Sumi-e: Beginnings and Beyond  Sue Beavers  

Here's an opportunity to take your art, your painting to another level. But you won't have to try to learn it all in a day, by investing a few morning hours during this 4 week class, you will share in Sue's passion for the Japanese culture and learn the techniques of creating a sumi-e painting. Sumi-e means ink picture in Japanese and is composed of 4 basic strokes.  These strokes are said to represent all of the shapes and forms in the universe.  They are called the 4 gentlemen:  Bamboo, Wild Orchid, Chrysanthemum and Plum Blossom.  Sign up to learn more!   Tues June 4, 11, 18, 25 ,   9 - noon   All four sessions  $185/$15 materials fee, individual sessions @ $ 55/ $5 material fee

Summertime Watercolor   Sue Beavers

Create watercolor paintings incorporating techniques, materials and an impressionistic spirit.  Using simple brush strokes create beautiful serene images. Weather allowing, you may also enjoy incorporating Plein Air during one or more sessions. Open to all levels.   Thurs June 6, 13, 20, 27  9 - noon  All four sessions $195/$20 materials fee, individual sessions @ $ 55/ $5 material fee

Encaustics   Bobbette Rose

Painting with wax is an ancient  technique that has gained a growing contemporary revival. Learn about the encaustic medium and method - from classical to the wildly experimental. This will be a great experience for the beginner as well as a good review for the seasoned. There will be plenty of hands-on time as well as short demos, examples and personal feedback throughout the day.  This workshop is repeatable and open to all levels.

All supplies are included but you might like to bring your own special papers, leaves, zerox and inkjet prints, drawings, stencils, stamps, threads and collage materials, etc.    Sat   June 8  10 - 4:30     $120/$20 materials

Drawing Skills : Learn Perspective       Kay Brathol-Hostvet

One of the most frustrating challenges for beginner and intermediate artists is getting the perspective right in a drawing or painting. Our skills might allow us to render a believable landscape or still life, but when we try to do an interior view of a room with furniture, a street scene, boats lined up in a marina, or rows of crops in a field we realize that we don't know how to make it "look right." This workshop will show you the "secrets" of linear perspective.  We'll also look at point-of-view, from "birds-eye" to "worms-eye" which you can utilize to create more drama in your artworks, and we'll learn about atmospheric perspective and other techniques that help create the illusion of depth on a 2D surface. You will create several drawings in class to reinforce what you learn from the lecture, numerous handouts, and demonstrations, with a focus on process over product.   Sun  June 9   10 - 4:30  $100/$5 materials

Color my World Mini Workshop     NEW!   Edna Kunkel

This workshop explores the application of powder-based PanPastels on black-and-white photographs to enable creative use of color without any drawing or painting experience. If you can apply eye shadow or have ever used a coloring book, this workshop will bring back a more colorful you. Or, if you're a traditional pastel artist and want to try this medium to shake out the cobwebs, you'll enjoy this very different approach. Instructor will provide all materials (80-color PanPastel palette, Sofft applicator tools, black-and-white photos, fixatives).  Sat June 15  1-4:30 $60/$7 materials

Journaling Pages (text &/or image)   Sue Beavers

Susan uses music, art and writing to tap into emotions. Feelings are expressed within a safe and contained environment through listening to music and drawing. Using the non-dominant hand, the creative, spiritual, feeling part of the brain is accessed to help explore and better understand yourself and your emotions. Through creativity, the soul instinctively heals itself. No artistic talent is required.    The non-dominant hand exercises enable the intuitive, creative, spiritual problem solving side of the brain to be accessed.  Minimal supplies, 8x10 sketch book or journal with unlined paper and a set of 12 markers. Wed June 19, 9 - noon  $45

Introduction to Painting in Soft Pastel  Kay Brathol-Hostvet 

Many students "fall in love" with pastels after taking this comprehensive workshop! Soft pastels are fun to use, colorful, versatile, immediate, and very expressive.  You'll be introduced to this fascinating dry painting medium through lecture, demos and a variety of exercises on different papers, completing three different works in one day. Saturday, June 22  9-4     $100/7 materials

Spring Plein Air Painting in Soft Pastel  Kay Brathol-Hostvet 

Pastel is perfect for depicting the various textures and colors of the landscape and is a very portable medium so it is ideal for plein air painting-working directly from nature. You'll complete two or three small works on different papers, provided by the instructor. A supply list will be sent to you. Previous experience in soft (chalk-like) pastel is highly recommended, but beginners with good drawing skills are welcome. Consider making it full weekend by taking both pastel workshops. Sun, June 23 10-5  $100/$5 materials

Basic Book Structures Jackie Hefty

In this four-week class you can develop a portfolio of book structures to use for journals, one-of-a-kind books, or gifts. Explore choosing, folding, tearing, and cutting paper and learn basic sewing and gluing techniques to create a selection of unique books with minimal supplies. We encourage adding embellishments and personal memorabilia. Minimal supplies are necessary to make beautiful books. No experience necessary.  Mon June 24, July 1,8,15  evenings 6-9  $175/$15 materials

Fun with Acrylic Paint   Kay Brathol-Hostvet    

Itty Bitty Acrylics    Kay Brathol-Hostvet