Breaking Down the Landscape In Watercolor
with Lindsay Isenhart
Saturday, March 15 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $55 ($50 Members)
This class is designed for beginner level painters who want to prepare themselves to sketch the landscape either when traveling, plein air, or to create small simple watercolors from their own photographs. We will break down the landscape composition into simple elements and learn to layer, glaze, and resist watercolor for short bursts of painting. Multiple small compositions will be in progress at once. You may bring your own photographs or inspiration to use in addition to provided resources. Students may bring any watercolor paints or brushes that they may have, or use the materials provided for the class. Watercolor paper journals are provided. We will break for lunch about 12:00.
Breaking Down the Landscape In Watercolor with Lindsay Isenhart
Needle Felted Pendant
Needle Felted Pendant
Tuesday, February 25 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Ages 14 – Adult $35 ($30 Members)
Turn 2D needle felting into a wearable art! Students will learn how to use wool roving, and felting needles to dry felt mini landscapes or flowers to place in a rectangle pendant.
Lapidary Arts – Pendant with Lindsay Isenhart
Lapidary Arts – Pendant with Lindsay Isenhart
Thursday, February 20 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $35 ($30 Members)
Learn to slice, shape and polish stones to use in jewelry! Each student will create one pendant using a variety of stone for their cabochon. We will be using a flat lap, cab king, slab saw, and a variety of grinders in this process.
Pottery on the Wheel
Pottery on the Wheel
Wednesdays, February 12, 19, 26 and March 5 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $100 ($95 Members)
Learn to center, open, raise walls and shape a wheel thrown form. Practice is encouraged during open studio hours in between classes. Students will glaze their work on the last day of class.
Watercolor Workshop with Lori Eslick
Watercolor Workshop with Lori Eslick
Saturday, February 8 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $75 ($65 Members)
In most good (landscape) paintings there is a story, a person finding home, their ‘home’, or a place that they love. As a picture book illustrator, I have been placing children, people, families in a place that they love, frankly: that I love, in the beauty of our natural world.
We are going to be world making. In other words: we will create a world for our model (your photo) to live in. Your person/pet that you will paint, could even be a pet (if you don’t wish to paint a human) will be in a landscape/cityscape/beach, where ever you choose. Our day of painting will explore the ideas of how a landscape painting is able to be enhanced with more life in it. We as painters, can make a world for them, a beautiful place. Like a landscape, like being at the ocean or Lake Michigan (for us West Michigan painters), and while walking on that beach, the painting can take a viewer there.
Lori will do demos as we work on our painting together during the day. You will walk away from our class with 2 watercolor finished paintings, and one big smile of accomplishments! Student need to bring a photo(s) of a person/pet, to use for your reference…and a photo(s) of a landscape.
Sunset Birch Trees Acrylic Painting with Jane Stroschin
Sunset Birch Trees Acrylic Painting
with Jane Stroschin
Wednesday, February 5 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $40 ($35 Members)
Paint an acrylic on canvas with local artist Jane Stroschin to shake of this winter cabin fever! All materials, patterns and instruction provided for this fun afternoon of painting and socializing. Acrylic painting is 12 x 16 canvas.
Matting & Framing
Matting & Framing
Wednesday, February 4 & 12 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $75 ($70 Members)
Learn equipment, materials, terminology, measuring, cutting and assembling completed framed artwork. Please bring approx. 8” x 10” item to frame. We’ll learn materials, measuring and order the first day, and we’ll assemble the second. Class includes all basic materials to frame an 8”x10” ish piece of work. Custom frames extra.
Beach Waves Resin Coasters with Tracy Maike Kehr
Beach Waves Resin Coasters with Tracy Maike Kehr
Saturday, February 1 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Ages 16 – Adult $55 ($50 Members)
Use alcohol inks, paints, shells, sand, mica powders and resin to create this beach wave theme coaster set. Students will break from lunch between 12:00 and 12:45 p.m. All class materials provided to create a set of four coasters.
Fused Glass Square Plate with Lindsay Isenhart
Fused Glass Square Plate with Lindsay Isenhart
Wednesday, January 29 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. OR
Wednesday, January 29 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. choose one
Ages 16 – Adult $50 ($45 Members)
Use frit, stringers, glass paint and sheet glass to create this 8 inch square slumped plate.
Needle Felted Cat
Needle Felted Cat
Friday, January 24 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Ages 14 – Adult $35 ($30 Members)
Starting with a solid core, participants will learn to layer base colors, build up shapes like legs and ears, and then layer in details, finally embroidering and beading tiny accents. See if you can match your kitty! All materials provided for class.
