Class Descriptions

Watercolor Painting for Adults

a comprehensive learning experience designed to provide the student with the most comprehensive approach to watercolor painting through easy to understand modules.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The basic materials, tools, and surfaces for painting with watercolor.
  • How to apply watercolor using a variety of techniques and approaches.
  • How to mix colors and use color theory in your paintings.
  • How to create strong compositions in your paintings.
  • How to paint loosely with watercolor.
  • How to paint landscapes with watercolors.
  • How to paint a cityscape and create the illusion of space by manipulating values and intensities.
  • How to paint a portrait with watercolors.
  • How to use watercolor pencils.
  • How to mix watercolor with pastel, pastel pencils, and ink.
  • How to paint with gouache (opaque watercolor).
  • How to mat and frame your paintings.

Watercolor Painting for Kids

Learn how to paint beautiful watercolor paintings to hang on your wall or give as a gift! Students will learn about different painting techniques while creating a new project each week.

Oil Painting for Adults

Introductory oil painting instruction is intended to provide the techniques and knowledge necessary to become proficient in the use of Oil Paint as an art medium.

Each student works on their own painting at their own pace, and receives individualized attention and instruction.

Identifying a student’s artistic strengths and weaknesses and addressing them accordingly will be one of the main goals of class.

An additional class objective includes providing a working knowledge of the elements and principles of design, with an emphasis on good composition.

Students will be encouraged to explore a variety of subject matter with paintings created from both photographs and life