a special lake or a cabin in the mountains, your grandmother’s yard, or your college watering hole. Join Megan for this drawing/painting class where you will learn how to create a piece of art that reflects your feelings about a beloved place via color and composition.

Please bring photos of your beloved space!

Come along on a sketching adventure! Learn to make an easy folded book and then fill it with sketches and paintings as we walk to Riverfront Park. We’ll play with watercolors, pens, markers, and colored pencils to make quick, whimsical paintings and sketches. Leave the class with a piece of art that captures our beautiful downtown park and the day you spent exploring it.

Hosted by The Center for Children’s Book Arts

For students 14 years old and up

$20

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

9 – 11 a.m.

Come sketch the fabulous landmarks of the Garland neighborhood with me. Learn to sketch on location and add color with watercolors, colored pencils or markers (your choice). Urban sketching is an art adventure! 

Sign up Here!

Morning Session!

10-12

Call Barn & Blossom or pay in person at the Nursery to sign up.

Spend some time enjoying the beauty of the natural world with artist Megan Perkins under the willows at the Barn & Blossom plant nursery. Megan will teach how to capture the landscape and plants around you in line and watercolor paint. Get in touch with your creativity by exploring the wonders of the nursery and capturing them on paper in a colorful and whimsical way. All levels of skill welcome.

Evening Session!

6-8 PM

Call Barn & Blossom or pay in person at the Nursery to sign up.

Spend some time enjoying the beauty of the natural world with artist Megan Perkins under the willows at the Barn & Blossom plant nursery. Megan will teach how to capture the landscape and plants around you in line and watercolor paint. Get in touch with your creativity by exploring the wonders of the nursery and capturing them on paper in a colorful and whimsical way. All levels of skill welcome.

For adult students

$20 for each workshop

Wednesday, June 8 2022

5 – 7 p.m.

Come sketch the fabulous landmarks of the Garland neighborhood with me. Learn to sketch on location and add color with watercolors, colored pencils or markers (your choice). Urban sketching is an art adventure!

Sign up HERE

Painting Big Skies

Saturday, April 30, 2022, 10 am - 4 pm

Cost: $40 members, $45 non-members

Class Limit: 20

Skies have a huge impact on a painting, sometimes taking up a large amount of the paper, and dramatically affecting the mood and atmosphere of the work. The sky should be considered carefully when planning a painting. In this class, led by Spokane artist Megan Perkins, students will tackle painting the sky - with clouds, mist, full of color, or as a more neutral backdrop with a focus on being expressive and allowing the medium of watercolor to do its magic.

There will be a break for lunch. Bring your own and grab lunch at one of the neighborhood spots!

Paint and Sip

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 5:45 - 7:45 pm

Cost: $18 members, $20 non-members

Class Limit: 20

Location: Museum Art Studio

Explore your inner artist in this watercolor painting workshop led by Spokane artist Megan Perkins best known for her whimsical painting of Spokane city landmarks. Megan will pick a landmark for you to paint which we will share with you by email before the workshop date. A complimentary glass of wine (21 and over) or bottle of water is included.

Sketching Historic Browne’s Addition

Instructor: Megan Perkins

Thursday, August 15, 2019, 6 pm – 8 pm, Museum Campus and Browne’s Addition Neighborhood

Cost: $18 members, $20 non-members

Limit: 15, per session

This summer evening outdoors class, led by artist Megan Perkins, provides adults and mature teenagers of all skills levels the opportunity to learn to capture the essence of sketching. The focus will be on utilizing expressive line and includes a discussion on drawing houses and then moves onto tips for sketching. Students will then make portraits of a selected by the instructor neighborhood home, building or tree in a loose and creative way.

Sign up at the Museum of Art and Culture!

Garland Sketch Crawl       

For students 14 years old and up

$40

Wednesdays, July 10 & 17, 2019

10 A.M. – 12 P.M.

Come sketch the fabulous landmarks of the Garland neighborhood with me. Learn to sketch on location and add color with watercolors, colored pencils or markers (your choice). Urban sketching is an art adventure!

Sign up here

For students 14 years old and up
$20
Friday, August 10, 2018
6-8 pm

Come sketch the fabulous landmarks of the Garland neighborhood with me. Learn to sketch on location and add color with watercolors, colored pencils or markers (your choice). Urban sketching is an art adventure!

Sign up at the Spokane Art School Website

Come sketch at High Bridge Park as part of Spokane Parks & Recreation's planning for the Latah-Hangman trail/conservation project. Learn about the the Latah-Hangman Valley project while observing and creatively recording landmarks in the beautiful outdoors with the help of a local artist (that's me! :) ). 

Basic drawing materials will be available and participants are encouraged to bring their own preferred sketching supplies, clipboards, and a folding chair or stool.

FREE! October 1st 1-3pm, meet at the covered shelter in Highbridge Park.