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CLIFTON FORGE – The Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center has released its summer schedule of workshops and classes.
Watercolor Class
Beginning students will develop basic knowledge of materials and techniques in painting with traditional transparent watercolor.
Intermediate students will enjoy learning more about the medium and how to use them to their best advantage as they begin to establish a personal style.
Students will work with still life, landscape, and personal photographs. Selection of brushes, paper, the properties of color (hue, value, & intensity), the use of contrast, lost & found edges and other techniques to establish depth and create an interesting painting will be covered.
A materials list is available upon registration. Basic supplies will be available for use the first night of class. Students are responsible for their supplies.
The class will be held on Tuesdays, May 8 to June 12(six weeks) and registration is still open.
Class will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is intended for adults. Cost is $75 and the instructor is Michael Farrar.
Oil Painting Class
Beginning and Intermediate students work with traditional oil painting techniques.
The class will focus on the technical and expressive elements of oil painting.
Beginning students become familiar with oil paints, mediums and paint handling.
Intermediate students will expand their skills and begin to establish a personal style.
Topics covered include: selection, use and care of brushes, selection of canvas, stretchers, painting surface preparation, color and palette layout, color mixing and use. Composition, design and techniques used to achieve different effects and moods also included. Small class size allows plenty of one on one instruction.
A materials list is available upon registration.
Basic supplies will be available for use the first night of class. Students are responsible for their supplies.
Registration is still open and classes will be held on Tuesdays, May 8 to June 12(six weeks) from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
The class is intended for adults and the cost is $75. Instructor is Michael Farrar.
Drawing
Drawing skills are basic for working any medium.
This is a class for students who want to improve their drawing skills and refine control of various drawing media.
This is a class for students wanting to improve their drawing skills using pencil and charcoal, on a variety of subjects including still life, figure and landscape subjects.
Topics will include work beyond the basics in line, value, gesture and perspective. A materials list is available upon registration.
Basic supplies will be available for use the first night of class. Students are responsible for their supplies.
Registration is still open and the class will be offered on Tuesdays, May 8-June 12, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The class is intended for adults. The cost is $75 and the instructor is Michael Farrar.
Watercolor: Breaking
The Rules
In this fun one day class, students will complete 2 watercolor paintings.
Using non-traditional techniques we’ll paint dark colors first for a lively approach to traditional watercolor.
Anyone with minimal watercolor experience should enjoy this hands-on workshop. Pre-registration is required by May 22. The class will be offered on Friday, May 25, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. for adults. Cost is $45.
Fresh, Transparent
Watercolor
Class will include demos, discussions and ample time to paint your own subjects. You’ll cover: color mixing and water/ paint ratios, how to avoid and correct mud, how to create rich colorful shadows, masking, texture and special techniques, working from photos, what not to do, and when all else fails, fixing mistakes.
Pre-registration is required with a $25 non refundable deposit by June 18. The class will be offered Thursday June 21 to Saturday, June 23, from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Cost is $135.
Especially For Kids: Felted Bowls & Critter Houses
Make an interesting and fun piece of art work by laying out wool on a relief and wet felting it.
The fun part comes when you add different colors of wool and yarns to embellish giving the piece your own unique touch. It’s easy to do! Samples are on view at the center.
The class will be offered Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. for ages 8 and up.
Cost is $25 and all material is provided.
Summer Art Camp
Making art involves skills that can be learned; you don’t have to have natural talent.
This will be a lively week of art and craft activities, including painting printmaking, masks making and more.
Campers will work with paint, paper mache’, printmaking and clay, and well as gathering some interesting information about artists.
Be creative, learn about new materials, discover learn new skills, and unleash the magic of your natural creativity.
Art celebrates the best of us and is unique to each individual. There is a progression from simple to more complicated activities while constantly developing your ability to use any medium.
Dress for creative fun and come try lots of different things. Registration is required by June 11. The camp is intended for youngsters from 6 to 12. A minimum 3 campers is required and there is a maximum 10.
Cost is $65 for the four days and includes all materials.
Instructor will be Kaarn Thomas
We’ll have another round of art camp August 6-9, so keep an eye out for more details.
About the Instructors
Michael Farrar has been painting since he was a child, taught in public schools for seven years and has taught adults privately for ten years. He works in a variety of media, his oils, watercolors, and drawings and prints have been collected across the country and earned numerous awards in gallery and outdoor shows. His work may be found at the AHACC and Signature 9 Gallery in Roanoke.
Robin Poteet is a popular instructor at the Studio School in Roanoke and has also been the residency artist at Alleghany High School. Poteet has been featured in 3 national magazines, and was chosen as one of 10 National Ones to Watch by Watercolor Artist Magazine. Most recently she won an Award of Distinction at the 2012 Virginia watercolor Society exhibition. Her work may be found at the AHACC and Signature 9 Gallery in Roanoke.
Kaarn Thomas helped start the elementary art program in the Alleghany County Schools in 2004 and still teaches and lives here in the Highlands. She’s so much fun, she’ll make anyone want to be a creative kid again.
