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Intro to Soft Pastels

Dates: April 10 – May 15, 2024 (no class 5/1)
Days: Wednesdays, 5 weeks
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ages: Adult
Price: $75.00 (member: $65.00)
Location: Room 8
Instructor: Mary Boeh and Susan Gleason

Discover the beauty of soft pastels and learn to create beautiful pastel paintings. Demonstrations and individual instruction will be given throughout each hands-on session. Topics include learning about materials, techniques, underpainting, color and value, use of light and shadow, and basic perspective.

(Note: Registration for this class closes April 3 at midnight)

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Bits and Pieces

Dates: April 11 – June 6, 2024 (no class, 5/2)
Days: Thursdays, 8 weeks
Time: 3:00 PM–5:00 PM
Ages: Adult
Price: $125.00 (member: $110.00)
Location: Room 9
Instructor: Nan Howard

This class will be an introduction to the art of collage. Collage is an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, pictures, memorabilia, cloth, wood,etc.) glued on a surface. It comes from the French word coller which means to glue. Learn the techniques of collage; paper collage, decoupage, photomontage and assemblage. As well as tips and practical experiences in creating successful compositions. We will explore the contributions of collage artists from the past to the present. Let’s gather together and use all of the bits and pieces of your life to create works of art that represent your heart and soul! This will benefit those with all levels of experience, from the reluctant beginner to the more knowledgeable participant.

(Registration for this class will close April 4 at midnight)

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Mindfulness Through Art

Dates: April 11 – June 6, 2024 (no class 5/2)
Days: Thursdays, 8 weeks
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Ages: Adult
Price: $125.00 (member: $110.00)
Location: Room 9
Instructor: Nan Howard

The act of doing art can be used as a meditational process and for many is the best way to calm a restless mind. Become more present and create amazing projects too! In this class, we’ll use art to express our innermost feelings, aspirations and dreams. Come join us as we explore mandalas, zentangle, color field painting, intuitive painting, collage and more!

(Registration for this class will close April 4 at midnight)

 

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Chinese Landscape Brush Painting

Dates: April 11 – May 9, 2024
Days: Thursdays, 4 weeks
Time: 3:30 PM–5:30 PM
Ages: Adult
Price: $55.00 (member: $50.00)
Location: Room 14
Instructor: Yolanda Koh

Whether you have been painting for years or have never picked up a brush, you’ll love learning this easy method of painting Chinese Landscapes. Explore a variety of strokes and learn to put them together to form rocks, trees, villages, waterfalls, mountains, and clouds in the style of Asian Sumi-e brush painting. Watercolor students are encouraged to take this class to improve your brush strokes.

(Note: Registration for this class closes April 4 at midnight)

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Intermediate Sumi-E Brush Painting

Dates: April 7 – April 28, 2024
Days: Sundays, 4 weeks
Time: 1:30 PM–3:30 PM
Ages: Adult
Price: $55.00 (member: $50.00)
Location: Room 9
Instructor: Yolanda Koh

This class is designed for continuing students who are familiar with fundamentals of Sumi-e. It is also open to students who are already reasonably comfortable painting the flowers and landscape, have gotten basic instruction in brush and paint handling techniques and water control. The course is for those who are ready to take on more challenging subjects including animals, landscapes and complex flowers and will be taught more advanced techniques for getting special effects. A heavy emphasis will be put on composition and use of positive and negative space and color and tone harmonies. The instructor will demonstrate one new technique or subject per class and the students will work on those subjects.

(Note: Registration for this class closes April 1 at midnight)

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1-Day Workshop: Mosaics Basics

Date: Monday, April 22, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Ages: 13+
Price: $45 member / $50 non-member
Location: Room 14
Instructor: Lisa Scarbath

Learn the basics of creating indoor mosaics. In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn about mosaic tools, materials and techniques while making your own masterpiece to take home that day.

(Registration for this class will close on April 15 at midnight)

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1-Day Workshop: Painting with Encaustics

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024
Time: 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Ages: 18+
Price: $50 member / $55 non-member
Location: Room 14
Instructor: Barbara Talbott

One of the oldest painting mediums known, encaustic painting lends itself to exploration rather than realistic painting. Come experience this expressive material and all the possibilities that it allows you to try!

(Registration for this class will close on May 13 at midnight)

Supplies included

 

Howard County Government logo
MSAC logo
Horizon Foundation Logo
Ellen Flynn Giles &
Ronald H. Giles
The Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation
Elizabeth &
Ken Lundeen
Howard Hughes Corporation logo
M&T Bank logp
SECU logo
Sabina Taj &
Kyle Reis