Course Description:
Perfect for beginners interested in learning how to make one-of-a-kind jewelry. Learn basic fabrication skills, such as using a jeweler’s saw, drilling, finishing, soldering, riveting, basic stone setting and color on metal techniques. Expect to complete your own bracelets, rings, necklaces and more!
Skill Level: Beginner
Course Description:
Explore figure drawing fundamentals: proportions, gesture, anatomy, line, shape, composition and value, while working in dry media such as graphite, charcoal, and pastel. Study both classical and contemporary examples that range from Durer to Diebenkorn.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Course Description:
Explore figure drawing fundamentals: proportions, gesture, anatomy, line, shape, composition and value, while working in dry media such as graphite, charcoal, and pastel. Study both classical and contemporary examples that range from Durer to Diebenkorn.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Course Description:
This is for those interested in studio access without instruction. Anyone enrolling must adhere to EAC’s studio policies on materials, clean-up, and entrance and exit procedures. Prerequisite: students enrolled in Independent Study must have completed one Figure Sculpture class at EAC. Time depends on class schedules and will be determined in the first week of class.
Course Description:
Realize your creative vision in sculpture while advancing your knowledge of hand building with clay. You will receive personalized guidance and advice about constructing for the kiln. An artwork, either historical or contemporary, will be presented each week for inspiration. No experience is necessary.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
Using still life and reference materials, create drawings and paintings using a variety of pens–dip pens, micron pens, brush pens; watercolors, Dr. Martin Watercolors, inks, and brushes, on various papers.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
Realize your creative vision in sculpture while advancing your knowledge of hand building with clay. You will receive personalized guidance and advice about constructing for the kiln. An artwork, either historical or contemporary, will be presented each week for inspiration. No experience is necessary.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
Learn to create abstract 3D art forms by exploring non-objective, organic and figurative themes. Stoneware clay, along with metal, glass, and found objects may be used. Instruction in slab and coil building techniques will be investigated. Some sculpture experience is recommended. This class will use two specific stoneware clays with grog added for stability.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Course Description:
No previous sculpting experience is necessary as many of the fundamentals will be reviewed as needed by instructor based on previous teaching of Sheila Oettinger, Barbara Goldsmith and Shengsheng Xu over the past two decades at EAC. Explore your particular style while considering the form and proportions and gesture of the model’s pose.“Please bring a sketchbook for 5 or 6 quick sketches to start each class and for studies of each pose.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
Using still life and reference materials, create drawings and paintings using a variety of pens–dip pens, micron pens, brush pens; watercolors, Dr. Martin Watercolors, inks, and brushes, on various papers.
Skill Level: All Levels
