ADULT ART CLASSES
SUMMER CLASSES
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Watercolor for Beginners
Instructor: Andi Naab
10:30 am-1:30 pm Saturday, July 31
$25 members; $30 non-members
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Color and creativity will flow as you learn the basics of watercolor painting in this satisfying workshop. You’ll explore a variety of the techniques and learn tips that make this medium exciting and personally expressive.
Drawing Refresher
Instructor: Gloria Burlingame
10:30 am-1:30 pm Saturday, August 7
$25 members; $30 non-members
Supply list; $10 materials fee
Get back into the studio swing with this drawing refresher workshop. Using a wide variety of drawing materials and applications, explore the unlimited possibilities that different mediums and surfaces offer in rendering an image.
Watercolor
Instructor: Cindy Bergthold
10:30 am-1:30 pm Saturday, August 14
$25 members; $30 non-members
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Expand your watercolor abilities in this intermediate workshop that meets at the Vander Veer Conservatory. Focus on color, shape and advanced techniques as you express the natural beauty of your floral subjects.
NOTE: This class will meet at the stone building, 215 W. Central Park, located just north of and across the street from the conservatory. Parking available in the lot next to the stone building.
FALL CLASSES
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FIGURE DRAWING
Facilitated sessions
6-8 pm Tuesdays, Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16
$20/3-session punch card/high school & college students
$30/3-session punch card/adult
$12/single session
Students will draw from an unclothed model in a professional setting. Participants must purchase a punch card prior to attending the first class. Punch card must be presented to the facilitator at each class. Additional punch cards may be purchased during 9-week session.
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Beyond Basic Drawing
Instructor: Gloria Burlingame
6 pm-8 pm Thursdays, September 9, 16, 23, 30
Step your basic drawing skills up to the next level in this exciting class. Projects will involve imagery drawn from personal objects and photographs using new techniques and drawing materials, including aquarelle graphite and color pencils.
Digital Photography Workshop
Instructor: Cindy Bergthold
1 pm-4 pm Saturday, September 25
$30 members; $35 non-members (Class size limited to 15 students)
Supply list: Digital camera with blank memory card
Learn how to frame your shots, control your angles and get the most out of every click of the button in this fun workshop. Weather permitting, the workshop will travel outside the museum taking real-time pictures which will be the subjects of an interactive critique back in the Figge auditorium.
Watercolor Workshop – Intermediate to Advaced
Instructor: Don Heggen
9:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, October 2
$60 members; $65 non-members
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Acrylic Painting – Beginner to Intermediate
Instructor: Allen Holloway
6 pm-8 pm Tuesdays, October 5, 12, 19, 26
$60 members; $65 non-members
Well-known Quad City artist Allen Holloway will take this painting class from the basics of color theory, brush types and painting surfaces to the application of different mediums and glazing techniques. Beginning and intermediate painters alike will learn special tips to aid them in creating a beautiful finished landscape painting ready for hanging.
Pastel Portrait Workshop
Instructor: Marj Hier
10 am-2 pm Saturday, October 9
$60 members; $65 non-members (Class size limited to 15 students)
Explore the beauty of portrait painting in pastel and charcoal. Beginning and intermediate students will explore proportion, form, shape, value and contrast in this all-inclusive workshop. Drawings will be done from a clothed model.
Silk Screen T-Shirt Workshop
For Teens 13 and older
Instructor: Cindy Bergthold
12 pm – 4 pm Saturday, October 16
$25 members; $30 non-members
Explore the color, excitement and unlimited design possibilities in this made-for-teens silk screen workshop. Students will create personalized t-shirts from the initial stencil designs to the final pull of ink. Have fun, make art and enjoy a social atmosphere in this cool class!
Paper Making
Instructor: Dawn Wohlford-Metallo
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, October 16
$50 members; $55 non-members
Supply list, $10 materials fee payable to instructor on day of workshop
Learn how to prepare paper pulp from natural fibers and explore the basics of hand-forming sheets of paper using a mould and deckle in the European method. Techniques will cover inclusion of decorative accents and students are encouraged to bring items such as fresh leaves and flowers to imbed in the papers they create. Students will take home whatever papers are made during class.
Organic Watercolor
Instructor: Corinne Morón
6-8 pm Tuesdays, November 2-23 (4 wks)
$60 members; $65 non-members
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Learn how color, shape and pattern can be used to paint natural and organic textures in watercolor. Layering and blending techniques learned in this class will help students create flowing, beautiful watercolor studies.
Fiber Art Workshop
Instructor: Bonnie Grebner
10:30 am-1:30 pm Saturday,
November 13
$45 members; $50 non-members
Supply list; $15 materials fee payable to instructor at workshop
Create a beautiful fiber art bowl using natural wool roving and felting techniques, adding decorative touches using items such as glass beads and colorful fibers and threads. These fabulous fiber bowls will make wonderful gifts or great decorative home accents.
FOR KIDS & TEENS
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