Classes for adults in West Chester

Start at the beginning or continue your creative jewelry study by learning advanced skills. Beginners will learn wire designing, simple stone setting, sawing, tooling, forging, simple soldering and polishing. You’ll develop simple techniques resulting in beautiful wearable creations. More advanced students will learn techniques such as filigree wire design, simple stone cabochon setting, advanced soldering and ring design. This class is designed for everyone.  Teens Welcome!  A $35 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.

Students will cover the basic techniques including perspective and composition, proceeding into the use of pastel.  Materials will be discussed during the first class.  No Class 11/26/10.

Want access to a B&W darkroom to enlarge your favorite pictures, finish a project, make some prints for the holidays, or dust off some old negatives?  THis instructor-led darkroom session gives you everything you need to get it done!  $60 materials fee is payable to the instructor and covers the paper and chemicals.  No Class 11/25/10

This class will cover the basics of watercolor and drawing techniques.  Those with experience will benefit as we move to more advanced techniques and subject matter.  Teens Welcome!  Bring a sketchbook 9x12 or larger and a #2 pencil to first class at which time additional materials will be discussed. 

The Landscape painters that we admire most today, from Romantics like Turner to Post-Impressionists, Cezanne and Van Gogh, emerged from an industrial age to rediscover the beauty of nature. Walk in their footsteps as you paint outdoors “en plein air" and experiment with Monet's actual palettes and color theories. Develop your own individual style while you work with a supportive professional group. Open to serious beginners, those preparing a college portfolio, and advanced art school graduates grooming for galleries. Choose any color painting medium: oils, acrylics, pastels or watercolors.  Teens welcome.  Must have own transportation. List of suggested materials is available in the office.

The Landscape painters that we admire most today, from Romantics like Turner to Post-Impressionists Cezanne and Van Gogh emerged from an industrial age to rediscover the beauty of nature. Walk in their footsteps as you paint outdoors "en plein air" and experiment with Monet's actual palettes and color theories. Develop your own individual style while you work with a supportive professional group.

Open to serious beginners, those preparing a college portfolio, and advanced art school graduates grooming for galleries. Choose any color painting medium: oils, acrylics, pastels or watercolors. Teens welcome.

Weeks 1 - 3, 9/22 - 10/6 will be "Drawing the Landscape" with Mark Cole.  Learn the basic principles of drawing  to be utilized during quick studies or finished detailed drawings. 

Weeks 4 - 6, 10/13 - 10/27 will be "Watercolor Landscape" with Chris Chadwick.  Explore landscape with watercolor, an excellent medium for capturing the effects of atmospheric perspective. 

Weeks 7 - 9, 11/3 - 11/17 will be "Acrylics or Watersoluble Oils" with Roe Murray.  Experience landscape in yet another direction by choosing either acrylics or watersoluble oils. Teens 16+ welcome.  Materials list is available in the office upon request.

The Temenos Retreat Center is nestled on 56 wooded acres in the beautiful Brandywine River Valley of Chester County. This scenic property includes several historic buildings, meadows and meditation trails and the Broad Run Stream.

Open matting session for all 2D art (photography, watercolor, printmaking, sketches and more).  Instructor will aid you in putting the finishing touches on you work.  Lessons in measuring, cutting mats and archival presentation of all 2D art.    Teens Welcome!  Bring appropriate mat board and your art, and leave with finished pieces.  $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor during the first class.

The important basics of oil painting will be stressed such as color selection and mixing, mediums and materials.  The student will learn to effectively use their materials to describe how they see the world with their eyes.  Teens Welcome! Bring sketch materials to first class, further materials will be discussed in class. 

Using the model, both clothed and nude, students will hone their skills and push their work in more challenging directions.. Materials will be discussed during class.  Model fee is included in tuition. 

Learn the fundamentals of portrait drawing and painting.  Realistic to abstract artists are encouraged to use any traditional medium such as watercolor, oils, acrylics, pastels or pencils.  Teens Welcome!   Materials list is available in the office.  Model fee is included in the tuition.  No Class 11/25/10

This is a creative and flexible course open to all levels. Beginners learn the qualities and properties of clay, from handbuilding to the potter's wheel. Experienced students further their skills through practice, experimentation and instruction. Individual ideas and skill levels are accommodated in a patient, casual environment.  Teens 16+ are welcome.  $30 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.  Firing fee is included in the tuition.

This is a creative and flexible course open to all levels. Beginners learn the qualities and properties of clay, from handbuilding to the potter's wheel. Experienced students further their skills through practice, experimentation and instruction. Individual ideas and skill levels are accommodated in a patient, casual environment.
Teens 16+ are welcome. $30 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.  Firing fee is included in the tuition. 

Work from your own drawings to produce fine art prints using silk screen and relief.  Etching may be introduced.  Teens 15+ Welcome! A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.  Additional materials will be reviewed during class.

Watercolor is a versatile medium, which can be used in a transparent or opaque manner. Students will learn about the work of master watercolor painters, past and present, and will experiment with both transparent and opaque watercolor. Using a variety of subject matter, students will learn some of the fundamentals of painting in watercolor. Techniques will include drawing for watercolor, painting without drawing, wet-in-wet watercolor, glazing with watercolor washes, the use of gouache and other aqueous media with watercolor. Each class will begin with a demonstration and explanation of the technique for the day. Students will be encouraged to work in their own style. Each class will end with a group critique with the emphasis on constructive criticism. Teens Welcome. Materials will be discussed first class.  No Class 10/05/10