New Art Class Listings- Sign Up Now for EARLY BIRD prices!

Join us for these fun, creative classes before the holidays!  Just 5 weeks so they will end in the first week of December.

(New) Mini Skill-Builders: Exploring Art
Ages 4-6
Tuesdays beginning November 8th (5 meetings) 2:00-2:50

This class is the perfect introduction to art ideas and materials for the youngest artists. Kids will be encounter art skills, concepts and materials in a “no pressure” atmosphere with emphasis on exploration rather than outcome. Some of the materials used will include oil pastel, chalk pastel, paint, and collage. Concepts and skills practiced will include drawing, coloring and cutting basic shapes.

Early Bird Registration: $35 per first student; $20 per additional student (same family)

Registration After Nov. 1st: $45 per first student; $30 per additional student

　

(New) ATC's: Artist Trading Cards
Ages 10-adult
Tuesdays beginning November 8th (5 meetings) 3:00-4:00
*Note that because this is more of a “studio” class, this class is open to a wide age range of students. Open-ended lessons are planned to offer inspiration and direction, but the student is free to explore the materials based on their own abilities.

Welcome to the world of “ATC’s” - an international art trend started in the 90’s in which artists create small original works of art to trade with others. Students will create custom art trading cards using a variety of materials such as oil pastel, watercolor, color pencil, paint and collage. The only rule behind the ATC movement is that cards measure 2 ½” x 3 ½” and that cards be traded but not sold (or you can keep them for yourself). Each student will receive a plastic trading card protector sheet in which to keep their cards.

Early Bird Registration: $45 per first student; $30 per additional student (same family)

Registration After Nov. 1st:  $55 per first student; $40 per additional student

(New) Christmas Around the World
Ages 6-12
Thursdays beginning November 10th (5 meetings) 3:30-4:30

It’s almost Christmas and there’s no better time to take a little trip around the world. We will “visit” 4 or 5 countries, learn about their Christmas traditions and how say “Merry Christmas” in the native languages, and create a simple holiday craft from that country. This will be a fun, light-hearted, and interesting way to ring in the season.

Early Bird Registration:  $45 per first student; $30 per additional student (same family)

Registration After Nov. 1st:  $55 per first student; $40 per additional student

New This Spring: Face to Face - Deconstructing the Portrait

 

Pablo Picasso
1938

Elisabeth-Louise
Vigee-Lebrun
1790



This art adventure will begin by learning the proper proportion of the face while looking at the work of Renaissance artists. Students will create a self-portrait, practicing their skills of observation and rendering facial features. But, kids who struggle with realistic drawing need not fear - we will spend the rest of the course exploring more modern, expressive, and abstract approaches to the portrait. Concepts like exaggeration, expressive vs. natural color, line, shape, and pattern will be discussed and practiced through drawing, painting, and possibly collage. Students will create portraits in the style of artists like Modigliani, Warhol, and Picasso.

Ages 11 and older (or with instructor permission)

1 ½ hour classes - 10 Weeks
$65 per 1^st student (supplies included)
$45 per additional sibling (immediate family/same class)

Class Size Limit 12

What is the SKILL-BUILDER ART SERIES?

This series provides quality art education for kids and teens to cultivate foundational skills in drawing and painting.  They are designed on the premise that basic "ABC" drawing skills can be taught, giving fledgling artists the tools needed to more successfully pursue their creative ideas.

In these classes, hands-on exploration is exercised through the creation of a "reference sketchbook" where terms are defined and skills are practiced.  In addition, there are many opportunities in each class to analyze various works of art throughout history and discuss them as a group.  But, there is also be the opportunity to complete "finished" drawings with a variety of media, as well as drawing games to balance the technical with the creative.

Currently, two classes are available in this series and more are being developed:

Skill-Builders 1 - Basic Drawing

Family of line and shape, composition, variation of line, contour and cross-contour, positive and negative space, proper proportion and measuring techniques, and "building" more complex images from simple lines.

Ages 9+
1-1/2 hour classes - 8 Week Session
Class Size Limit 12
$50 per 1^st student (supplies included)
$35 per additional sibling (immediate family/same class)

Skill-Builders 2 - Let There Be Light!  Creating the Illusion of 3-Dimensions with Line, Shape, and Value

Creating standard 3-D forms and translating them into common objects, light and its effect on objects, cast shadows, shading variations, value and contrast.

Ages 10+
1-1/2 hour classes - 8 Week Session
Class Size Limit 12
$50 per 1^st student (supplies included)
$35 per additional sibling (immediate family/same class)

While the above classes are designed for the older child and teen, the Skill-Builder Jr. class is for the younger artist. 

Skill-Builders Jr. - The Art Express: From Abstract to Realistic

Family of line of shape, abstraction, portraits, landscapes, still life, and the building of simple objects with line and shape.

Ages 5-9
1 hour classes - 8 Week Session
Class Size Limit 12
$50 per 1^st student (supplies included)
$35 per additional sibling (immediate family/same class)

Skill-Builders Jr. - Color Carnival

Primary, secondary and neutral colors, color mixing, color wheel, warm vs. cool, what color is and where it can be found.

Ages 5-10
1 hour classes - 8 Week Session
Class Size Limit 12
$55 per 1^st student (supplies included)
$40 per additional sibling (immediate family/same class)