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Cherry Blossoms
This is a "Live Online Event", instructed by our Mater Artist. She will guide you step-by-step through the process of re-creating this beautiful painting, while using acrylic paints on a 16x20 canvas. Join her live for an interactive experience while enjoying all the comforts of your home. This event is good for ages 13+, so feel free to invite your entire household to participate. Materials: Canvas - Choose any size (Instructors will...
Online Rock It! Dot Painting Mandalas
Dragonfly Designs @ Online Class, Online, CA
To put it simply, this project rocks! In this class, students will learn how to create beautiful Mandala stones that appear incredibly intricate, but are achievable through the technique of dot painting. Believed to be a source of meditation and relaxation, artists will find their center as their own Mandala comes to life on this unique canvas. Projects Rock Mandala Dot Årt Painting Canvas Mandala Dot Årt Painting Shipping Shipping...
Beginner Watercolor - Flowers
Guests will learn valuable techniques in working with the beautiful medium of watercolor. They’ll develop their brushwork to create gradient, texture, shadows, and movement. Guided by our Art Instructor, guests will be amazed at their skill progression and the resulting masterpiece! Note: This is a Virtual Camp with LIVE instruction on Zoom that you attend from the comfort of your home. You will receive your materials kit 1 – 5 days before...
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Ignite Your Wild Creativity: Creating Abstract Painting
Living Your Wild Creativity @ 4404 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA
LET LOOSE! GET WILD! Bring a handful of unfinished or unresolved paintings that may have you asking what next? It is more of a one on one independent work where we will review what you are doing and move your paintings to a new level where you enliven them and restart the conversation. In this process, you will gain courage, build trust in your own artistic choices, and grow your skills of making dynamic paintings. Materials...
All levels
18 and older
$300
Handbuilding: Women in Contemporary Ceramics
Learn to approach ceramic hand-building techniques through the lens of art history. Each week we'll learn about a different 20th or 21st Century ceramicist who made innovative, celebrated work in her time. We'll then sketch a favorite piece made by the artist and learn a technique to recreate or re-imagine the artist's original piece. Materials will be discussed during the first class meeting. Notes Experience Level: Intermediate/Advanced Some...
Oil & Acrylic Painting
Art School of SF Bay @ 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
Unlock your artistic potential and master the techniques of oil and acrylic painting at the renowned Art School of SF Bay. Explore the beauty of nature through landscapes, learn to capture emotions in portraits, and develop your unique style. With high-quality art materials provided, embark on a transformative artistic journey.
Precious Metal Clay Jewelrymaking
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Unleash your creativity with bronze and silver metal clay in this hands-on jewelry-making course. Learn techniques for crafting stunning pendants, rings, stone settings, and molds while discovering the art of firing and finishing designs. Gain the skills to bring your unique jewelry visions to life.
Beginning Screenprinting
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Screen-printing is a versatile print media, with the ability to print on many different surfaces, while creating multiple prints from a single screen. Following an overview of basic principles and mechanics, students will be introduced to different ways of making stencils. Starting with a hands on paper stencil, they will then create hand-drawn positives used to expose a stencil onto a photopolymer emulsion-coated screen. Screen preparation,...
Landscape Painting from Photos
Richmond Art Center @ 23 Maine Ave, Richmond, CA
Refine your painting skills by learning how to enhance photo references in this comprehensive class. Explore techniques to bring life to your landscapes and master the art of painting from photos. Open to all painting media, this course will transform your artwork beyond mere copies.
Fundamentals of Oil Painting
Richmond Art Center @ 23 Maine Ave, Richmond, CA
Unleash your creativity with a comprehensive exploration of oil painting techniques, from materials to composition, at the Richmond Art Center. Master the art of still life painting in a supportive and inspiring environment. Discover the beauty and versatility of oil paints while honing your artistic skills.
Intro to Oil Painting
Richmond Art Center @ Virtual Classroom
Participants will learn the basic techniques of oil painting from an experienced urban landscape painter. They will practice mixing colors; learning color theory as they try out using different pigments. They will learn about qualities of transparency, different combinations of medium, and non-toxic alternative mediums. Participants will create several studies and one complete oil painting from subject matter of their choice. The course will include...
Painting with Oils, Cold Wax & Pigment Sticks
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
This class encourages experimentation with layered oil painting, combining oil, cold wax, soft pastels, pigment sticks and collage. Painting tools include the unusual and the traditional. Required supplies for this program: Your collection of oil paint should include the following colors: • Titanium White • Black • Primary Yellow • Scarlet Lake • Quinacridone Rose • Quinacridone Violet ( optional) • Ultramarine Blue • Cobalt Blue...
Stunning Color in Soft Pastel
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
This course offers new possibilities for artists who want to enrich their work by incorporating soft pastels to add both color and texture. Soft pastels are both a drawing and a painting medium. We will cover multiple methods and applications, and work on a variety of prepared surfaces. Every class will begin with warm up exercises, sometimes focusing on mark making, others on color and value. You should take this course if you are fascinated...
Figure Drawing: People and Faces
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Learn to draw the figure, facial expressions, and portraits. We will focus on proportion and anatomy, line quality, value and composition strategies to improve your technical skills. Explore different methods and approaches while drawing from reference, observation and a live model. Class 1: The Head - Proportions & Structure Class 2: The Figure - Proportions and Introduction to Drawing from Life (with model) Class 3: Portraits and...
Beginning/ Intermediate Wheel
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
This class covers the fundamentals of throwing on the wheel. It will introduce new students to the process and help intermediate students refine their skills. Firing/Materials Fee ($35)
Evening Hand & Wheel
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
This class will incorporate both throwing and handbuilding demonstrations. Students can chose how they would like to work. Intermediate students can work on independent projects with the help of the instructor.
Everyday Still Life
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Through painting natural and man-made objects students will develop and strengthen their skills with oil paint, while also learning to appreciate the everyday. In each class students will create three paintings: one black and white, one color, and one personal choice still life. Beginners welcome. What To Bring Suggested Materials: Synthetic Brushes - oil paint brush set that includes flat, angled, filbert, fan, round, and liner (two of each,...
Fundamental Drawing I
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
La maestra habla español. A class for absolute beginners where you will learn how to plan a drawing, how to figure out a composition, and how to measure the proportions of objects. Note: Handouts and related videos will be available to students via Classroom, a Google storage space. Materials List: Recommended Stores: Michael’s in Pinole, Blick in Berkeley. Jerry’s Artarama (online). Required Dry Materials The General’s...
Academic Drawing
Art School of SF Bay @ 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
The atelier approach strengthens the emerging artists technical ability. Learn to draw what you see while learning the same academic method that the old masters learned. This ongoing program works with each individual's desired pace. A project that takes 1 student 1 week can take another 3 weeks which is wonderful for people of all types of learning styles. Detailed Schedule 1st project: Simple Bargue using sight size This project will teach...
Cyanotype Printing
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Taking advantage of the Bay Area bloom, participants are invited to explore the botanical world of the region through the art of sun printing. Students will create a variety of sun prints from leaves, flowers and other natural materials. This class is suitable for beginners, with no artistic background. Suggested Materials Water based paper (200 gsm) plants of their choice plastic folder Pencil
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