Pressure-Free Art Classes in Northeast Seattle
Artjoyable offers small, beginner-friendly in-person classes for adults. No experience or materials necessary. Just curiosity and a willingness to play. You’ll feel both relaxed and empowered by your experience with these approachable and engaging classes.
Classes meet at local cafe, Kaffeeklatsch (during their closed hours, of course!) in the Lake City neighborhood of NE Seattle. Watercolor classes available via Artworks in Edmonds.
Multi-Week, In-Person Classes
Drawing Foundations
Mondays, 6:30-8:30pm, Sept 14 - October 12
NE Seattle, In-Person, Beginner-friendly
Interested in drawing but not sure where to begin?
Designed to help you get past that inner critic and simply enjoy drawing - this 5-week class helps you build new ways of seeing, skills, and muscle-memory through a variety of fun activities and drawing mediums.
Art Explorations
Mondays, 1:00-3:00pm, Sept 14 - Oct 12
NE Seattle, In-Person, All skill levels welcome
Each week of this 5-week class introduces a new hands-on technique. From printing to sculpting to playing — all materials and guidance is provided. No experience needed, no supplies to buy, no pressure to be "good" at it. Just two hours to try something new, get your hands dirty, and sit down with a small, friendly group of fellow makers.
Intro to Watercolor
Offered in both Lake City and at Artworks in Edmonds
In-Person, Beginner-friendly
Curious about watercolors but not sure where to start? Or maybe you've tried watercolors but found the results disappointing?
This 5-week introductory class covers all the essentials - techniques, color, and what supplies are actually worth buying. All materials provided so you can explore before investing in your own supplies.
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Drawing 2.0
NE Seattle, In-Person
Designed to build on Drawing Foundations, this class will have you creating polished, completed drawings in no time. The class continues with fun warm-ups, skill-builders and adds in time for more complex compositions and development.
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In-Person Workshops
Watercolor Workshop
NE Seattle, In-Person, All skill levels welcome
Want a fun date night or friends’ night out? This 1-night watercolor workshop is for you!
All materials provided. No experience necessary. With bountiful summer produce as our muse, we’ll walk through different watercolor techniques as you follow along and create your own tasty painting.
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What students are saying…
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"This first class was amazing! Totally exceeded my expectations. I learned more in this one class than I have in several other watercolor classes. I loved the easy format and how the class was taught. It was an extremely supportive and fun environment!"
—Student, Intro to Watercolors
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"Janet has been such a kind and gentle teacher. The amount of skills taught each week are just right. Very supportive and fun environment to learn in."
—Student, Intro to Watercolors
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"The classes have all been great! I enjoyed the small warm-ups at the start of each class and really enjoyed where we worked to sketch and move into our right brain more..."
—Student, Drawing Foundations
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"It was a very welcoming and low-pressure class to try out a skill that I didn't think I was any good at. I loved the small class size. "
—Student, Drawing Foundations
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"The class is a great combination of technical information and hands on work during the class period. I’ve really enjoyed it! "
—Student, Intro to Watercolors
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“I love having the supplies in class!! So much easier for me!”
-Student, Intro to Watercolors