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| Adults (page 1): Digital Arts | Adults (page 7): Wearable Art | ||
| Adults (page 2): Ceramics | Adults (page 8): Design | ||
| Adults (page 3): Drawing | Adults (page 9): Art History/Concepts | ||
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| Adults (page 6): Sculpture/3-D | Adults (page 11): Weekend Workshops (none at this time) | ||
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PAINTING: MIXED MEDIA All Skill LevelsMULTI-MEDIA COLLAGE Learn what makes a good collage while exploring styles and materials. Embellish old watercolors or other work on paper with plain and rice papers, foil, fabrics, strings, yarns and anything that can be glued. Emphasis on experimentation, composition, balance, color, texture and line. Pick up supply list. Innovator’s delight: Commercial and industrial markets continually develop new pigments, paints, emulsions and procedures that clever artists utilize. Develop a variety of techniques and approaches by working on canvas with alternative (non-artist) materials, including emulsions, house paint, industrial finishes, metallic surfaces, patinas, beeswax, rusting agents, aging agents, various texturing agents and more. Stretch and prepare canvases (with non-artist materials) and develop ideas that are well served by the media and format of your project. Emphasis on relationships between subject matter and materials, themes and individual styles, content and dimensions. Supply list provided at first class. PAINTING WITH LIGHT & COLOR So, you want to paint a still life at home or a Palos Verdes landscape? First realize that the primary colors of visible light are different. If you harmonize the science of color and the emotional power of color to achieve a balance, you might make a successful painting. Explore color through oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor to create better paintings at every level. Pick up suggested supply list. WATER & OIL DO MIX! FAUVE, EXPRESSIONISM & ABSTRACT Thrust yourself into the wonderful world of fauve, expressionism and abstract painting. Feel the excitement of painting, drawing and colloguing with early 20th-century techniques. Through one-on-one instruction, learn to bring your personality into these styles. All media. Pick up supply list. BEGINNING PAINTING Get a solid studio foundation in basic techniques of painting in watercolor, oil, acrylic and pastels. Basic exercises in mixing grays and harmonies; supports and grounds; drawing and under painting; glazing and finishing. Concentrate on “seeing” as artists, with emphasis on composition, value and color. Excellent refresher for all levels. Individual advice and class critiques. Pick up supply list. COME ON IN, THE ACRYLICS ARE FINE Experiment with acrylics and /or mixed media. All media and subjects welcome; however, the abstract qualities of materials will be emphasized. Progress in your own direction with encouraging instructor. Suggested supply list available. Intermediate FINDING YOUR ABSTRACT VOICE NEW! Explore abstract styles and painting methods to express your individual artistic voice. Study techniques for creating a dynamic composition, as well as developing a signature abstract style and improving technical skills in paint application, color mixing and brush work. Individual attention. Pick up supply list. Advanced A DAY FOR ARTISTUnsupervised (00)Mondays, 9/15-11/17, 9:15am-3:15pm $200, Members $170 Half-day $145, Members $115 Drop-in rate, space permitting, $25 full-day, $15 half-day (cash or check only).Draw, paint or *sculpt. No turpentine permitted. Model present at every session. Schedule: 9:15am-noon, life model; 12:30-3:15pm, costumed model, one pose. *If working in clay and piece is to be fired at PVAC, clay must be purchased in the ceramic studio. PAINTERS WORKSHOP Frank Minuto (FM-3) Fridays, 9/19-11/21, 9:30am-2:30pm $250, Members $220 Experienced watercolor and acrylic painters work independently to reach personal goals with individual advice from instructor. |
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PAINTING: OILS All Skill Levels LANDSCAPE PAINTING WITH MARIO Use photographs and paint, primarily in oils, but all media accepted. COME PAINT WITH MARIO Work in oils with a traditional artist. Instruction in use of color—lights, darks and the spectrum. Learn to emphasize, exaggerate, brighten or lighten, use cool or gray for depth and shadows. Palette limited to basic colors. Beginning OIL PAINTING FUNDAMENTALS Intermediate/Advanced PORTRAIT PAINTING Using a complete color palette of oil paints, learn color and value technique to create a lively portrait. Complete five portrait paintings with different clothed models in unique two-week set-ups. Learn formal and impressionistic approaches to capturing a likeness. Create paintings with personality from rendering facial features. Contemporary and historical portraiture discussed. Some oil painting experience recommended. FIGURE PAINTING Capture mood and expression while focusing on proportion, light and shadow. Learn structure and proportions, plus techniques to accentuate individual characteristics. Work from life model. Pick up supply list. IMPRESSIONISTIC STILL LIFES Paint from dramatically-lit floral and fruit still life set-ups to learn techniques of artists like Claude Monet and Russian Impressionist Sergei Bongart. Work in “ala-prima method,” focusing on seeing shadow before light and boldly painting warm and cool colors side by side. Master the fine points of drawing and painting realistic forms while maintaining the beauty and poetry of pure notes of color. Pick up supply list. |
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| PAINTING: WATER MEDIA
All Skill Levels Watercolor
$175, Members $145 Learn composition and design while gaining understanding of materials and techniques of wet-on-wet, color mixing, splattering and glazing. Individual instruction. Watercolor pencils, gouache and acrylics. Intermediate/Advanced SUCCESSFUL WATERCOLOR COMPOSITION
$160, Members $130 Good paintings need planning and a step-by-step approach. Develop luminous landscapes through simple classical concepts like using photographic reference, balancing shapes and forms, developing a center of interest, using light and shadow, planning for local and reflected color and learning brush techniques. Demonstrations, individual instruction and critiques. Pick up supply list. |
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