All upcoming Studio Arts: Art Theory & Practice classes

In an afternoon of artistic experimentation designed to strengthen creative muscles and deepen skills in visual expression, explore five distinct modes of visual thinking—memory, observation, imagination, narrative, and experimentation—to complete eight expressive journaling exercises using the marking and mapping approach.

Whether you are traveling, exploring, or just adventuring through your daily life, start noticing the wonderful small details around you as you learn to create your art journal, with illustrations in pen and watercolors.

This expanded and updated series is designed to provide a tranquil midday break and let you create small but satisfying works of art as a way to pause and incorporate a bit of creativity into your at-home routines.

Explore the basics of color theory, including temperature, value, and harmony-creating color schemes. In hands-on projects, learn to use a color wheel with tinting and toning, color charts, and color harmony studies.

Study master illustrators including N.C. Wyeth, Arthur Rackham, Alphonse Mucha, Edmund Dulac, Norman Rockwell, and Beatrix Potter. The aims of this class are to explore the history of these artists and to apply their approaches in a variety of mediums to depict expressive illustrations in a range of genres. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)

Refamiliarize yourself with the fundamentals of color theory while learning an approach to mixing color that relies on color harmonies. Gain a deeper understanding of complementary color relationships so that you can more intuitively mix colors and harness color harmonies to better express depth as well as the contrast between light and shadow.

In an afternoon of artistic experimentation designed to strengthen creative muscles and deepen skills in visual expression, explore five distinct modes of visual thinking—memory, observation, imagination, narrative, and experimentation—to complete eight expressive journaling exercises using the marking and mapping approach.

Learn about the history of master wildlife artists such as John Audubon, Albrecht Dürer, Carel Fabritius, Maria Sibylla Merian, Károly Lotz, and Diego Velazquez. Work in a variety of mediums to capture the wildlife of your choice. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)