Intro to Colored Pencil Drawing

Wednesday 1:30–3:30pm (Four weeks)

Series 1: June 23–July 14
Series 2: July 21–August 11

Instructor: Ron Sanders

Lightweight, compact, and clean, colored pencil offers unique benefits to the artist. Learn how to build your drawings with vibrant layers of color to bring life, drama and form to your image. We will study paper texture and tooth and how the surface you choose affects your drawing as well as some basic advice on draftsmanship and rendering techniques. Bring your own photo reference or still life setup - all subjects are welcome.

Fee: $70/Members $95Nonmembers

Portrait and Figure Drawing & Painting

Monday 1:00–4:00pm (Four weeks)

Series1: June 21–July 12
Series 2: July 19–August 9

Instructor: Gary Maria 

Includes lectures, drawing and painting instruction from the live model with demonstrations and critique.   For beginning and intermediate levels, this class will introduce students to academic drawing and painting approaches in the pursuit of realism. Class time will be divided into lecture/notes; figurative drawing with gesture/short poses; and a long pose for drawing and painting the portrait or figure. Students will develop skills related to the representation of form by drawing in graphite or charcoal, and painting in oil, acrylic, or pastel. Drawing study in linear/tonal techniques will stress accuracy in figurative sketching, correct proportion, form, and light and shadow effects. Painting study will emphasize value and saturation control in color mixing for modeling form, color relationships, composition, and other technical issues relative to the medium used.

Fee: $60/Members $85/Nonmembers

Experience Color in Endless Combinations

Friday 1:00–3:30pm  (Four weeks)                                                   
June 25– July 16

Instructor: Roger Parent

Using color successfully requires: selecting the right paints, colors, and color combinations; using a variety of techniques for applying color; and using established principles for planning and evaluating works in progress.  Participants in this class will: explore options for using the color wheel to select from a wide variety of appropriate color schemes, learn how to simplify their image to create a value plan essential to using color effectively, experiment with alternative watercolor techniques such as glazing and layering and learn to conduct a self critique of their own use of color work using a checklist of design principles.

Fee: $70/Members $95/Nonmembers

Mixed Media

Wednesday 1:30–4:00pm

Series 1:  Altered Books - May 5–June 2   (4 weeks)
Series 2:  Photo collage- June 16–July 7    (4 weeks)
Four Weeks: Fee: $65/Members    $90/Nonmembers

Series 3:  Altered Boxes - July 14–Aug11   (5 weeks)
Five Weeks: Fee: $85/Members    $110/Nonmembers    

Instructor: Joanna Coke

Learn to experiment with 2 or more mediums in your artwork.Start with one medium as a base such as watercolors, acrylics, or pastels and then layer on other techniques to create more interesting results. (Keep your cost of materials down by sharing with others as well as the instructor will have many media on hand to try out before you purchase anything.) Each session will cover a specific topic and techniques. Bring materials that are appropriate for that topic and the instructor will have supplies available to try to fill in the gaps.