Tuesdays
This Still Life Oil Painting Class will focus on improving basic and advanced skills by understanding and conceptualizing the light effect on forms. The skills that we will focus on will be: Drawing: using comparative measure Composition: working on understanding how to create dynamic compositions Value: Identify and develop the…
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Create a beautiful glass bowl with stacked circles. Students will learn how surface tension and heat can produce perfect circles of glass without cutting a single curve. Learn how to cut and mix a variety of transparent colored glass with clear for a diluted look that will allow light to…
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Discover the process of creative lost wax casting to make one-of-a-kind jewelry! Utilizing this ancient technique, students will develop wearable, fun, expressive, rings and necklaces or pendants. Reductive and additive techniques in wax working, casting of found objects, investing, pouring metal, and some soldering fabrication techniques will be demonstrated during…
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Let the glass flow in this fun 4 week class! Create a one of a kind fused glass platter or free standing art piece for decorative and / or functional use.Students will learn how heat, viscosity and gravity work to create unique organic designs in glass.Mix and match a variety…
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Participants will learn how to re-create a master work of art in their own personal style. The course will focus on a new way of using color, mark-making (drawing with paint) and the use of the grid to find structure and depth in the composition of the rectangle. Participants will…
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This course is an introduction to the basics of acrylic painting. Students will learn about creating a successful composition, methods of transfering a contour outline, mixing observed values and colors based on selected reference photo, application of paint to canvas, and brushstroke techniques. The instructor will assist each student in…
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Create a glass bowl or vase with a unique look that cannot be achieved with basic glass fusion. Students will learn and use their cutting skills in this 4-week class. “Glass toppers” will be cut and designed with glass frit, powders, and stringers in a variety of patterns to be…
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Create unique fused glass objects to decorate your garden or patio with. In this 4 week class you will learn intricate cutting, fusing and slumping techniques and how to use cold working tools to design and create flowers, butterflies and other objects in a variety of colored glass. Materials and…
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Many of us travel, whether real or imagined. Learn how to document your travels through watercolor and colored pencil on a small scale. Explore techniques, methods, and materials to pack in your suitcase for your next adventure. Photography is an excellent way to document your journey, however, painting or drawing…
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Why would you work with ordinary manufacturers sheet glass when you can create your own part sheets to design a one of a kind decorative or functional piece of glass art. Students will learn about glass compatibility, firing schedules and how glass behaves in the kiln. Explore the many options…
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