Course Description:
Discover how a basic sewing machine can add embellishment and dimension to fabric in your creative projects. Learn sewing techniques like fiber couching, thread sketching, applique, and techniques to add texture to fabric with ruffles, pleating, layered cutting, and controlled crumpling.
Skill Level: Intermediate, Basic sewing knowledge is required
Course Description:
Discover how to use a basic sewing machine from winding a bobbin and threading the machine to troubleshooting common issues. Students will explore basic stitches, machine settings, and sewing techniques while completing a simple tote bag in class.
Skill Level: Beginner
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
Course Description:
Color is one of the primary building blocks of a good painting! Start at the beginning with a solid foundation of color usage. Color theory and science will be applied in beginning exercises.
Students will then learn to use color, value, color groupings and composition to create basic, dimensional still life paintings. Group lecture and individual instruction help students on their way to mastering color usage in painting.
All opaque mediums welcome.
Course Description:
Learn the materials and methods of bookbinding, and make a variety of handmade books. Starting with folded books and pamphlet stitch, students will gradually hone their skill and continue on to more complex books. You will complete eight or more books over the course of the session, books that can be used as journals or given as gifts!
Repeaters of the course will practice learning new skills alongside new binders, honing their craft.
Skill Level: Beginner
Course Description:
You will create a unique, embroidered textile that will be filled with unexpected surprises and will push the boundaries of embroidery.
Skill Level: All Levels
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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
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
Course Description:
In this class you will explore several drawing mediums and techniques such as Pencil, color pencil, charcoal, Ink and pen, Sumi ink. The class is multilevel and the instruction combines observation drawing and creative practices.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
We explore the nature of pastel and how to create wonderfully luscious, velvety texture. Learn about different types of pastels and techniques, while we briefly review composition, perspective, and color theory.
Skill Level: All Levels
