Course Description: 

Bring richness, color and depth to your paintings. Using a limited palette inspired by color theory, implement techniques such as layering, optical mixture, broken brushstroke and glazing to create complex, expressive color. Learn about materials and techniques in the medium of your choice including: gouache, acrylic, and oil while constructing paintings with a variety of subject matter, highlighting composition, color, gesture, and line. This class is recommended for students who have previous experience in the fundamentals of painting.

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While learning to create beautiful writing with the broad-nib Pilot Parallel Pen, we will also be cultivating a peaceful practice that has brought equanimity and calm to calligraphers throughout the ages. The rhythmic movement of the pen on paper can become a moving meditation. Starting with the Foundational hand and progressing to Italic, practical aspects such as instruction on slant, spacing, and the importance of negative space, plus an overview of the historical context of hand lettering will be presented.

Course Description:

In times of change, creativity can be a lifeline. This 10-week course offers gentle practices for grounding the body and awakening the imagination. Through journaling, drawing, and playful exploration of dreams and symbols, you’ll discover restorative ways to meet yourself with curiosity and care.

Skill Level: All Levels

• This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: (www.zoom.us)

Course Description:

Culminating in a six hour pose, this course is designed to train artists in concepts and exercises essential to building powerful portraits in oil.

Artists will learn the fine points of portraiture from anatomy and structure to paint handling and more. Guided with demonstrations and instruction at the easel students will become well versed in drills and portrait principles that will inform and improve their studio work for years to come. 

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description:

Relax and have fun drawing structured patterns in a supportive class environment. Using step-by-step instructions, and easy-to-learn, repetitive strokes, we will explore patterns and how they function as a focal point, to fill space and/or to create balance, contrast and variety within a composition.

Skill Level: Intermediate

• This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: (www.zoom.us)

Course Description:

The Zentangle® Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Everyone, regardless of artistic skills, is invited to use repetitive strokes to draw delightful pieces of art. Each class will include the introduction of tangles, guided practice, and information about the Zentangle® Method. Only a few basic supplies are needed.

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description: 

Individual coaching with your particular drawing and or painting practice. Painting students will be encouraged to draw with the brush in full color. Each class begins with a half-hour of short drawing poses followed by one long pose which extends over 2 or 3 weeks. 

Skill Level: Intermediate

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Course Description:

Snip, tear and assemble your way through the expressive medium of collage. Create compositions using a variety of papers and techniques to gather images, shapes and colors. To inspire your work, themes such as quotes, poems, landscape and personal imagery will be shared.

Skill Level: All Levels

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Course Description:

Watercolor pencils are a wonderful choice of expression for any type of travel inspiration, art journaling, or experimenting with new design ideas. This vibrant medium allows you to float between a sketch and color washing - adding a new sense of creative freedom to your work. Play with a variety of techniques including dry and wet pencils, layering, shading, color blending, ink pen, and more. Please see online supply list.

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description:

This course offers a strong introduction to painting in which students learn about color mixing, painting techniques, and composition. Each student receives one-on-one instruction and everyone is encouraged to develop personal themes.  The focus of the class is exclusively Acrylics. Students will learn the specifics of this very rich technique, which can equal the wonders of oil when well-mastered.

Skill Level: All Levels