Metal clay is a compound of organic binders infused with metals such as copper, bronze, or silver that fuses into a solid metal when fired. By manipulating the clay with rubber stamps, carving tools, and hand building, this exciting new medium can be used to create one-of-a-kind jewelry or sculpture pieces. For beginners to intermediate learners, this class is the real-life version of weaving straw into gold! Material fee paid to the instructor on the first day of class - new students $55, returning students $35.

Explore painting techniques, composition, color, and creative expression in an upbeat and encouraging atmosphere. Learn brushwork, layering, and color mixing techniques and apply them to express yourself in paint. Projects are suggested to those seeking guidance. Benefit from individual attention, demonstrations, and supportive critiques. Direction is tailored to student abilities and artistic goals. No class 11/30/19, 12/17/19, 12/21/19, 5/23/20.

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.

Continue learning advanced methods and techniques while focusing on an individual approach and style. Working in either representational or non-representational styles, use techniques such as glazing, direct paint, and impasto. Course emphasizes the interaction of color and form, the rules of composition, developing a personal palette, and individual expression.

Discover the excitement of creativity as you learn the art of combining a variety of materials and art processes such as painting, printmaking, and collage to create unique works of art. Create your own authentic materials to use in your art, whether realistic or abstract, whimsical or serious, personal or universal. In an atmosphere of experimentation and guided instruction, new discoveries will inspire you to express yourself as you develop your own unique style.

Take your brush for a walk? This course is perfect for flushing out and consolidating aspects of your artwork that are in need of deeper study - from Realism to Abstract. Find creative solutions to those seemingly complicated and intractable issues ? those creative doodles/conundrums with fresh looks at materials, mediums, color theory, and perspective, among other tools. Explore, exploit, and interpret combinations of artwork by dialing through and contemporizing techniques, insights, and energy from Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and Mixed-Media.

The class focuses on various foundation skills for painting in a creative atmosphere. Learn how to get started, set up a palette, and mix color, brushwork, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, glazing, layering, texture, and how to use gels and mediums. The class will work from both a set up and instructor photographs until you develop your own ideas as your painting skills improve. No class 11/27/19.

Learn hyper realistic techniques in the process of creating your unique painting from high resolution photographic references, based on the old masters? methods. Achieve maximum precision of detail and texture through processes such as glazing, blending, and layering. Explore composition, space, color theory, light, tonal value, linear and atmospheric perspective, and design principles.

Painting skills, creating effective composition, and learning to ?see? and understand what makes engaging art is the core of this class. Study art that defines and interprets the intricacies of form in a realistic, traditional manner, or create work that allows form to find itself through more immediate, experimental abstraction. Essential studies include accurate color mixing and appropriate color palettes with materials to support your ideas. Explore painting and glazing techniques, traditional brushwork, palette knife, and alternative painting methods. You may also choose to explore the integration of textures, found materials, and unusual objects. Studio experience is supported with personal attention and critiques.