SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
Watercolor: Exploring Abstraction
Instructor: Nancy Cheairs
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
September 21st | 1 Session
$175 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 15+
Watercolor is full of surprises: A wash of color can suggest a form as it runs across the page in unpredictable and beautiful ways. The fluidity and spontaneity of the medium is perfect for exploring abstraction. In this class students will work with a variety of watercolor materials and focus on finding ways to abstract imagery using photographs and other sources.
Drawing for Everyone: The Still Life
Instructor: Emma Kate Rose
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
October 19th | 1 Session
$50 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 7+
This workshop is designed to teach students how to draw accurately from life using the basic elements of drawing such as line, shape and shading. Learning how to describe a form is a stepping stone toward rendering our three-dimensional world on the flat page. Open to children and adults.
Drawing for Everyone: The Portrait
Instructor: Emma Kate Rose
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
November 9th | 1 Session
$50 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 7+
Contemporary portrait artists will be our guides to the processes and dynamics of portraiture. Using photographs, students will draw with graphite as they learn to simplify facial features through value and shape. Open to children and adults.
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Drawing for Everyone: The Value of Shape
Instructor: Emma Kate Rose
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
January 18th | 1 Session
$50 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 8+
Value and shape are the basic elements needed to describe 3-dimensional form on paper. In this workshop, students will study still life objects and learn how to break down their forms into geometric shapes of light and dark values. Open to children and adults.
Drawing for Everyone: Make Your Mark
Instructor: Emma Kate Rose
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
February 1st | 1 Session
$50 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 8+
Students will study various textured surfaces from photographs and objects and learn graphite application techniques including hatching, cross hatching, stippling, and blending to render surfaces. Open to all ages.
Color Mixing
Instructor: Melissa Dunn
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
February 8th | 1 Session
$125 - Materials included | 1 session | Beginner and up | Ages 15 +
Color is a critical element for self-expression and can be mastered if you learn how to manipulate colors and values in interesting ways. In this class students will simplify their palette, broaden their color range, and learn how to mix the exact color they are looking for in order to create intentional, dynamic, and meaningful work. Students will work with high quality acrylic paint and we will create color charts that will be an invaluable reference for your studio. These color charts can be used as a reference for all media.
Watercolor Workshop: Beginner Beginner
Instructor: Nancy Cheairs
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
February 22nd | 1 Session
$125 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 15+
Please join us for this fun and accessible workshop that incorporates a series of simple studio exercises encouraging students to explore the fundamentals of watercolor. Discussions will include watercolor materials, techniques and color mixing. Demonstrations will provide understanding of washes, dry brush, wet-in-wet, glazing and mark making. This workshop is for the true beginner!
Oil Painting: Fast and Small
Instructor: Sunny Montgomery
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
February 29th | 1 Session
$125 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 15+
Loosen up and enjoy the process as we use the versatility of oil paint to paint fast and small. The focus of this class is simplifying the process by painting quickly wet-on-wet on multiple small canvases and panels. This “Daily Painting” approach facilitates growth and confidence. Students will choose their own subject matter or work from a still life. New students will learn the basics of oil painting as more experienced painters continue to develop and refine their skills.
Micro to Macro: Changing Scale
Instructor: Susan Maakestad
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
March 7th | 1 Session
$125 - materials included | Beginner and up | Ages 15+
A small object that sits in the palm of your hand can morph into something unexpected when it is blown up many times. Drawing from observation, students will closely examine an object, vastly changing its scale on a large sheet of paper. Realism is not necessarily the goal, as the drawing may take on a life of its own. Students should find this drawing process to be a meditative experience as they develop a sensitivity for detail, value and scale. Suitable for all levels.