• Color and Light
    Linda Butti
    126.0 | Thu, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Room F
    Began April 10 | $213 | 4 weeks
    This is an exciting painting course in which you will learn to paint in a classical traditional technique and a more modern one. I will give a brief lecture on art for the first 25 minutes of each class on the Western Tradition, Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionism. The first three classes will start with this brief lecture and will be followed by painting a still life, or from a traditional photo of a painting in a traditional method. The second 3 weeks will also begin with a brief lectured followed by painting in the Contemporary way of the Impressionists. We will study the love of Color and Light in different traditions and notice the effects of each technique. You will understand how society influences art and the way we see things. By the end of class, you will understand different painting methods and decide on which you would like to work through your artistic journey!Dates: April 10th, 17th, 24th, May 1st, May 15th and May 22nd.***There is no class on May 8th*** 
    This class meets once a week for 4 weeks.
    There is a $20 registration fee applied to the total.
  • Exploring with Watercolor Griselda Healy#137.4 | Tue, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Room B Began April 8 | $250 | 7 weeks
    Open for beginners and for those that already have an established watercolor art practice. Come with some ideas of how or what you like to paint. Different approaches will be discussed, and techniques demonstrated, glazing, color washes, dry brush, color mixing, and color relationships to name a few. Compositional options will also be explored.  Students will discover different ways to use the watercolor medium through learned skills and experimentation.A $20 registration fee will be added to your total. Supply ListArt supplies can be found at your local Michaels Craft stores www.michaels.com or Blick Art Materials www.dickblick.comPAINT: a watercolor set of tubes, dry watercolor, or if preferred, gouache: including the following primaries: cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red, and a variety of blues such as Cobalt, Cerulean, French ultra marine, and/or phthalo blue, green: viridian, and for brown: burnt sienna, raw sienna, alizarine, black, and white.Brushes: a variety of sizes, large and small rounds and a variety of flats-or your preference.Paper: two pads of watercolor paper, large and small. Canson, Arches and Strathmore are all good brands. Students should purchase more than one size pad.Other supplies: a watercolor palette for mixing colors, masking tape, pencils, erasers, and a flat sheet of cardboard to tape the watercolor paper on.
  • Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page / Details
    Learn to paint with oils or acrylic in a stress free environmentStudio based class, learn while painting. Please, bring pictures or ideas of what you might want to paint.  Every level of painters are welcome, whether you are interested in oil and acrylic.
  • Still-Life Drawing Griselda Healy112.1 | Thu 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Room B Began April 10 | $272 | 8 weeksThe class will concentrate on observing and drawing different objects, creating the illusion of three-dimensional forms using paper and pencil. Value relationships, shape relationships, line quality and perspective will be demonstrated and discussed. These fundamental tools of design will strengthen your skills towards creating expansive space and strong three-dimensional forms in your compositions. For those students who are painters, this workshop will inform and strengthen your work. This is also an excellent class for young students working towards completing their portfolios. Beginners are welcome.This class meets once a week for 8 weeks.A $20 Registration fee will be applied to your total.See below for supply list.
  • Griselda Lessard Healy grew up in St. James, Long Island, New York. There she studied still-life and landscape painting with Paul Russotto before moving to Europe and later Canada, where she studied and worked primarily as a musician while never letting her painting work fall far from hand and mind. When Griselda returned to the USA in 1987, her focus moved primarily towards figure painting, sculpture, and drawing. She studied in NYC at the Art Students League with Harvey Dinnerstein and at the National Academy of Design with Mary Beth McKenzie.You can see more of Griselda's work on her Website
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