CLASS LISTING: Fall 2o11
DRAWING, PAINTING & MIXED MEDIA
Intermediate Watercolor
Instructor: Imadiel Ariel
Monday, 10am–1pm
Session 1: Sept 19–Oct 31; No class Oct 10 (Columbus Day)
Session 2: Nov 14–Dec 19
6 weeks: $260 per session
If you can paint in watercolor, want to hone your skills and move to the next level, or even discuss the content of your work, this class is for you. Techniques intrinsic to watercolor (such as washes, glazing, wet-on-wet, resist use, negative painting) will be integrated in our work; more general problems of painting (such as design, color relationships, subject matter, visualization and color language) will be taught. The class will combine the painting of various subject matter with students’ special projects. The students work closely with the teacher and demonstrations are integral to the teaching. Work between classes is expected and discussed in class so that students learn problem-solving.
Bring your paints/photos/conceptual ideas to class. A very instructive materials list is available at the office at the time of registration and is recommended.
NEW! Oil Painting
Instructor: Lois Andersen
Monday, 7:30–9:30pm, Sept 19–Nov 28; No class Oct 10 (Columbus Day),
10 weeks: $280
Come and learn the approach to direct painting from life in this classic medium. Attention will be given to composition, drawing, and color/values. Those with some drawing experience are welcome. Materials list available at registration.
NEW! Line and Lone: Line, Ink, Paint, Graphite and the Singular Subject
Instructor: Pamela Bailey Powers
Tuesday, 9am–12pm, Sept 20–Dec 6; No class October 11
10 weeks: $415 + $50 materials fee
Whether one makes a contour drawing or a detailed study, the line is crucial. Whether the medium is India or sumi-e ink, pencil, brush painting or any other conceivable line-making thing, the line is unto itself.
We’ll take a look at the great line drawings of Picasso, Klee, Crete, and the caves at Lascaux among others. We’ll choose our subjects with care—human, still life, imagined—and bring their truth and essence to line. If we so like, we will celebrate and share our work with friends and family during the last class.
Beginning Watercolor
Instructor: Imadiel Ariel
Tuesday 10am–1pm
Session 1: Sept 20–Oct 25; Make-up date Nov 1
Session 2: Nov 8–Dec 13; Make-up date Dec 20
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Thursday 6:30-9:30pm
Session 1: Sept 15–Oct 27: No class Sept 29 (Rosh Hashanah); Make-up date Nov 3
Session 2: Nov 10–Dec 22; No class Nov 24 (Thanksgiving)
6 weeks: $260 per session
A great class for students who are beginning to paint and for those who have little painting experience, our focus will be to master the water/paint/paper relationship in order to achieve luminous washes and expressive marks. All basic elements of watercolor painting are covered in this class: knowledge of materials, seeing and drawing shapes, designing a meaningful painting, the basics of color theory, the attributes of pigments/paints, and how to mix paint to attain desired hues. The specifics of the class are strongly geared to students’ needs; demonstrations and one on one instruction are integral to every class. Students are encouraged to work between classes and to bring paintings to class for review.
Please call 978.371.0820 for a very informative materials list. The teacher is available to discuss class content and methodology with you prior to the start of classes.
Mastering Color for the Watercolorist
Instructor: Imadiel Ariel
Tuesday 2:30–5:30pm
Session 1: Sept 20–Oct 25; Make-up date Nov 1
Session 2: Nov 8–Dec 13; Make-up date Dec 20
6 weeks: $260 per session
In an in depth look at color from the practical as well as theoretical point of view, we will discover how to improve our color technique, enliven and adjust our paintings, and discover new color horizons. The study of color is multi-layered so we will learn how to practice seeing and talking about color through rational understanding of color attributes, color mixing, and color interactions. AND, we will be immersed in color, uncover a personal world of color, improve our habits and make wild discoveries! Watercolor paints are used in this class which includes reading and painting homework.
A very instructive materials list is available at the office at the time of registration and is recommended.
NEW! Book Art
Instructor: Barbara Ishikura
Wednesday 9:30am–12:30pm, Sept 21–Oct 26; Make-up date Nov 2
6 weeks: $260
All levels welcome.
This class is designed to teach the basic skills of book making. Students will learn simple book structures such as simple and complex accordions, sewn accordion, pamphlet, side stab book, concertina with signatures, and Palm Leaf book. Students will be introduced to simple printing methods that may be applied to projects. The instructor will work with students to develop ideas, concepts, and narratives for book projects. Suggested topics for book art projects are a book of travels, a book of days, a book of dreams, a biography, a journal, an alphabet book or an altered book. Materials list available at registration.
NEW! Off-Press Printmaking
Instructor: Barbara Ishikura
Wednesday 9:30am–12:30pm, Nov 7–Dec 14; Make-up date Dec 21
6 weeks: $260 + $20 materials fee
Students will learn the additive and subtractive approaches to painting on Plexiglas and Mylar. Students may work with prepared images or make traced monotypes and prints with water colors and Caran d’Ache crayons. In addition, students will work more three-dimensionally with woodblock, lino, and rubber printmaking techniques. Students will experiment with gelatin prints, photo transfers and colographs.
Yoga for the Picture Plane
Instructor: Dana Evans
Wednesday 6–8pm, Sept 21–Nov 30
10 weeks: $280 + $15 materials fee
All levels welcome.
Produce two watercolor paintings using a system of line, value and color postures, or relationships. Enjoy en plein air sessions plus studio time to inform subject matter. These postures, when practiced in painting, allow greater focus and depth in the composition. Bibliography with inspirational quotes plus theory from modern master painters Kandinsky, Albers, Harris, and Thibeaud included. Fun Fact: Johannes Itten began his Bauhaus classes with meditation and breathing.
NEW! Practical Hand Finishing
Instructor: Joey Asal
Wednesday 6–8pm, Sept 21–Nov 30; Make-up date Dec 7
10 weeks: $280 + $30 materials fee
All levels welcome.
This class will illustrate the fundamental application of stain and oil-based finish to wood surfaces. Although not commonly used in commercial settings, hand finishing is an approach and a treatment to wood that will prove enlightening to both beginner and novice woodworkers. Watching and participating in this finishing process from beginning to end and understanding the elements involved will foster a new and more dynamic appreciation for the vast varieties of treated wood we see on furniture, homes, and objects. We will be finishing a basic shelf, or a box with a hinge, or building a shadowbox for display purposes, or we might go on a field trip to a local antique market to hunt for potential conservation/restoration projects for next class… Sanding, toning wood with dyes, applying sealers and finish coats will be accompanied by thorough class notes which outline the process, tools and materials for future reference.
NEW! Illustration, Art and the Written Word
Instructor: Pamela Bailey Powers
Thursdays 9am–12pm, Sept 22–Dec 15; No class Sept 29 (Rosh Hashanah), Oct 13, or Nov 24 (Thanksgiving)
10 weeks: $415 + $50 materials fee
Inks, oils, watercolors, pencils, brushes, pens, vellum, Bristol board, canvas and linen are among the media we will explore and use in class to make art and illustrations to go with writings both by others and one’s self. Folks may write in class as well make art. Please feel free to bring and use computers and any special media of your own. Picasso, Basho, Haiga, Dickinson, Li Young Lee, sonnets and comics, Willa Cather and Sage Stossel are among the arts, artists, writings, and writers that we will consider. And, if we like, we’ll invite friends and family to celebrate and share our work during our last meeting.
