Raleigh Parks Winter-Spring 2024 Leisure Ledger

Painting - Making Mixed Media Papers

Painting - Pathways Using Perspective in Acrylic

Painting - Watercolor Batik Age: 16-99 yrs. Learn a new painting technique using the batik method with watercolor. Watercolor batik is the process of using traditional watercolor paint and wax to create unique and beautiful batik-style paintings on Japanese rice paper. This process is similar to the age old technique where melted wax is applied to fabric as a resist and then the fabric is dipped in dye. Students will begin the process with a drawing and then learn to create highlights and shadows, as well as how to mask areas of the project with wax. Supply list prints on receipt. 2 sessions. Instructor: Ryan Fox. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $131 Mar 30-Mar 31 Sa & Su 10:00am-4:00pm Painting - Watercolor II Age: 16-99 yrs. Intermediate students will refine and learn new brush skills to allow them to paint with confidence and achieve glowing colors and rich darks. Three major styles of developing a watercolor painting; quick sketch, layered approach, and sectional development will be explored and practiced. Methods of developing a successful painting with consideration of composition, developing space, value, light, shadow, and atmosphere will be discussed. Abstract painting will be used to develop gestural brush strokes, a looser style, and methods of mixing colors on the paper. Students will be encouraged to identify skills they want to work on and will receive assistance with problem areas. pply list prints on receipt. This class alifies students for a painting studio embership. 6 sessions. Instructor: Rick nnett. llen Arts Center – Course Fee: $106 Su qu m Be Pu Mar 14-Apr 18 Th 7:00-9:30pm Painting - Watercolor Pouring Weekend Age: 15-99 yrs. With an emphasis on design and planning, you will learn the technique of pouring diluted watercolor directly on paper. Pouring creates a wide range of colors and creates amazing blending effects. Through instructor demonstration, you will learn about masking, wetting techniques, using gravity to mix your limited palette, and preserving the transparency of your layers. Additional texture will be created using e mouth atomizer. You’ll choose your n subject matter: still life, landscape, hitectural, floral, or portrait. All els welcome, including first-time tercolorists. Instructor: Ryan Fox len Arts Center – Course Fee: $131 r 16-Mar 17 Sa & Su 10:00am-4:00pm rtoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $131 Pul Ma Se Feb 24-Feb 25 Sa & Su 10:00am-4:00pm th ow arc lev wa

Age: 16-99 yrs. This class is designed to be experimental and fun as we explore layering wet and dry media to create a variety of papers that can be used in collaging. We will discuss stamping, stenciling, resists and mark making in this four week course. Bring your paints and pens, markers textures and any found papers you want to personalize. All levels of experience welcome. Supply list prints on receipt. 4 sessions. Instructor: Joanna Moody. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $91 Jan 18-Feb 8 Th 9:30am-12:00pm Painting - Oil and Acrylic with Tracie Fracasso Age: 16-99 yrs. This class is open to everyone from absolute beginners to seasoned painters. This is a basic painting class for both acrylic and oil painters. Students will learn to handle, mix and apply paint. Students will learn composition, proportion and how to create form using value and color. Students may paint from their own objects/props, photos or copy old masters paintings. Students may select their own subject matter. Independent st self-expression and experimentation encouraged. Students provide their o supplies. Supply list prints on receipt This class qualifies students for a pai studio membership. 8 sessions. Instr Tracie Fracasso. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $126 udy, are wn . nting uctor: Jan 10-Feb 14 W 1:30-4:30pm Apr 3-May 8 W 1:30-4:30pm Painting - Open Studio Workshop for Pastels and other Mediums Age: 16-99 yrs. Open studio workshop This is time for artists to get together with their own mediums and paint. This will be a relaxed and fun studio experience. Coffee and tea provided. Bring a lunch. Instructor: Connie Mansfield Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $105 Apr 13-Apr 14 Sa & Su 10:00am-4:00pm Painting - Painted Paper and Fabric Collage Age: 16-99 yrs. In this class we will paint papers and fabrics to create collages. We will discuss positive and negative space as well as the virtues of value in design. Students are encouraged to bring an image they would like to recreate as a painted paper collage. It can be one of their own artworks or another composition they are inspire by. Students are also welcome to wo intuitively abstract or otherwise. All welcome. Supply list prints on receip sessions. Instructor: Joanna Moody. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $91 Feb 13-Mar 5 Tu 9:30am-12:00pm d rk levels t. 4

Age: 15-99 yrs. This class will be a great introduction for how to use a palette knife to achieve bold color and texture in an impressionistic style. We will be exploring perspective and pathways that lead you into the painting. We will be practicing different ways to use the tool to create different textures that build into a scene. We will be exploring scenes such as leading you into a forest, and along a walkway to a beach or scene of your choice. Students will be taught the basics of impasto painting with Acrylic on Canvas using Gel Mediums to create different textures in the raised paint. Instructor Amanda Wilson will guide you every step of the way and be there to give in class demonstrations as well as one on one assistance. Please bring 1”x14” or 12”x16” canvas to the first ss ready to paint. This course is great r any skill level. Supply list available Sertoma’s webpage. 6 Sessions tructor: Amanda Wilson rtoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $106 a 1 cla fo on Ins Se Mar 6-Apr 10 W 3:30-6:00pm Painting - Pets and Animals in Acrylic Age: 15-99 yrs. This class will demonstrate basic pet portraiture/ animal painting in Acrylic. The instructor will demonstrate how to set up a portrait using both realistic and expressive color. Students will work from reference photos. Please come to the first class with a photo you would like to work from, or with an idea in mind for your t painting. You will be guided from rt to finish through your painting wit ividual help and class demonstration m the instructor. All skill levels lcome! This is a great introduction how to paint animals! 6 sessions. tructor: Amanda Wilson. toma Arts Center – Course Fee: $106 firs sta h ind s fro we of 3:30-6:00pm Painting - Watercolor Again! Age: 15-99 yrs. This class will explore various watercolor techniques and styles ranging from unique color combinations, experimental and non-traditional techniques, extreme monochromatic granulation and more. Different subjects techniques will be demonstrated in class session. Supply list available ertoma’s webpage. 6 sessions. uctor: Ryan Fox. ma Arts Center – Course Fee: $126 -Feb 19 M 1:00-4:00pm -Apr 8 M 1:00-4:00pm and each on S Instr Serto Jan 8 Mar 4 Ins Ser Jan 10-Feb 14 W

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