Painting and Drawing at The Art Center

Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor

Instructor, Dawn Sagar

January 8 - February 26
Thursdays 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Tuition for 8wks: $150 member / $190 non-member

Dawn Sagar is a nationally exhibiting artist originally from Fort Collins, Colorado.  She teaches part time at Mesa State College and will be exhibiting her works in 2010 in the North Gallery here at The Art Center.  What is amazing about Dawn's work is her accuracy with the media combined with a stunning expressive stroke.  Students will learn about use of color, composition and go beyond the pictorial into the experience of  truly understanding the sensuality of the act of painting.  Dawn Sagar combines the representational with the power of  mood provoking timelessness.

No experience necessary.

check workshop page for Sagar "Pastel Workshop"

All Levels Oil/Acrylic Painting

 Instructor,  Dan Logé 

January 7 - February 25
Wednesdays  1:00pm- 4pm and  6:30 - 9:30pm

 Tuition for 8wks: $150 member / $190 non-member

This fun, intensive all-level class includes one-on-one instruction while you work from your own photos. Demonstrations and helpful critiques of completed and ongoing artwork will bring your artistic ideas into the light and onto the canvas!

All levels welcome.

 Experimental Watercolor Techniques and Mixed Media       

 Instructor,  Gayle Gerson 

January 8th - February 26 
Thursdays 1:00pm - 4pm

 Tuition for 6wks: $150 member / $190 non-member

Gayle Gerson is teaching this class to give students lots of practice in working with watercolor, liquid acrylics and inks to create beautiful composition, both representational and abstract.  Students will learn many experimental techniques, including pouring and masking, using different paper supports and creating a pleasing composition that releases the sparkle of the artist's personality.  Class time will be devoted to experimenting with art exercises that expand creativity and build compositional skills, allowing plenty of time for individual work.  This class is open to all levels from the artistic dabbler to the working artist

Beginning and Intermediate Drawing

 Instructor,  with Chuck Morris

 January 7 - February 25      Wednesdays, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

                    Janet Cheskaty

Monday Open Studio Figure

Each session is broken into gesture drawings, and 20 to 40 minute poses.

January 5 - February 23

9:00am to 12:00pm or

6:00pm to 9:00pm

 Open Studio 8 Sessions

 Tuition: $80 Member/ $90 Non member

Come draw at The Art Center for 8 sessions in January and February.  There is no instructor or materials supplied.  Artists can use art center easels, tables and drawing horses.  The artists will be supplied a model.  Please do not bring toxic or odorous materials into the studio.  Artists must be at least 18 years of age to draw from the nude models.

Figure and Portrait from Life

With Chuck Morris

January 5 - February 23

Mondays 1:00 to 4:00pm

Tuition for 8weeks: $180 Member/ $220 Non-member

(model fee included, must be 18yrs of age)

The focus in this class will be learning to see and interpret subject matter with an emphasis on expressive painting.  We will discuss the basics of composition, value and color.  Three of the classes will involve a nude model.