The Spring 2007 session will be held April 3-May 6. Classes are offered for adults and for children.

Classes for Adults: Enamels (Metal on Glass), Beginning Pastel Painting, Playing with Watercolors, Everybody Can Draw!, Packing it all in: Gelatin Printmaking, Egg Tempera & Collage Workshop, Clay Goblets, Beginning Sculpture: Soft Stone Gargoyles.

Classes for Youth & Teens (April Vacation: 4/16 - 4/20): More than What is Written, Paper Mache Masks, Helping Hands, Birds of Paradise, 3-D Circle Designs, Print Extravaganza!, Under the Sea, Curiosity Collages

GENERAL INFORMATION: For information on current class offerings, classroom location, instructors, and Freshwater Arts policies, return to the Freshwater Arts home page.

Art Classes for Adults

Enamels (Glass on Metal) with Sandy Stewart
Explore the many ways to fuse glass crystals to metal! Learn dry sifting, sgraffito, stenciling, wet packing, cloisonné, and the use of silver foil and enamel threads. Watch the amazing color change as you take your piece out of the kiln and watch it cool! Discover the many possibilities of this fascinating medium as you make jewelry, bowls, wallpieces, or whatever your heart desires.
$96, plus a $30 material fee, Tuesday, April 3, 10, 24, and May 1 (4 weeks), 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Beginning Pastel Painting with Ann Rhinehardt
Pastels are pure pigments held together with a binder in stick form. With these chalks, one can create a vibrant work of art using both drawing and painting techniques. Come and explore this fun and exciting medium! Each week we will complete a painting using the different techniques of applying pastel. Please purchase your supplies before first class. (Download the supply list.)
$96, Tuesday, April 3, 10, 24, and May 1 (4 weeks), 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Playing with Watercolors with Kiri Guyaz
For everyone who has been told watercolors were hard, this is an invitation to come play! Develop your own style and have fun as you excavate your inner artist. Explore techniques on everything from washes to textures to special effects. All levels welcome! Please purchase your supplies before first class. (Download the supply list.)
$96, Wednesday, April 4, 11, 25, and May 2 (4 weeks), 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Everybody Can Draw! with Cynthia Ahlstrin
Some of us just need a little help to draw now and then. In this class students will explore a variety of innovative drawing exercises designed to sharpen observational skills, broaden mark making, use of line, etc. By using different media, students can approach their work with a new perspective. Please purchase your supplies before first class. (Download the supply list.)
$96, Thursday, April 5, 12, 26, and May 3 (4 weeks), 6:30-8:30p.m.

Packing it all in: Gelatin Printmaking, Egg Tempera & Collage Workshop
with Joel LeVasseur
Prepare to immerse yourself in a world of collage. In this two-day workshop (2 succeeding Saturdays), you will prepare gelatin prints, learn how to make your own egg tempera, and create a theme for a related series of small-scale 2-dimensional flatwork, and 3-dimensional work with objects and discarded books.
$75 (includes materials), Saturday, April 7 and 14, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Clay Goblets with Kim Brennan
In this course you will learn the basic skills needed to hand build a goblet out of stoneware clay using slabs and coils. Experiment with a wide range of color and texture. There should be enough time to create two goblets. They will be available two weeks later after being fired at helping hands studio in Manchester, Maine.
$35 (includes materials), Monday, April 23, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Beginning Sculpture: Soft Stone Gargoyles
with Kim Brennan & Ann Rhinehardt
Gargoyles were originally waterspouts on the roofs of buildings to direct water away from the foundation. Superstition said they were there to ward off evil spirits. Beginning with clay, students will design and build a gargoyle during the first session. They will then subtractively carve it in soft stone during the second session.
$105 (includes materials), Saturday, April 28 and May 5, 12:00-4:00p.m  

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Art Classes for Youth and Teens (April School Vacation)
NOTE: Materials and supplies are included in the price of classes for children and teens.

More Than What is Written with Laurie Proctor
Students will spend the first part of class writing either a poem or short story (which could be a comic strip if so desired) about something that is special to the student. Once the written piece is completed, students will develop art that will complement the written work. The art piece will be drawn using any of the following; markers, pencil, charcoal, crayon, color pencil or watercolor, and/or combination of the materials.
$25, Ages 8+, Monday, April 16, 10:00 a.m.-Noon

Paper Mache Masks: Animals! with Sandy Stewart
Have you ever noticed how animals look like us (or we look like animals)? We both have the same important features: eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. The first session, we will explore this by making a mask of an animal over a human form base, using paper and glue. The second session, we will paint and add additional materials to bring it to life! Please note that this is a two-part class!
$40, Ages 9-12, Monday and Thursday, April 16 and 19, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Helping Hands with Kim Brennan
A one day workshop for a child and a special adult (parent, grandparent, relative, etc.). The pair will create a magical memory while working on a clay project together that will be fired and picked up later. Colorful glazes will be used to finish the project that day. Limit of 15 students.
$30, Ages 6-15, Tuesday, April 17, 10:00 a.m.-Noon

Birds of Paradise with Cathy Lacombe
Children will use geometric and organic templates, to create their own imaginary bird designs. They will be painted with flow acrylics, this paint can be used as both acrylic and water color. We will accent with gold metallic or pearlized paint. We will look at some very colorful peacocks and toucans for inspiration.
$25, Ages 6-8, Tuesday, April 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

3-D Circle Designs with Sandy Stewart
Come join the fun as we create amazing designs within a circle, using a compass to make repeating lines. Then, fill the shapes between the lines with colors, mixing and shading with watercolor colored pencils to create a three dimensional effect. If time permits, we will add water to turn the colors into paint.
$25, Ages 13-16, Wednesday, April 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Print Extravaganza with Cynthia Ahlstrin
Use things from your kitchen/yard to make prints?? Yes, you can…and use your hands and feet too! Students explore printing with potatoes, leaves, ketch-up, gelatin and more. It's fun and safe with non-toxic water based inks. Come ready to make prints in many different ways!
$25, Ages: 8-15, Thursday, April 19, 10 a.m.-Noon

Under the Sea with Laurie Proctor
Come paint brightly colored tropical fish with us.  Students will be shown how to combine shapes to create awesome looking fish.  They will then practice drawing fish and select one favorite, which they will proceed to use in a finished watercolor painting.
$25, Ages: 8-12, Friday, April 20 10 a.m.-Noon

Curiosity Collages with Kim Brennan
During the Renaissance age, the wealthy people collected objects of value and put them in "Curiosity Cabinets". These cabinets were the beginning of museums. Students will create a collage with found materials, photos, and magazines in a pre-stretched piece of canvas to create their own 3 dimensional curiosity box. Texture will be used on the outside of the 'box' with fabric and paint. This is a great way for students to learn that inexpensive materials can be used for creating a work of art.
$30, Ages 6-12, Friday, April 20, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

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