MUSEUM ART SCHOOL - Vero Beach Museum of Art

COURSE OFFERINGS - 5 & 10 WEEKS
beginning April/MAY 2012
Spring 2012
STUDIOS arts
EXPLORING COLORED PENCILS
John Cullen
Beginner and intermediate levels
This course offers new and exciting ways of learning how to
start and finish compositions with colored pencils. Students
will also create a color chart and use experimental methods
combining different mixed media.
Classes meet April 3 – May 1 Register by Mar 27
Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP09 $85 (Museum members $75)
ARCHITECTURE OF THE FACE
Dawn E. Miller
All levels
This course is for anyone wanting to increase their ability
to capture a likeness in their portraits. Students will learn
the fundamental tools needed to see critical relationships
and organization of the features. The class will discuss and
practice each feature, learning the basic structure of each,
with discussion on variations in ethnicity and age. Students
will work primarily in pencil with some use of charcoal and
conté crayon. The class will work from life and photographs.
Classes meet April 4 – May 2 Register by Mar 28
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP10 $95 (Museum members $85)
Classes meet May 9 – June 6 Register by May 2
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP11 $95 (Museum members $85)
DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN
Kim Weissenborn-Lopez
Beginner to intermediate levels
Learning to draw is an adventure when inspired by the
book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. In this
course, students will explore new ways of enhancing their
powers of observation and putting it on paper. This course
is an excellent choice for those who desire to improve their
drawing skills.
Classes meet April 6 – June 8 Register by Mar 30
Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP12 $135 (Museum members $125)
PASTELS
IS IT PAINTING
Dawn E. Miller
All levels
This course will uncover the important components of a
well-designed painting, not just a pretty picture. Students
with a comfort level in their medium will explore the
arrangement and relationships of shapes, values, and colors
as well as vectors and the painting “mortar.” Through the
study of masterworks, demonstrations, and exercises, the
class will experiment with finding the painting structure that
works best. The course content applies to any genre from
landscapes to still life or abstract work. The instructor will be
working in pastel, but all painterly media are welcome.
Classes meet April 2– April 30 Register by Mar 26
Mondays, 1:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
#SP13 $85 (Museum members $75)
Classes meet May 7– June 4 Register by May 30
Mondays, 1:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
#SP14 $85 (Museum members $75)
ZEN OF PLEIN AIR
Dawn E. Miller
All levels
Painting directly from nature is a marvelous practice at
staying present, stimulating the senses and disciplining
the mind. Working outside (en plein air), artists surrender
control over externals and maintain their creative focus on
the beauty around us. This course will provide sound and
simple instruction on the technical elements (the “how
to” hints) helpful when working outdoors. The class will
also address the internal processes that support the creative
qualities: discipline, maintaining intention, and willingness
to embrace uncertainty. All mediums welcome. Experience
with your selected medium is helpful. The instructor will be
working in soft pastel.
Classes meet April 5 – May 3 Register by Mar 29
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP15 $85 (Museum members $75)
WATERCOLOR
INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR
Dawn Mill
Beginner levels
Students will explore this fun, versatile medium and learn
how to use it creatively and with confidence. By painting still
lifes, landscapes and other subjects, this course will touch
on the principles of painting, value studies, color mixing,
negative painting, washes and more. Each assignment will
include a detailed demonstration.
Classes meet April 2 – June 4 Register by Mar 26
Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP16 $135 (Museum members $125)
WATERCOLOR 1-2-3
Kim Weissenborn-Lopez
Beginner levels
Students will do things they never thought were possible such
as mix colors, paint a flower or a lemon or try a landscape.
The instructor will give step-by-step demonstrations to ease
the anxiety of tackling an entire painting alone. Students
with no experience and a desire to try something new and
exciting are preferred.
Classes meet April 3 – June 5 Register by Mar 27
Tuesdays, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
#SP17 $135 (Museum members $125)
THE PORTRAIT IN WATERCOLOR
Kim Weissenborn-Lopez
Intermediate and advanced levels
Amazing! In this fast-paced course students will be surprised
and delighted at what they can accomplish. Students will
achieve freedom as they explore the human face with this
extraordinary, spontaneous medium. A general foundation of
watercolor and drawing will be helpful.
Classes meet April 4 – June 6 Register by Mar 28
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
#SP18 $135 (Museum members $125)
PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE IN WATERCOLOR
Joel Johnson
Intermediate and advanced levels
This course will explore various aspects of painting
the landscape in watercolor. Concepts of Swedish-born
American Impressionist John Carlson will be employed,
such as angles and planes of the landscape interpreted by
the design arrangements of a painting’s major masses of
value and color. Watercolor techniques will be demonstrated
and students will explore different aspects of the landscape
through class projects.
Classes meet April 4 – May 2 Register by Mar 28
Wednesdays, 9:30 – 12:30 p.m.
#SP19 $85 (Museum members $75)
STUDIO ARTS
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