Creating Light With Paint
While your phone or TV projects light, your canvas does not. If an artist has made you think there is a strong sense of light in a painting, it is done by using skills to create an illusion. You will learn to understand how to create light by using dark, as well as aspects of…
Read MoreFloral Design Workshop
This two-part workshop is a hands-on tutorial on floral design with an emphasis on seasonal availability and sourcing of materials. It will highlight such aspects of floral design such as selection, proportion, color theory, and composition. The workshop intends to offer an appreciation to any gardener to survey the raw material in their own garden…
Read MoreIntermediate to Advanced Oil Or Acrylic Painting
If you have been painting for a while now and feel you want to learn a deeper understanding of technique, brushwork, and your medium, the instructor will teach multi-layer painting, alla prima painting, how to get your image onto your canvas or paper. Additionally, participants will learn about different mediums, types of oils and varnishes. …
Read MoreWet Felted Wool Wall Hanging
In this 3-hour beginner wet felted wool workshop, you will create a wet felted wool wall hanging to take home the same day. Size is approximately 10”x10”. It can be mounted on canvas at home after sufficient dry time. All materials are provided by the instructor, Sharon Davis of Davis Crafted. You will use various…
Read MoreMixing Color & Perspective for Artists
On day one, students will learn how to recognize the components of a color and to mix paint to recreate that color. Then on day two students will learn the basics of liner perspective and atmospheric perspective, which include the way color helps to create a sense of perspective. During both days of this workshop,…
Read MoreMulberry Paper Collage
This class will be all about breaking the rules and pushing the boundaries. We will use a combination of handmade Mulberry and Japanese rice papers. We will tear them up and glue them to a canvas to create a landscape of your choice. Abstract or not, crooked or straight, in perspective or out it’s all…
Read MoreTreescapes in Wire….Wire Sculpture
Students will be taught techniques of crafting life-like trees out of black metal wire. Completed trees will then be mounted on a variety of natural bases, such as driftwood and shelf fungus. Other natural materials may be added as decoration, such as acorns or seed pods or pebbles or dried flowers. Hands should be prepared…
Read MoreGetting in Touch with Your Painting Skills
This is an opportunity to go beyond the mere application of paint on a canvas. It is a class that addresses the beginner as well as the more seasoned painter. This class is open to students working in acrylics and oils. It will give you the tools you need to analyze and critique your artwork…
Read MoreCollage and Paint – Mixed Media
Starting or enhancing an art piece with collage papers is a contemporary method of developing artwork. We will create collage papers and apply to an existing or new piece of substrate.
Read MoreRepurposing Cigar Boxes: Choose Your Own Motif
Transform a plain cigar box into a unique piece of art. We will be using specialty themed papers, heavy adhesives, and other embellishments such as knobs, etc. Students in this workshop will repurpose a cigar box into a lovely decorative box for themselves or as a very special gift. A variety of themed papers will…
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