Improve your portrait drawing skills and explore a variety of media in this fun and encouraging class. Students will learn to draw portraits from live, clothed models. Students will be taught classic drawing techniques using line, value and composition while focusing on the head, facial expression, hands and overall pose.

Tuesdays, August 6 – 27
1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Jerry Stinson
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply list:

Suggested Supplies: The following are suggested basic supplies

– Drawing board – 20”x 26” or larger (light-weight masonite works best)
– Newsprint pad – 18”x 24” – rough surface recommended
– Bull dog clamps or similar to attach pad to board
– Medium and Support Items:
– Vine charcoal, thin and fat pieces
– Large kneaded eraser
– Pink pearl eraser
– Portable pencil sharpener or utility knife (best for soft/medium pencils)
– Clean small rags
– Sandpaper pad for sharpening drawing mediums
– Stumps for blending (optional)

Improve your life drawing skills and explore a variety of media while working freely from a nude model in this popular open studio class. The instructor will be present to coordinate class and offer instruction upon request. Both male and female models will be posed and drawn.

Thursdays, July 11 – August 1
1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Jerry Stinson*
Ages: Adults 18+ (15+ with instructor approval) / All Levels

*Some classes will have artist Paul Manktelow subbing for Jerry Stinson.

The following are suggested basic supplies – all media are welcome, so please bring whatever supplies you need for whichever media you are using. 
– Drawing board – 20”x 26” or larger (light-weight masonite works best) 
– Newsprint pad – 18”x 24” – rough surface recommended 
– Bull dog clamps or similar to attach pad to board 
– Medium and Support Items: 
– Vine charcoal, thin and fat pieces
– Choice of conte crayon, 6B graphite pencil or sticks, china marker, compressed charcoal, carbon pencils, or any suitable medium for drawing on newsprint 
– Large kneaded eraser 
– Pink pearl eraser
– Portable pencil sharpener or utility knife (best for soft/medium pencils)
– Clean small rags 
– Sandpaper pad for sharpening drawing mediums 
– Stumps for blending (optional)

Improve your life drawing skills and explore a variety of media while working freely from a nude model in this popular open studio class. The instructor will be present to coordinate class and offer instruction upon request. Both male and female models will be posed and drawn.

Wednesdays, July 10 – 31
6 – 9 pm

Instructor: Jerry Stinson*
Ages: Adults 18+ (15+ with instructor approval) / All Levels

*Some classes will have artist Paul Manktelow subbing for Jerry Stinson.

The following are suggested basic supplies – all media are welcome, so please bring whatever supplies you need for whichever media you are using. 
– Drawing board – 20”x 26” or larger (light-weight masonite works best) 
– Newsprint pad – 18”x 24” – rough surface recommended 
– Bull dog clamps or similar to attach pad to board 
– Medium and Support Items: 
– Vine charcoal, thin and fat pieces
– Choice of conte crayon, 6B graphite pencil or sticks, china marker, compressed charcoal, carbon pencils, or any suitable medium for drawing on newsprint 
– Large kneaded eraser 
– Pink pearl eraser
– Portable pencil sharpener or utility knife (best for soft/medium pencils)
– Clean small rags 
– Sandpaper pad for sharpening drawing mediums 
– Stumps for blending (optional)

Working in oil paint or acrylic, students will explore value divisions in landscapes and the basics of brush sketching and massing. With these skills students will learn how to relate color to value and will gain a better understanding of identifying spatial cues in a landscape. Using foundational skills students can then explore under-painting, glazing and dry-brushing techniques.

Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21
9 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:

Paint Colors:

Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Thalo Blue
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Yellow or Hansa Yellow
Burnt Sienna
Titanium White

Canvas Board 16×12 or smaller
Palette Knife
Palette
Paper Towels
Selection of bristle brushes (small, med and large)

This class, based on O’Keeffe’s dictum to “fill a space in a beautiful way,” opens up the making of art with a view toward O’Keeffe’s own perspective and practices. Get started or get guidance from visiting artist Anna Koster, who worked with O’Keeffe in 1976 and has gone on to have a long career as an artist. Students will begin with an exercise that O’Keeffe often assigned and another from the teacher who encouraged her to express herself, which ultimately led to her fame. This class focuses on color, composition, and personal expression and is ideal for beginners, amateurs, and those looking for a fresh approach for their work

Monday– Wednesday, August 12 – 14
10 am – 4 pm

Instructor: Anna Koster
Ages: Adults (15+) / All levels

Supply list:

If you already own art materials that you like to use (paint, colored pencils, etc.), bring those. Otherwise, purchase materials for this class. I suggest:

-Pad of 9×12-inch watercolor paper, hot-press, 140 lb.
-Kneaded eraser
-Watercolor pencils, also called water soluble colored pencils (Cretacolor Aqua Monolith Woodless Watercolor Pencils recommended. Other types are OK.)
-Watercolor brushes, round (medium) and flat (1/2 to 1-1/2 inches)
-Jar for water
-Scissors (optional)
-Glue stick (optional)

Additional supplies provided by the instructor.

For additional information on Anna Koster and her work with O’Keeffe see:

Homepage:  http://www.annakoster.com 

Bio: http://www.annakoster.com/resume 

Returning tapestry students will expand on their knowledge of weaving in this second-level tapestry weaving class. Students will work towards the completion of a small landscape tapestry to be displayed in completion as a wall hanging.  Registration includes the pattern, yarns and reference materials.

Tuesday – Thursday, August 6 -8
8:30 am – noon

Instructor: Toni Lowden

Ages: 15 and up / All levels

Supply List:

Materials provided by instructor and included in registration.

Students learn the basics of weaving on Day 1. On Day 2 & 3, students will work towards the completion of a sampler and a small wall hanging (4″ x 10″). Students will be provided with a pattern and yarn to use. The instructor will also have looms available for student use during the class. Students enrolled in this class are encouraged to also enroll in “Tapestry Weaving- Landscape Wall Hanging” scheduled for August 6 – 8.

Tuesday – Thursday July 23 – 25
8:30 am – noon

Instructor: Toni Lowden
Ages: 15 and up / All levels

Supply List:

Materials provided by instructor and included in registration.