THREE NEW CLASSES
Public Clay Open Studio
Bass River – Hilliard Studios
Ongoing Mondays, 6-9pm. $75 initial session (includes clay), $30 per session thereafter
Come and practice your clay skills! If you have taken at least 3 clay classes here at the Center or are an experienced potter, you are welcome to practice during our Public Open Studio hours. Rates are $75 for your first session and includes 25lbs of clay (glaze and firing incl) and $30 per session thereafter.
You may purchase additional clay for $50 per bag from the Center.
Bring an apron and wear close-toed shoes.
Tools are available, but feel free to bring your own.
If you have not taken clay classes at the Center before, please call Christine Ernst at 508-394-7100 ext 116 before you register.
Guidelines:
no outside clay or glaze is allowed
no production work
all work must fit on a 16″ x 16″ drying board
you must check in with the Studio Monitor to review studio best practices upon your first visit
Watercolor Landscape Painting Workshop
Bass River – Journey Studio
4 Tuesdays, Jul 29-Aug 19, 530-8pm. Member $200, Not-Yet-Member $220
This 4-week workshop for beginners teaches students to navigate landscape painting fundamentals using a watercolor plein-air method. Week 1 focuses on a 3-toned gradation and painting dimensional clouds, while week 2 focuses on the foreground and how color mixing lends itself to achieve an ideal atmosphere. Weeks 3 and 4 builds upon that foundation, with texture application and painting foliage and vegetation. No experience necessary and each student will recieve individual attention.
All materials are provided, but students are welcome to bring their own supplies if they have them.
Dylan Griffin is a life-long Cape resident and artist, He graduated from Lesley University College of Art & Design with a BFA, Department of Illustration in 2015 and continued his studies at the Concept Design Academy in California from 2018-2019. Since then he has participated in a number of collaborative exhibitions both locally and on the west coast.
His personal body of work features an assembly of original environment designs with a focus on nostalgia and our companionship with nature. Dylan works in his sketchbook every day, cherishes the drafting process, and is always looking forward to future creative endeavors.
Look! No Lines! Charcoal Drawing from a Photograph
Hyannis – Sketch Pad
Fri, Aug 1, 5-630pm. FREE.
Come to this FREE workshop for teens and adults with our Artist-in-Residence Lauren Lortie at the Sketch Pad on our Hyannis campus!
Using photographs of nature provided to you by the instructor, each participant will be guided and encouraged to make a charcoal drawing of their own!. The emphasis will be on capturing shadows and tones that bring the image to life on paper. We will learn various techniques using charcoal and kneaded erasers.No experience needed and all mat