The cleanest and easiest medium to put creative ideas to paper, colored pencil drawing involves techniques of layering, blending, and glazing in a direct format to create beautiful images that often belie the medium. Achieve impressionist, traditional, or expressive effects as you find your own voice through exploration of color and design. No class 1/8/20.

Take your studies of this ancient art to the next level. Flower fee of $60 paid to the instructor. No class 4/24/20.

Sogetsu Ikebana is much more than Japanese flower arranging; it is a modern form of the ancient art of sculpture with living materials. Learn the traditional principles and aesthetic disciplines combined with creative energies to capture, express, and enhance natural beauty. In each session, you learn new principles of design and techniques to express the harmony of nature and your imagination. Flower fee of $60 paid to the instructor, Ikebana frog and container starting at $30. No class 11/26/19.

Discover how to make unique, handmade jewelry using the ancient Japanese art of Kumihimo. Learn different braiding techniques to make bracelets and enrich your creations with beads or charms and finish with stylish claps. Material fee of $20 to be paid to the instructor.

Explore new ways to go beyond the basic braiding techniques to create one-of-a-kind Kumihimo jewelry. Knowledge of basic braiding and beading required. Bring a disk, bobbins, and beading mat to class. Material fee of $20 to be paid to the instructor.

Alla prima refers to completing a painting all in one sitting. Work with a limited color palette to create a landscape, still-life, or portrait in the space of each class session. The goal of the class is to learn drawing and painting techniques without laboring over every small detail. Each class is a learning exercise in composition, color mixing, and harmonies. Learning is maximized through demonstrations as well as individual attention for each student.

Discover how to use oil pastels to create beautiful, luminous works. Explore a variety of techniques such as creating color vibrations with side-by-side strokes like the impressionists or use more expressive techniques such as sgraffito to scratch through layers to reveal underpainting. Oil pastels offer students the opportunity to draw with paint. No class 1/9/20.