All levels welcome! This workshop will entail talking about creativity as a mean to socialize and make functional crafts/images or objects that each participant feels comfortable in doing or even sharing with the class. Each participant is invited to come with something to create/paint/embroider, sew, etc. This open-ended concept is to re-create a social forum […]
All levels welcome! This one-day workshop will explore all the wonderful creative techniques that watercolor offers. Demonstrations, individual attention, and classroom discussions that will help you create loose, impressionistic and expressive watercolors. We will learn how to plan for success by using the elements of design, color theory, and making painting plans. Enjoy the liquidity […]
Beginner Students in this workshop will learn the essential principles of broad edge calligraphy used to write in classic hands such as Roman and Italic. We will start with basic strokes and move on to a full set of minuscules, majuscules, and numerals. Beginning with markers, we will cover the range of implements used in […]
All levels welcome! Using only basic wire skills, you can finish this complex-looking but simply lovely necklace in only a day! In this one-day workshop, you'll learn to make beautiful spirals with simple hand tools and the tricks for creating consistent and matching components in wire. You'll also be introduced to 2-in-2 chain maille and […]
All levels welcome! Here is a wonderful opportunity to use Lumiere fabric paints and interpret photographs of a Wood Duck and a Blue Heron by the esteemed photographer Mikell Herrick. Students will be able to meet Mikell and hear all about her feathered friends who are residents of Lake Rhonda. Come and play with color […]
2 day Workshop Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4All levels welcome! The elongated hexagon is one of my favorite shapes! It is the perfect canvas to indulge my love of art nouveau and art deco. This pattern is a blend of both flourish and grandeur in a unique presentation. This fusible and machine appliqué […]
All levels welcome! (Please have your child eat dinner before arriving & bring your flashlight). Come join us for an evening of fun! We will begin our night with a creative, artsy activity. Next, we will travel through the featured exhibits with our flashlights in hand and then return to finish our time in the […]
All levels welcome! This class is a brief introduction to watercolors for beginners. No prior experience needed, just a desire to have fun. We will finish a painting that you can take home. We will even supply all the materials so you can try watercolor techniques before investing in supplies. Ages 17 and up. Details […]
Beginner, Intermediate Learn how to scumble, use linear strokes, daubing and dusting to create a single painting. Start with an underpainting using an alcohol wash, then build up layers using each technique, one at a time. Get handouts showing each technique and practice before applying it to your painting. Fun and step-by-step process, finish a […]
Saturdays, October 4th, 11th, 18th All levels welcome! Calling All Middle School & Early High School students! Come out and join DFAC's Teen Art Club! Sign up with a friend and meet some new ones. In this club we encourage socializing in a positive, artsy, open studio type environment. The instructor will offer suggestions, but […]
Mondays, 4 Week WorkshopAll levels welcome! Design a dog, fashion a feline or any four legged friend and "bring it to life" with paper mache. Students will use a variety of recyclable materials including plastic bottles, cardboard and newspaper to create an animal's body shape, then add layers of paper mache, embellishments and paint to […]
Intermediate, Advanced See the dramatic difference temperature changes can make by painting in all warm colors with just a bit of cool and painting in all cool colors with just a touch of warm. It can make all the difference in the feeling of the finished painting. Instructor demos and lots of personalized instruction will […]
