Drop in Classes
Figure Drawing – Evenings
Levels: Previous drawing experience required.
Offered: Monday, 7-10pm & 2nd Thursdays, 7-10pm
Fee: $16 non-members, $14 members, $10 students. Not a member?
Facilitated by Open Studio Artist Richard Bennett. Drawing the human figure is acknowledged to be the best foundation for learning the process of really seeing …
Series Classes
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Plein Air Painting (Oil or Acrylics)
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Mac McWilliams
Offered: 6 Sunday Afternoons beginning 09/30/18, no class 10/07 & 10/21 1pm - 4pm
Fee: $160/ $140 member price
From the mountains to the sea, from slough to farm, join us painting on location throughout the Central Coast. In this six-week series class you …
The Illustrated Journal – Sundays!
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Cynthia Armstrong
Offered: Six Sunday Mornings beginning 09/30/18, no class 10/21 9.30am - 12.00pm
Fee: $160.00 / $140.00 members price
Journaling helps us to slow down to really see and appreciate the world around us. This course is designed for those who wish to learn …
Keeping A Nature Sketchbook
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Cynthia Armstrong
Offered: 6 Tuesday Mornings beginning 10/02/18, no class 10/23/18 9.30am - 12.00pm
Fee: $160.00 / $140.00 members price
Sketching can be a pleasant and powerful tool for studying nature. You don’t have to be an experienced scientist or an accomplished artist to be …
Watercolor-Linda Lord-Thursdays (4 week class)
Levels: All
Instructor: Linda Lord
Offered: 4 Thurs., beginning: 10/04/18 1pm-3:30pm
Fee: $120 / $105 with member discount
This class is geared to facilitate those who have never painted and those who have advanced their skills. Most class sessions will include a demo …
Beginning Watercolor (4 week class)
Levels: Beginning
Instructor: Linda Lord
Offered: 4 Fridays, beginning: 10/05/18 1.00pm - 3.30pm
Fee: $120 / $105 members
This class is aimed at familiarity of Materials, as well as why to chose them. In the 6 weeks, we will endeavor to produce 6 …
Loosen Up and Have Fun with Acrylics
Levels: All
Instructor: Carrie Clayden
Offered: 6 Mondays, beginning Oct 22nd, no class Nov 12th 1pm - 3.30pm
Fee: $160.00 / $140.00 with member discount
Painting from the heart and loosening up are fundamentals of this class. We work fast and loose, layering our canvas with color, blocking in shapes, …
Pastel Studio
Levels: All
Instructor: Joan Hellenthal
Offered: 6-Friday mornings - beginning 11/02, no class 11/24 9.30am - 12.00pm
Fee: $160 / $140 member price
The perfect way to start the weekend….loosen up and have fun with pastels! Using expressive marks and color we will paint vibrant landscapes and still …
Weekend Workshops
Introduction to Acrylics
Levels: All Levels
Offered: One day workshop, September 29th, 2018 10am - 4pm
Fee: $89.00
Introduction to Acrylics – this is a great place to begin or just be. Using Golden Acrylic paints, I will teach an overview of a …
Spontaneous Watercolor!
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Robert Dvorak
Offered: One day workshop - Saturday 10/06/18 10am - 4pm
Fee: $89.00 - one price for this class
Want to have fun painting watercolor with freedom and ease? You will learn to paint fast and free. If you: – have no previous …
Pastel Portraits
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Mac McWilliams
Offered: One day workshop, October 20th, 2018 10am - 4pm
Fee: $89.00
This one-day intensive pastel portraiture workshop will concentrate on realistsic modeling of forms with warms and cools, lights and darks, layering techniques and studying the …
The Abstract Figure – Class is Full!
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Sefla Joseph
Offered: Weekend Workshop, Nov. 3rd & 4th 10am - 3pm
Fee: $200 / $175 members price
Sefla Joseph’s Abstract Figurative Workshop is a process of exploration and discovery. We will be exploring the inner workings of what lies within the human …
Introduction to Gouache – Class is Full!
Levels: All Levels
Instructor: Cynthia Armstrong
Offered: One day workshop - Saturday 11/17/18 10am - 4pm
Fee: $89.00 - one price for this class
Introduction to Gouache Gouache is an overlooked watercolor medium that has amazing versatility and can transcend the boundaries of many other mediums. It can wash …
