Art & Literature Series: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Create art inspired by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! Follow Harry, Ron, and Hermione through their second year at Hogwarts while making characters, creatures, potions, spell books, and even the secret Chamber with its giant basilisk. Join us for enchanting fun!
Contemporary Watercolor – Follow the Leader
Create fresh, inspired watercolor paintings while exploring the subtle beauty of color, light, and mark-making. Build your work step by step—from broad washes to fine details, from light to dark tones—developing a process that brings your vision to life. Experience the luxury of working with sable brushes for luminous, transparent washes and Japanese natural-hair brushes for drawing and layering color, Please note: NO class 1/19. This class has a required materials list.
Contemporary Watercolor – Follow the Leader
Create fresh, inspired watercolor paintings. Nuanced color, compositional lights, and calligraphic marks add unique style. Watercolor is a process, step-by-step, light to dark, big to small. Sable (mink) brushes for transparent washes and Japanese natural-hair brushes, to draw and color layers, add to the luxury of the experience. Learn the mechanics and proceed to spirited paintings of our flower still life or documenting your travels, environment, and memorable events. Please note: no class 10/13
Contemporary Painting – Aesthetic Decisions
Contemporary art for-all-levels is about the joy of painting in acrylic or oils. We start “alla prima” by filling the canvas expressively. New skills, new color combinations, new style and composition bring charm and presence to your painting. Explore narrative, realism, and abstracting, as you paint from your images or the provided still-life. Warm-up exercises build skills. With the help of a teacher guide, you can consider and manipulate areas and learn to make choices that will reward you.
Instructor will review necessary supplies in first class, including the 5 brushes; only materials required initially are paper and 4 colors of paint. Print phone photos of your travel, friends, events, and experiences to use for painting inspiration. Please note: no class 10/13
Watercolors en Plein Air: Chaffinch Island Park
Enjoy painting outdoors this summer! Think of sun-drenched colors and work in summer tones as we paint landscapes. Learn how to create washes, paint wet-on-wet, and use dry brush and explore color and richness to create summer moods. Class will work outdoors at Chaffinch Island Park weather permitting, indoors if needed. Please meet first at GAC and class will then move to the off site location.
Rendering Dogs and Cats in Pencil, Ink, and Paint
Pick a photo of a dog or cat, then draw it in pencil, followed by ink, and then paint it in acrylics or oil. This is a great way to learn and apply different techniques in a progressive exercise using different media. Photos will be provided or bring an 8×10 printed photo in color and black and white. Beginner/Intermediate. Class critiques and individual and group instruction.
Try Your Hand At Painting & Drawing Workshop: Session A
This workshop is geared towards the absolute adult beginner to come learn the basics of
painting and drawing in a supportive, judgement-free session. Spend the morning in the
GAC studios and learn about basic techniques, materials and approaches to working
creatively in two dimensions. Come discover your creative potential.
Luminous Worlds: Exploring Light and Space in Painting
Light is the great organizer of painting space. Through light and shadow, brilliant areas or
quietly whispered areas, space and depth come to life on the canvas. Whether you are working
abstractly or from representation, let's work together to develop the power of your work, pushing
the emphasis on important areas of interest while letting other areas subside into zones of quiet.
Come to the first class with your image, real or abstract or imaged, and learn to expand its
potential, allowing distortions, dramatic evolution of palette, and expressive brush strokes and
paint application in order to create a bigger more luminous picture. Prior painting experience is
highly recommended. Students will work independently with supportive individual and group
critiques if desired, plus occasional discussions about art history. Bring your own painting
supplies, working in oil or acrylics or mixed media.
