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Drawing Refresher (In-Person)
with Frederic Kaplan
Mondays, 6 – 9 p.m.
Instructor: Frederic Kaplan
Six-Week ShortCourse (18 Hours)
If you haven’t drawn in a while, this course will help to rebuild your skills in translating the 3D world to the 2D surface of your paper. Hone your ability to interpret and define proportions, shapes, and value structure while working from observation from city views, interiors, and still-life objects. Content will address shading techniques, principles of perspective, and line quality in charcoal or pencil. Students will learn to:
- Reduce complex forms to simpler elements
- Gauge proportions and shapes using sighting techniques and other methods
- Use light and shadow to model form three-dimensionally
- Employ shading techniques
- Practice fundamental perspective principles and methods
Image: Fred Kaplan
Register by: October 27
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Fall 2025 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Fast and Unfussed Oil Painting (In-Person)
with Roger Chavez
Tuesdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructor: Roger Chavez
Six-Week Short Course (18 Hours)
Cultivate fluid mark-making and bold approaches to subject matter through rapid and loose painting studies. Tight and precise painting, especially in the early stages of an artwork, can sometimes lead to work that appears stiff and over-labored, or to locked-in compositions that are difficult to change or correct. Working from the still life, cityscapes, and the life model, utilize short, small painting exercises to learn new ways of starting paintings, keeping compositions open to adjustment, and both initiating and retaining a sense of freshness in your forms and brushstrokes. Instruction will address color mixing, painting materials and methodologies, and the importance of cultivating viablemethods for growth in your painting practice. Discover the beauty and freedom of loosening up your painting! Note: Tuition includes a $15 models fee.
Image: Roger Chavez
Register by: October 28
Materials List
Fall 2025 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Litho Light (In-Person)
with Kandice Fields Portalatin
Wednesdays, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Kandice Fields Portalatin
Six-Week Short Course (18 Hours)
Explore lithography through non-toxic, easy-to-learn paper plate and polyester plate processes in this excellent entry-point printmaking class. Students will work with toner-based drawings tolearn the fundamental principles of using grease and water resistance to produce prints.Instruction will cover drawing methods using toner or Sharpie, plate processing, hand-printing, and layering techniques. Students will come away with:
- The demystification of lithography through simple, approachable methods
- Experience using sustainable alternatives to traditional stone and metal plates
- Strengthened drawing/mark-making skills in a new medium
- A small edition of alternative litho prints
Tuition includes a $20 lab fee.
Image: Kandice Fields Portalatin, I pick up my life and take it with me (Quilted) (detail), lithograph, 11 x 14 in.
Register by: October 29
Materials List
Fall 2025 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies