Art Classes

Interest in pastels is growing and it's to your benefit to understand how to work in this medium before forming bad habits causing you to struggle. You will learn to work with value. With a solid understanding of value you can paint anything, landscape, still life, portrait. New students will work on exercises such as how to handle pastels, value and color building. More experienced students will be challenged based on their skill level. The focus is on personal growth.
This is an all skill level adult class.
Contact the instructor to review supplies.

In this class students will learn water / paint ratio, a number of techniques to handle the control of watercolor. Some of the techniques will be washes, glazing, the difference of wet into wet and wet into dry,
Plus the student will work on a painting.
Adult, Beginner skill levels.
Supplies needed: Transparent Watercolor paints, brushes, 9x12 or 11x14 watercolor paper (no recycled paper), 2 water containers, 4x6 sponge, masking tape, board to tape wc paper to, a palette, and a pencil.

This workshop is for anyone who wants to begin working with acrylic paints. This basic class will serve as an intro to the paints and what makes acrylic painting different from oil or watercolor. Covered are strategies for setting up a palette, and how to organize and mix colors, with a focus on application and technique. We will be working with a simple single object still life. Class will begin with an intro, then a brief demonstration, with the remaining time spent painting.
Beginner skill level. Adult.
Supplies needed: Acrylic paints, other colors optional), Brushes (a variety of sizes & shapes, stiff and soft bristle), palette knife, artist's palette (wood or glass recommended, or palette paper), Primed stretched canvas or hardboard panel, lint free rags.

This workshop will focus on the benefits of subtractive drawing, which is an excellent way to add new life to your work. We will cover how it can help us in creating the illusion of light and shadow and how it can bring a greater depth of mood and atmosphere to our drawing. It is a process that can make a drawing feel more layered and complex, and add more realism or expression. We will be working with a simple single object still life (provided by instructor). Class starts with an introduction and demonstration and the remaining time spent drawing.
All skill levels, Adult.
Supplies needed: Students may work with charcoal or graphite.
Pencils & Graphite Sticks: a range from H-B's is recommended. Charcoal - soft vine charcoal, compressed charcoal sticks, charcoal pencils, charcoal powder are recommended. Erasers: kneaded & rectangular white, pink pencil cap, artist sandpaper block, stump, Surface: For graphite; Bristol Vellum. For Charcoal; heavy charcoal or watercolor paper or Rives BFK. Artist brushes for blending.

This class takes us outdoors (weather permitting) where we respond directly to what the landscape has to offer. If held indoors we will work from a shared reference. We'll start discussing the features of the landscape and some strategies for how to get the most out of our time painting. We'll focus on compelling composition, use of color and tone, atmospheric perspective, and rendering specific features in a scene.We will end class with a brief critique.
All Skill Levels, Adult
Supplies Needed: Paints - titanium white, burnt sienna, burnt umber, cadmium red, cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue. A variety of brush sizes and shapes. Palette (glass, wood, plastic, palette paper, no wc palettes, paper plates, tin foil, etc.), Palette Knife, Canvas, Panel or Heavy Paper. Canvas will need several coats of gesso to give a smooth surface. Masonite, MDF, or Birchwood panels & watercolor or bristle vellum, 1 or 2 coats of gesso. 

Our Plein Air Group will be starting a new season with a meeting at the LCAA on Tues. April 7 from 9-10am with the chance to paint after until 12 noon.
Those interested in joining the group are invited to attend.
Call the LCAA (717-687-7061) for more information about the Fair Weather Painters.