Celebrate the summer days outside! Jeanne LaRae will take you painting Plein Air. Students will meet at the local parks, the McPolin barn, or other picturesque locations throughout beautiful Park City. Jeanne prefers to paint with oils outside, but if there is an interest, she will demonstrate in different mediums. Your medium can be your choice between pastels, oils, watercolor, and acrylics. Snacks water, hats, and sunscreen are encouraged! Enjoy the summer days by painting outside. One day registration is available!
Painting
Explorations in Painting I
Take time to relax and learn to paint with either acrylic or oil paints in this class (student’s choice). Students will learn to paint from references – either photographs and/or still life sets. Students can bring in their own photographs to paint. By the last day of class, students will have the skills necessary to continue painting on their own, or advance to another class.
Choose Your Own Medium Painting: Oils or Acrylics I
Take time to relax and learn to paint with either acrylic or oil paints in this class. Students will paint from either still life sets and/or photographs which they will choose as a class or individually. By the last day of class, students will have the skills necessary to continue painting on their own, or advance to another class. Please bring a photograph (your own work or something you are interested in) to class with you on the first day. Beginning to intermediate level students are welcome.
Intro to Watercolors for Teens
There is so much to learn when creating paintings in watercolor. Learn and have fun with Anna as she teaches students how to paint with watercolors using water resist techniques with tape, salt, and oil pastels. Every lesson is a happy experiment, and the students love the amazing results! Come and enjoy a relaxing watercolor class with Anna!
Acrylic Painting for Teens
Learn how to see with a painter’s eye as Emily uses still life sets to teach the basics of acrylic painting. Students will learn to see what an artist sees, exploring positive and negative space, values, color theory, and composition. This class is open to any skill level and can serve as a review of the basics or a confidence booster for beginners! Students will walk away from class with more experience and confidence to continue painting on their own.
New Perspectives: Drawing & Painting for Teens
Beginning with the basics of landscape, students will then expand upon what they see. Stretching the imagination, students will deconstruct the natural surroundings they observe in reality. From cityscapes to mountain ranges, students will play with combining horizon lines to make a new, imagined landscape. Students will also examine images “under a microscope”, taking an object from nature (feather, stick, rock, leaf etc.), and taking a closer look to focus on the amazing details of the natural world. Perhaps try to draw the world upside down to test the mind and train the eyes to see the new shapes that form. We will challenge the norm and experiment with new perspectives.
