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Painting in the Style of: Gauguin – Hillside
Thursday, 12:00 pm
February 5 – February 26
Ages 16-99+

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Class:

Paint in the style of Paul Gauguin! Complete the picture Hillside in the oil medium. Walk step-by-step through the creative process with the instructor.  Learn all the tips and trick of using oils in understanding the medium of oil paint on canvas. All skill levels are welcome!

What You’ll Learn:

In a small step-by-step group learning environment, students will learn new painting techniques such as monotone underpainting, mixing the correct colors on a palette, and blending and glazing techniques to help achieve a proficient finished product. Some drawing skills will be taught, but previous drawing experience would be helpful, but not required.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have more confidence and knowledge of using Oils, and you will have a complete copy of the featured artwork.

Deadline to register by: February 1st 

Instructor: Craig Britton

 

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Painting in the Style of: John Singer Sargent – Home Fields
Thursday, 12:00 pm
January 8 – January 29
Ages 16-99+

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Class:

Paint in the style of John Singer Sargent! Complete the picture Home Fields in the oil medium. Walk step-by-step through the creative process with the instructor.  Learn all the tips and trick of using oils in understanding the medium of oil paint on canvas. All skill levels are welcome!

What You’ll Learn:

In a small step-by-step group learning environment, students will learn new painting techniques such as monotone underpainting, mixing the correct colors on a palette, and blending and glazing techniques to help achieve a proficient finished product. Some drawing skills will be taught, but previous drawing experience would be helpful, but not required.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have more confidence and knowledge of using Oils, and you will have a complete copy of the featured artwork.

Deadline to register by: January 4th 

Instructor: Craig Britton

 

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Mindful Art 2
Thursdays, 3:00 pm
February 5 – February 26 | Ages 16-99+

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Class:

Work in various art mediums while learning how to practice mindfulness.  Begin class with a guided meditation, followed by an art project using a different medium each week. Learn how to practice mindfulness not only in your artmaking, but in your everyday life.

Work in various art mediums while learning how to practice mindfulness.  Begin class with a guided meditation, followed by an art project using a different medium each week. Learn how to practice mindfulness not only in your artmaking, but in your everyday life. Having previously taken “Art and Mindfulness 1” is encouraged, but not required.

What You’ll Learn:

In a calming group instructed environment, you’ll work on projects that include: basket weaving, Japanese rock wrapping, ceramic handbuilding, creative drawing. etc.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will leave refreshed with a better mental and physical well-being.

Deadline to register by: February 1st  

Instructor:  Charity Rust-Jordan 

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Mindful Art
Thursdays, 3:00 pm
January 8 – January 29 | Ages 16-99+

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Class:

Work in various art mediums while learning how to practice mindfulness.  Begin class with a guided meditation, followed by an art project using a different medium each week. Learn how to practice mindfulness not only in your artmaking, but in your everyday life.

What You’ll Learn:

In a calming group instructed environment, you’ll work on projects that include: basket weaving, Japanese rock wrapping, ceramic handbuilding, creative drawing. etc.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will leave refreshed with a better mental and physical well-being.

Deadline to register by: January 4th  

Instructor:  Charity Rust-Jordan 

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Intermediate Wheel Throwing
Thursdays, 6:00pm
January 8 – February 26 | Ages 16-99+

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Class:

Create challenging functional, decorative, and sculptural forms using the pottery wheel. Develop various throwing techniques introduced from previous beginning-level throwing classes.

What You’ll Learn:

In a small group learning environment, you will learn step-by-step instructions to improve existing wheel-throwing skills, create more advanced forms, and explore advanced glazing methods by working on teacher-led projects and practices. With these new skills, you will learn how to throw the three basic forms on a potter’s wheel such as: plates, lidded forms, throwing larger forms, more unique shaping techniques, and surface manipulation.

We prefer that students have taken a couple beginner wheel-throwing classes before registering for this class.

***(Students are required to follow the instructor’s curriculum. Only work produced from that curriculum will be fired.)***

What You’ll Leave With:

Depending on the disciplinary skill of the student, a student may leave with 7-12 completed pieces of pottery from 25lb bag of clay.

(Students will submit glazed works for final firing on the last class of the session. Students will be contacted, via email, once their pottery has finished firing and available for pick up on a later date)

Deadline to register by: January 4th 

Instructor:  Harmony Maine 

Supply List

Students will need to bring:

  1. Own set of clay or throwing tools
  2. Large cleaning sponge
  3. Small clay work sponge
  4. Approx. 2ft x 2ft piece of Canvas
  5. Small bucket for cleaning and tool storage
  6. (Optional) Small/detail paintbrushes for glazing
  7. (Optional) Plastic bags for wrapping work

Students will be provided:

  1. Shelf space as close to their creation station as possible
  2. (1x) bag of clay

Links to Class Required Items: (These are recommendations, not the required brands

  1. Clay / Throwing Tools
  2. Large Cleaning Sponge
  3. Small clay work sponge
    • We recommend buying a basic toolkit with a small sponge included.
  4. Small Bucket for cleaning
    • Any clean, small to medium sized bucket will do.
  5. Canvas
    • We recommend a minimum of 2ft x 2ft piece.

Beginner Colored Pencil: “Arctic Animals”
Thursday, 3:00 pm
January 8 – February 26 | Ages 14-99+

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Class:

Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw animals with colored pencils, but didn’t know where to start? During this this eight week class, students will be introduced to techniques essential to drawing animals with the colored pencil medium.

What You’ll Learn:

In a group learning environment, you will be working on the class lead, step-by-step images of artic animals, and will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, feedback on your artwork, feedback guidance including color mixing, blending techniques, and drawing, and inspiration form the instructor. The class will consist of two separate projects(images), focusing on arctic animals, that will help the students establish a necessary foundation on which to expand their skills. (Although prior drawing experience isn’t required for this class, it is encouraged.)

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have a more understanding of how use colored pencils in your own artworks. After each class meeting, you will have learned a new color pencil application. At the end of the 8-week class you will have 2 complete projects.

Deadline to register by: January 4th 

Instructor:  Nathan Klare 

Supply List

– One 8in. x 10in. Pad of Bristol/Drawing Paper

– One #2 Pencil

– One Durable Erase

– One 24 count set of Prismacolor Colored Pencils

– These other colors of Prismacolor Colored Pencils will also be needed: 20% Cool Grey, 30% Cool Grey, 50% Cool Grey, 70% Cool Grey, and 90% Cool Grey.

– One Handheld pencil sharpener.