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In this intensive two hour class, students with learn how to correctly start a drawing through the process of straight line construction and comparison. The basic principles of light, shadow, and shading will also be discussed. This class is great for artists that would like to improve their technique and gain confidence in the embarkation of a new...

This is a foundation course for those who wish to understand how perspective works, and then learn how to draw these. This includes printed handouts, videos as well as a quick video lecture on how to set up your home studio. Inventing 2-point perspective systems and working from Provided Still-life Studio Set -Up in Class Papers, Pencils, Erasers...

Focus on Drawing is designed for adults students who want an opportunity to become experienced drawers with strong technical skills in a fun and social environment. Students build on their skills by mastering the principles of using line, tone, light, texture, composition, spacial depth and perspective. Students work on personalized...

Let yourself go and experiment with Paint on Canvas and/or Pencil on paper. Principals of Composition, as well as the basic building blocks of all art is explored in detail in a low-pressure informal setting. This includes printed handouts, video lectures as well as a quick video lecture on how to set up your home studio are covered. Class time is...

In this class we will focus on cast drawing and many of the fundamental skills necessary for an artist to achieve an illusion of reality in his or her work . Students will begin with a basic “block-in” construction which helps to build proper accuracy in tilt, comparing important visual alignments, shape, proportion and gesture. Discussion...

This class is designed for more advanced teen students (14-16) who have already completed beginner art classes and/ or show keen promise in art, or for anyone hoping to apply to an art program & dreaming of a career in the visual arts. If you don’t get enough time in school to work on personal projects or  artistic goals and you have a...

The Charles Bargue master drawings are a series of prints ranging from simple to more advanced drawing.  Their purpose is help train the eye of the student to understand the effects of light and shadow and the illusion of form.   In this class, students are shown how to reduce form into a simplified straight line construction, and soon...

- Learn the Vedic Art principles in art & life. - Find your creative flow through painting/drawing and mixed media. - Learn to trust the creative process and natural creative impulses. - Learn a hands on - step by step method and create art from your heart. - Relax in a safe non judgmental creative space. - The Vedic art...

This foundation Art Class will get you set up with the basics and be a fun & educational class. We will begin the course with preliminary drawing exercises and these will involve studies in still life, techniques in shading, perspective & ways of seeing, how to employ light and shadow. The second half of the course we will turn our drawing...

Oil painting offers artists flexibility and a depth of color that is unsurpassed by any other artistic medium. Students in this course will have the opportunity to work in the subject matter of their choice – from portraiture and landscapes to abstract and experimental subjects. Students work on personalized projects across using oil...

This Teen art instruction will introduce graded graphites and light to dark charcoals.  Techniques will be presented, such as pencil mechanics, perspective, & various amounts of shading. DUE TO COVID-19: Our studio is currently following the guidelines for small businesses during this time.   We will be practicing the CDC COVID-19 guidelines,...

Figure Drawing is back, at Park Church Co-op! Enjoy a fun, relaxing evening practicing your life drawing skills! Spend two hours with teaching artists Ashley Chapman and one of our carefully selected professional models. Open to all levels; just bring your favorite materials (no fumes, please) and enjoy an evening of putting pencil (marker, ink, charcoal,...

An excellent beginner’s course for adults learning how to draw. Drawing is the most important skill in all the visual arts and the basis for all other media. Its also a great course for those in film, design or fashion. Learn how to develop confidence with your sketches & create dynamic compositions.  We recommend a full class course to...

The French term plein air means “out of doors” and refers to the practice of painting pictures outside. Plein Air Painting inspires students to respond & record their surroundings in a highly individual & authentic way- the light changes quickly outside, so you learn how to paint quickly & by pushing yourself to paint quickly and mix...

This class is perfect for anyone who has taken our Beginner Drawing Technique class is excited to move on to more complex subject matter- capture people & anatomy in pencil, charcoals & inks. The human form is exciting to study but many students are intimidated by it, in this class we will put what we have learnt into practice and develop confidence....