Specialty Classes & Workshops
Mandala Art Retreat
Register today for a retreat style mandala art class with artist Vidya Shyamsundar!
Join us on Friday, March 24, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Chester County Art Association to experience the art of painting mandalas.
A mandala is a geometric meditative art that embodies beauty, harmony, and wellness. The repertoire of symmetrical motifs in mandalas indicates that life is a continuum.
In this three-hour retreat, you will create a beautiful 6"x 6" acrylic painting of a mandala and enjoy the experience of painting your unique piece while you sip Indian Chai and immerse yourself in meditative music. The retreat begins with sharing gratitude, followed by a Sanskrit Prayer, a short presentation about mandala art, and storytelling.
Feel the inner tranquility that helps you stay focused and regain your sense of calm and purpose.
Treat yourself with the gift of self-care because you deserve it!
Price: $100/ person. All Supplies & Materials Included. No Art Background Required.
Join us on Friday, March 24, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Chester County Art Association to experience the art of painting mandalas.
A mandala is a geometric meditative art that embodies beauty, harmony, and wellness. The repertoire of symmetrical motifs in mandalas indicates that life is a continuum.
In this three-hour retreat, you will create a beautiful 6"x 6" acrylic painting of a mandala and enjoy the experience of painting your unique piece while you sip Indian Chai and immerse yourself in meditative music. The retreat begins with sharing gratitude, followed by a Sanskrit Prayer, a short presentation about mandala art, and storytelling.
Feel the inner tranquility that helps you stay focused and regain your sense of calm and purpose.
Treat yourself with the gift of self-care because you deserve it!
Price: $100/ person. All Supplies & Materials Included. No Art Background Required.
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Tin Can Man-O-Man Workshop
Register today for a unique make and take workshop with artist Maggie Creshkoff!
Session 1: Join us on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Chester County Art Association to create your very own recycled art figure.
Session 2: Join us on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Chester County Art Association to create your very own recycled art figure.
The Tin Can Man-O-Man workshop is a fun, hands-on class that teaches participants to see beyond the intended use of discarded objects like tin cans, and calls upon the imaginative powers of the children to find ways to transform the material into fanciful figures, rudimentary robots and playful personae.
Pre-punched cans of all shapes and sizes will be used as the basis for each Tin Can Person while wire, soaker hose, bingo balls, Xmas ornaments and recycled beads will form the arms and legs for these tiny robots. Additional adornment is created by each individual, and has ranged from sparkling costume jewelry eyes to colorful telephone wire curls and ringlets atop the head of the well-dressed Tin Can Man or Woman.
This workshop is free to attend, but we do require that you register so that we have the proper amount of materials available for our participants.
Price: FREE. All Supplies & Materials Included.
No Art Background Required.
Session 1: Join us on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Chester County Art Association to create your very own recycled art figure.
Session 2: Join us on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Chester County Art Association to create your very own recycled art figure.
The Tin Can Man-O-Man workshop is a fun, hands-on class that teaches participants to see beyond the intended use of discarded objects like tin cans, and calls upon the imaginative powers of the children to find ways to transform the material into fanciful figures, rudimentary robots and playful personae.
Pre-punched cans of all shapes and sizes will be used as the basis for each Tin Can Person while wire, soaker hose, bingo balls, Xmas ornaments and recycled beads will form the arms and legs for these tiny robots. Additional adornment is created by each individual, and has ranged from sparkling costume jewelry eyes to colorful telephone wire curls and ringlets atop the head of the well-dressed Tin Can Man or Woman.
This workshop is free to attend, but we do require that you register so that we have the proper amount of materials available for our participants.
Price: FREE. All Supplies & Materials Included.
No Art Background Required.
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Plein Air Painting, Stroud Preserve
Join us for a special Plein Air class taking place at Stroud Preserve! For intermediate oil painters familiar with painting from the model in the studio that would like the experience of painting plein air. The class will address the challenges of working out of doors, working with a limited color palette, and working within a limited time constraint. Requirements include basic drawing principles and understanding of composition, form, and atmospheric perspective. The course is intended to combine principles of seeing color in the environment and combining what we see with what we know.
Week 1: Principles of constructing a painting alla prima. Composition and framing your subject. Blocking in your composition.
Week 2: Free Painting
Week 3: Painting deep space, distant vistas. Evaluating the color space. Determining the key of your painting and consider atmospheric perspective and reflected light.
Week 4: Free Painting
Week 5: Painting shallow space. Identify a focal point, the subject and purpose of your painting. Create drama through the manipulation of light. Week 6: Free Painting
Time: Saturday Mornings 9 AM-1PM
Dates 25 March, 01 April, 08 April, 15 April, 22 April, 29 April
Rain Dates: 06 May, 13 May
Location: Stroud Preserve (Instructor will be in touch with details on specific locations)
Week 1: Principles of constructing a painting alla prima. Composition and framing your subject. Blocking in your composition.
Week 2: Free Painting
Week 3: Painting deep space, distant vistas. Evaluating the color space. Determining the key of your painting and consider atmospheric perspective and reflected light.
Week 4: Free Painting
Week 5: Painting shallow space. Identify a focal point, the subject and purpose of your painting. Create drama through the manipulation of light. Week 6: Free Painting
Time: Saturday Mornings 9 AM-1PM
Dates 25 March, 01 April, 08 April, 15 April, 22 April, 29 April
Rain Dates: 06 May, 13 May
Location: Stroud Preserve (Instructor will be in touch with details on specific locations)
Please contact assistant@chestercountyarts.org with any questions.
