Students will explore using color, texture and pattern to create mixed media artwork.  They will develop abstracts using the different elements and principles of design and learn how to abstract them through examples.  Working with acrylics, collage, drawing medium, and gels, they will see how to add dimension and interest to their work. 

Summer Quarter: 6 weeks

Wednesday July 8, 10am–1pm

Tuition: $220, supply list provided at time of registration
Location: W-10

Use color and value to infuse your painting with mood. Whether it’s dark and somber or light and sunny, twilight or dawn. Quiet and still or colorful and full of movement. This course will teach you how to paint your story.

Summer Quarter: 6 weeks

Tuesday July 15, 10:30am–1pm

Tuition: $200, supply list provided at time of registration
Location: W-10

Are you curious about oils? Not sure how to get started? This is the class for you.  Oils can be used just like other types of paint. You can paint transparently or opaquely or even better, a combination of both. We will cover color mixing, setting up your palette, mediums, supports, paint application and much more. Discover how easy and fun oil painting can be.

Summer Quarter: 6 weeks

Saturday July 18, 10:30am–1pm

Tuition: $200, supply list provided at time of registration
Location: W-10

Intermediate, Young Adults & Adults
Instructor: Gwen Bragg

A special workshop during which the Instructor Gwen Bragg will demonstrate how she has created her "Stone on Stone" series of watercolors. From a Master class taught by Lee Weiss, she paints on both sides of her watercolor paper and flips it over onto a sheet of acrylic to create unique textures and color unobtainable with a brush alone.

Summer Quarter: Two days

Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9, 12pm–4pm 

Tuition: $165

Location: W-6, 607