Explore your creativity, open your senses and sharpen your mind to new realms of art-making with noted artist Mikel Elam. Mikel will help you articulate your vision and bring it to concrete reality in…
Enjoy open-air painting in beautiful Valley Forge National Historical Park, the encampment site of George Washington’s Continental Army and now home to a painter’s delight of lush scenery and historic…
In this 12-week floral still life class students will learn how to capture the essence of floral forms. We will focus on simplifying, color mixing, and edge variety to powerfully convey these complex shapes….
Working from your own reference material, we will spend each week focusing on a particular aspect of landscape painting. Individual techniques will be held each session in a supportive atmosphere. Syllabus…
Students working in all subject matter (still-life, figure, landscape, etc.) are welcome to join this class. This class will foster individual growth in a relaxed atmosphere. Instructor will work one-on-one…
This class offers a combination of instruction and open studio practice allowing students to explore, take chances, develop critical thinking, and cultivate their artistic voices. Participants investigate…
Using simple everyday objects in thoughtful well-lit compositions, students create fresh and dynamic paintings. Through instruction, demos, and examining the work of master and contemporary painters, students…
The artist is not a xerox machine or a camera that merely copies its subject. The artist is a poet, inserting their own voice, hand, and intentions, whether executing photorealistic work or abstract imagery….
Whether it is portrait, still life, landscape or abstracts, the presence of light against shadow gives the subject form and dimension. Bring your own inspiration to class and with this principle in mind,…
Working from both cast studies and life models, this class emphasizes the rhythm, form, and structure of the human figure. Some attention is given to introductory anatomy. Students may elect to draw or…
