Decisions: Beginning a Painting

Saturdays 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
July 27 - August 24, 2024

$125
(4 out of 5 possible dates)
Email Lisa for the "Drop-in" rate.

This class covers various ways to get your beautiful drawing or photograph transferred to canvas to begin your painting. Bring several of your own works that you would like to begin. By the end of class, you should have three or more paintings blocked in, ready to begin painting in earnest.

Suggested reading:

• How to Paint like the Old Masters by Joseph Sheppard

Topics:

• Tracing methods (projector, graphite paper, chalk outline)
• Charting & graphing methods (Straight squares, squares and diagonals, concentric circles)
• Applying a finished drawing to a canvas
• Direct drawing on canvas (graphite & fixative with toning over, turpentine & oil on white canvas)
• Toned canvas (block-in, wipe out, graphite or charcoal over grey gesso & fixative)

Beginning & Intermediate Drawing

Saturdays 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
September 7 - October 5, 2024

$186
(6 dates)
Email Lisa for the "Drop-in" rate.

All levels are welcome, but class is geared toward beginners. With a combination of demonstrations and hands on experience, Lisa will help you gain confidence in your own drawing. Draw from still life, on-line images, or your own photos to learn how to control the different mediums used and create the effects you want in your own drawings.

Suggested reading:

• Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale
• Techniques of Drawing by Howard Simon
• A Guide to Drawing by Daniel M Mendelowitz and Duane A Wakeham

Topics:

• Materials (paper, pencils, charcoals, inks)
• Weight of line (examples of importance, exercises to control)
• Types of marks (cross hatching, smooth blends, scribbles, etc.)
• Value (10 pt scale, light to dark is frequently 3 steps)
• Looseness to capture movement (gesture drawing, not getting drawn to details first)
• Composition (Controlling where the eye goes with shape, value, light, movement, texture)

Materials to bring:
Please don’t feel you must have everything. This is just a suggested list. Also, please bring the materials with which you most enjoy drawing.

• Pencils – 3h, 2b, 5b, 9b
• Charcoal – vine/medium, stick light/medium/hard
• Ink – india black
• Brush – watercolor #3 round
• Papers – 9x12 watercolor cold press, 9x12 smooth drawing, 9x12 charcoal toned (grey/brown/etc.)
  [NOTE: Don’t feel you have to buy three separate drawing tablets. You’ll only need a few sheets of each. Teacher will have some to share.]

Painting/Drawing Open Studio Class
with Shannon Meadows

Summer, 2024

Fridays 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. (2.5-hour class)

$140 for 5 classes (or $28 per drop-in class)

4 week July session:

Students will work individually at their own pace over the course of 4 weeks. The focus will be on an expressive style of painting while applying some basic principles of art: composition, value, and color. Shannon will do several short demos during the 4 weeks.

Please email Shannon ([email protected]) with questions and images of your work (if you have any). This will help her tailor the class to your level.

Shannon typically teaches painting with the use of either oil or acrylic paints. Please bring some pencils and a small notebook for thumbnail sketches. Bring what you have to the first class and she can recommend other supplies.

Painting/Drawing Open Studio Class
with Allison Doke

Summer, 2024

Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (3-hour class)

$180 (or $30 per drop-in class)

6 week session:

Students will work individually at their own pace over the course of 6 weeks. The focus will be on an expressive style of painting while applying some basic principles of art: composition, value, and color. Allison will do several short demos during the 6 weeks.

Please email Allison ([email protected]) with questions and images of your work (if you have any). This will help her tailor the class to your level.

Allison typically teaches painting with the use of either oil or acrylic paints. Please bring some pencils and a small notebook for thumbnail sketches. Bring what you have to the first class and she can recommend other supplies.