Spring 1 - Introduction to Ideas + Methods in Abstract Painting
with Eleana Daniel
Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
This course will survey different methods and applications in non-representational painting through exploration of the history of abstraction. This course is for beginning to intermediate students who are interested in learning the key artists and movements within abstract painting while investigating their own relationship to image-making from a more conceptual lens.
Spring 1 - No-Mordant Natural Dyes: Kakishibu, Tea, Iron Buff and Indigo
with Elaine Luther
Monday, 10am-12pm
Most natural dyes require preparing the fabric with mordants to get the dyes to bond with the fabric. Skip those steps by using the few natural dyes out there that really and truly work without a mordant! Colors we can achieve include lovely blues, rich browns, rusty oranges and smokey grays. Use shibori and adire folding and binding techniques to created lush fabrics with layers of colors and patterns. Dye your own 100% cotton or linen fabrics. Bandanas from Dharma Trading are a good choice, or dye pieces to use in later quilting projects. Wash according to the instructions in the materials list.
Spring 1 - Unraveling the Complexity of Travel Sketching
with Richard Sheppard
Monday, 6:00 - 8:00pm
The best souvenirs are not the things you buy or the photos you take while traveling, but the drawings you create in a sketchbook. Sketching allows the artist to slow down enough to get acquainted with surroundings that are often overlooked while framing the world through a lens. This class will discuss materials, styles, and techniques that are best suited for travel sketching. Through the use of pencil, ink, and watercolor, we'll learn to draw and paint subjects that are both memorable and meaningful.
Spring 1 - BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Tuesday, 10am - 12pm
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.
Spring 1 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
with Julie Sulzen
Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:30pm
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.
Spring 1 - WATERCOLOR BASICS
with Tony Armendariz
Wednesday, 10am-12pm
Learn a range of watercolor techniques using both wet and dry pigments, suitable for artists of all experience levels.
Spring 1 - PASTEL PAINTING
with Mike Barret Kolasinski
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm
Join us to learn the essential techniques behind using soft pastels as a way to create richly detailed, dimensional pastel paintings. Open to all skill levels.
Spring 1 - BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm
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.
Spring 1 - Relief Printing
with Alexandra Blom
Thursday, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Explore this oldest form of printmaking through guided instruction, as well as the time to explore independently with support. Students will learn carving techniques for creating a linoleum block and how to maintain their carving tools and materials. Students will print blocks on a press and by hand, providing them with skills to access this type of print outside of class.
Spring 1 - Working With Mixed Media - Experiment, Play & Create
with Jackie Lakely
Friday, 1pm - 3pm
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.
Spring 1 - Working With Mixed Media - Experiment, Play & Create
with Jackie Lakely
Friday, 4pm - 6pm
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.
S2 - PASTEL PAINTING
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.
**BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING - AW1 - 2024
Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm. 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.
+(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Saturday, 1pm - 3pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
+(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Friday, 1pm - 3pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
+FUNDAMENTAL DRAWING METHODS - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Friday, 10am to 12pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
This class is designed for those who are new to drawing or who want to improve their basic drawing skills. We will cover the fundamentals of drawing. We will also explore a variety of drawing media, including pencil, charcoal, and pastel. Students will have the opportunity to draw from observation, as well as from their imaginations.
+***NEW*** THE ART OF ZINES (Etiam in morte) - EYSC - 2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Thursday, 1pm - 3pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
**NEW** THE ART OF ZINES (Etiam in morte). This course introduces registrants to zine culture and the creative practice of self-publishing. Through hands-on projects, students will learn different methods for conceptualizing, designing, and producing original zines.
+FIGURE DRAWING (with Model)-Instructed Curriculum - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Thursday, 10am - 12pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
The key to successful figure drawing is to capture the expressive essence of the form through attentive mark-making and convincing structure. This three-week session will introduce a gesture approach to the figure and will include basic skeletal anatomy to assist in achieving proper proportions of the human form. Basic measuring techniques will be reviewed as they apply to the figure.
+BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
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.
+PASTEL PAINTING - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
+WATERCOLOR BASICS - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Wednesday, 10am - 12pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.
+(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Tuesday, 1pm - 3pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
+BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Tuesday, 10am - 12pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
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.
(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - Fall 2 - 2023
Saturday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
EXPLORING MIXED MEDIA - Fall 2 - 2023
Saturdays, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class focuses on ways to use different mixed media materials and techniques in your work, such as mark making with all kinds of tools, acrylic paint and ink, collage, image transfer, gel plate printing, stitching, and ways of creating texture.
(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - Fall 2 - 2023
Friday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
FUNDAMENTAL DRAWING METHODS - Fall 2 - 2023
Friday, 10am to 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class is designed for those who are new to drawing or who want to improve their basic drawing skills. We will cover the fundamentals of drawing. We will also explore a variety of drawing media, including pencil, charcoal, and pastel. Students will have the opportunity to draw from observation, as well as from their imaginations.
BASIC OIL PAINTING - Fall 2 - 2023
Thursday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
BASIC OIL PAINTING with JULIE SULZEN
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.
FIGURE DRAWING (with Model)-Instructed Curriculum - Fall 2 - 2023
Thursday, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Utilizing a live model, this course will begin with a gesture approach to the figure and will include basic skeletal anatomy to assist in achieving proper proportions of the human form. Longer poses will allow investigation in both line and tone.
BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING - Fall 2 - 2023
Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm. 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.
PASTEL PAINTING - Fall 2 - 2023
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.
WATERCOLOR BASICS - Fall 2 -2023
Wednesday, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.
(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - Fall 2 - 2023
Tuesday, 7pm - 9pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - Fall 2 - 2023
Tuesday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
***NEW*** THE ART OF ZINES (Etiam in morte) - Fall 2 - 2023
Tuesdays, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This course introduces registrants to zine culture and the creative practice of self-publishing. Through hands-on projects, students will learn different methods for conceptualizing, designing, and producing original zines.
WATERCOLOR BASICS - Fall 2 - 2023
Monday, 4pm - 6pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.
***NEW*** PERSPECTIVE: DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS - Fall 2 - 2023
Mondays, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Do you draw or paint and wish you had a better understanding of the perspectival structure of your subject matter? This course will cover the basic concepts and methods of linear perspective.
DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS 2: Tone - Fall 2 - 2023
Mondays, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class will investigate the concepts and methods of tonal (value) drawing. Using still life subject matter, we will explore the fundamental properties of value and a range of media and methods available in depicting value in observational drawing. Basic layout and measuring techniques will be reviewed.
***4 WEEK SESSION*** (Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - Fall 1 - 2023
Saturday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
***4 WEEK SESSION*** (Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - Fall 1 - 2023
Friday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
**4 WEEK COURSE* FUNDAMENTAL DRAWING METHODS - Fall 1 - 2023
Friday, 10am to 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class is designed for those who are new to drawing or who want to improve their basic drawing skills. We will cover the fundamentals of drawing. We will also explore a variety of drawing media, including pencil, charcoal, and pastel. Students will have the opportunity to draw from observation, as well as from their imaginations.