Water-soluble Oils Over Acrylic Underpainting Saturday, November 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $70+$15 supply fee = $85 Experience the best of both worlds by layering oils over an acrylic underpainting. Block in color and composition with acrylics and then add rich color and depth with oils. Try oils with cold wax, or if you want less toxicity try water soluble oils. Bring an acrylic painting project […]
Tips and Tricks for Portraiture and Figure Drawing with Sheri Medford
Tips and Tricks for Portraiture and Figure Drawing Saturday, December 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $70 If you love figure and portrait drawing and would like to explore various techniques for better proportions and finding a likeness, this workshop is for you. Bring a few reference photos (printed out in black and white, 8 1/2 by 11 is fine), a sketch book or drawing paper and […]
Sold Out – Elements of Figure Drawing: A Skill Building Workshop with Sheri Medford
Elements of Figure Drawing Sunday, October 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $70 This is not a live model drawing class where you are on your own to draw the figure. This is a skill building class where the specific skills needed to draw a figure are broken down into skill building exercises. There are five skills I will cover: 1. seeing large shapes 2. gesture […]
3lb. Sculpture Class – It’s a Penguin Party with Collista Krebs
3lb. Sculpture – Penguin Party with Collista Krebs Saturday, August 16, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $35 + $35 Supply Fee Open to ages 12 and up I call this class my, “Every Birdy Welcome Party.” Come and take a few hours to make a small sculpture of a penguin being whatever you want it to be.This class is about thinking outside the box and havingfun. […]
Soap Making with Gayle Kruger
Soap Making with Gayle Kruger Wednesday, October 8, 6-8 p.m. and Thursday, October 9, 6-6:30 p.m. $65 Open to ages 13 and up Explore the process of making handmade artisan bar soap and the science behind the art. Awaken all the senses with design, blending of scent and inventing of colors. Due to the chemical process this is a 2-day workshop. On the first […]
Portrait Drawing with Tom Quinn
Portrait Drawing with Tom Quinn Six Tuesdays, October 21-November 25, 1-3 p.m. $168, there is a supply list with this class It’s a common belief that no subject is more difficult than a human likeness. Actually, a good portrait calls for the same skills of observation and experience as a landscape or a still life. An artist who attains confidence at drawing portraits will have […]
Acrylic Painting with Tom Quinn
Acrylic Painting with Tom Quinn Six Tuesdays, September 9-October 14, 4-6 p.m. $168, there is a supply list with this class Acrylic paint is the most flexible of all painting media. You can work from light to dark or dark to light, paint rich textures or flat sheets of color, and easily correct any mistake. In this medium, there is no point of no return. […]
The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites Workshop with Tom Quinn
The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites Workshop with Tom Quinn Saturday, October 4, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $28 In the middle of the 19th century, a group of young English artists got together with the goal of making a revolution in painting. They called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (which later welcomed sisters). Determined to rescue English art from the stodgy Victorian conventions, they turned to early […]
Intro to Plein Air with Carly Ellis
Intro to Plein Air with Carly Ellis Five Saturdays, September 13-October 18, 9-11 a.m. (No Class September 27) Cost: $140, there is a supply list for this class This outdoor class is designed for artists with, or without, plein air experience who are looking to deepen their practice in a natural setting. Working exclusively with oil paint, students will explore techniques in composition, color mixing […]
Character Design with Koreena Nagai
Character Design with Koreena Nagai Four Wednesdays, September 10-October 1, 6-8 p.m. $112 – Open to teens and adults Learn the fundamentals of character design by exploring shape language, silhouettes and expressing posing to create unique and compelling characters. Week 1: Intro to character design, shapes and silhouettes Week 2: Personality, backstory, clothing and props Week 3: Dynamic poses and expressions Week 4: Color […]
