View the current schedule and pricing. Please scroll down to read about our programs for children, teenagers, and adults. We also do workshops for educators. Sometimes 2 different age groups have to be merged due to low enrollment. If this should happen, the specific curriculum is still preserved according to age group. Also, the age group is a recommended standard determined by the instructor. Students who attend class regularly for many semesters may cross over to the next age group upon approval by instructor.
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ART DISCOVERY 1 1/2 hour
(drawing, painting, printmaking & collage)
Ages: 5 - 8
Description: The budding young artists will be introduced to the tools of art making. The class combines both drawing and painting activities. A variety of media and techniques are used to explore color, composition, lines, shapes and texture. Art history story telling is a bonus when time allows.
Fundamentals of 2D Art 1 1/2 hour
(drawing, painting, printmaking & collage)
Ages 9 - 13
The classes can either focus on all drawing based projects or a combination of drawing and painting. This is up to the instructor's discretion based on the demand and the students' skill level.
Painting : The students will explore various styles of art from modernism, contemporary and world art. Representational, Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Abstraction are some of the styles that will be covered. Painting techniques, composition, formalism, content, and color theory will be emphasized. Printmaking will also be introduced as a bonus if there is time.
Drawing : Students will be amazed at how much you can do with a pencil,charcoal, pen and ink, and pastel. They will learn contour drawing, shading, value scale and drawing from observation. Series of exercises are assigned to jump start their visual perceptual skills. Expressive drawing will also be the focus. Van Gogh drew just about any subject that he came across. He also said that the fruit of his paintings came from his drawings.
Color and Composition 1 1/2 hour
Ages 9 - 13
This is a painting centric class with an emphasis on color theory and composition which are the cornerstone of painting. A perfect class for the student who wants loves painting.
Painting : The students will explore various styles of art from modernism, contemporary and world art. Representational, Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Abstraction are some of the styles that will be covered. Color theory, painting techniques, composition, formalism, content, and will be covered. Mixed media and printmaking will also be introduced. Each semester will have a new topic and technique to explore. The class evolves with the skill set of the students.
STUDIO ART EXPERIENCE 2 hours 30 minutes
Beginning to Advance levels
Ages 14 - 18
Description : The curriculum is similar to a college foundations class in painting and drawing. Projects are assigned based on skill level. Great class for those who are preparing a portfolio for AP Studio Art or for a B.F.A. program.
A contemporary approach to line, form, color, composition, and space as they relate to painting, drawing, and visual and conceptual experience. Class starts by doing a series of exercises in color and composition. As students progress, the emphasis of the coursework shifts to guided experimentation and individual expression. Students learn a variety of techniques, including alla prima, glazing, scumbling, and impasto, as well as explore a wide range of subject matter, including still life, and abstraction.
For intermediate to advance painters who want to develop their personal style, aspects of formalism, such as color and composition will be explored through a series of exercises. Whether a work is representation or abstract or a merger of both styles, we will explore the tools, methods, and conceptual thinking that shape the artwork. Slide presentations and a visit to a museum will give insight into how other artists have used painterly techniques to get their ideas across.
ADULT : BEGINNING ACRYLIC PAINTING 2 hours 30 minutes
Description : A contemporary approach to line, form, color, composition, and space as they relate to painting, drawing, and visual and conceptual experience. Class starts by doing a series of exercises in color and composition. As students progress, the emphasis of the coursework shifts to guided experimentation and individual expression. Students learn a variety of techniques, including alla prima, glazing, scumbling, and impasto, as well as explore a wide range of subject matter, including still life, and abstraction.
Bring to first class: paint brushes, acrylic paints (a minimal palette of titanium white, mars or ivory black, cadmium yellow light and medium, cadmium red medium, alizarin crimson, cerulean and ultramarine blue, cadmium green light, and additional colors if you have them); acrylic painters should bring acrylic glazing medium or gloss- or matte-medium; brushes and palette knives; rags, disposable palette sheets; primed canvas or panels.
ADULT : INTERMEDIATE ACRYLIC PAINTING 2 hours 30 minutes
Description: This classes is for intermediate to advance painters who want to develop their personal style. Formal aspects of color and composition will be explored through a series of exercises. Whether a work is representation or abstract or a merger of both styles, we will explore the tools, methods, and conceptual thinking that shape the artwork. Slide presentations and a visit to a museum will give insight into how other artists have used painterly techniques to get their ideas across.
Bring to first class: acrylic paints (a minimal palette of titanium white, mars or ivory black, cadmium yellow light and medium, cadmium red medium, alizarin crimson, cerulean and ultramarine blue, cadmium green light, and additional colors if you have them); bring acrylic glazing medium or gloss- or matte-medium; brushes and palette knives; rags, disposable palette sheets; primed canvas or panels.