Adult Art courses are specifically designed for individuals interested in exploring their personal creative potential. Utilizing leisure time in a productive and creative pursuit while learning to make beautiful art work at a relaxed pace. Classes are made up of small groups, loosely based on a structured curriculum , and provide students with individualized instruction in an atmosphere conducive to exploring and enhancing your creative abilities. The studio like environment offers students the opportunity to meet other people who share similar interests.

PAINTING

Students can learn many styles of painting from Portraiture and Figure Painting, Realism to Photo Realism, Impressionism and Plein Air Landscapes, Expressionism, Abstraction and other 20th styles of Modernism . Special emphasis is given to understanding color, how to mix colors to achieve natural effects and various techniques of paint application such as impasto, glazing, blending, ala prima, dry brush and more.

DRAWING

Also Drawing with all its foundation parts, such as materials and techniques, composition, shading, blending, line, in pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, pastels, and various ink techniques. Drawing basics are essential foundation skills to making better art. But students will also have the opportunity to learn how to create drawings as finished works of fine art. Students may also learn Head Drawing and Anatomy. Figure Drawing from live models is also available in other courses.

SCHEDULE

Monday:  10:00 AM-1:00 PM, 6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Temporarily postponed for summer)

Tuesday:  10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Wednesday: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM

Thursday: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM