This class will cover using oil paints to generate compositions and improve brush handling and color mixing. Students will complete multiple sketches per class. Explore still life, landscape and portrait work

Ages: 14+ | Instructor: Mark Birchfield

Increase your skills to translate imagery from your tablet or photograph to canvas. Work on principles of design, color harmony, temperature, value and more. Demonstrations and short presentations will help refine skills to develop one’s unique voice.

Ages:  14+ | Instructor: Virginia Grass Simmons

Students will develop their painting skills in the representational or abstract style of their choice. The emphasis will be on the techniques and methodology of painting and on individual problem solving. Topics covered include color, composition, texture, tools and materials.

Ages: 16+ | Instructor: Brian Hinkle

Let’s take color down to the very basics. If you struggle to mix the color you desire or have never mixed any color ever, we will take the color wheel down to the primaries without sacrificing saturation – a limited palette with unlimited color. This class is suitable for beginners to the seasoned artist.

Ages:  16+ | Instructor: Melinda Weis