Adult Art Classes

5 Week Adult Class Sessions meet one day a week for 5 weeks unless otherwise indicated below
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Leaves, flowers, oil pastel, and collage materials on a flyer for OPAL spring 3 classes

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Important Dates:

2026

Winter 1: January 4 - February 7th

‍ ‍Winter 2: February 8th - March 14th

‍ ‍Spring 1: March 15th - April 18th

Spring 2: April 19th - May 23rd

Spring 3: May 24th - June 27th

Summer 1: June 28th - August 1st

Summer 2: August 2nd - September 5th

Fall 1: September 6th - October 10th

Fall 2: October 11th - November 14th

Fall 3: November 15th - December 19th

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Spring 3 - BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
May 26
Adult Class
Spring 3 - BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
Adult Class

with Jesse Howard

Tuesday, 10am - 12pm

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Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.

Adult Class
Spring 3 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
May 26
Adult Class
Spring 3 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
Adult Class

with Julie Sulzen

Tuesday, 1:00 - 3:00pm

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Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.

Adult Class
Spring 3 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
May 26
Adult Class
Spring 3 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
Adult Class

with Julie Sulzen

Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:30pm

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Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.

Adult Class
Spring 3 - PASTEL PAINTING
May 27
Adult Class
Spring 3 - PASTEL PAINTING
Adult Class

with Mike Barret Kolasinski

Wednesday, 1pm-3pm

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Join us to learn the essential techniques behind using soft pastels as a way to create richly detailed, dimensional pastel paintings. Open to all skill levels.

Adult Class
Spring 3 - Unraveling the Complexity of Travel Sketching
May 28
Adult Class
Spring 3 - Unraveling the Complexity of Travel Sketching
Adult Class

with Richard Sheppard

Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00pm

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The best souvenirs are not the things you buy or the photos you take while traveling, but the drawings you create in a sketchbook. Sketching allows the artist to slow down enough to get acquainted with surroundings that are often overlooked while framing the world through a lens. This class will discuss materials, styles, and techniques that are best suited for travel sketching. Through the use of pencil, ink, and watercolor, we'll learn to draw and paint subjects that are both memorable and meaningful.

Adult Class
Spring 3 - The Art of Line *4 WEEKS*
Jun 1
Adult Class
Spring 3 - The Art of Line *4 WEEKS*
Adult Class

with Jan Zhou

Monday, 10am - 12pm

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Ever found yourself hesitating in front of a blank page?

In this foundational course, you will build sensitivity, control, and confidence through the simplicity of line. We begin with the most essential skill— your relationship with the pencil, developing a responsive connection between eye, hand, and mind. Through guided exercises inspired by traditional Chinese line practice, you will explore variations of pressure, speed, and rhythm to create lines that feel alive and intentional. Over time, you will learn to draw forms through motion, where line becomes a natural extension of your movement.

Adult Class
Spring 3 - Experimental Ephemera: Creative Reuse in Painting, Collage, and Mixed Media *4 WEEKS*
Jun 1
Adult Class
Spring 3 - Experimental Ephemera: Creative Reuse in Painting, Collage, and Mixed Media *4 WEEKS*
Adult Class

with Brianna Perry

Monday, 4:00 - 6:00pm

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Treating collage, assemblage and chance as open-ended approaches, this course is designed for artists interested in furthering mixed media exploration in their personal work. Beginning with materials drawn from their own households, students will use process-driven methods to explore extended definitions of image-making, painting (acrylics, oils, and watercolors), collage, and drawing. Emphasis is placed on low-tech, hands-on, chance-driven, and improvisational techniques in the contemporary fields of painting, assemblage, and collage. We will also explore and investigate contemporary and art-historical approaches to collage, assemblage, the found object, and the ongoing relevance of these techniques to artists working across and between mediums.

Adult Class

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