Kimball Art Center

Park City, Utah Art Center

Weekly Class

Youth Clay Handbuilding & Wheel Throwing Fall Session 1

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Get ready to get your hands dirty in Youth Clay! In this hands-on 4-week clay class, young artists will learn the basics of clay handbuilding and wheel throwing. They’ll discover how to shape clay, create bowls, cups, and other fun pieces, all while exploring their creativity and learning new skills. Perfect for kids who love getting crafty but don’t get to use kiln-fired clay at home!  Kids Ages 8+ only.

Note on firing: All work will be fired and ready for pick up in the Kimball Art Center 7-14 days after your class. We do not ship class work. If artwork is not picked up after 60 days it will be recycled. *Since artwork may look different after firing, make your pottery or sculpture recognizable by carving a signature into your piece.

Try It: Sampler Studio

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Curious about taking an art class but not sure where to start? Unsure whether clay, painting, or drawing is right for you? This class is a low-commitment, four-week evening class designed for the art-curious.

Experiment with a variety of materials, try different techniques, and meet our teaching artists while discovering what sparks your creativity. Each week, you’ll get a taste of one of our most popular studio offerings in a relaxed, social setting where no prior experience is required. This class is all about experimentation, play, and discovering the creative practices you enjoy most.

All materials included. No experience necessary. This is a four-week course.

Week 1: Drawing – Susan McFarlene

Week 2: Handbuilding – Hazel Coppola

Week 3: Acrylic Painting – Marisa Bone

Week 4: Gelli Printmaking – Lisa Needham

Drawing Level II

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Take your drawing practice to the next level in this Level II class focused on refining technique, deepening observation, and developing a personal artistic voice. Students will build on foundational skills while exploring more complex subjects and detailed studies.

This course is intended to be a follow up for Drawing Level I or if you have previous drawing experience. This is a 6-week course.

Drawing, Level II – Materials List

  • drawing paper pad (Strathmore 9 x 12 recommended)
  • pencils: one each of 2H, 2B, 4B, 6B
  • kneaded eraser
  • white vinyl eraser
  • pencil sharpener
  • tracing paper
  • vine charcoal
  • black compressed charcoal (soft, medium, hard)
  • white chalk pencil
  • blending stumps

Youth Clay Handbuilding & Wheel Throwing Fall Session 2

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Get ready to get your hands dirty in Youth Clay! In this hands-on 4-week clay class, young artists will learn the basics of clay handbuilding and wheel throwing. They’ll discover how to shape clay, create bowls, cups, and other fun pieces, all while exploring their creativity and learning new skills. Perfect for kids who love getting crafty but don’t get to use kiln-fired clay at home!  Kids Ages 8+ only.

Note on firing: All work will be fired and ready for pick up in the Kimball Art Center 7-14 days after your class. We do not ship class work. If artwork is not picked up after 60 days it will be recycled. *Since artwork may look different after firing, make your pottery or sculpture recognizable by carving a signature into your piece.

Painting Concepts Fall Session 2

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Find your own painting style.

Develop your own unique style while exploring the tools and techniques to make a great painting from start to finish. Practice the elements of art and design, composition, color theory, and brushwork, while drawing inspiration from artists around the world to learn new approaches to creativity and expressing emotions with paint. Techniques like priming, layering, glazing, and varnishing will be demonstrated. Students will walk away with a finished painting as well as confidence to continue to explore the medium.

All ability levels benefit from this class. This is a 6 week course.

Materials:

– Sketchbook

– Pencils

– Eraser

– A pad of Canvas paper (Oleo, thick watercolor paper, or canva paper is fine)

– Oil Paints OR Acrylic Paints

Kits are fine, but if you choose to purchase individual tubes of color, please include these:

  • Titanium white
  • Ivory black
  • Cadmium Red
  • Permanent Alizarin Crimson
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Phthalo Blue
  • Cadmium Yellow
  • Lemon Yellow

– Optional additional colors Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

– Firm Bristle Paint Brushes Please select one or two small, medium, and large round brushes, as well as flathead brushes

-Palette: A palette is any surface on which you can mix your paint. I prefer to use a covered palette which preserves paint for longer use. You want a palette big enough to mix all your colors on

– Odorless Gamsol, Turpenoid, or other odorless mineral spirits

-Linseed Oil: Linseed oil increases the transparency of paint as well as the fluidity, while maintaining the paint’s oil base.

-Glass Jar: to hold our solvent. You may want to purchase one with a metal coil inside to help clean brushes. Bring an extra empty, sealable jam jar as well.

-Palette Knife; if you prefer to mix your colors with brushes, that is fine.

-Rags: Used for cleaning/drying brushes

-Painting Clothes: These are clothes you don’t mind getting paint on

-Canvas: Canvas boards are very economical but you may want to choose a stretched canvas. The stretched canvases one can purchase at art stores are already primed and ready to paint on. If you are stretching your own canvas, you will need to prime your surface with an acrylic gesso.  Bring at least one of a smaller dimension, for example an 8” x 10” canvas board, and one larger surface, for example a 16” x 20” stretched canvas.

Painting Concepts Fall Session 1

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Find your own painting style.

Develop your own unique style while exploring the tools and techniques to make a great painting from start to finish. Practice the elements of art and design, composition, color theory, and brushwork, while drawing inspiration from artists around the world to learn new approaches to creativity and expressing emotions with paint. Techniques like priming, layering, glazing, and varnishing will be demonstrated. Students will walk away with a finished painting as well as confidence to continue to explore the medium.

All ability levels benefit from this class. This is a 6 week course.

Materials:

– Sketchbook

– Pencils

– Eraser

– A pad of Canvas paper (Oleo, thick watercolor paper, or canva paper is fine)

– Oil Paints OR Acrylic Paints

Kits are fine, but if you choose to purchase individual tubes of color, please include these:

  • Titanium white
  • Ivory black
  • Cadmium Red
  • Permanent Alizarin Crimson
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Phthalo Blue
  • Cadmium Yellow
  • Lemon Yellow

– Optional additional colors Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

– Firm Bristle Paint Brushes Please select one or two small, medium, and large round brushes, as well as flathead brushes

-Palette: A palette is any surface on which you can mix your paint. I prefer to use a covered palette which preserves paint for longer use. You want a palette big enough to mix all your colors on

– Odorless Gamsol, Turpenoid, or other odorless mineral spirits

-Linseed Oil: Linseed oil increases the transparency of paint as well as the fluidity, while maintaining the paint’s oil base.

-Glass Jar: to hold our solvent. You may want to purchase one with a metal coil inside to help clean brushes. Bring an extra empty, sealable jam jar as well.

-Palette Knife; if you prefer to mix your colors with brushes, that is fine.

-Rags: Used for cleaning/drying brushes

-Painting Clothes: These are clothes you don’t mind getting paint on

-Canvas: Canvas boards are very economical but you may want to choose a stretched canvas. The stretched canvases one can purchase at art stores are already primed and ready to paint on. If you are stretching your own canvas, you will need to prime your surface with an acrylic gesso.  Bring at least one of a smaller dimension, for example an 8” x 10” canvas board, and one larger surface, for example a 16” x 20” stretched canvas.