Marbleized Designs----Saturday, Sept. 7th

Students will enjoy a fun art process of making unique designs that transfer onto paper. They will incorporate different colors to make their marbleized paper distinctive.  These may be framed later or combined with additional materials and organized into a post card or small drawing/writting booklets.

Creative Face Drawing---Saturday, Oct. 5th

Using pencils, markers and a hexagonal drawing surface students will create a colorful face drawing. Students will be guided through a drawing exercise highlighting various facial features resulting in a unique image that reflects their  individual personality, drawing technique, and creative approach.

Clay Creations----Saturday, Nov. 2nd  

Students will explore texture using clay, found objects from nature and some human-made materials. They will discover how different materials can imprint textural impressions into a 5x5 square slab of clay which could function as a trivet or coaster or perhaps framed and hung on the wall. These will later be bisque fired and returned to the group for staining or painting.

Winter Watercolor---Saturday, Dec. 14th

Students will use watercolors to create a peaceful winter scene with burch trees and other landscape elements.  They begin by masking out tree forms while considering basic perspective and compositional concepts.  Watercolor washes will then be added  along with inked details reveaing a uniqure artwork as the masked ares are finally removed.     

Printed Designs---Saturday, Jan. 4th  

Students will explore the art of printmaking and design through a simple print process using foam plates, pencils, paper, ink and brayers.  They will employ basic compositional elements while developing a unique image, prepare a printing plate and print a series of black, white and colored designs.

Creative Button Designs--Saturday, Feb. 1st  

Using colored pencils, markers and paper students will make several circular designs incorporating their names and other shapes, patterns and drawn textures. These will then be colored, compressed and formed into creative button pins for the students to wear or give as gifts to others.

High Contrast Designs-Saturday, March 7th

Students will create several high contrast black and white designs by cutting and pealing mat board materials. They use art-framing tools and materials to craft strikingly bold designs while giving consideration to line, shape, pattern, and other compositional elements.

Letterform Designs----Saturday, April 4th

After a brief time of introspection students will identify a special word to represent them and then incorporate the word into a design composition. They create their own letterforms and integrate color, texture, overlapping and intersecting shapes and patterns and employ various drawing techniques and materials to produce a striking art piece.

Glass Etching Designs---Saturday, May 2nd

Students will incorporate simple lines and shapes to produce etched designs on small glass or mirror panels. They will cut and mask their panels and then apply etching cream to the glass surface. The glass panels are left to etch minutes and then washed and cleaned revealing frosted shapes and clear areas.

Pastel Designs---Saturday, June 6th  

Students will explore and use line energy found in the letters of their names to develop a striking pastel design. They will first layout a foundational composition and then energize and embellish their drawings adding pastel pigments and

incorporating a variety of caulk drawing techniques.

**The studios are closed in July

Silk Paintings---Saturday, Aug. 15th  

Nature Photo-Transfers---Saturday, Sept. 5th

Bubble Designs---Saturday, Oct. 3rd  

Drawing Stuff---Saturday, Nov. 7th

Paper Beades---Saturday, Dec. 12th

*     SPARK   your  creative  side...