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Students will supplement their academic career with skill building projects in ink, graphite, color pencil, watercolor and acrylic paint. Each project will emphasize the fundamentals of Art and Design. Students will work from direct observation, their imagination and develop conceptual designs. Students will learn to document their work and will…
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Working from direct observation with a live clothed model students will learn how to draw the figure in space. Starting with a foundation of proportions and basic skeletal anatomy students will practice their skills of observation by repetition of gesture, blind contour, and longer timed poses using a variety of…
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Learn to mix color better and simpler by using the right brush, and discover an easier way to draw. Learn to see shapes and colors more clearly, while painting in a healthier way with oils. Whether it’s oil, pastel, or acrylic, there are three stages to painting in a three-hour…
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All painting media welcome. Get inspired and create one of a kind portraits with a live model. Students who wish to learn the most important aspects of drawing the human form: anatomy, proportion, composition, motion, drawing from memory, and capturing emotion. Students are welcome to work in any medium of their…
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For the first-time painter, learn the basics of acrylic painting and elements of design. Each class will focus on a specific technique. Students will create a finished painting each session. (No previous painting experience or art lessons necessary)
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Students will learn how to capture the landscape en plein air while infusing their painting with luminous light. Manon will share her secrets to tackle a scene through simple shapes, correct values, mixing of accurate color, and impressionistic paint application. Demos and short lectures combined with plenty of fun painting…
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This beginner course for little learners is an introduction to drawing and painting materials. Through guided drawing lessons, students will create in their own style and at their own developmental level. Mediums used are pencils, crayons, colored pencils, markers, watercolor paints, and tempera paints. Subjects include portraits, animals in landscapes,…
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This fun class for 2-5 year olds with their parents, grandparents, and caregivers will give both the children and adults a chance to explore a variety of art experiences in a relaxed art space. These young artists will experience new instruments, improve fine motor skills, and work together in a…
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Drawing skills will be taken to the next level by honing depiction of space and depth through exercises and studies from life using light sources both real and imagined. Students will experiment with additive and reductive methods using ink, pens, graphite sticks, conte crayons, and charcoal. All of this will…
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This class will introduce students to the fundamental skills necessary to center clay and produce beginning to intermediate pottery forms such as cups, mugs, bowls, plates, cylinders, and vases. Learn about the balance between aesthetic and utilitarian concerns with this in-depth and fun wheel throwing class.
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