All upcoming Studio Arts: Painting classes

Beginning students explore watercolor techniques and learn new approaches to painting through demonstration, discussion, and experimentation.

Learn how to see beauty in the natural world and render it in stunning watercolor paintings, using various watercolor techniques to represent the metallic shell of a beetle, the soft, fuzzy wing of a moth, and the delightful colors of a butterfly.

Begin your watercolor portrait journey stress-free as you study photographs of well-known sculptures to practice monochromatic portraits and then build up to painting a portrait of your choice.

Learn simple techniques to create landscape and seascape paintings. Special emphasis is given to watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and masking.

Whether you’re drawn to the misty grandeur of Yosemite’s waterfall or the quiet drama of trees silhouetted against the sky, these painting sessions explore how to suggest an atmosphere with flowing washes, layered values, and subtle edges.

In this four-week class, students are introduced to materials and techniques for oil painting while laying a strong foundation for further artistic growth.

In this course, gain the technical background and experience you need to get started as a painter. Working from museum masterpieces, still-life arrangements, or your favorite photos, explore basic painting techniques, including color-mixing, scumbling, and glazing.

Expand on your technical background and grow your practice as an oil painter. This class provides students with the opportunity to work on personal projects, set up a still-life arrangement, and explore figure painting from a live model. Unfurl your style with support and feedback from the instructor.

Discover the basic elements of abstraction, a very important element of the visual arts, and create your own exciting and innovative works.

Learn how to paint expressive portraits as you improve your observational skills, ability to see angles and shapes, and understanding of color and value. The class emphasizes how to define a subject’s unique features by determining shapes of light and shadow.