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Explore fun and invigorating exercises that help you create more vibrant and expressive drawings. This workshop will help free you from inhibitions to create more interesting art with feeling and vibrancy. Class is great for all levels. Work with mark making, abstract shapes, and a nude model. Draw BIG, bold, and physical! See materials list. Rest your inner critic, loosen up, and put more passion in your art
Exploring Watercolor & Mixed Media Workshop
Explore, experiment and mix watercolor with various wet and dry media, such as acrylic, ink, charcoal, pastels or collage. Learning new techniques will create masterful paintings giving your paintings a new style. Bring your own images for inspiration.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 10/19
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Welding Workshop – Create Figures and Faces
Create whimsical figures and faces from found objects made of steel. Students are encouraged to bring in objects to include in their compositions. All metal objects must be sensitive to a magnet. Free materials will be available during the workshop.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 – Zoom: pre workshop prep class, 7:00-8:00pm
Saturday, October 19, 2024 – Field work at Cruickshank Sanctuary, 8:00am–3:00pm
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 – Zoom: Show & Tell Critique, 7:00-9:00pm
Join professional photographer Milton Heiberg for a day of photography at a 140-acre bird sanctuary in Rockledge, Florida. The highlight of this workshop will be photographing the endangered but friendly Florida Scrub Jays. These unique birds are endemic to Florida, intelligent, and family oriented. One of them may size you up and decide to perch on your head.
Most of the day will be at the sanctuary, but if time permits, we may visit the nearby Viera Wetlands refuge.
Demonstrations, lunch, and follow-up review are included.
Art Journaling is a visual diary where memories and emotions come alive onto the pages. Through the expressive use of various paint mediums, collage, and imagery, students will create a personal art journal that will uncover their heart's story.
Explore the fundamentals of drawing and painting. Sample various drawing and painting techniques using different media, including watercolors, acrylics, and oils. Most supplies are provided.
Painting and Drawing for Senior Citizens
In this flexible art class, you can choose any subject from landscape to flowers, to still life. Choose between acrylic, watercolor, oil pastels, colored pencils, or switch materials at will. No need to rush or follow the rest of the class. Work at your own pace and skill level. Finish one painting or many! The instructor will guide each student with art techniques tailored to their specific artwork and proficiency level.
*Seniors are welcome in all Crealde classes*
Focusing first on proportions, measurements and anatomy, students will then experiment with rub-out and cross-hatch techniques to create tonal studies. Students will begin working from photographs provided by the instructor but may choose their own photographs as the class progresses.
A continuation of SC124, students study a range of materials and processes. Armature construction for clay, concrete, plaster, and foam sculpture is demonstrated. Students can advance their experience in producing sculptures.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Mon 7 pm
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Find your own voice in clay. We will design our own treasures and acquire handbuilding and finishing skills to make them. Explore pinch, coil, slab construction and add finishing and decorative elements to create your own unique pieces!
Dive into honoring the beauty of culture clay techniques from around the world. Emphasis will be on the building processes, form structure and decoration techniques that make the culture we are focusing on unique.
Black-and-White Film I: Introduction to the Darkroom (Mon)
Explore the timeless beauty of traditional, film-based black-and-white photography, including image selection, exposure and processing your own film and prints in Crealdé’s wet darkroom. This introductory course will cover basic camera controls and formats, film types, hands-on field trips, weekly assignments, print reviews and lots of fun time in the darkroom. Designed for students new to film photography and photographers who want to reconnect with this creative art form. Tuition includes lab fee, chemistry, and free loaner cameras. Prerequisites: Understanding of basic camera controls and functions.
Architectural Photography in Winter Park
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Exploring Abstract Painting AM
This inspiring class offers a fundamental exploration into the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture, and color. Students will develop their own artistic vision, while referencing the works of contemporary artists. Be ready to paint outside the lines.
Exploring Abstract Painting PM
This inspiring class offers a fundamental exploration into the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture, and color. Students will develop their own artistic vision, while referencing the works of contemporary artists. Be ready to paint outside the lines.
Pastel Fundamentals Crealde@Home
Working with pastels is like sculpting with pure color. Come and enjoy! Each session will include a demonstration. Work from your own photographs and images. We will also explore the advantages of underpainting as we discover the beauty of pastels.
Learn the fundamentals of the most important art form: drawing. Our goal is to draw realistically and train our eyes to capture what is in front of us. We will see how light and shadow creates form, practice subtle transitions in shading, use of proportions, angles, and more. Anyone can learn to draw, and with practice, you can bring your artistic visions to life. Skill level: Beginner
Explore figurative drawing with quick gesture studies and longer sustained poses. Draw from the live figure, with an emphasis on anatomy and proportion and the expressive use of materials.
Creating with Clay Winter Garden (Ages 8-13)
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
A squishy ball of clay and your imagination can create animals, objects, and more. This Fall, let's get into the holiday spirit as we create holiday keepsakes and gifts for your family and friends.
Metal sculpture is known as Repousse, which is working the metal directly to create relief sculptures without molds. Participants will learn the technique in small scale to learn the fundamental steps and tools for metal embossing. Repousse is embossing relief sculptures and have endless design possibilities for sculptural jewelry and metalsmithing, relief murals, doors, mirrors, etc. Emphasis on using your personal drawings and ideas, working with handmade punches to move the metal, for creating relief dimension.
Functional Pottery 12:30 PM Winter Garden
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
Jars, jugs, platters, and bowls! Explore form and surface decoration, as you create pottery vessels to gather, store, and present food. Suitable for all levels. Handbuilders and throwers are welcome!
Functional Pottery 6 PM Winter Garden
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
Jars, jugs, platters, and bowls! Explore form and surface decoration, as you create pottery vessels to gather, store, and present food. Suitable for all levels. Handbuilders and throwers are welcome!
Explore the art of filigree jewelry; how to make pendants, earrings, rings, etc. focusing only on silver filigree process and procedures. Students will be guided through this ancient filigree fabrication technique. There will be specific projects planned by the instructor with samples, demonstrations, and hands-on projects. Silver material will be provided for use in the class only and limited to the projects and assignments planned by the instructor. This class does not include any stone setting techniques.
Introduction to Bronze Casting
Create wax sculptures that will be cast in bronze. Students learn how to prepare the wax form for casting, and the ceramic shell mold-making process. The instructor uses the latest mold-making materials available and students witness a bronze pour at the end of the class. Cost includes the casting of one five-pound bronze with option to purchase additional material for large works. Students are responsible for finishing the polishing and coloring of final castings.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Tues AM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Tue 4pm)
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student
Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Tue 7pm)
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student
Explore the potter’s wheel and create animated pots by altering thrown forms beyond round. Dart, pleat, fold and facet! Just because it’s made on a wheel doesn’t mean it has to be round.
Explore your creativity while focusing on functional serving ware through a variety of handbuilding processes. Students of all levels will learn and explore new skills and techniques and how to apply the visual elements and principles of design to create serving vessels of their own design and imagination. We will end with a dinner party extravaganza using the serving vessels created in class.
Create handbuilt home décor items. Explore your own style in the design and decoration of each piece. Empasis will be placed on surface techniques including wax resist and carving combined with post-firing addition of mixed media like cotton, fiber and wood. Possible projects include wall hangings and ceramic bells.
Through in-depth assignments and image reviews, students more deeply explore composition, lighting, lenses and flash photography. A field trip on the 5th Saturday of the session will further develop skills for real time applications. Demonstrations on basic image processing and printing techniques along with preparing photographs for online presentation will be included.
An introduction and continued studies in medium format black and white photography using the Plastic Holga Lomography Camera. The Holga’s low-cost construction and simple meniscus lens often yield pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. The camera’s quirkiness has brought it a cult following among some photographers, and Holga photos are known worldwide! This course will include image editing & selection, exposure & processing of your film, as well as darkroom-printing in our Crealde darkroom. Expect a field trip, assigned work to take place outside of class, print reviews, and a reconnect with the film-based medium.
Advanced/Independent Oil & Acrylics – It’s All About the Finish with a Twist
Bring unfinished paintings to the next level, and then begin a new still life, landscape or portrait. We will also paint en plein air on the beautiful campus. Receive one-on-one attention with demonstrations on the contrasts of values, colors, and brushwork and the importance of composition. Get your frames ready!
Handbuilt Pottery for Teens (Ages 13-17)
Join the makers movement! Combine hand building methods to manipulate clay into three dimensions for sculptural or functional art. Is it a tiger or a teapot? Or a tiger teapot? Experiment with underglaze, sgrafitto, slips and glazes for compelling surface decoration.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Together, let's capture the color and mood of a landscape. You will be challenged to explore beyond the normal colors of land, clouds, and water by reinforcing the beauty of layering transparent color and the use of classic watercolor techniques.
Painting is so much more than copying what you see. Discover and explore the beauty of using a limited palette through demonstrations and critiques. Experiment with traditional watercolor techniques and work towards painting from your own photographs.
Have you ever said, “Someday I’ll write a story or a book?” Someday is today! Award-winning instructor Elaine Person will guide you toward achieving your writing goals. Open to people of all writing levels as your writing is unique to you. We write together and share by reading our assignments to each other to make your writing stronger. Listening to others helps us improve our writing too. With the use of prompts such as paintings, photographs, quotations, items, and more, you will tap into your own creativity. Each week, we will write together and have positive critique. See your stories unfold. We will discuss a variety of literary techniques used to strengthen our stories. This class is for you, whether you write prose, poetry, lyrics, scripts, or other genres.
Introduction to Jewelry Design & Fabrication
Learn concepts for basic and advanced jewelry fabrication. Become familiar with essential silversmithing skills and methods of cutting, forging, embossing, and all the fundamentals of soldering techniques. Students are given the instructions and tools to make finger rings, earrings, bracelets, and other forms of jewelry. Copper materials will be provided for use in class. Students wanting to work in silver should bring their own silver supply.
Intro to Silversmithing Jewelry
Experience the fundamental processes of cutting, forging, metal texturing, hammering, sawing and soldering silver. The course includes: bezel stone setting for cabochon gemstones, polishing techniques and combining sterling silver sheet metal with fine silver wire, etc. Specific projects, planned by the instructor, will focus on how to make silver rings, pendants, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Silver will be provided. Please note, the use of silver material or gemstones will be limited to the scheduled projects planned by the instructor.
Brush and Pen for Teens Winter Garden (Ages 11-16)
Calling young artists who love to paint and draw! Explore your creative potential through acrylic paint, watercolors, charcoal, and pastels on canvas and paper. Experiment with painting and drawing techniques, composition and color theory. Say it with art!
A continuation of SC124, students study a range of materials and processes. Armature construction for clay, concrete, plaster, and foam sculpture is demonstrated. Students can advance their experience in producing sculptures.
Create whimsical figures and abstract welded sculptures. Learn basic cutting and arc welding techniques using found objects and mild steel. Students are encouraged to bring objects for their compositions.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Wed 1PM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Wed 10 AM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
A design problem is given for the term, emphasizing one or two design elements in particular. Discussions about design and the finished pieces are a part of each class. If a base for the piece is needed, that becomes part of the discussion as well. Some hand-building skills are required. Prereq: TD122, TD135 or similar experience
Prereq: TD122, TD135 or similar exp. (Course is not suitable for beginners).
In this hybrid class, learn the fundamentals of image processing with today's most popular image processing tools and image enhancement techniques. Learn a step by step workflow that combines the best features of Lightroom, Photoshop and Epson inkjet printers to create expressive and aesthetically pleasing photographs. Topics will include creating and maintaining an image archive, image enhancement techniques, effective use of metadata, preparing images for online publishing, and the fundamentals of inkjet printing. Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Photography PH147 or similar experience. Skill level: Intermediate
Painting & Drawing (Wed, 8-12yrs)
This class will focus on learning to see the world through an artist's eyes. Working with a variety of painting and drawing materials, young artists will explore their potential as they take their skills to the next level! Students will use technical drawing and painting fundamentals to create something beautiful and one of a kind to frame and treasure each session!
Clay for Homeschool (ages 8-12)
Come play in the mud! Experience the satisfaction of using your hands to squish, pinch, pat and roll clay into a personal creation. We will experiment with sculptural and functional clay forms, fired and glazed for permanence.
Exploring Sculpture for Teens (Ages 13-17)
Learn techniques for sculpting using an armature and sculpting tools to create figures real or imagined. Students choose what they want to sculpt from human heads, animals, cartoon figures or original imaginative creations. The sculptures will be 3 dimensional demonstrating animation, texture and movement. Tools and material included.
Advanced Wheel for Teens (ages 13-17)
Expand your skills on the potters' wheel as you stretch and manipulate the clay to alter forms and create lids, spouts, and more. Create your own pottery collection to give and to treasure. Prerequisite YAP208 or similar wheel experience.
Experimental Art Techniques (Ages 13-17)
Come draw, paint, and assemble while you exercise your creative muscle using experimental techniques. Go beyond the basics as we delve into acrylics, pastels, and more to explore the unique characteristics of each modality and bring ideas to life as we create one-of-a-kind masterpieces.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Increase your technical oil painting skills through challenging exercises and studies using both brushes and painting knives. Students will explore ways to convey textures, transparency and patterns when painting fabrics and floral subjects. Working from life, we will focus on observing changes in color that indicate light, volume and a sense of space in representational painting. Prereqs: PD103 and PD157 or similar exp
Oil painting the landscape with an emphasis on capturing the light, atmosphere and color. Students will work from their own photographs or instructor photos. There may be a chance to incorporate an outdoor session or two dependent on weather and student interest. The process will explore both painting directly and working in several layers of opaque and transparent paint consistencies. Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced
Let's get started! Watercolor is a wonderfully mysterious medium. Explore watercolor techniques, color mixing, and learn the value of using a limited palette to gain skills and confidence needed to get you on your watercolor journey.
Students will explore and experiment with advanced watercolor techniques, color theory, and composition to add depth and interest to their artwork. Use new colors to extend the palette, students will be inspired to create exciting and colorful paintings. Learning the secrets to great design will improve your paintings and encourage you on your painting journey!
Realistic Drawing with Colored Pencils
An exciting new twist to a classical drawing technique is colored pencil. Adding thin glaze-like layers of colored pencil to a carefully constructed drawing can produce surprising results. A step-by-step breakdown of the process will gain understanding of color, value structure, and a traditional drawing method.
Work in clay to create face masks, heads, and figures to be fired in the kiln. Mold-making and casting will be demonstrated as part of the session.
Work in clay to create face masks, heads, and figures to be fired in the kiln. Mold-making and casting will be demonstrated as part of the session.
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Winter Garden)
Learn to make a wide range of knife styles like survival knives, daggers, and Qama knives using titanium and steel. Explore a variety of techniques such as forging blades, shaping, heat treatment, sharpening, riveting, polishing, and handle making techniques.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Thur)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing – Thurs
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student
Surface Decoration for Pottery
Experiment with colored slips and clay, transfers and more to enhance the clay surface. Learn to layer techniques to create unique, narrative pottery. Learn to layer techniques to create unique, narrative pottery.
Curious about clay? Come get your hands dirty and get some answers as you experiment with basic forming methods, connections and attachments to create decorative and/or functional pottery by hand. Embellish with glaze for lasting treasures.
Build a strong foundation for your photography and make better images by understanding exposure, metering, focus, file formats, depth of field and basic composition. Hands-on demonstrations and assignments with personalized image reviews reinforce camera systems such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and their artistic impact on the final photograph. Single lens reflex or mirrorless cameras are recommended. The instructor is available for camera recommendations.
Build and Fire a Rocket Kiln on a Budget with Lisa Orr
Ceramics meets permaculture as the class works together to build a super-efficient Rocket Kiln from a discarded electric kiln. using just a few cut up palettes of wood and in just a few hours, students will soda-fire their cone 10 bisque pieces. Because this kiln fires with no visible smoke, it can be placed in and urban driveway, art center or off grid studio. The workshop will include a brief lecture, artist talk and demonstration of Lisa’s artistic practice in clay.
Squish, squeeze, pinch, pat and roll. Strengthen fine motor skills as we create clay treasures. Each session features fresh projects to build new skills!
Wheel Throwing and More! (ages 10-14)
Experience the magic of the potter's wheel as you create clay forms then combine and embellish them with hand building to create decorative sculptures or functional ware. Pottery, it's more than just a pretty vase!
Art of Many Cultures (ages 4-7)
Learn what inspired master artists in many cultures then express yourself as you create from what inspires you! Investigate art in nature and nature in art!
Let's get started! Watercolor is a wonderfully mysterious medium. Explore watercolor techniques, color mixing, and learn the value of using a limited palette to gain skills and confidence needed to get you on your watercolor journey.
In this beginning class, students will learn how to use the first artistic medium in the history of man while discovering their hidden ability to create beautiful works of art with confidence. Photo reference will be provided for the first class. Skill level: Beginner
Develop skills for measuring proportions and angles, drawing tones to show light and volume, perspective and composition. The goal is to learn techniques to draw realistically and develop perceptual awareness.
Continuing Sculpture Studies 10 am
Intermediate and advanced students are assisted with ideas related to their personal projects. Problem-solving and discovering new materials and techniques will be a part of each class. Bronze casting and welding will be offered with the approval of the instructor.
Continuing Sculpture Studies 1 pm
Intermediate and advanced students are assisted with ideas related to their personal projects. Problem-solving and discovering new materials and techniques will be a part of each class. Bronze casting and welding will be offered with the approval of the instructor.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Fri 7pm)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Express yourself with clay! Come share a time of whimsey and creativity! Everyone is welcome.
Archaelogists study ceramics to understand early civilizations. Create utilitarian or decorative pieces as past cultures did with clay slab, coil pinch pot and varied decorative techniques. Experience the joy of making as you create pieces inspired by the past that you can treasure for years to come.
Build a strong foundation for your photography and make better images by understanding exposure, metering, focus, file formats, depth of field and basic composition. Hands-on demonstrations and assignments with personalized image reviews reinforce camera systems such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and their artistic impact on the final photograph. Single lens reflex or mirrorless cameras are recommended. The instructor is available for camera recommendations.
Pint Size Picassos (Winter Garden) (ages 4-8)
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
Like to draw and paint? Explore the many ways to make art using pastels, paints, watercolors and other materials. A fun introductory experience for fledgling artists.
Painting and Drawing I Winter Garden (Ages 8-12)
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
Learn the fundamentals of art-making and discover how to see as an artist. Create with a variety of painting and drawing media and explore new techniques to enhance your artistic skills!
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sat 4pm)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sat 7pm)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
This class is designed to allow young artists to explore the exciting world of artmaking with hands-on lessons in acrylics, watercolors, drawing, collage, and more. Aspiring artists will express themselves in a creative, supportive environment.
This class is a fun introduction to the world of art! Aspiring artists will discover drawing and painting techniques in various mediums including acrylics, pastels, watercolors, and collagé. Budding artists will develop their creativity and artistic skills in a nurturing environment.
Pick up the Palette! (Ages 5-9)
Use animals as inspiration and explore the fundamentals of art! Projects expose young artists to an array of materials and art concepts and encourage self-expression as they draw, paint and experiment.
Twinkling Clay (Sat, Ages 5-8)
Gather at the clay studio and create treasures to celebrate the season – candle holders, dove planters, star studded plates and more!
Painting & Drawing (Sat, 8-12yrs)
This class will focus on learning to see the world through an artist's eyes. Working with a variety of painting and drawing materials, young artists will explore their potential as they take their skills to the next level! Students will use technical drawing and painting fundamentals to create something beautiful and one of a kind to frame and treasure each session!
Attention Young Artists! Come join the fun and learn to draw and paint in a variety of styles and media including abstract art! New projects each session build on fundamental skills to develop style and self-expression.
A dove for peace, a light for darkness and glistening stars above. Let’s illuminate the season with votive houses, star plates and gentle birds. Come to the clay studio and create community.
Before digital photography, there was film. Have fun taking pictures using 35mm cameras and black-and-white film, then create your own photos in the darkroom. Even Harry Potter would be amazed!
Film cameras are provided.
Cartoon Toys and Stop Motion Animation (ages 8-12)
Create two-dimensional cartoon characters in a variety of styles using pencils and markers. Then bring your characters to life as posable three-dimensional sculptures. Experiment with set design for your toy then use cameras and technology to make stop motion movies.
Intermediate Painting and Drawing (Ages 10-14)
Embark on a colorful adventure where your creativity and imagination knows no bounds! Dive deeper into your painting and drawing skills, exploring new materials – charcoal, soft pastels, watercolors, acrylics, and even collage. Unleash your inner artist! Prerequisite of P&D 1, Bush & Pen or Painting Pizazz.
This class will focus on learning to see the world through an artist's eyes. Working with a variety of painting and drawing materials, young artists will explore their potential as they take their skills to the next level! Students will use technical drawing and painting fundamentals to create something beautiful and one of a kind to frame and treasure each session!
Drawing Intensive for Teens (Ages 13-17)
This drawing intensive will challenge students in surprising ways, as they explore a variety of drawing techniques using charcoal and soft pastels. Emphasis will be placed on improving technique, speed, composition, and understanding of anatomy. Each class will present a fresh, challenging still life that may include a model. Repeated sessions are encouraged to expand skills and build a portfolio.
Storytelling through Film Photography (Ages 13-17)
Become a visual storyteller! Learn how to sequence images to create a narrative while incorporating the concepts of symbolism and metaphor. Process your film and watch as your prints develop in Crealdé's darkroom then combine with the written word. Get the picture? Film cameras are provided.
Students will learn basic techniques of the alla prima (direct) method of applying oil paint. In addition to paint application and brushwork, students will learn how to mix color using a split-primary palette. Working from still life setups, students will complete one study each week to explore techniques for rendering glass, ceramic, metal, and organic objects. Instruction will focus on teaching students to see and copy value and intensity changes in color. There will be demonstrations of techniques, along with discussions about methods, materials and supplies used in oil painting.
Learn to sculpt and take impressions from found objects to be used to create sculptures. All projects will be cast in Portland cement and hydro stone using masonry dyes for color. Faux bronze and silver finishes will be offered for interior sculptures. Students are encouraged to create several pieces. All materials provided.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Tile Making and Mosaics for Home and Garden
Learn basic tile-making skills such as relief, mosaics, and painted wall tiles, along with the techniques to keep your tiles flat and how to adhere and grout your work. Learn to plan and implement projects for homes and gardens, i.e. backsplashes, indoor/outdoor murals, framed mirrors, wall hangings and garden stepping stones.
Meditation & Mud: Handbuilt Vessels & Sculptures
How do meditation and mud relate to one another? Decompress and feel refreshed for the week ahead. Class will start with a short 5-minute guided meditation with clay. Learn handbuilding, stamp-making and underglaze layering techniques to create a series of vessels. You will leave feeling centered and inspired; ready to greet a new week.
Students will carve styrofoam using brushes and hot knives creating sculptural forms and learn how to apply cement creating a durable surface for indoor and outdoor art works. The sculptures will be finished using faux finishes, colorful dyes, and sealers.
Sculpting Sea Creatures (Ages 8 – 12)
This introduction to sculpture will combine paper and paint with clay, and recycled materials to make life-like fish, whales, dolphins, and many other sea creatures..
Intro to Oil Painting (Winter Garden)
Digital Photography with Photoshop (Ages 13-17)
Learn the basics of digital photography- composition, lighting, exposure and more using our DSLR cameras to take artistic photographs. Then dive into Adobe Photoshop and explore the editing possibilities – image manipulation, tablet drawing and digital painting.
Metal lovers, come observe a mix of small metal projects that you could do too! In this demonstration, you will see a crash course of blacksmithing and be introduced to the tools, the techniques, and the applications of metal working as an art form and as a craft. If you are nervous about trying out metal sculpture or blacksmithing classes, consider this, see what it’s all about and be inspired!
Gingerbread House of Clay: Child and Adult workshop (ages 6 & up)
***This Workshop meets Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 from 10 am – 1 pm***
Create a clay chalet and adorn it with faux candy pieces and cookie shapes. Complete the look with colorful glazes and dripping snow. Place a votive inside this everlasting gingerbread house to bring the warmth of the holidays to light! This is an adult and child workshop. Single adults welcome.
This class is currently full.
JOIN WAITLISTBronze Casting Workshop Nov 9-10
*** Bronze pour date to be announced at the workshop. ***
French Link Stitch with Ribbon Book Binding 11/10
Learn to bind this beautiful book by hand using a French link stitch with ribbon support. A variety of papers, ribbons, and threads will be available for students to choose from. Exercise your creativity, and at the end of the workshop, take home a book that is uniquely yours. No previous bookbinding experience necessary.
Wonders of Woodcut Printmaking Workshop
Come and discover the oldest form of relief printmaking. You will learn how to carve and print your own woodblock by printing by hand and with a small etching press. At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a series of unique prints and a desire to learn more about this fascinating art form. All materials are provided but bring your creative ideas and lunch. The blocks used will be 4 x 6 inches.
Welding Workshop – Sculptures in Motion
Focus on creating a Kinetic sculpture from found objects. Artwork that hangs from the ceiling and sculptures that are mounted on stands for the yard. Fishing swivels, bearings, hinges, wheels and many more forms will be used to make art move with the wind. Materials will be supplied but students are welcome to bring their own parts.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 11/16
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Corian Marble Sculptures Nov 23-24
Learn how to use Corian marble creating sculptures for the house and garden. Explore forming techniques using heat and special prepared shapes for achieving creative forms and patterns. How to join surfaces and applying various finishes will be experimented with along with technique in mounting the final sculpture.
Welding Workshop – Wall Sculptures for the Home
Japanese Paper Marbling and Bookbinding
In this workshop, students will learn the Japanese way of marbling paper and binding books. We will start with Sumingashi, a form ofJapanese Paper Marbling, then transform the papers created into covers for two books students will bind in a Japanese stab-binding style.
Bronze Casting Workshop Dec 14-15
*** Bronze pour date to be announced at the workshop. ***