Painting Classes

Is life getting in the way of your “painting time”? Trouble keeping motivated? Choose your subject. Use your reference materials and favorite supplies and paint! Linda will do a short demo and critique each week and then you paint what you wish. You will receive individual attention from Linda as requested. Let’s Paint!

Open Studio is a space for students to work individually or with assistance as needed for critiques and technique applications for 5 weeks. The studio offers large tables, easels, spot lights and fabrics for still life and figure studies. Models for figure studies must be aquired and paid for, independently, by the Student working with them. Tools for prep work to finishing techniques such as matting and framing, staple and point guns screw drivers, paper cutters are also available. Students may work in any medium listed. Pre-requsite: Students must have beginning or intermediate level experience in drawing, painting, or pastel and be able to work on their own. A studio fee of $6 to the instructor at the first class. Students must provide their own materials and subjects. Detailed information will be sent upon registration. The instructor is available to help with painting, drawing and pastel concerning techniques, use of materials and problem solving. This is a non-instructional class and students work independently or in small groups. Materials Fee of $6 will be due on the first day. All additional materials, including cleanup materials, are to be supplied by the student. Tools may be used in studio only under instructor supervision. Students should contact the instructor at awallstudio@gmail.com with any questions about materials or workspace. No class on April 3 or 10

Spring has wonderful things to paint everywhere you look as the flowers are starting to bloom again. Select a subject and join a group of artists that paint each Tuesday evening. Let's Paint! For more information, please contact the instructor at Lindalukewatercolor@gmail.com

Still Life Oil Painting in north light. Inspired by the colorist tradition of the Cape Cod School of Art, students will learn to create form and atmosphere using color. Class is open to all levels of experience. Supply list available at www.melissagryder.com.

Focus on teaching fundamentals of landscape painting, teaching students the importance and use of design, composition, perspective, color. Focus will also be on painting in studio from photographic reference using oil paints and advanced students will learn to create larger finished work based on plein air studies. Due to the nature of this class, it may be taken multiple times to develop various skills, meeting each student’s individual needs. Student skill from complete beginner to advanced would be accommodated, focus is on students looking for more information on exploring landscape painting. For more information and supply list, please contact the instructor at info@melissagryder.com. Instructor's website: www.melissagryder.com.

Be a writer and illustator of your own little book! In this class we will explore visual ways to tell stories and tell our own, in a fun way. We will use children's books as we talk about storytelling, characters, and settings, and look at different styles of illustration. We will involve different media and scales, including drawing, painting and collage. Games will help direct the creation of the story, by building characters, settings and plots as we make a book. Materials fee of $25 due to teacher at first class.

Inspired by traditional and contemporary illustrations that include everything from Chinese scrolls to comic strips, we will explore visual ways to tell stories - then tell our own! Exercises might include using collage to illustrate a scene, make a flip-book or using a grid format to tell a story. Students will learn about narration, making characters, setting and the relationships between text and illustrations. The end result is one that you write and illustrate in your own creative way. Materials fee of $25 due to teacher at first class.

Flowers may be your favorite subject to paint in May. Join a group of artists that like to paint together every week. Choose your subject and Let's Paint! For more information, please contact the instructor at Lindalukewatercolor@gmail.com

This is the magical month of the Summer Solstice. Make time to enjoy it painting with a group of artists each Tuesday. Be creative. Get inspired. It is a wonderful time to paint! For more information, please contact the instructor at Lindalukewatercolor@gmail.com

Intro to Abstract Painting begins with several excercises to highten creativity, while working with color, new techniques and materials. Every class starts with a new technique. We build upon this foundation and work up to a final finished canvas. We will be working in Acrylic paints, mediums and various surfaces. A apron is advised. A materials fee of $45.00 is payable in cash,the first day of class to the Instructor. This covers all the materials and tools used in class. There will be some home studio work throughout the week. Feel free to bring in any items, photos etc., that you might have for your inspiration. We will go over this in class. Please contact the Instructor with any questions: awallstudio@gmail.com

This workshop is for beginner to intermediate young painters. Class starts working with the color wheel, mixing the paint color students want for completing several paintings on canvas board. We will use transfer and free hand techniques. Students may bring photos for subjects matter and may include animals, action figures, cartoons, pets, vacation post cards etc. No portraits please. Students will learn how to create brush strokes with several types of brushes using acrylic paints and finishing mediums. A materials fee of $45 is due to the instructor at the first class, cash only, please,(this fee covers everything needed for this class). I have hundreds of stock photos if students would like to use them. Students attending Jr. Drawing, Painting, may stay through the supervised breaks for lunch/snack time between classes for a fee of $5 per student, per supervised break, per day. For more information, please contact the instructor at awallstudio@gmail.com.

This new summer workshop will give the students a chance to start with drawing materials to set up a still life, landscape, or favorite animal from photos or objects from home. We will then work on a painting in Acrylics to finish out the class. All drawings and the painting will go home the last day of class. Students may bring photos, (no portraits please), favorite stuffed animal, a book , action figures, farm animals, dragons, dinnosaurs, favorite toy, dance shoes , flowers from your garden etc. Students may bring a snack and a drink to class. There is a materials fee of $45.00, cash only please.this covers all drawing materials, a canvas, sketch pad, oil pastels, and various class materials, paints, brushes, mediums etc. Please feel free to contact Andrea with any questions: 4432036707.

This new class will offer Students from 9-14 years old a chance to study their subject using pencils, watercolor pencils, charcoal. These drawings will help them plan out an Acrylic painting of their choice of subject matter. Students should bring to class on the first day: Photos, Figurines, Book covers, favorite hero, anything that they would like to use as their subject for their painting. There is a materials fee of $45.00, cash only please, this covers everything we will need for the class,(drawing supplies-Painting canvas and paints. Students may bring a snack and a drink to class. Please contact Andrea with wny questions: 4432036707

This new Workshop is forTeens and Adults. We will start with drawing scetches for your painting, using pencil, charcoal and watercolor pencils. We will be working on light, color, size, composition and balance. There is a materials fee of $45.00, cash only please. Students should bring all materials for your still life to the first class. If you are using fruit or flowers, you may have to renew them each week. If you are using photos, please copy them in black and white. The subject matter is your choice. There is no safe storage in the classroon, you will need to bring your items every week. Please contact Andrea with any questions: 4432036707

Splatter paint like Pollock and build like Chihuly. In th is weeklong camp we will be creating modern art using a variety of different materials incuding clay, squirt guns, cardboard and so much more. Please dress for a mess, bring a snack and a drink to each class. A materials fee of $15 is due to the instructor at the first class. No class July 4. For more information, please contact the instructor at ehsell.art@gmail.com

If you can dream it, you can make it. In this weeklong camp, we will use duct tape, wire and more to create three-dimentional art. Please dress for a mess, bring a snack and a drink to each class. A materials fee of $20 is due to the instructor at the first class. No class July 4. For more information, please contact the instructor at ehsell.art@gmail.com

In this 3-morning workshop students will learn how to mix colors using pastels while studying color perception and increasing drawing skills using still life set-ups. Please bring materials to first class. Supply list: https://www.andreetullier.com/page/13304/supply-lists

Students taking this workshop will be using quality studio grade materials and streched canvas to create a painting of their choice and subject matter. Students should bring several photos or objects of their choice to the first class to select a subject for a final painting. We will start with paper to size the project and create several thumb nail sketches for our studies and proceed to the easel to paint. Students will try several brush types as well as a variety of mediums for effects with acrylic paints. All styles of painting will be acceptable from realism to abstract, depending on the student's choice of subject matter for their work. A materials fee of $45 is due to the instructor on the first day of class. For more information, please contact the instructor at awallstudio@gmail.com. Students are welcome to bring music to class.

Students fill their work with color using oil pastels and soft pastels to create beautiful landscapes, still life studies , animals and abstracts. This class covers pastel mixing, papers, both wet and dry techniques, mono-tone works and realist studies. If you have never tried pastels or have had trouble with muddy colors, this class is a necessity. Students should bring numerous photos to class the first day. These can be from a book or magazine, vacation photos, your photos, anything goes. All subject matter is your choice. A materials fee of $55 is due to the instructor on the first day of class, cash only, please. For more information, please contact Instructor at awallstudio@gmail.com.

Students in this class will have a chance to use quality, studio grade artist materials to create several final drawings of numerous subjects, including still life settings, exotic animals, and dynamic landscapes. Value studies, composition, shadow and light along with line and form studies will help young artists progress on a daily basis. Comparison of different papers, charcoals and drawing pencils will give students a variety of choices to use for their final projects. Students will have daily “Home Studio” work to prepare for the next day’s lesson, it is not mandatory, but extremely helpful if this work is completed. A materials fee of $45 is due to the instructor on the first day of class. This fee covers everything necessary for this class and an itemized list is available. This is for beginning to intermediate level students. For more information, please contact the instructor at awallstudio@gmail.com.

Take a vacation from your usual routine. Paint with a group of artists each Tuesday night.Let's Paint! For more information, please contact the instructor at Lindalukewatercolor@gmail.com

The Acrylic painting class is a beginning to intermediate level class. We will cover painting techniques, materials, subject matter, brushes and care of materials, mediums and color mixing. Students should bring several photos and/or items to class the first day. We will be working on 2 canvases during the class. There is a materials fee of $45.00, payable in cash to the instructor the first day. Please contact the Instructor with any questions: awallstudio@gmail.com. Students may bring painting they are working on from home for a critique, or help with any problems.

This fun painting class will start with learning all about colors, using the color wheel and mixing paints. We will move on to different types of painting; water color pencils, and acrylics. From there, students will paint two canvases, one 11”x14” and the other a postcard size. Students may bring photos from home for the postcard painting (maybe one of your vacation photos!) and the other subject will come from hundreds of stock photos: landscapes, wild animals, birds, flowers, frogs, etc. A materials fee of $45 is due to the instructor at the first class,cash only, please. (this fee covers paints, canvas, brushes, drawing paper, colored pencils, transfer paper, palettes, and cleanup supplies). Students attending Artworks Drawing, and Painting, may stay through the supervised breaks for lunch/snack time between classes for a fee of $5 per student, per supervised break, per day. All student artwork will go home on the last day. For more information, please contact the instructor at awallstudio@gmail.com

This is not your traditional drawing class. Many students get caught up trying to duplicate a photo, a realistic bowl of fruit or a portrait mirror image. This class will loosen the strings and set aside the rules of drawing. We will work with numerous subjects, pencil charcoal, water color pencils, oil pastels, inks, metallics and numerous papers and surfaces. We will cover 1-2 techniques per class.There is a materials fee of $45, cash only, please, that will cover everything you need and payable at the first class. Please contact Andrea with any questions at 443-203-6707 or awallstudio@gmail.com. Please contact me if you want to bring your own materials.

The Great Enviro Wall is a painting experience for intermediate students from 12-16 years of age. Students will begin with a photo of their subject and learn to enlarge their photo to a canvas, that is 4'X6' large. Next, we practice mixing all the colors necessary to complete the painting. Students will work on their oversized canvas over the course of five days, and have an Art Show at the end of the class. Subject matter may be something like a Super Hero in action, a Family of Lions on the Savannah, a Castle in Ireland, Monarch Butterflies resting in the branches in Mexico, or Buffalo on the Plains. What we want to accomplish, is a story of Our Environment, Our Earth. Students should bring a lunch/several snacks, and old clothes. Three hours can be a long day of painting. The materials fee for this class is $65.00, cash only, please, due the first day of class. This includes: 1, 6'x4' canvas, primed 3 times, all the paint, mediums, drawing materials, watercolor pencils, brushes, clean up materials and brush cleaners. There are only 12 openings for this class, Please register early. Please contact the instructor with any questions: awallstudio@gmail.com.

The Drawing and Painting class will cover basic techniques for Students to draw their subjects and then paint them the same day. This excercise helps students with color work, mediums, subjects, sizing and brushwork. We will be using a new subject each day tba. Students may bring some subjects to paint the first day of class to use during the week. Students will be painting on easels and may need an apron for class. A materials fee of $45.00 is payable in cash only to the Insturctor the first day or class. Please contact the Instructor if you have any questions: awallstrudio@ gmail.com.

This class will cover of types of pastels, pastel papers, fixatives, techniques, tools, and framing. Students should bring several pictures for subject material. This can include photos, magazine pictures, books, and designs. Please do not work from computer or phone screens. The materials fee is $55.00, this includes a pastel set, cash only, please.You may bring your own supplies if you already have them. Feel free to contact me with any questions:awallstudio@gmail.com, 4432036707. Please contact the instructor if you plan to use your own materials.

The heat is on! Relax inside and paint your favorite summer subject with a group of artists each Tuesday evening. Let's Paint! For more information, please contact the instructor at Lindalukewatercolor@gmail.com