Intensive Classes
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- Watercolor and Drawing Intensive with Wendy Soneson
- Landscapes: Intensive Oil Painting with Kim Mellema
- Botanical Drawing: Intensive
- Basics of Drawing
- Beginning Oil Painting
- From Memories to Art!
- Express Yourself with Decoupage
- Basics of Drawing Intensive
- Figure Drawing: Beginner/Intermediate
- Beaded Jewelry Intensive
- Jewelry & Metalsmithing Intensive
- Kinetic Sculpture: Making Mobiles
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Watercolor and Drawing Intensive with Wendy Soneson
Instructor: Wendy Soneson
Beginners learn everything about watercolor in one week, while advanced students get to indulge in their favorite activity full time. Like summer camp for grown-ups, this week is always full of surprises and joy.
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
June 21-25,
M: $297 NM: $330 Still life fee: $25
*Students may take this as a half day class: 5 sessions M: $149 NM: $165 Still life fee: $25
Landscapes: Intensive Oil Painting with Kim Mellema
Instructor: Kim Mellema/p>
Students learn the basics of oil painting in a focused and supportive environment. Open to both beginners and those with experience. Focus will be on observation and composition of still lifes and landscapes. Students will look at how different light sources change the local color of objects.
August 23 - 27, Monday-Friday
10:00am-1:00pm; 1:00-4:00pm
5 sessions M: $297 NM: $330
*Students may take this as a half day class: 5 sessions M: $149 NM: $165
Botanical Drawing: Intensive
Instructor: Anne Steinman
Learn to realistically capture the natural color and texture of flowers using pencil and watercolor techniques. Fine-tune your observation skills as you learn how to draw flowers and plants with attention to detail and color accuracy. Explore light and shade, form, and color mixing. Numerous demonstrations and individual attention included. All abilities welcome. Limited to 10.
Monday-Friday 6:30-9:30pm
August 16-20
5 sessions M: $149 NM: $165 Still life fee: $20
Basics of Drawing
Instructor: Sue Funk
A specially designed class for our non-artists. Using careful observation and deconstruction of subjects, learn the fundamentals of drawing. Through shading, cross-hatching, and perspective, students will discover how to create the illusion of texture and dimension. Lessons include line drawing, sketching, and gesture drawing. Enjoy the basics of drawing in a relaxed and informal class that easily inspires new or returning artists.
Monday, 6:30–9:30pm
June 28 - August 9
7 Sessions M: $208 NM: $231 Materials: $30
Beginning Oil Painting
Learn the basic methods and secrets of oil painting through demonstrations, guidance, and class exercises.Students will study light and learn the skilled techniques of the masters. Delve into this forgiving medium and refine your skills. All levels welcome and individual styles encouraged. Materials list will be provided at first class meeting.
Instructor: Claudine Metrick
Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
June 29 - August 10
Instructor: Dana Levin
July 1 - August 12
7 Sessions M: $208 NM: $231 Materials: $30
From Memories to Art!
Instructor: Adrienne Vodraska
Take your memories beyond photo albums and scrapbooks. Turn them into works of art! In this course students will learn to transfer their own images to a variety of surfaces including fabric, wood, paintings and tiles. We will then discover a world of surface embellishments including embroidery, collage with paper, collage with small objects, painting, drawing, and using text. The possibilities are endless, ranging from 2D to 3D, decorative to functional!
Wednesdays, 6:30Ð9:00pm
June 30-July 21
4 sessions M: $99 NM: $110 Materials: $30
Express Yourself with Decoupage
Instructor: Jennifer Sherr
This course will focus on the basic techniques of decoupage and faux painting. In this workshop you will change a home decor piece into something new, customizing it to reflect your own personality. Make lampshades, boxes, trays, or anything your creaive brain can think up! Students should bring their favorite pre-cut images, magazines, greeting cards or photographs.
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:00pm
July 21 - August 11
3 sessions M: $60 NM: $66 Materials: $20
Basics of Drawing Intensive
Instructor: Sue Funk
A specially designed class for our non-artists. Using careful observation and deconstruction of subjects, learn the fundamentals of drawing. Through shading, cross-hatching, and perspective, students will discover how to create the illusion of texture and dimension. Lessons include line drawing, sketching, and gesture drawing. Enjoy the basics of drawing in a relaxed and informal class that easily inspires new or returning artists.
Monday-Friday, 6:30-9:30pm
August 16-20
5 sessions M: $149 NM: $165 Materials: $30
Figure Drawing: Beginner/Intermediate
Instructor: Dana Levin
This class is designed to invigorate your drawing. Through a detailed investigation of the human body, students will learn how to rebuild the body on paper. Start with gesture drawings and muscular studies; finish with articulated drawings of the figure. This class welcomes new and returning students to work in their favorite media.
June 28 - August 9
7 sessions M: $208 NM: $231 Model fee: $45
Beaded Jewelry Intensive
Instructor: Ashley Procopio
Come learn the joys of creating and making your own beaded jewelry! Learn how to use the proper tools and materials. Start and finish pieces such as necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Instructions will cover a variety of techniques that will take you from basic beading to more intricate designs and methods, such as multi-strand pieces and wire wrapping.
Tuesday-Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm
June 22-24
3 sessions M: $89 NM: $99 Materials: $40
Jewelry & Metalsmithing
Instructor: Margaret Langdell
Monday-Friday 6:00-9:00pm
Learn to make beautiful jewelry with an introduction to metalsmithing techniques. Your teacher will guide you to shape, polish, solder, pierce, etch and embellish jewelry in copper and brass. You can make earrings, bracelets, brooches, boxes and more. Teachers will also introduce hollow forms, stone setting, stone inlay, repousse and reticulation. Projects vary with experience level and teachers. Silver available for a small additional fee. Limited to 6.
June 21-25
5 sessions M: $149 NM: $165 Materials: $35
Kinetic Sculpture: Making Mobiles
Instructor: Vladimir Barsukov
Fridays 6:00-8:00pm
There is something magical about mobiles. Like living creatures, they move and have personalities; they can be humorous, meditative, or graceful. In this class we will take a look at works of some of the most famous kinetic artists such as Alexander Calder and George Rickey. Students will work with different types of wire and geometrical shapes of wood, plastic, metal sheets, etc. to create their own mobiles. We will explore ways to balance, assemble, and hang mobiles; students will be encouraged to create their own unique designs. Limited to 6.
July 16 - August 6
4 sessions M: $79 NM: $88 Materials: $35