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Summer Quarter Painting Classes


Painting can bring new meaning to life -- just look at any acclaimed piece by Van Gogh or Monet. Watercolors, acrylics, and oil paints can come to life on paper or canvas and express a variety of emotions. Take part in one of our exciting painting classes this quarter and discover the special beauty found only on a palette.

 
BIG AND SMALL ACRYLICS - Cyndy Epps
4 Tuesdays beginning June 8, 2010
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Member: $85.50 Non-member: $95

A, T: =

New and continuing students will work with acrylics to create a small piece and a large piece concentrating on composition and the use of the space. A supply list will be provided upon registration.

student/instructor ratio: 10 to 1

 

WATERCOLOR: SUMMER LANDSCAPE - Thomas Needham
2 Mondays and Tuesdays beginning July 12, 2010
6:15 – 8:45 p.m.
Member: $81 Non-member: $90

A: 2, 3, 4

Learn how to capture the beauty of the summer season in transparent watercolor. Students will focus on landscapes featuring sea, surf, and sand. The class will help you acquire confidence in the application of modern watercolor techniques such as wet into wet washes, graduated washes, and the use of salt and masking fluid. Demonstrations, individual guidance, and a step-by-step approach will provide the foundation needed to achieve exciting results. A supply list will be provided upon registration.

student/instructor ratio: 10 to 1


PAINTING LANDSCAPES IN OIL - Dick Dunlap
6 Wednesdays beginning June 23, 2010
9 a.m. – Noon
Member: $117
Non-member: $130

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Enjoy the spontaneity and vigor that comes from the art of oil landscape painting in the great outdoors! Individual attention will guide the novice as well as the experienced painter in the infinitely complex and changing world of nature. Students will paint quickly as they learn to capture the rapidly changing effects of light on objects through the creative use of color, value and intensity. A supply list will be provided.

student/instructor ratio: 8 to 1




 





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