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Adult Fall Classes

Fall Session One (August 31st- October 3rd)

Monday 4-week session (No class on Labor Day)

Fall Session Two (October 5th- November 7th)

$172/ session, all supplies included

Monday

1:00-3:00 pm Anatomical Drawings

Tuesday

6:00-8:00pm Portraits in Watercolor

Wednesday

6:30pm-8:30pm Clay Studio

Thursday

10:30-12:45 Wheel Throwing

1:00-3:00 Mosiac

Friday

1:00-3:00 Botanical studies in watercolor

Adult Fall Two Classes

Monday

12:00-2:00 pm Anatomical Drawings

Tuesday

6:00-8:00 pm Adult Tile Paintings

Wednesday

6:30pm-8:30 pm Clay Studio

Thursday

10:30-12:45 Wheel Throwing

1:00-3:00 Mosiac

Friday

1:00-3:00 Botanical studies in watercolor

Adult Mosaic

A mosaic uses a technique that uses tiny parts to create a whole image. Mosaics are usually assembled using small tiles that are made of glass, stone, or other materials.

Adult Clay Studio With Karen

This class will introduce students to building with clay. Emphasis will be placed on the design elements; line, shape, texture, and color. Focus will be on the hand building techniques; pinch, coil and slabs. Students will be introduced to the craft of wheel thrown pottery on a limited basis.

Adult Beginner Wheel Throwing

In this class, you will learn the very basic skills of wheel throwing, including: wedging the clay, centering, pulling the walls, shaping, trimming, and underglazing. This class is for beginners who are interested in developing techniques of wheel throwing. Completed work is not guaranteed. The last 15 minutes of class are provided for students to clean their workspace and reclaim their allotted clay.

All finished pieces are glazed (food safe) by an instructor after the class is complete. Pickup is about two weeks after the class is finished. Students will be notified when projects are ready for pickup, and are kept for 3 months only.

Intro to Drawing

This is a complete beginner's class for those who are interested in learning the basics of drawing. The class begins with small academic lessons that prompt students to make a complete rendered drawing. The smaller practices gradually build to give us the tools needed to create a finished drawing. Although basic lessons do repeat every session, many of the practices are unique to every class, making this a great class to retake to become completely confident in the material.

Charles Bargue

In this class we will be using Charles Bargue drawing methods to create beautiful copies of his work. This is an academic art class to learn how to accurately render form, light, and shadow, along with training the eye to interpret shapes more precisely. Students will learn the sight size drawing method, be introduced to a plum line, and use comparison measurements.

Adult Pastels

This class focuses on layering soft pastels on toned pastel paper. While laying down the colors in specific orders you learn color theory hands-on. Drawing skills are not required for this class, as most projects will be transferred. The instructor will pick new references weekly and hopes to complete 2-3 projects within the session.

Intro to Watercolor

Day One: This class will cover the materials needed to set yourself up to watercolor outside the studio. Then, we will start to work on the primary application of painting, including washes, gradients, and how to balance the materials

Day Two: Talk about value and do a practice of a monochrome painting

Day Three: Work on the color wheel and color theory

Day Four: Explore all of the resist that can be used in watercolor

Day Five: Do a one-day direct painting

Step by Step Watercolor

This is a class for someone who is still new to watercolor but is comfortable using the materials. In this class you can be expected to begin class with a small warm-up, followed by a guided group project. Drawing skills are not required for this class, as most projects will be transferred. The instructor will pick new references every week and hopes to complete 2-3 projects within the session.

Intermediate Watercolor

In this class you are expected to have a good hand at the various techniques in watercolor and feel self-sufficient in the medium. The instructor will demonstrate as they provide directions for their chosen projects. This class does not supply any materials other than quality watercolor paper.

Acrylic Painting From Life

This class will focuses on learning the skills of painting from life.

Day one: In the first class, we will cover value within paintings and color theory. If you are a beginner, we will be studying the color wheel as returning students will have the opportunity to work on a color study project as seen in the example

Day two: a still life will be introduced to the class, and we will work on the underpainting. This will cover how to measure and draw the painting from life. We will also begin the underpainting, which helps us under the values within the painting before applying color.

Day three: We will start the process of blocking in the painting and start at dimensions and details as we work toward the light.

Day four & five: Continue on with still life

Acrylic Step by Step Painting

This class is great for someone who is interested in painting from photo references and would like a break down of how to layer, blend, and plan a project. The teacher will choose from a variety of topics and hopes to create 2-3 detailed paintings.