adults

A crash course dealing with techniques and color palettes that will allow you to capture the various moods of all four seasons.  For those with watercolor experience and wanting to refine their knowledge of landscape painting.  Bring whatever watercolor supplies you have to the first class.  Additional materials, if needed, will be discussed.

This workshop is an opportunity for students to work independently and learn from each other, as well as from a variety of instructors.  Students will be encouraged to experiment with transparent and opaque watercolor and mixed aqueous media to develop their own personal style.

Students will learn the fundamentals and many varied techniques from a variety of teachers with different styles.  Some of the concepts covered will be drawing for watercolor, painting without drawing, wet in wet watercolor, glazing with watercolor washes, and mixed aqueous media.  Students are encouraged to work in their own style.  Teens welcome!  Materials will be discussed at the first class.  If you have watercolor materials bring what you have including a sketch pad, pencil and eraser to the first class.

Students will learn to use natural light to create beautiful, intimate, emotional portaits.  Learn how to control depth of field to focus the viewer's attention and create drama within a portrait.  Photographers will also learn how to select the proper lenses for this type of work.  Photographers will be guided through moving beyond the typical portrait to create truly captivating "Uncommon Portraits."  A $65 materials fee is payable to the instructor.

This class is open to returning students and beginners alike.  Students will explore the possibilities of creating art through mixed media.  Upon completion of the course each student will have at least three mixed media paintings on canvas.  Techniques include drawing and painting in a fiqurative manner and incorporating abstract qualities. collage, and found objects into your painting.  Materials will be discussed at the first class. 

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Spontaneous, exhilarating, frustrating.  These words are often used to describe watercolor by those who have worked with them.  Through demonstrations and step-by-step exercises, we'll attempt to tame this wild medium.  Teens Welcome!  Bring sketchbook and #2 pencil to first class.  Additional materials will be discussed during class.

Students of all levels are welcome in this class.  Learn to effectively use your materials to convey how you see the world with your artist eyes.  Some classes will have a live model to work from.  Teens welcome!  Bring sketch materials to first class.  Painting materials will be discussed.

Students will cover the basic techniques, including perspective and composition then proceeding into the use of pastel.  Materials will be discussed during the first class. 

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.