Adult Fall Classes - November
Kids Classes are ongoing. They run through the week of December 8. No classes will be held the week of Thanksgiving.
Adult Classes
New adult classes: sign up here! Classes begin the week of September 22 and run 11 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Weekends in November:
Special Printmaking Workshop:
Intro to Printmaking with Helenmarie Patashnick 8:45am-5pm meets 11/1 & 11/8
Make a print using gelatin prints, dry point, shape transfer, collograph and monotypes. Learn a new way of seeing by learning the relationships between form and shape with a lifelong printmaker.($125)
Plan your fall- sign up here!
Special Weekend Workshop: Intro to Oil Painting!
November 15 & 16, 9am-4pm Intro to Oil Painting: Form, Values and Planes with Karen Winslow
This workshop is $175. Take a look at some of Karen’s paintings and work here
"Hollyhocks" by Karen Winslow
If you want to paint in a realistic manner from life, you need to learn the basics~ form, values and planes. You also need to learn how to see and what to look for…as an artist. Learning these basics is paramount to learning to paint or draw. Without it, the artist will flounder, but with it the artist has a springboard to grow and expand. Simple geometric shapes: the sphere, the cylinder, the cube and the cone must be mastered. Every object in nature is composed of combinations of these basic forms, and learning to recognize this is important. Understanding this, will give the artist the freedom and confidence to paint anything in a realistic manner (still life, landscape, portrait, figure, interior & working from your imagination). In this class, we will work with simple still life, concentrating on value relationship and spatial relationship by: using a tonal (value) scale from white to black; learning to simplify by working in mass ( or value/tone shapes - instead of 
filling in lines), deciding what is essential (and what is not), and thinking in terms of 5 planes of light.
This class will benefit beginners, as well as seasoned artists, and it is a great introduction to the logic of using a controlled palette. All levels. Oils or pastels.
MONDAY:
6-9pm Quilting with Debi Diender -POSTPONED- If you are interested, register… and we’ll run the class when it has enough enrollment…
runs 9/22- 10/20 with a final meeting 11/17 (6 classes $135 & $40 material fee: includes a complete kit for the quilt with fabric, batting, and backing)
Have you seen those beautiful quilts adorning the walls of the River Arts Center? Debi is the creator of these works of art! Learn how to make beautiful quilts and match beautiful fabrics. Study color selection, discuss the color wheel, learn basic appliqué techniques, quilt block construction and accuracy. Learn paper piecing, curved piecing, border selection and attachment, binding and border piping techniques. This class is for beginner to intermediate students. Create a small quilt for display or bed covering.
Participants should bring the following:
*A sewing machine if possible. ( Two machines will be available for use during class if necessary.)
*Personal supplies such as scissors, rotary cutter, quilting rulers, cutting mat, extra machine needles, and straight pins. (Extra supplies will be available during class if needed.)
TUESDAY:
6-8:30pm Ongoing Open Figure Studio- $7 model fee