All levels welcome! Beginner Pastels is designed for those new to pastels or artists wanting to strengthen their foundation. This class focuses on essential skills and techniques, including understanding materials, controlling value and color, layering for depth, and creating simple, strong compositions. Students will be introduced to alcohol underpainting. Instruction is step-by-step with demonstrations and individual guidance […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassBeginner, Intermediate This course is designed for beginners and those wanting to make the switch from automatic settings in order to take creative control to a manual shooting mode. Students should bring a Digital SLR (DSLR) or Mirrorless 35mm camera to class. Crop sensor and micro 4/3's are also welcome. There will […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Hey Mini-Masters! Come on out and have some fun with painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and clay. Students will investigate famous artists and then […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class Beginner, Intermediate Learn to draw anything by learning to see as an artist sees, with emphasis on the perception of contour, negative space, proportion and value. Excellent foundation for beginners, also sharpens experienced drawing skills. Improving your drawing skills is invaluable in all of your other creative pursuits. Based on “Drawing on […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Hand-building clay class with strong emphasis on activities that develop imagination and inventiveness. Children develop manipulative skills and hand-eye coordination through slab, carving and coiling methods. For new and continuing students, ages 6 & up. Details Date & Time: Instructor
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! All children are artists so come out, come out, wherever you are and explore with sketch, paint & brush! Students will create works of art based on paintings like Monet's garden and Van Gogh's sunflowers using paint, pencils, and pastels as they learn how to appreciate their own […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassBeginner, Intermediate This work-at-your-own-pace class covers the basic mechanics of throwing on the wheel, including preparing the clay, centering, shaping, trimming, and glazing. We also discuss firing techniques, including raku. The focus of the class is on practicing techniques, and students include those who have never worked with clay to those who […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassIntermediate, Advanced In this Intermediate Metalsmithing class, students will be introduced to technique-based projects designed to increase confidence with the torch and expand and hone their jewelry fabrication skill set, with a focus on torch control and more advanced stone setting techniques like unusual bezel and tube settings. Basic metal fabrication skills […]
Cottage CampusTuesdays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! This class is designed for all levels of wood turning. Classes will include short demonstrations on technique, tool use and safety. Students can select items to make for personal use and gifts including pens, bowls, candlesticks, lidded boxes, bottle stoppers, etc. Classes have a limited size to permit […]
All levels welcome! This course is designed to help students of all levels develop strategies to strengthen the gesture, proportion, perspective, and color in their portrait paintings by the time-honored tradition of making master copies. Students will be working from high quality 2D reproductions in this course as a matter of convenience, but all principles […]
Wednesdays, 4 Week Class (2/25, 3/4, 3/25, 4/1) All levels welcome! Have you always wanted to learn how to make cool pottery on the wheel? Well, this is your chance to fall in love with clay. Let's all get muddy together and make bowls, cups, and more! All levels are welcome, but if you are […]
Wednesdays, 6 Week ClassBeginner, Intermediate In this class, you will learn the fundamental principles of portrait painting from life using direct painting methods. We will concentrate on proper proportion, values, skin tones, and getting a likeness. The instructor will give step-by-step demonstrations and lots of individual instruction from how to begin the initial drawing through […]