Portraiture Profile

This class is for students who have taken the beginner drawing classes, including figure and faces for beginners, or artists with some portraiture experience. The profiled will be taught, and you may bring in picture of Portraits you’d like to work on.

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Drawing Nature: Winter Theme

In this class, winter themes will be emphasized. We will work in pencil and color will be included, specifically colored pencil or watercolor—your choice. This is a fun and relaxing class.

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Faces and Figures Beginners

You can learn to draw the human figure.  In a supportive, positive atmosphere, you will do very basic exercises to learn how to draw people.  You will be able to work at your own pace.  This class will give you a solid foundation to build on.  More experienced artists with basic to intermediate skills drawing…

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Drawing Next Steps

This class is open to beginning artists who have some basic drawing skills.  (You must have either taken “Drawing for Beginners” or other RAL drawing classes for beginners or have had past drawing experience.)  This class provides a supportive, positive atmosphere for learning how to draw basic objects in a composition.  The supplies for this…

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The Art of Shading

Shading is the art of using light and dark to create the feeling of a 3-dimensional object on a 2-dimensional surface. You do not need to know how to draw at all to learn how to shade in this class—making this a good class for beginners and advanced students alike. The mediums we will use…

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Colored Pencil + Color Theory

Colored Pencil Skill Building- We will cover color theory, as colored pencil can be an entry for future painting classes in any media. Photos of tropical animals will be provided, but students may bring their own photos. Tropical birds, fish, reptiles, are recommended because of the bright colors and the opportunity to learn about textures.

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Introduction to Pen and Ink

Whether a complete beginner or an experienced artist wanting to explore a new medium, this class will teach the essential techniques, tools, and skills needed to create highly detailed pen and ink artwork.

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Expressive Arts Workshop

Break Free of Convention to Draw or Paint Your Way! This workshop is designed to support artists in developing a personal style, conveying messages, telling a story. While the studio is open to artists of all experience levels it is recommended to have a grasp of foundational drawing skills and painting techniques. Any previous experience…

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Intermediate Drawing

Drawing is the foundational skill for all other forms of visual art. Through the observation and interpretation of the natural world the artist gains understanding of form and discovers effective ways to express ideas. The class covers in-depth skills of line, mass, value, and modeling of form, perspective, and composition. The course is based on…

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