Oil or Acrylic Painting Level II
If you paint with either medium, have basic skills but know that you have “holes” in your skillset, LEVEL TWO is a great place to jump in. It’s challenging, but not overly so, and it creates an excellent foundation for the next level…Level Three. You will learn how oil and acrylic paint work, (they are…
Read MoreWatercolor for Beginners
This class is for beginner watercolor painters. Step-by-step we will learn about the paints, brushes, and other supplies while doing creative and fun painting exercises. Drawing ability is not a requirement, but some budding artists like to take the beginner drawing class first.
Read MoreA’ La Carte Art
Participants must have taken a beginner drawing or painting course. This is not an instructional class. This is an open studio for drawing or painting (watercolors or acrylics) in a positive and supportive atmosphere. This is an opportunity to choose what you would like to work on and practice what you have learned in class. …
Read MoreLandscape Painting with Joe Terrone
This class deals with aspects of painting the landscape. We will discuss topics like: selection, theory of angles, aerial perspective, composition, light and color, edges and their importance.
Read MoreColor Theory
Color Theory is the backbone of painting. When you move from drawing to painting you increase your variables. You are now not only having to work with value but with intensity, and temperature as well as various hues. Understanding how color works helps you make sense of all of this. The color wheel is at…
Read MoreA’ La Carte Art
Participants must have taken a beginner drawing or painting course. This is not an instructional class. This is an open studio for drawing or painting (watercolors or acrylics) in a positive and supportive atmosphere. This is an opportunity to choose what you would like to work on and practice what you have learned in class. …
Read MoreDrawing 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…
Read MoreAcrylic Pet Portraits
We all love animals and especially our pets! Get creative and paint your favorite pet or animal in acrylic! Choose your favorite picture and if possible, draw (or trace) it on the canvas prior to class. In a short demonstration (using acrylics), the instructor will model how to identify the different values in her…
Read MoreBeginner Drawing
A beginning artist is starting a journey that may last a lifetime. This class will prepare students with foundational skills to include the materials and tools of drawing, shapes, shading, scale, proportion and composition. We will also touch on the soft skills of close observation and developing hand-eye synergy and learning to see and understand…
Read MoreUkranian Pysanka (Easter Egg) Workshop
This workshop will teach you how to make Ukrainian Easter eggs – Pysankas, which are full of symbolism and color. The Pysanka is an ancient art form to celebrate the cycle of rebirth and events in nature/life. The designs are made with a simple instrument (made of wood and copper) called a kistka; the simple…
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