This workshop series will take a casual student-interest lead instructional approach where the instructor will be working on acrylic projects that address students' survey responses sent prior. There will be opportunities for individual instructor support as well as quiet individual time and collaboration with other students in large group or smaller Zoom Rooms. Each workshop will end with a critique time where students can show their progress and seek next-step suggestions if desired.

From superrealism to abstraction, and styles in-between, Colored Pencils can be a fine art as well as a hobby medium. You will learn about varieties of CP, the over 150 colors range, the various lead thicknesses and shapes along with suggestions for papers and tools to use on your own projects. In your studio or travelling, Colored Pencils may become your new art medium companion. No drawing experience necessary. A take away project with a supply list will be sent to your registration email address. Focus will be on Mandala project. Time will be provided for works in progress for collaboration and critique.

Anything you see you can draw, and even beginners can become true artists! This course is designed to be an introduction to the basic materials and technical properties of drawing. Focus in this course will be on the formal qualities of drawing and its concepts. Projects include drawing from still life, interior space, landscape, and natural forms. Develop observational skills, perceptual awareness, and expressive capabilities through the exploration of proportional relationships, linear perspective, and composition techniques. Supply list posted on class webpage.

This class is for the non-objective crowd or for folks wanting to loosen up their realistic paintings and try something new. Learn the different styles of abstract artists, experiment, and free your creative self. Think outside the box with interesting assignments and weekly challenges. The Principles and Elements of Design will be the backbone of this class…learn the rules, then break them!

Colored Pencils have their own unique blending, highlighting, and shading techniques. In this project, we will work together on a simplified Floral Painting to experience these techniques and compare how surfaces and tools impact outcomes. No drawing experience necessary. A take away project with a supply list will be sent to your registration email address. Focus will be a floral project. Time will be provided for works in progress for collaboration and critique.

This individual workshop will take a casual student-interest lead instructional approach where instructor will be working on projects that address students' survey responses sent prior. There will be opportunities for individual instructor support as well as quiet individual time and collaboration with other students in large group or smaller Zoom Rooms. Each workshop will end with a critique time where students can show their progress and seek next-step suggestions if desired.

This individual workshop will take a casual student-interest lead instructional approach where instructor will be working on projects that address students' survey responses sent prior. There will be opportunities for individual instructor support as well as quiet individual time and collaboration with other students in large group or smaller Zoom Rooms. Each workshop will end with a critique time where students can show their progress and seek next-step suggestions if desired.

This individual workshop will take a casual student-interest lead instructional approach where instructor will be working on projects that address students' survey responses sent prior. There will be opportunities for individual instructor support as well as quiet individual time and collaboration with other students in large group or smaller Zoom Rooms. Each workshop will end with a critique time where students can show their progress and seek next-step suggestions if desired.

Adding texture to a painting in Colored Pencil can be extremely detailed, representational, or very painterly. In this project we will work on an Autumn Foliage Painting to experience an example of each of these texture treatments. No drawing experience necessary. A take away project with a supply list will be sent to your registration email address. Focus will be a fruit project. Time will be provided for works in progress for collaboration and critique.

Yes, you can “mix” colored pencil hues (colors). Yes, your mix can result in an undesirable neutral, we sometimes call “mud”. In this fun, brightly colored POP Art Cat Painting project, we will refresh our understanding of color theory, reflect on how colored pencils are manufactured to select a downsized pallet in order to retain the translucent vibrancy of the colors, even when we “mix” them. No drawing experience necessary. A take away project with a supply list will be sent to your registration email address. Focus will be on pop art. Time will be provided for works in progress for collaboration and critique.

In this project, you will learn the definition of an Abstract Painting in fine art terms, learn to pick your pallet, and then let your imagination lead your hand to create one. This should be quite fun with a variety of final outcomes. Are you ready to cast your imagination onto your surface with your colored pencils? No drawing experience necessary. A take away project with a supply list will be sent to your registration email address. Focus will be an abstract project. Time will be provided for works in progress for collaboration and critique.