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Make art, cultivate calm with Sou’wester workshop series
SEAVIEW, WASH. — As part of its fall and
winter workshop series, the Sou’wester
Lodge (3728 J Place, Seaview, Washington)
is offering three workshops the weekend of
Nov. 25 and 26 ranging from art projects to
cultivating calm. Hot coffee and tea will be
provided in the lodge during each class.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.
com, or call 360-642-2542. Check out
souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the
entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led
workshops.
creating more calm and living freer in the
wilderness of humanity.
Tschimperle is an educator, meditation
instructor, sound healer and therapeutic
bodyworker.
The cost is $40. This workshop is for
adults, eight students max.
Wear comfortable clothing. Bring a
notebook and a sack lunch and/or snack.
‘Put A Bird On It’
Sumi ink
Heather McLaughlin, who manages the
printmaking studio at Pacific Northwest
College of Art, will teach a drawing work-
shop focusing on observational drawing
with sumi ink.
The class, titled “Drawing as Seeing &
the Acceptance of Chaos,” will be held 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25.
Whereas pencils and pens lend them-
selves to contours and patterns, sumi ink
captures light and shapes.
During this four-hour workshop, stu-
dents will complete small drawings. We
will cover techniques for recording scale,
light and shapes while practicing plein
air drawing skills and increase our under-
standing of the medium.
The cost is $40, plus a $10 material fee
paid to the instructor. This workshop is for
adults. Up to 12 students will be admitted.
Wear clothes that you will be com-
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A sumi ink drawing
fortable in outdoors and that you do not
mind getting art materials on. Bring a sack
lunch and/or snack.
Calm life
Jason Tschimperle, the proprietor of
Mamook Wellness at the lodge, will teach
“Settle Your World: Self Empowering
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Learn to make art like this at Mark Elliott’s
workshop at the Sou’wester Lodge.
Techniques for Fostering a Calm Life in a
Wild World” 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 25.
Through self-study, meditation, breath
work, Emotional Freedom Technique and
down-to-earth talk, Tschimperle will guide
the class as participants make a plan for
In “Cut It Up Art Card Party: ‘Put A
Bird On It’ with Mark Elliott,” to be held
5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26, participants
will create unique art cards with birds
on them using images, shapes and colors
cut from a large selection and variety of
magazines.
We’ll provide the art supplies, you
bring a good supply of creative enthusi-
asm. Elliott will happily help and answer
any questions.
Arrive anytime and come for just a bit
or stay for the full workshop.
Elliott has a Master of Fine Arts degree
from the University of Cincinnati and a
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Oregon State
University. He has been birding for 35
years.
There is a suggested donation of $5
per person or $10 per family. No one will
be turned away for lack of funds. The
workshop is for adults, but children with
parents are welcome.
Bring a snack if you’d like.
Official Rules:
Who can enter?
Results:
Other contest rules:
• Photographers of all ages; must be
residents of Oregon or Washington state.
• Top 10 photographs will be published in
the Coast Weekend print edition on Thursday,
Jan. 4, 2018.
• All photographs entered may be used in
future publications by the EO Media Group
What photographs are eligible?
• All subjects are welcome.
• Digital entries: Digital photographs may be
color or black-and-white and must be JPEGs,
maximum of 5MB, 300 dpi resolution and at
least 5”x7” in image size.
• Top 25 photographs will be published
online at CoastWeekend.com on Thursday,
Jan. 4, 2018.
• Each entry must include the entrant’s
name, home address, age, a description of
the photograph and email address.
• Gift cards will be awarded for first-, second-
and third-place winners, plus a People’s Choice
winner voted for online Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.
Submission deadline:
• Entries will be accepted Friday, Nov. 17
through Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017
Submit all
photos
online at:
www.coastweekend.com/cwphotocontest