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March 2024 SRAC Art Classes

All classes are $15 for members, $20 for non-members, unless otherwise noted. Please contact the individual teacher to register and for a supply list. Classes may be canceled due to under-attendance.

 

NOTES:  

  • Archibald Classes require a minimum of 4 Students to take place

  • Tent. Means TENTATIVE

  • Lolly Walton, Beginning Watercolor Classes, Call 321-652-7115  if you have any questions.

  • Any questions for Janet Jamil, you may email her at: jkjamil@verizon.net

Sat 3/2             12:15- 3pm       Members’ Open Studio

 

Tues 3/5           9am- 12            Class:  Advanced Watercolor

                        Instructor: Jean Archibald      keel84@aol.com  (561) 212-0915

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  Intermediate/Advanced

Description: Class for intermediate and advanced watercolor artists that come for guidance in improving their existing style. Emphasis on learning to pay attention to values in your subject before you start a painting, literally dissecting the subject and observing the different values before you start.

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Supplies:  Watercolors, brushes, paper towels, water containers. Either 300 or 140 pound watercolor paper recommended, but 300 is suggested for its strength and blending properties. Also water containers, watercolor brushes…#0, 1, 2, 3, 6, Flat# 2, 4, 6, 8. 

One large 1 inch Flat brush for washes, gum eraser, wax free tracing paper, graphite pencil, fine red pen such as Pilot pens for tracing, box Kleenex, paper towels.

Recommend choosing a subject of one’s own as it may then be entered into shows, however the instructor can supply a subject for those who do not bring their own. Subjects provided in a class are not allowed in shows.

 

Tues 3/5          1pm- 4pm        Class:  Watercolor Techniques

                        Instructor: Lolly Walton   Lollyart4sale@cfl.rr.com  (321) 652-7115

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  All levels welcomed

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Want to unleash your creativity? Take a class with an experienced watercolor artist and teacher. Objective: Focus on learning basic w/c techniques. The class is taught in a fun, and relaxed environment. We will focus on the elements of a landscape…..grass, trees, skies, water, rocks, rain, etc.  Each student will be asked to finish a half sheet size landscape painting.  After that we will move on to watercolor “abstracts”. Lolly guarantees that watercolor will become your “best friend” and provide you with a lifetime of enjoyment!!!

Supplies: Supply list provided upon request

            

Thurs 3/7         9am- 12            Class:  Fix My Painting

                        Instructor: Susan Lavender & Sheila Lougheed

                        Suzelavender@comcast.net  (772) 388-0695

                        canvasdancer319@gmail.com  (203) 648-3138

                        Medium: Acrylics, Oil, Mixed Media, Watercolor

                        Level:  Any and All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Fun class to finish old paintings or start something new! We focus on composition, texture, tone, spontaneity and technique. We give each person permission to continue, or start over, and promote expressive, inspirational and intuitive work.

Supplies: basic supplies in medium of choice – to include paper, canvas, water container, paper towels, etc.

 

Thurs 3/7         12:30-3:30pm   Class: Pastel

                        Instructor: Lana McLeod  mzmcleod@msn.com (720) 935-1730

                        Medium: Soft Pastel

                        Level: All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Come and enjoy playing and creating with adult chalk , A.K.A. Pastels. Pastels are fun and forgiving, making them a wonderful painting medium! Each class includes a short lecture and demo on subjects that will improve your technique in bringing your masterpiece to life.

Class subject examples:

   *Values and Hues

   *Buildings in a landscape 

   *How to create distance and depth

   *Water reflection with soft pastels

   *What's an underpainting?

   *How to Frame a soft pastel painting

Supplies:  Your painting will only be as good as your tools are. So take the time to invest in good pastels and paper. Suggested student supply list:

Reference photo: something that inspires you! Printed or on an Ipad or phone

Paper towels or a hand towel, rag size

Baby wipes

Artist tape or painter's tape. White or beige only!

Wax paper (try the Dollar Store)

16"x14" or larger masonite board (Home Depot)

Ruler and or T-square

Apron or old shirt ( to protect your clothes)

Gloves

Mask

Soft pastels and pastel paper.

Email Lana for suggested list of soft pastels and paper. mzmcleod@msn.com

 

Sat 3/9             9-12     Workshop: Brusho Play Day

                        Instructor: Jan Jamil   jkjamil@verizon.net       703-477-1065

                        Medium: Watercolor and Brusho

                        Level: All levels welcome

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: This workshop is an invitation to play and explore! Jan Kawamoto Jamil has more than 40 years experience teaching art to all ages. She has a well planned, facilitative teaching style where class participants are invited to explore the medium she is introducing. All levels are welcome!

For this event she will help participants discover the wild and crazy aspects of Brusho crystal powders. We will try florals in many different techniques including resist, sprinkling in wet, sprinkling on dry then misting, cloisonné, negative painting, stencils, stamping. These crystals combine easily with standard watercolor paints.

What is Brusho? - Cheap Joe’s Info- Brusho Crystal Colour is a brilliantly intense watercolor paint powder that comes in little pots of magic used to create wonderful bursts of color. Loose, expressive, and a beginner-friendly alternative to traditional watercolor painting, it allows you to create visually stunning, expressive artwork with minimum fuss! Can be used on papers, canvas and even wood.

Manufactured in Sheffield, England, for more than 35 years, Brusho Crystal Colours are completely non-toxic, encouraging fun and safe experimentation. It is however suggested to wear rubber gloves to protect your skin from staining!

                        Supplies:

Boards to tape papers to

Brusho & thumbtacks (if you don’t have it you can borrow some)

Coffee stir sticks

Disposable gloves (Brusho is highly staining!)

Fine mist spray bottles

Large newsprint place mat

Little palette for powders

Masking tape

Old brushes (Brusho is highly staining!)

Brush pens

Paper towels

Set of watercolors

Water containers (2)

Watercolor Papers

Optional things to play with:

Stencils, stamps & stamping ink,Tulip or Scribbles Acrylic Craft Squirt Paint in Black, White, or Gold; markers, masking fluid, Pro White or Martins White Ink, bleach (50-70%) in small spray bottle or brush pen, White gel pen, and plastic wrap.

Contact Jan if you have any questions…

703-477-1065

jkjamil@verizon.net

 

Sat 3/9             12:15- 3pm       Members’ Open Studio

 

Tues 3/12         10 am              SRAC Members Monthly Meeting  (No morning class)

 

Tues 3/12         1pm- 4pm        Class:  Watercolor Techniques

                        Instructor: Lolly Walton   Lollyart4sale@cfl.rr.com  (321) 652-7115

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  All levels welcomed

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Want to unleash your creativity? Take a class with an experienced watercolor artist and teacher. Objective: Focus on learning basic w/c techniques. The class is taught in a fun, and relaxed environment. We will focus on the elements of a landscape…..grass, trees, skies, water, rocks, rain, etc.  Each student will be asked to finish a half sheet size landscape painting.  After that we will move on to watercolor “abstracts”. Lolly guarantees that watercolor will become your “best friend” and provide you with a lifetime of enjoyment!!!

Supplies: Supply list provided upon request

 

Thurs 3/14       9am- 12            Class:  Fix My Painting

                        Instructor: Susan Lavender & Sheila Lougheed

                        Suzelavender@comcast.net  (772) 388-0695

                        canvasdancer319@gmail.com  (203) 648-3138

                        Medium: Acrylics, Oil, Mixed Media, Watercolor

                        Level:  Any and All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Fun class to finish old paintings or start something new! We focus on composition, texture, tone, spontaneity and technique. We give each person permission to continue, or start over, and promote expressive, inspirational and intuitive work.

Supplies: basic supplies in medium of choice – to include paper, canvas, water container, paper towels, etc.

 

Thurs 3/14       9am- 12 Class: Wire Maneuvers for Curls and Weaving Techniques – 

                                    Making a pair of Earrings

                        Instructor: Cheryl Morse

                        Email: cherylann0826@gmail.com

                        Phone: 845-220-7648

                        Medium: Wire Jewelry

                        Level: Beginner To Intermediate - 8 students Max  

Pre-Registation is required by email, text message or phone call from information above. Cost for class is $32

Description:

Supplies for this March class will ONLY be provided for the earrings project.

Beginner to Intermediate students who are interested in learning the craft of wire weaving jewelry/beading and for those who may also have some experience in the craft. 

People that attend this class are just beginning or have some knowledge of working with the wire wrapping process. Students will learn about wire gauges, how they are used and how to manipulate and train wire for curves, bending and weaving to make a piece of jewelry with just the use of wire.

In this March class we will work on how to maneuver the wire to make curls/swirls and bends to be able to complete a pair of earrings during class. 

The goal of my classes is to have students be able to choose their own project and complete a beautiful piece of jewelry whether it is earrings, pendant, necklace or ring.

Tools needed for all classes:  

A small wire jewelry kit (can be found on Amazon) that consists of at least:

Round Nose Pliers

Chain Nose Pliers

Flush Cutters

Small Spring Clamp (any hardware store, Home Depot)

Additional Tools are helpful but necessary to start for this class

Needle Nose Pliers (Xuron)

Small Tip Bent Nose Pliers (Xuron)

Nylon Wire Straighteners

Wire Needed to start this class:

Bare Copper (can be found on Amazon) In these gauges: Small Spools

18g round, 20g round and 28g round

Additional Wire that will be needed for future classes

24g round

26g round

21 or 22g half round

 

Sat 3/16           9am-12             Class: Drawing

Instructor:        Richard Gillmore

                        Medium: Pencil, graphite or acrylic

                        Level:  Beginner to advanced

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

                        Class Description:  Different subjects will be provided to draw or paint.

                        Supplies:  Bring sketch pad and pencils/ graphite for drawing.  

 

Sat 3/16           12:15- 3pm       Members’ Open Studio

 

Tues 3/19         9am- 12            Class:  Advanced Watercolor

                        Instructor: Jean Archibald      keel84@aol.com  (561) 212-0915

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  Intermediate/Advanced

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Class for intermediate and advanced watercolor artists that come for guidance in improving their existing style. Emphasis on learning to pay attention to values in your subject before you start a painting, literally dissecting the subject and observing the different values before you start.

Supplies:  Watercolors, brushes, paper towels, water containers. Either 300 or 140 pound watercolor paper recommended, but 300 is suggested for its strength and blending properties. Also water containers, watercolor brushes…#0, 1, 2, 3, 6, Flat# 2, 4, 6, 8.  One large 1 inch Flat brush for washes, gum eraser, wax free tracing paper, graphite pencil, fine red pen such as Pilot pens for tracing, box Kleenex, paper towels.

Recommend choosing a subject of one’s own as it may then be entered into shows, however the instructor can supply a subject for those who do not bring their own. Subjects provided in a class are not allowed in shows.

 

Tues 3/19         1pm- 4pm        Class:  Watercolor Techniques

                        Instructor: Lolly Walton   Lollyart4sale@cfl.rr.com  (321) 652-7115

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  All levels welcomed

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Want to unleash your creativity? Take a class with an experienced watercolor artist and teacher. Objective: Focus on learning basic w/c techniques. The class is taught in a fun, and relaxed environment. We will focus on the elements of a landscape…..grass, trees, skies, water, rocks, rain, etc.  Each student will be asked to finish a half sheet size landscape painting.  After that we will move on to watercolor “abstracts”. Lolly guarantees that watercolor will become your “best friend” and provide you with a lifetime of enjoyment!!!

Supplies: Supply list provided upon request

 

Thurs 3/21       9am- 12            Class:  Fix My Painting

                        Instructor: Susan Lavender & Sheila Lougheed

                        Suzelavender@comcast.net  (772) 388-0695

                        canvasdancer319@gmail.com  (203) 648-3138

                        Medium: Acrylics, Oil, Mixed Media, Watercolor

                        Level:  Any and All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Fun class to finish old paintings or start something new! We focus on composition, texture, tone, spontaneity and technique. We give each person permission to continue, or start over, and promote expressive, inspirational and intuitive work.

Supplies: basic supplies in medium of choice – to include paper, canvas, water container, paper towels, etc.

 

Thurs 3/21       12:30- 3:30       Special Workshop: Loose Watercolor Florals

                        Instructor: Richard Davis richardflorida43@gmail.com  317-777-2741

                        Medium: Watercolor

                        Level: All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: This is a very loose and spontaneous approach to painting flowers so be prepared to have fun. You will be standing most of the duration while applying the colors and discovering the flower. Don’t bother bringing a pencil unless you want one to be able to sign your name. 

Supplies:   140 pound watercolor paper (any brand). Should measure approximately 16” x 12”. Watercolor brushes: #4, #8, and larger if available. Dugato Squirrel Hair brushes work best since they hold a lot of water. Set of 3, Amazon Prime, #26.99. Spray bottle for water Hair dryer Palette that will hold a fair amount of water Watercolors of your choosing Paper towels

About Our Guest Instructor: After graduating from the Central Academy of Commercial Art in Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard began his career at a leading Indianapolis advertising agency where he worked for 16 years. Following that, a partner and he started their own advertising agency and found that 21 years had quickly passed with countless local and national design and illustration awards. 

After retiring Richard designed and illustrated three children’s books for Eagle Creek Publications. One of those books won the award of “The Most Inspirational to Youth” from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. 

In 2010 Richard retired to Dunedin, Florida but now resides in Melbourne. He paints in oil, watercolor, and pastel depending on the subject matter. His work has been shown and won awards in The Hoosier Salon in Indianapolis, Indiana, the SALI National Show, Greenwood, Indiana, the Dunedin Fine Art Center Member Exhibitions, Dunedin, Florida, the Brevard Water-color Society, the North Brevard Art League and most recently the Florida Watercolor Society. 

Richard attributes his fun, engaging, and sensitive concepts to being raised in a small town in southern Ohio where his childhood was much like a Norman Rockwell painting.

 

Sat 3/23           10am – 3pm Art by the River Show

                        No classes nor Open Studio

 

Tues 3/26         9am- 12            Class:  Advanced Watercolor

                        Instructor: Jean Archibald      keel84@aol.com  (561) 212-0915

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  Intermediate/Advanced

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Class for intermediate and advanced watercolor artists that come for guidance in improving their existing style. Emphasis on learning to pay attention to values in your subject before you start a painting, literally dissecting the subject and observing the different values before you start.

Supplies:  Watercolors, brushes, paper towels, water containers. Either 300 or 140 pound watercolor paper recommended, but 300 is suggested for its strength and blending properties. Also water containers, watercolor brushes…#0, 1, 2, 3, 6, Flat# 2, 4, 6, 8.  One large 1 inch Flat brush for washes, gum eraser, wax free tracing paper, graphite pencil, fine red pen such as Pilot pens for tracing, box Kleenex, paper towels.

Recommend choosing a subject of one’s own as it may then be entered into shows, however the instructor can supply a subject for those who do not bring their own. Subjects provided in a class are not allowed in shows.

 

Tues 3/26         1pm- 4pm        Class:  Watercolor Techniques

                        Instructor: Lolly Walton   Lollyart4sale@cfl.rr.com  (321) 652-7115

                        Medium:  Watercolor

                        Level:  All levels welcomed

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Want to unleash your creativity? Take a class with an experienced watercolor artist and teacher. Objective: Focus on learning basic w/c techniques. The class is taught in a fun, and relaxed environment. We will focus on the elements of a landscape…..grass, trees, skies, water, rocks, rain, etc.  Each students will be asked to finish a half sheet size landscape painting.  After that we will move on to watercolor “abstracts”. Lolly guarantees that watercolor will become your “best friend” and provide you with a lifetime of enjoyment!!!

Supplies: Supply list provided upon request

            

Thurs 3/28       9am- 12            Class:  Fix My Painting

                        Instructor: Susan Lavender & Sheila Lougheed

                        Suzelavender@comcast.net  (772) 388-0695

                        canvasdancer319@gmail.com  (203) 648-3138

                        Medium: Acrylics, Oil, Mixed Media, Watercolor

                        Level:  Any and All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Fun class to finish old paintings or start something new! We focus on composition, texture, tone, spontaneity and technique. We give each person permission to continue, or start over, and promote expressive, inspirational and intuitive work.

Supplies: basic supplies in medium of choice – to include paper, canvas, water container, paper towels, etc.

Thurs 3/28       12:30-3:30pm   Class: Pastel

                        Instructor: Lana McLeod  mzmcleod@msn.com (720) 935-1730

                        Medium: Soft Pastel

                        Level: All

Classes are $15 each for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Description: Come and enjoy playing and creating with adult chalk , A.K.A. Pastels. Pastels are fun and forgiving, making them a wonderful painting medium! Each class includes a short lecture and demo on subjects that will improve your technique in bringing your masterpiece to life.

Class subject examples:

   *Values and Hues

   *Buildings in a landscape 

   *How to create distance and depth

   *Water reflection with soft pastels

   *What's an underpainting?

   *How to Frame a soft pastel painting

Supplies:  Your painting will only be as good as your tools are. So take the time to invest in good pastels and paper. Suggested student supply list:

Reference photo: something that inspires you! Printed or on an Ipad or phone

Paper towels or a hand towel, rag size

Baby wipes

Artist tape or painter's tape. White or beige only!

Wax paper (try the Dollar Store)

16"x14" or larger masonite board (Home Depot)

Ruler and or T-square

Apron or old shirt ( to protect your clothes)

Gloves

Mask

Soft pastels and pastel paper.

Email Lana for suggested list of soft pastels and paper. mzmcleod@msn.com

 

Sat 3/30           12:15- 3pm       Members’ Open Studio

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