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3295 Lakeshore Avenue
Oakland, CA, 94610
United States

5105204600

Bay-Made is a community art space and local gift shop located at 3295 Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland, California. Specializing in all things locally made, Bay-Made carries things from fine art paintings to locally made skincare and stationery, while also offering private art lessons and craft workshops. 

Beginning Drawing with Sarahjane Bernhisel

Events and Class Calendar

Events are back! Starting October 15th, Join us every 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month for assorted creative classes and events.

The first Tuesday of every month will be a project-based class, where supplies and limited space require a reasonable fee for admission.

The third Tuesday of every month will be a free community event and could be anything from mending nights, introductions and demonstrations of basic creative skills, drawing nights, supply swaps, lectures by artists, and more.

Either of these types of events could be drop-by events where you can come anytime in the 6:30pm-8:30 slot and make something, or be an event where you must arrive promptly, such as in the case of a lecture or a more complicated project. Please note each event as to which kind it is.

If a paid event, feel free to text or call 510-520-4600 or email info@bay-made.com to reserve your spot. We can take Venmo, send you a Square invoice, or take your payment the day of the class.

During each of these events, take 10% off everything in the store aside from framed original artwork.

We are so excited to have you!

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Beginning Drawing with Sarahjane Bernhisel

  • Bay-Made 3295 Lakeshore Avenue Oakland, CA, 94610 United States (map)

This class costs $20 and can be reserved here.

Learn to get comfortable drawing what you’re interested in! This is a judgement-free zone when it comes to ability. The instructor, Sarahjane, is the owner of Bay-Made and an illustrator, herself. She has a BFA in Visual Development for Animation, and has worked on a wide breadth of projects, from mobile games and concept art for film and television, to national park visitor center exhibits, consumer products, and much more. You can check out her work here.

In this ~1.5 hour class, we don’t exactly have a curriculum, but instead Sarahjane will work with each student (small class size, capped at 6, masks and vaccines required) to get them started in the direction of drawing they so choose. While the basics of drawing from life and observational drawing will be covered, if a student wants to learn to draw faces or bodies better, we will help them with that. If a student wants to try cartooning, we can point them in the right direction. Botanicals, characters, and animals? Those are Sarahjane’s specialties!

The aim of this class is to build confidence, so that each student leaves with an understanding of how to take their work and interests to their next level! Art is often mystifying and hand-wavy, but Sarahjane believes it can be broken down into bite-sized pieces like any craft or skill, so that even someone “that can’t draw a stick figure” can learn to draw.

This class is not sequential and isn’t part of a series, but students are welcome to take the class more than once if they would like additional help with their creative pursuits.

Instead of past drawing classes hosted here, students may either bring their own sketchbook and tools, or purchase tools and sketchbooks (or anything else) before class at Bay-Made with a 10% discount.

Source:: https://www.bay-made.com/classes/beginning-drawing
Earlier Event: December 22
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