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Classes: Fall 2010
Computer Art Class
Fiber Arts Class
Painting Classes
Printmaking Without a Press Class
Workshops
For more information on any of the following offerings, please email education@concordart.org or call Michele Kenna at 978-369-2578.
Starting with a Photograph: Creativity and Photoshop
All Levels
Sue Yang
Do you need help creating imaginative and artistic pictures on your computer? Taking inspiration from Sue’s work and using your own photographs as a starting point, you will experiment with drawing, watercolor, acrylic and collage to create original new work.
You will need to bring their your own laptop and Photoshop software. This class runs concurrently with “Chinese Ink Painting”.
Sue’s website is www.sueyangart.com.
Six-Week Class
Thursday,October 7 – November 11
10:00am–12:30pm
$275M $325 NM
FIBER ARTS CLASS
Making Your Mark on Fabric
All Levels
Merill Comeau
Explore the expressive qualities of fabric as an artistic medium in a supportive environment. No previous art or sewing experience is necessary. You will create collages from commercial fabrics and learn techniques of painting and printing on fabric. Use brainstorming techniques to mine personal stories as inspiration for your work. Each class will conclude with an opportunity for feedback on pieces created in class. If you love fabric, this class is for you! Merill’s website is www.merillcomeau.com.
Four-Week Class
Wednesday, October 6 – October 27
1:00pm–3:00pm
$200M $250NM
(Plus $20 materials fee paid to instructor)
Painting Classes
Watercolor, Alive and Free
All Levels
Paul George
PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS FILLED. A WAITING LIST IS AVAILABLE.
This popular class motivates students to reach beyond their comfort zone and approach a
painting with boldness and confidence. You will learn how to paint any subject starting with a value study, and then simplify and design a good composition using these values. Next, you will move into the exciting world of color and watercolor techniques. Paul supports each subject with talks and demos and offers individual attention and a critique at the end of each class.
Paul’s website is www.pgeorge.com.
Six-Week Class
Tuesday, October 5–November 9
10:30am-2:30pm
$450M $500NM
Oil and Acrylic Painting for Beginners
All Levels
Emily Passman
Have you always wanted to learn how to paint in oil or acrylic but have been afraid to try? This class will get you started. You will learn how to observe the landscape, capture it in quick sketches, create a good composition, paint value studies, and learn color application and oil painting techniques. Emily will teach you how to see the world around you by observing shape against shape, color against color, light against dark, and see the relationships of sizes to one another. The group will work partly on location and also in the classroom. Experienced painters are welcome. Emily’s website is www.emilypassman.com.
Six-Week Class
Friday, October 1–November 12
(no class October 22)
10:30am-1:30pm
$300M $350NM
Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy
All levels
Sue Yang
Supplement and enrich your painting style by learning traditional Chinese ink painting. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, you will learn basic Chinese calligraphy brushwork. You will study and paint traditional Chinese painting themes such as the bamboo plant, the orchid, the plum blossom and the landscape. The nuances and techniques of watercolor and ink will be explored and demonstrated. Individual critique and group discussion are included. This class runs concurrently with “Starting with a Photograph”.
Sue’s website is www.sueyangart.com.
Six-Week Class
Thursday, October 7–November 11
10:00am–12:30pm
$275M $325NM
Color and Atmosphere in Pastel Landscapes
All Levels
Jeanne Smith
Pastels are pure color splashed, stroked and scumbled across the paper to create dazzling effects. This course offers beginners through advanced pastel painter
s fresh approaches to the flexible, vivid medium of pastel. You will explore wet and dry techniques for applying pigment, and learn how composition, color temperature and value contribute to mood and atmosphere. Class will include instructor demonstrations with time for developing individual work.
Jeanne’s website is www.jeannesmithart.com.
Six-Week Class
Thursday, November 4–December 16
(no class on November 25)
10:30am–1:00pm
$275 M $325 NM
Mixed Media Printmaking Without a Press
All Levels
Dayna Talbot
This unique class will focus on innovative techniques in creating unique prints without using a press. You will explore one different printmaking process each week. 
You will work on foam plates, gelatin plates, plexi-glass and linoleum. You will be encouraged to express yourself with mark-making and drawing, and to experiment with mixed media to create a rich surface effect. By the end of the class you will have a very unique collection of your own prints. See Dayna’s work at dtalbot3.blogspot.com.
Four-Week Class
Thursday, October 7– October 28
10:30am – 2:30pm
$200M $250NM
(Plus $20 materials fee paid to instructor)
Perspective 101
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Maris Platais
Are you a beginner in perspective drawing and don’t know how to start? Or do you need to brush up on perspective techniques? Maris will teac
h you the strategy and methods for drawing perspective in the classroom from photographs as well as outdoors from real life. Bring your sketchpad and pencil and take your skill to the next level to create drawings with accurate and believable perspective. Google Maris Platais to see his work.
2 Day Workshop
Wednesday, September 22 and Thursday, September 23
10:30am–1:00pm
$125M $175NM
Introduction to Watercolor Painting
Level: Beginner
Glenn Davis
This workshop will offer demonstrations of wet-on-dry, and wet-on-wet and other techniques for rendering foliage, grass, tree bark, and stones. Along with th
e demonstrations, you will have plenty of time to practice and explore these techniques yourself. You will work with atmospheric perspective using color and value and not rulers or T-squares. Instruction in the use of color, color mixing, and methods of color harmony will be offered as well. Google Glenn Davis to see his work.
One-Day Workshop
Saturday, September 25
10:00am–4:00pm
$100M $150NM
Painting Abstraction in Nature
Oil and Acrylic: All Levels
Jon Imber
With Jon’s instruction and guidance
, you will discover the abstractions that are found in nature. This en plein air class challenges you to explore your emotional responses to a scene and transform what you see with your own vocabulary of shapes and colors. There will be a group discussion and a critique every day.
Jon’s website is www.jonimber.com.
Four-Day Workshop
Monday, September 27–Thursday, September 30
10:00am–1:00pm
$300M $350NM
Getting the Color Right
Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic
All Levels
Charles Shurcliff
Cha
rles believes that when color relations are working successfully in a painting, you catch the sense of sunlight and aliveness which is the magic of an outdoor scene. The focus of this workshop is on value, color and light - details are not important. Painting is en plein air and Charles will discuss seeing and observing, translating what you see, and then simplifying it on paper. There will be a demonstration, individual instruction and a group critique at the end of the day.
Google Charles Shurcliff to see his work.
One-Day Workshop
Saturday, October 2
10:00am-4:00pm
$100M $150NM
Challenge Yourself!
From Realistic to Abstract: Watermedia Studio Workshop
Watercolor or Acrylic
All Levels
Ted Minchin, AWS
Ted is a master of dynamic abstract paintings with subject matter that is rea
dily identifiable. Each morning, Ted will demonstrate two paintings–one semi-abstract moving from transparent and spontaneous watercolor into mixed media, and one realistic starting from a thumbnail approach. Principles of strong design and composition, along
with the fresh use of color and the freedom to experiment work together to create more exciting paintings. The workshop is conducted indoors in order to give students the best hands-on instruction.
Ted’s website is www.tminchin.com.
Three-Day Workshop
Friday–Sunday
October 15–17
10:00am–4:00pm
$300 M $350 NM
Alla Prima Watercolor Weekend
All Levels
Tom Sutherland
This workshop will teach you to paint in watercolor in the “alla prima” me
thod. This means
a painting will be created in a quick direct approach. Learn how
to simplify a scene, think in a more abstract way and apply the paint in a loose spontaneous style. All types of subject matter
will be demonstrated and painted (from photographs) including landscapes, interiors, city scenes and figures. There will be plenty of individual attention and end of the day group critiques.
Tom’s website is www.tomsutherlandart.com.
Weekend Workshop
Saturday and Sunday
October 30 and 31
10:00am–4:00pm
$200 M $250 NM
Creative Pastel Techniques
All Levels
Andrew Anderson-Bell
Andr
ew will teach you to paint richly colored and layered pastels. Working from photographs, memories and imagination, you will learn the techniques of the medium on black paper, creating dramatic effects in your work. Learn how to edit an image, determine a focal point, block in colors and finally add in details.
Class includes a demonstration, individual attention
and constructive criticism. Andrew’s web site is www.anderson-bellstudio.com.
One-Day Workshop:
Saturday, November 13
10:00am–4:00pm
$100 M $150 NM
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00am–4:30pm | Sunday 12:00noon–4:00pm | Closed Mondays | Free Admission
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