Every Thursday, Jun 6, 2019 – Jun 27, 2019
Pastel – Painting with soft chalk pastel
North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
Introduction to Pastels offers a variety of techniques, from chalk pastels, stick and pastel pencil. Students will have a chance to work with numerous papers, pastels, and equipment. The class will include studies of landscape, as well as subjects of the student’s choice. Materials Supplied

Every Tuesday, Jun 4, 2019 – Jun 25, 2019
Watercolor- Still life painting
North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
Class Descriptions This transparent water-based painting medium has been enjoyed and used for centuries. Regardless of
your experience level, you will learn how to use materials and all the techniques associated with watercolor.
You will see demonstrations, and we will discuss composition, design, subject matter, and textures that lend themselves to this medium.
It is beneficial to build a strong foundation in an observational practice in order to understand the composition and design, negative space, color changes from cool to warm and using contrast and layers

Every Thursday, May 9, 2019 – May 30, 2019
Painting like the Impressionists
North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
Learn to paint in a painterly style by exploring impressionism.
This class is for beginners wishing to explore fund ways to be creative and learn new techniques and tips to apply to abstract painting.

Every Tuesday, May 7, 2019 – May 28, 2019

North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
Learn to paint in painterly style by exploring expressionism and impressionism.
This class is for beginners wishing to explore fund ways to be creative and learn new techniques and tips to apply to abstract painting.

$75

Every Thursday, Apr 4, 2019 – Apr 25, 2019

North Valley Senior Center
This transparent water-based painting medium has been enjoyed and used for centuries. Regardless of your experience level, you will learn how to use materials and all the techniques associated with watercolor. You will see demonstrations, and we will discuss composition, design, subject matter, and textures that lend themselves to this medium.

You will leave this course with knowledge of how to use materials such as brushes, papers, and paint-to-water ratio. Focus will be given to inventing the medium for yourself by learning to gain the right amount of control for your style.
We will explore different washes: wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on dry painting, in order to help you understand how to make different textures while learning to control the uncontrollable: water!

Important Things to Note:
•We will go over color theory and mix colors from the primaries while learning to address highlights and shadows by working without white paint.
•Projects within the course will focus on painting from observation.
•It is beneficial to build a strong foundation in an observational practice in order to understand composition and design, negative space, color changes from cool to warm, and using contrast and layers to build a believable 3-dimensional space on the paper.
Materials Supplied
$75.00

Every Tuesday, Apr 2, 2019 – Apr 23, 2019
Watercolor Botanical Painting 2
North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)

This class is a continuation of the March class that introduces Watercolor to botanical drawing and Illustration.
Have you always wished that you could be more proficient at drawing? Have you been looking for an opportunity to unwind by finding a new avenue to express yourself creatively? This beginning course is a continuation of the March course with an emphasis on six different topics in botanical drawing and observing the natural world

Every Thursday, Mar 7, 2019 – Mar 28, 2019
Abstract Painting with Acrylics
North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
This course introduces students to classical and contemporary painting, techniques and concepts, with emphasis on the understanding of its formal language and the fundamentals of artistic expression. Even though previous painting experience is not a prerequisite for this course. Painting from still-life, landscape, and life models from observation will be geared towards realism; at the same time, various other painting styles could be explored. This may seem like a lot to absorb – but always remember that our main emphasis will be to encourage and nourish individuality and creativity.

Every Tuesday, Mar 5, 2019 – Mar 26, 2019
Drawing Botanicals in Color Pencil
North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
Instructor Elaine Cimino
Class Descriptions:
Botanical Drawing basic techniques, art supplies, the light source set up. Art supplies for working in colored pencil will be supplied along with demonstration techniques for rendering. This beginning course teaches you how to use plants as the subject of art with easy approaches and many visual examples. Participants will read very straightforward lessons Materials Supplied
• Observation of Art in Nature
•The Use of Line in Drawing
•The Use of Shape and Space in Drawing
•Depicting Perspective and Foreshortening in Illustration
•Using Light to Add Dimension to Botanical Illustrations
• Composition and a Creative Approach to Drawing

$50.00

Every Thursday, Feb 7, 2019 – Feb 28, 2019

North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)

The elements and principles of design are the building blocks used to create a work of art. The elements of design can be thought of as the things that make up a painting, drawing, design etc. Good or bad – all paintings will contain most of if not all, the seven elements of design.
The basic Drawing Principles of design can be thought of as what we do to the elements of design. How we apply the Principles of Design determines how successful we are in creating a work of art

Every Thursday, Jan 10, 2019 – Jan 31, 2019

North Valley Senior Center (NVSC)
Introduction to Pastels offers a variety of techniques, from the chalk pastels stick and pastel pencil.
Students will have a chance to work with numerous papers, pastels, and equipment. The class will include studies in the landscape, as well as subjects of the student’s choice.
Important Things to Note:
•We will go over color theory and mix colors from the primaries while learning to address highlights and shadows.
•Projects within the course will focus on pastel painting from photographs.
•It is beneficial to build a strong foundation in an observational practice in order to understand composition and design, negative space, color changes from cool to warm and using contrast and layers to build a believable 3-dimensional space on the paper/canvas
$50.00