Open Studio classes give us the opportunity to render things in their true character, unlimited by mediums and the public gaze, all in the atmosphere and presence of other creatives.  Sign up for all 6 sessions here! 

An artist will over see the class to assist students as needed.  Our supplies are available to all participants and students are welcome to bring their own or a project they are working on as well. 

In this workshop students will learn to capture the likeness of their subjects, from initial sketch to final details. Emphasis will be on the proportions of the face, and shapes of light and shadow. We’ll work from photographs or existing paintings, and students are free to choose their own reference images. Each class will consist of a demonstration and individual critiques. All levels welcome.

All levels welcome.

This felting bat workshop will take the student through the entire process of making a realistic bat. This is a multi-step project and involves a number of simple skills to create the bat.  

Instructor will furnish the following at no charge: 

• Boot tray for wet felting 
• Felting needles and surface 
• Iron and ironing surface 
• Bubble wrap used in wet felting 
• Voile fabric for wet felting 
• Hot wax for toes and fingers 

What will be included in materials/kit ($15): 

• Wool fiber 
• Silk fiber 
• Bat template 
• Written instructions for the steps in needle felting a bat from making the armature to finishing the wings with a coating of cold wax
• 22 and 26 gauge wire 
• Reference photos of bats 
• Cold wax 
• One sheet of parchment paper 

Materials student should bring from home or purchase. 

• Small needle nosed pliers 
• Small wire cutters        
• Small sharp scissors 
• Two or three hand-towels (used in wet felting) 
• Spray bottle for wetting the wool/silk 
• Hair dryer to dry wet felted fabric quickly
• Bar soap, olive oil based preferred, for your hand’s sake 
• Palette knife (to apply cold wax to wings: not required but highly encouraged)  
• Sewing needle and some pins with plastic heads 
• Sewing thread in black or brown 

Join Karen Peck in a workshop on Painting the Fall Landscape in Pastel.  In this class we will explore painting with soft pastels through the process of layering pastels to create a fall landscape. Karen will review briefly the variety of pastels from hard to soft, the choices in papers, underpainting processes, mark making, and layering. Karen will demonstrate the process of creating an underpainting with watercolor of a fall landscape. She will demonstrate the layering of pastels to create subtle changes in color and value and invites you to paint your own fall landscape. 

Materials Students Should Bring from home or purchase, with names of suppliers:

• old cloth and apron 
• soft pastels in a variety of colors (amazon sells- Rembrandt, Mungyo, Sennelier, Mount Vision, Jack Richeson) 
• pastel paper preferably sanded and white or cream in color(amazon sells U-Art, Pastel Premier, Canson Mi-Teintes, Luxarchival, Pastelmat)  
• backing board 
• Please bring several fall landscape photos to be used as a reference.