5 Week Adult Class Sessions meet one day a week for 5 weeks unless otherwise indicated below
Please read OPAL’s Registration Class Policies and Studio Code of Conduct
- Please do not bring food or alcoholic beverages into the studio. Individual water bottles are permitted -
Click on the class of your choice for more details and to register!
Important Dates:
Summer 3: August 3rd - September 6th, 2025
Fall 1: September 7th - October 10th, 2025
with Betty Kim
Wednesday, 10am-12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Come attend a five-week session and learn the basic techniques of digital photography.
with Mike Barett Kolasinski
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
*CANCELLED*
with Mike Barett Kolasinski
Wednesday, 3:30pm-5:30pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
with Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez
Friday, 4pm-6pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Stemming from conceptions grounded in abstraction, this course for beginning to intermediate painters will include extensive experimentation with techniques, materials, and mediums through individual painting dilemmas.
with Bethany Cordero
Monday, 10am - 12pm Advanced Registration Required.
Explore wire, textiles, paper, and drawing to create unique 3D forms, experimenting with materiality, color, and technique. Open to all skill levels.
with Jesse Howard
Tuesday, 10am - 12pm Advanced Registration Required.
Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
with Tony Armendariz
Tuesday, 1-3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments, appropriate for all levels and students.
with Julie Sulzen
Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:30pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.
with Tony Armendariz
Wednesday, 10am-12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments, appropriate for all levels and students.
with Mike Barett Kolasinski
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
with Betty Kim
Wednesday, 4-6pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Come attend a five-week session and learn the basic techniques of digital photography.
with Jesse Howard
Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm Advanced Registration Required.
The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
with Julie Sulzen
***THIS IS A FOUR WEEK SESSION***
9/11, 9/18, 10/2, 10/9
Thursday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.
with Jackie Lakely
Friday, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This is a class that introduces the same concepts in different ways for each session and is for all levels of skill and experience. Emphasis is put on process over product, and we will almost always work in multiples in order to try different applications of each week’s lesson. We will work with still life arrangements and your imagination to create narrative work, as well as intuitive world-building based on combining materials as you go.
with Jackie Lakely
Friday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This is a class that introduces the same concepts in different ways for each session and is for all levels of skill and experience. Emphasis is put on process over product, and we will almost always work in multiples in order to try different applications of each week’s lesson. We will work with still life arrangements and your imagination to create narrative work, as well as intuitive world-building based on combining materials as you go.
with Denise Grossman
Friday, 4pm-6pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This course will focus on demos and the application of oil and cold wax onto various surfaces/ substrates.
