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CE Summer Session 1: May 15 - June 30 (Includes Ten-Week Courses Starting in Session 1)

in All CE Summer 2025 In-Person and Online Courses

Watercolor Workshop (In-Person)

$225

with James Toogood

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 7, 2025 at 9 am

Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Instructor: James Toogood
Weekend Workshop
Credit: Non-Credit Only

Interested in learning or improving your watercolor painting skills? All materials and techniques will be discussed, including the selection of papers, brushes, and pigments, as well as transparent and opaque painting methods. Students will work from still-life subjects and/or their own source material. All levels welcome.

Register by: May 30 
Materials List 
Summer CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies

Ease into Oil Painting (In-Person)

$225

with Frederic Kaplan

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 21, 2025 at 9 am

Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Instructor: Frederic Kaplan
Weekend Workshop
Credit: Non-Credit Only

Want to paint but don't know where to begin? This two-day structured workshop makes it painless and easy to ease into oil painting. Begin with a black-and-white painting (just like drawing) to become familiar with painting tools and materials. Be introduced to color with a simple earth-palette painting. Move on to a brighter prismaticpalette, and then top off the weekend by completing a painting in a full palette of colors. This course will utilize still life subject matter. Drawing experience recommended.

Register by: June 13
Materials List
Summer 2025 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies

Botanical Drawing and Painting Intensive (In-Person)

$465

with Linda Gist

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 23, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Linda Gist
One-Week Intensive Course (30 Hours)
Credit: Non-Credit or 1.0 Undergraduate Credit (See Below)

Explore flowers and other natural forms, beginning with line and value drawing and progressing to full-color rendering in watercolor and mixed media.  Topics will include sighting techniques, line quality, tone and value, creation of depth, composition, texture, and basic color. All levels welcome. Tuition includes a $15 materials fee for floral subjects, provided. 

Optional: This course is available for 1.0 undergraduate credit for $610, including models fee. Select credit option with price adjustment when registering.

Register by: June 16
Materials List
Summer 2025 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies

The Figure in Clay Workshop (In-Person)

$230

with Colleen O'Donnell

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 28, 2025 at 9 am

Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Colleen O'Donnell
Weekend Workshop
Credit: Non-Credit Only

Learn the techniques and tools of figure sculpture through demonstration and hands-on sculpting from the model. Explore anatomy, proportion, gesture, and design through the versatility of clay. Personal expression will be emphasized thoughrepresentational and abstract approaches. Open to all levels and perfect for beginners.Tuition includes a $35 models fee.

Image: Colleen O'Donnell.

Register by: June 20
Materials List 
Summer CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies





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