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ONSITE: Family Studio: Experimental Painting: Cosmic Skies

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Experiment with process art painting (i.e. use a salad spinner for spin-art) and watercolor techniques (dry brush, splatter, wet on wet, etc) to make cosmic painted skies. Use contact paper and […]

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ONSITE: Family Studio: Polka Dot Flowers Inspired by Yayoi Kusama

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Come make art inspired by flowers and the incredible artist Yayoi Kusama! We will make drawings of flowers from observation, look at Yayoi Kusama's dot and flower paintings, and then make […]

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ONSITE: Family Studio: Making Paint Pigments from Food

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Did you know there are lots of colorful paints right at home in your kitchen? Join us as we work with vegetables, fruits, pantry staples, and spices to create paints!

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ONSITE: Family Studio: Ink Painting Installation

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Create goofy ink creatures with extreme emotions and have a little photoshoot around town with your artwork! Families that enjoy being interactive and silly together will love this class.

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ONSITE: Family Studio: Painting with Plants

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Come explore the magic of painting with plants! We will work together to make plant paints using local flowers and foliage, then create our own paintings using our home made materials!

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ONSITE: Family Studio: Outdoor Adventure Paint Studio

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Let's go on an outdoor adventure and draw and paint! Explore the neighborhood while learning how to draw local botanicals and trees!

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ONSITE: Family Studio: Pet Rock Painting

April 18, 2023

Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Give life to a family of smooth river rocks by making little critters. Design your creatures using paint and other decoration styles. Make them your own by giving them colorful outfits, […]

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (K)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (L)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (I)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (J)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (H)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (G)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (E)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (D)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (F)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (C)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (B)

April 12, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Figure Drawing (A)

April 11, 2023

These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.

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ONSITE: Acrylic + Water Media Workshop

April 11, 2023

Designed for intermediate and advanced painters, this one-day course covers solutions for working with a variety of water-based paint, including color theory, brushwork, and mixed-media possibilities. Come away with a deeper understanding of this medium, its expressive possibilities, and the tools for integrating it into your creative life.

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ONSITE: Painting with Pastels on Sanded Paper

April 11, 2023

Learn more effective strategies to develop your soft pastel landscape painting (visual and color composition). Application, color mixing and blending methods for layering pastels will be reviewed. The practice of these methods will be enhanced on sanded and prepared papers with pastel for a wet-on-dry layering technique. The sanded paper surface allow pastels more "room" […]

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ONSITE: Introduction to the Figure

April 11, 2023

Conducting figure studies can improve your representation of the human body, as well as the way it interacts with light. We’ll use various media, including graphite, charcoal, sanguine and conte chalk, as we work through a series of quick-gesture and long-pose drawings. Enjoy demonstrations and discussions about anatomy and drawing techniques.

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ONSITE: Introduction to Oil Painting

April 11, 2023

Learn the fundamentals of oil painting through exercises including still life. We'll get acquainted with materials, learn how to use them, and get a brief introduction to color theory as it applies to oil paint.

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ONSITE: The Noir Portrait: Drawing with Charcoal

April 11, 2023

Learn how to make realistic portraits using the beautiful, painterly medium of charcoal on toned paper. This class teaches traditional academic concepts, but in an encouraging open environment conducive to learning. In this class, we will examine how to successfully represent form and capture a likeness from life. This class teaches Realist techniques that were […]

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ONSITE: Intermediate Drawing: Drawing from Nature

April 11, 2023

If you've taken multiple beginner drawing classes or have experience with drawing in the recent past, this class may be a great opportunity for you to "get back in there!" This class will allow opportunities for you to experiment and recover your mark-making style and apply it to various subject areas with different dry media. […]

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