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Two packaged prints of a critter with a jack o lantern for a head, one printed in black on orange marbled paper, the other printed in red on a muted yellow-brown paper.

Rad new variants of Kaylyn"New Cryptid" block print are in! Perfect for the season! 🎃🎃🎃

Pile of folded zines printed on white and bright pink paper. The cover of the zine reads "Beginner's Guide to Attending Protests & Rallies" and shows a person holding up a sign that says "We Want Change!"

Riff Raffers have finished their first group project zine! Swing by and grab a copy, or download the PDF to print your own!

Some of the zines folks made at our F the Fourth event are also now available for download! www.pushpullseattle.com/riffraff.html

Sneak Peek 👀 October mystery boxes! Click here for an update from Push/Pull!

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These turned out great!! Glad you had fun with instructor @carapacestudios.bsky.social !!

Restock incoming @pushpullseattle.bsky.social !

Went to a cat acrylic painting class tonight with my boyfriend @pushpullseattle.bsky.social! Host was amazing and kind and fun :) if you're in the seattle area and like cats and like painting go give it a whirl! Beginner friendly and good vibes ✌️

One panel sketchbook comic featuring four girls sitting on staggered platform Girl 1: wow we’re finally done Girl 2: now what do we work on? Girl 3: can’t we’re just back in this accomplishment for a bit Girl 4: no

Today I install the art exhibit I’ve been working on for over a year and I’m stuck on what happens after.

A watercolor and ink sketch of the radar antenna dome with trees in Discovery Park, Seattle

A watercolor and ink sketch of the radar antenna dome with trees in Discovery Park, Seattle, held up in front of the view that is the subject of the sketch.

Definitely top secret science stuff going on at a structure like this in the middle of a big field. (The radar antenna dome at Discovery Park in Seattle.)

#pleinaire #watercolor #art #sketch #urbansketchers

Protest sign reading: Antifa is not a gang! If you are against (anti) fascism (fa), then welcome comrade, to Antifa. There's also a little cartoon Hitler guy getting punched out with swastika eyes and a grinning sunshine with sunglasses and a Molotov and a Palestine flag.

I painted this protest sign earlier this summer hoping to spread an important message.

Hand holding the back of a paper pad, showing the hard cardboard backing.

Do you have old piles of 12x12 scrapbooking paper around you're never gonna use? Bring them in for us to use and upcycle!

Do you have some old paper pads you're almost done with? We'd love to have the hard backing board from them!

Just bring them in & let us know we can use them. Thank you!!

Promo graphic for Teen Art After School, every wednesday, 3:30-5pm.

Promo graphic for After School Art for Kids, Mondays, 3-5:30 pm.

We adjusted the times for both our After School programs to a 3:30 PM start time to better accomodate travel times after school.

The next multi-class focus series for the Teen Program starts this coming Wednesday the 15th! The next one for the Kids Program starts November 3rd!

Display of off-white cotton tote bags with black screen printed design of an orca capsizing a yacht and text that reads "no yachts, no masters." in the order is text that additionally reads, "push/pull ballard"

Oh hey guess what restocked. :)

Typewriter interview with Kate Bingaman-Burt 10 questions about daily drawing, teaching, the Honda Fit, and more

(Oh, here's the full interview! I meant to link it and immediately forgot ofc: austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...)

Scan of a bright green sheet of paper. At the top, typewritten: "Do you have any advice for people who want to be more creative?" Following a dashed divider line, handwritten: "Yes! Lower the stakes. Make it small, not precious, and do it often. So many people get stuck on "what should I make?" or "what's the point?" but the point is that you made something! You are moving! Are you noticing! You are here! I've kept a daily drawing practice for almost 20 years now and it is a simple and small habit that is repeatable and doable. The practice makes the space. You don't have to feel creative to be creative. Just show up and keep moving you (sic) fave pen or pencil or combo of both!"

From an interview by @austinkleon.bsky.social with @katebingburt.bsky.social

these turned out so horrible and cursed THEYRE SO GOOD!!

So thankful to @pushpullseattle.bsky.social for letting me run my cursed Lafufu class. Look at these masterpieces! There’s another class in December if you wanna join!! www.simpletix.com/e/make-your-...

Two rows of stickers by KIRISKA on display including a text sticker that reads "I understand your criticism but I did it on purpose", a monster dog thing, a hissing cat, a fox riding a bike, and more

Closeup of hissing cat sticker, which reads in handwritten text: the horror persists and the horror is me.

Two sticker sheets by KIRISKA, one featuring an orange cat, and one featuring a variety of birds in Halloween costumes (and a bat).

A sticker by Kiriska featuring a blue cat crying. Text around it reads "the problem is capitalism."

New and restocked stickers from KIRISKA are in! Get some and stick them on things!

Promo graphic for Teen Art After School, every wednesday, 3:30-5pm.

Promo graphic for After School Art for Kids, Mondays, 3-5:30 pm.

We adjusted the times for both our After School programs to a 3:30 PM start time to better accomodate travel times after school.

The next multi-class focus series for the Teen Program starts this coming Wednesday the 15th! The next one for the Kids Program starts November 3rd!

Shelf full of various Microcosm titles on display, including several queer horror anthologies.

Various coloring books on display, including books called Queer Animals & Plants and Mushroom Daydream.

Also! ICYMI! We got a big ol' Microcosm Publishing order in last week, along with a bunch of fun stuff from Free Period Press, including new coloring books! Lots of good stuff!! Go look!

Don't forget!!

Person working on a pencil drawing of a ram skull from both printed and real life reference. Along with a ram skull, several other bones are on the table.

In progress graphite drawing of a deer skull from photo reference. A model human skull missing its cranium is also on the table.

Person holding up a graphite drawing of a human skull missing its cranium in front of their face.

Two people holding up graphite drawings of skulls, with a ram skull on the table in front of them.

Fun shots from the one-off Draw Skulls! class we had last week! There are so many different ways to make art and so many different mediums to explore! Browse our class schedule and give yourself something to look forward to!

We have so many more furries than they do!!

Three people at a messy art table making botanical prints.

Promo graphic for Botanical Printing Sampler with RJ Jordan, 2nd Sundays, 11-2. Features an illustration that utilises botanical printing of flowers.

Also! There are just TWO SPOTS LEFT in Botanical Printing with @carapacestudios.bsky.social, also this Sunday! It's always a great time, but there's so much material to use in the fall, so it's EXTRA great!

Promo graphic for Intro to Colored Pencil Illustration featuring a colored pencil drawing of an echidna and cactus.

Several drawings of different dinosaurs in colored pencil.

Intro to Colored Pencil Illustration debuts this Sunday! We've gotten asked for colored pencil classes a few times, so here it is!

Whiteboard in the window. Written at the top is "Predator says:" then a drawing of a Simpsons character this uncultured alt text writer cannot identify with a speech bubble that says, "Good lord what is happening at Push/Pull?!" and next to it, big writing in multiple colors that says "NEW!! Northern Lights fountain pen inks!!" and under it "also hey ask about our classes!"

Don't think that guy is Predator, but there IS a Predator in the window somewhere...

frfr no matter what color it is, every cap is somehow a forbidden food.

Different angle photo of the same display shelf with the 6 Northern Lights fountain pen inks.

No sneak peeks yet for October's inks, so here's another shot of September's. Sign up for a box by the 15th to get the mysterious new colors brewing in the back room!

Swatch of a super awesome bronzey gradiated sea blue laying on top of a pile of dark bronze looking Sticky Caps!!

Another sneaky peaky... this one is so gorgeous, wtf!! (I'm allowed to say this bc I, Marketing Person, am not the Watercolor Wizard!!)

We have t-shirts for sale! @sethbeastmeat.bsky.social (w/ assist from Phill Tuma) created this unholy union of projector & projectionist for us & we couldn’t be happier. $25

We'll definitely have them at NWFF. SIFF & Here-After just depends on logistics (we’re all volunteers after all).

"Tuesday" is also the Agathatober prompt for the day! This is what the Tuesday watercolor cap looks like. Agree?? Disagree?? What color is Tuesday to you?? What does Tuesday look like????