Painting with Soft Pastels
Discover the vibrant world of pastels and bring your artwork to life! Learn to draw, build an underpainting, layer colors, and add finishing touches that make your pieces shine. Perfect for beginners and those looking to refine their skills, this class will inspire you to experiment and create with confidence.This class has a required materials list.
Pastels Workshop
What better time to work in pastels than in the winter? It’s an
organic and colorful time to work in a gentle style. Let’s go for a
winter palate as well as create something bright and colorful for
those grey days.Working in pastels can almost feel like “soft
painting,” and blending colors smoothly and quickly gives you a
chance to really develop a great sense of mood. There is a sense
of rhythm and motion when working in this medium; color can
move about smoothly and the blending process is very forgiving.
This class has a required materials list.
Learn to Paint a David Hockney Landscape
David Hockney is masterful at capturing the essence of a scene. We’ll follow his process and break things down to big shapes, a simplified color palette and fabulous mark making to keep the drawings of Hockney’s surroundings feeling alive and joyful. We will try the same playful approaches in our own pages with guided exercises. Landscape painting can feel overwhelming – but with a few simple techniques, you can bring a touch of Hockney magic into your own artwork. This class has a required materials list.
Express Yourself In Oil Paints
Explore the vibrant colors, textures, and timeless beauty of oil paints. Learn about values, color mixing, texture, edges and how to select a good composition. Instructor will cover the materials used in oil painting, including paint, brushes, surfaces, and medium. Instructor will demonstrate a variety of painting techniques and will provide individual and class instruction and informative handouts for each topic. Bring sharp printed photo reference (8” x 10” or larger) or use one provided by instructor (no electronic references) This class has a required materials list.
February Vacation: Winter Imaginarium Session A
This is a new “open-ended style” winter art program. Students will have great flexiblity in creating their personal art projects, including 3 -D story dioramas, games, fairy houses, sculptures, cartoons, puppets or anything that you dream up. Guided by the teacher, children will have a chance to explore and use a wide range of art materials. We’ll have a short snack break, where we may explore the art gallery and outdoors.
Please bring a water bottle and snack.
February Vacation: Winter Imaginarium Session B
This is a new “open-ended style” winter art program. Students will have great flexiblity in creating their personal art projects, including 3 -D story dioramas, games, fairy houses, sculptures, cartoons, puppets or anything that you dream up. Guided by the teacher, children will have a chance to explore and use a wide range of art materials. We’ll have a short snack break, where we may explore the art gallery and outdoors.
Please bring a water bottle and snack.
Contemporary Painting – New Aesthetics
Explore contemporary art making and journaling as a way to capture your lived experiences. Draw inspiration from holiday travels, interiors, or weekly colorful still-life setups. Learn to experiment with color, brushwork, and composition in abstract, realistic, or hybrid styles. Each class concludes with a supportive group critique to inspire growth and reflection. Please note: NO class 1/19.
Bringing Stories To Life – Making Dioramas: Session B
Have you ever wanted to design your own mini theater or write a script? In this class, children bring stories to life in 3D—creating scenes, costumes, and accessories from a favorite tale or their own original story. Using materials like fabric, buttons, ribbon, cardboard, and paint pens, kids will turn imagination into art and embark on an art adventure!
Bringing Stories To Life – Making Dioramas: Session A
Have you ever wanted to design your own mini theater or write a script? In this class, children bring stories to life in 3D—creating scenes, costumes, and accessories from a favorite tale or their own original story. Using materials like fabric, buttons, ribbon, cardboard, and paint pens, kids will turn imagination into art and embark on an art adventure!
Acrylic Painting
Do you have a bit of background in drawing and/or painting, but want to move beyond your current level? This class will help. We’ll cover various approaches to developing compositions, become more aware of tonal values and make color a friend. We’ll employ a host of technical tips, as well as allow time for critiques. This class has a required materials list.
