*Please note: This series is intended to support independent artists with a steady practice. 

Seeing abstractly. Explore basic compositional elements, learning how to see abstractly, and experimenting with shapes and colors.

Learn how to tune into your creative child, your intuition, how to dialogue with your painting. Skills learned in drawing and color fundamentals will be applied. This course is a refresher for intermediate and advanced students.

Materials not provided. Please bring the following:

Canvases - no smaller than 24 x 24"

Watercolor paper - no smaller than 24 x 24"

Acrylic paint : Titanium white, Carbon or bone black, Ultramarine Blue Hansa Yellow Med Yellow Ochre Napthol Red Medium Raw Umber Dioxazine Purple Sage Green Phthalo green Any quinacridone of your choice Any Orange of your choice

Bucket

Apron

Gloves

Large brushes number 10’s and up

Large palette knives by liquitex

Freezer paper can be purchased in the baking department in the grocery store.

Spray bottle with water

Any mark making tools you have

When we write, we visualize our stories whether we know it or not. Likewise, our drawings and paintings can bring to mind words and phrases that in their own way illuminate our art. In this course, we’ll first compose a story, poem, or verse. Then we’ll sketch what the words bring to mind, and finally, develop a painting that captures the spirit of our written piece. The visual interpretation could be abstract, figurative, or a fusion of the two.

Materials not provided. Supply list coming soon!

Explore combined media: Chalk and Oil pastels and Oil paint stick and Acrylics to create transparencies and vibrant color in your artwork. Guided exercises, Materials provided to share for a small fee by instructor.

Please bring any of the following if you already have them:

acrylic paint, soft chalk pastels, oil pastels, oil paint stick and graphite on paper

In this class, you will work with clay, your hands, and your eyes - the three oldest tools a sculptor has. You will make mistakes, revise, discover. The torso will humble you and then reward you. 

What you build here is not just a sculpture. It is the foundation upon which every figure, every form, every artistic instinct you develop will stand. 

Tuition fee includes clay, use of some TDS tools, and a model fee.

Acrylic Painting Studio has been a staple for several years. Painters explore independent goals, or work from studio still life, or create acrylic painted transcriptions of past artworks from reproductions and collected images. Explore color mixing, value painting, composition and intentions through the use of this water-based medium on paintable paper or canvas. Lively group discussion of works in progress, foster fun and support. Learning to SEE like an artist comes with the territory.

Snacks welcome!

Materials are not included; please bring your choice of the following supply list:

Acrylic Paints: Liquitex Basics recommended for economy. Phthalo blue, naphthol red, medium hue, hansa or AZO yellow, white gesso, and mars black.

Brushes: Acrylic vinyl brushes, medium and small, 2" gesso brush.

- Some chalk pastels are helpful.

- Strathmore Mixed Media Paper, 18" x 24" or other paintable paper

- Pencil, eraser, apron, palette. Cynthia suggests white styrofoam plates ad Viva signature paper towels.

Leave your assumptions about painting on a small scale at the studio door. In this series we'll emphasize improvisation and spontaneity. In every session we'll complete one 12” x 12” painting using a wide range of subject matter and techniques. We might paint a still life one week and a pure abstraction another week. This four-week course will build confidence in your painting skills and set your art-making process free.

Materials not provided. Please bring the following: 

acrylic paint

canvases - 12x12

brushes

sketch book

drawing pencils

pastel pencils

vine charcoal

Now you know how to use the colored pencil, we will discuss and complete activities with different surfaces, such as black paper and drafting film.


 Supplies not included. Please bring the following:

Colored pencils any brand listed below:

48pack Prismacolor Premier (Cheapest and easiest to begin with)

Faber-Castell-Polychromos Caran D’Ache (most expensive)

Eraser

Pencil Sharpener

Drafting Brush Removable Clear Tape

Papers will be discussed in class

No Class On 11/25

This DF3 Sharpie drawing class will focus to capture a still life and en plein air using sharpies with thick and thin lines. We will start by using cross hatching and hatching for shading and learning the value scale, as well as composition and texture. We will be working from still lives as well as the outdoors (if the weather cooperates). Prior knowledge of drawing will help (Line, value, texture, composition) but check with the instructor if you're not sure. There will be an Art History component added to the class. 

Supplies are not included. Please bring the following materials: 

 - Make sure you have a variety of black sharpie thickness, chisel tip, fine, very fine 

- sketch book (approx. 5 x 7 or 9 x 12)

-thick drawing paper (smooth) 12 x 18 or larger (10)