Select Fridays

Create a one-of-a-kind portrait of your favorite animal using acrylic paint with an abstract, pop-art technique. Each painting will focus on using a color palette of your choice to establish the dark and light values of the reference image. This style focuses more on how different colors may be used to represent shadow and light in order to create a graphic-like painting. No blending or formal painting training should be required. It would be advisable to bring in your reference image in both color and black and white (or have such images readily available on your phone) and may be useful to research different color palette schemes that you may be interested in using. Please send in the image you would wish to paint a few days before the class to allow time the canvas to be prepped with a basic outline sketch—this course will focus more on the painting technique than drawing the image itself. All supplies are included.

In this Select Friday Event, students will experience the entire process of creating, glazing, and raku firing. The class begins with students glazing and loading the kiln with their complimentary vase, in preparation for the raku firing. Once the kiln is lit and heating, the wheel portion of the night begins. Students will learn to use the wheel to successfully create ceramic forms. They will be able to keep their best three creations of the night. After the wheel throwing, the red-hot kiln will be opened, and the glowing pots placed into combustion chambers, where the fire will create beautiful copper glaze results. All materials are provided.