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Moth holes, stains, or tears in your knits? Learn to embrace these imperfections as opportunities to create a one-of-a-kind piece! In this workshop, you'll learn not only how to darn holes, but also how to choose materials, tools, and approaches to achieve the effect you want. You'll leave with all the skills and inspiration you need to mend your knits!

Teaching Artist: Ann Weaver

Minimum enrollment to run: 5.

Sunflowers: A Beginner-Friendly, Mini Watercolor Workshop

Spend a creative afternoon painting beautiful sunflowers in watercolor — no experience required. Led by local watercolorist Em Campbell, this hands-on workshop is designed to take the intimidation out of painting. Your subject arrives pre-sketched on the paper, so you can skip straight to the fun part: playing with color, water, and light. Em's encouraging teaching style keeps the focus on enjoying the learning as well as the results.All skill levels welcome, a pre-sketched paper is provided to allow students to focus on painting.Suitable for ages 12-up. 

Supplies: all supplies are provided.

Teaching Artist: Em Campbell

Minimum enrollment to run: 5

We'll start by discussing the classic techniques of rule of thirds, filling the frame, leading lines, framing, repetition and more. More importantly, we'll then cover balance, simplicity, lighting conditions and the 5 factors that would guarantee a great composition. Other topics, such as night photography, can also be included based on participant interest. Weekly assignments will reinforce the class topics. Ages: 16+. For more information, please contact the instructor at joe_yablonsky@yahoo.com. This class is taking place in-person.
Teaching Artist: Joe Yablonsky
Minimum enrollment to run: 3

Northern Cardinal Painting: A Beginner-Friendly, Mini Watercolor Workshop

Spend a creative afternoon painting handsome Northern Cardinals in watercolor — no experience required. Led by local watercolorist Em Campbell, this hands-on workshop is designed to take the intimidation out of painting. Your subject arrives pre-sketched on the paper, so you can skip straight to the fun part: playing with color, water, and light. Em's encouraging teaching style keeps the focus on enjoying the learning as well as the results. All skill levels welcome, a pre-sketched paper is provided to allow students to focus on painting.Suitable for ages 12-up.

Supplies: all supplies are provided.

Teaching Artist: Em Campbell

Minimum enrollment to run: 5

In this workshop, portrait artist Nicole Troup, will help students explore gilding and charcoal together. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to learn how to draw the proportions of the face and shading without the added complications of color mixing. In addition to the proportions of the face, Troup will teach students how to think outside of the box and illuminate their portraits with a gold leaf design incorporated into the portrait. Drawing instruction will be given on the anatomy of the face, simplifying the face into light and dark shapes, looking for correct value relationships and edges. For gilding, students will learn how to apply the gold leaf, which techniques work best, how to add shading to the gold and how to best assimilate it with the charcoal. Learning how to protect the gold and charcoal with certain sprays to prevent tarnishing will also be discussed. Throughout the workshop, Troup will give demonstrations, critiques and feedback on students' own work.

DETAILS: A photo reference and material list will be provided for the students after registering for the workshop. 

Teaching Artist: Nicole Troup. 

Minimum enrollment to run: 4

Using pencils, markers and gouache (opaque watercolor), we learn to take our ideas from a line sketch, to value study, and finally into color with gouache (opaque watercolor). Emphasis is placed on line and value in the design stages (grey scale), and learning to explore various ideas before choosing one to be worked out in gouache (color). This class is designed to be taken more than once building on previous knowledge. It can also be taken as a one off. No pre-requisites are required.. Ages 15+ unless permission is given by the instructor. Please reach out with questions. Please bring drawing pencils, all other supplies will be provided. 

Teaching Artist: Chris Best.

Minimum enrollment to run:5.