Join us for a fun, beginner-friendly 1-hour watercolor workshop where no experience is needed! You’ll create three 4x6 watercolor pumpkins, adding pen details to bring out unique textures and designs. By the end of the session, you’ll have three beautiful, frame-worthy pieces perfect for display as a set!
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Shadow Pastel Workshop with Jude Tolar, PSA, IAPS/MC*
Shadows are important elements in a painting. Shadows enhance light. They bring darker and cooler values to an image, and help define shapes. They can even be the main focus of a painting, as in the pastel painting above.
Watercolor and Ink Class
Come discover the dynamic process of watercolor and ink with a one-day class at the Prairie Art Center. We will help you to explore the fluidity and abstract nature of watercolor while enhancing the designs with layered inking techniques. Instructor Lauren Oyer will guide you through a 3-hour course of creating a unique piece of art by overlaying washes of color and then responding to these compositions by drawing over them with ink and pen. Experimentation and creativity will be encouraged in this class and it is open to all experience levels. Whether you are a beginner who has never used watercolors before or an expert, we invite you to take this course and leave with a finished masterpiece.
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Beginning Acrylic Painting with Mark Crow - Thursdays (November)
Are you searching for a beginner's painting project? Join instructor Mark Crow to create a beautiful fall mountain landscape! You will practice the art of painting loosely for a semi-realistic look. Whether you gift your finished painting to a loved one or showcase it in your home, it will surely become a treasured piece of art.
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Beginning Acrylic Painting with Mark Crow - Wednesdays (November)
Calling all aspiring painters! Join us for an Introduction to Acrylic Painting class with Mark Crow. Allow Mark to lead you in painting a nighttime fall foliage and lantern painting. This class aims to teach you a painting style that blends a laid-back method with semi-realistic features, all while celebrating the artistic journey.
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