All classes are now held at Copper Valley Sports Club unless otherwise noted in class details. Please check in for classes with Larry at Town Hall Arts on the Square and get directions to classrooms.
A deposit may be required to hold your place
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Beginning Watercolor with Susie
New Day--Monday, July 12 • 1:00 to 4 pm
Split Complementaries
After a review of color theory, we will learn how a limited palette can make a truly unified painting. Bring your usual watercolor supplies; including Arches cold press paper, a watercolor card, and masking fluid. 9x12 tracing is available. (If needed, you may purchase paper and cards for the class from Susie.) Size of class is limited to 8 students. Cost of class is $25 ($35 if everything, including Arches paper and card, are supplied). Town Hall Arts continues to sell the following watercolor supplies: Masa paper, Magic Rub Erasers, and watercolor cards. The beginning watercolor class will move to the first Monday of the month starting in August.
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Open Paint Thursdays
3rd Thursday Watercolors or Alcohol Inks
Dandelions
Thursday, July 15 • 10 am to 1 pm
Here is your chance to experiment some more with alcohol inks or make a loose watercolor. For watercolor, colors suggested are yellow, red, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, and burnt umber. Paint any size you like. Bring your usual supplies, including masking fluid, and masquepen, stylus, or wooden skewer to scratch in the tiny dandelion seed ball filaments. Handouts available—no instructor. There is a $5 fee for Open Paint Days. Because of the new location, you must sign up for Open Paint Thursdays in advance. Please notify Larry, 785-2050 or larry@townhallarts.com , if you are coming to this session.
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Oil--Fridays with Heinie
Every Friday!* 10 am to 4 pm
Old Masters’ Oil Techniques with Heinie Hartwig of Soulsbyville
Learn to paint the way the old masters from 1860 to 1900 painted—detailed, yet fast and loose. Bring rags, paper towels, turp pot, and rounded-tip palette knife. Get the list of Heinie’s oil colors at the desk Cost is $75 a lesson. Town Hall Arts has four liner brushes left for sale that Heinie uses.
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PAINT YOUR PET CLASS
Saturday, July 17 ; 1 pm to 4 pm @Atelier Copper
Rembrandt, the Gallery Pup
Whose pet will we paint this week? It’s Rembrandt as a pup!
If you would like have your pet be the subject of a class painting session, please send your pet’s photo with good resolution, taken in natural light, to susie@townhallarts.com. We will check it out to see if it is a good candidate for our Paint Your Pet Class. Students will all paint from the same photo each session. Learn the basics of drawing, mixing paint, and general procedures for handling oil paint. For this class, please bring a 8x10 canvas and your usual oil supplies. You have no supplies? No problem in this unique beginner class. Cost of class is $20, or $35 if all supplies are furnished (including canvas) for your use that day. If you only need a turp pot furnished, the charge is $25 for the class. If you request supplies, there is a $15 non-refundable deposit at registration. Don’t forget to wear your paint clothes! Please let us know ahead of time if you will need supplies. Class size is limited to 6 students.
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Oil Painting with Susie
Monday, July 19 • 1 pm to 4 pm
Columbia Shadows
Enjoy the challenge of painting this late afternoon photo of tree shadows on Johnson’s Livery in Columbia. Photo is sized for 16x12 canvas (or 12x9, 18x24). Bring your own oil supplies (easels provided) and goodies to share during our Aperitif Critique session (or sooner). Please sign up as soon as possible so we know how many easels to set . Cost is $20 ($35 if supplies included). Class limited to five students.
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Paint Open Oils Friday!
Every Friday starting July 23 • 1 to 4 pm
Come paint with friends on Friday afternoon! Bring your own art supplies. Standing easels provided. Cost of POOF is $5. Because of the new location, you must sign up for POOF in advance. Please notify Larry, 785-2050 or larry@townhallarts.com , if you are coming to this session.
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Monday Open Oils
Monday, July 26 • 1 to 4 pm
Come paint with friends on Monday afternoon! No instruction—bring your own photo to work from. Enjoy the valuable Critique-Aperitif. Bring your own art supplies and refreshment to share. Standing easels provided. Please sign up early. There is a $5 fee for MOO.
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Open Paint Thursdays 1st Thursday Oils Thursday, August 5 • 10 am to 1 pm
Sunflowers
By focusing on gesture instead of detail, you can engage the viewer’s imagination in the painting. Learn a different way to start your painting. Suggested oil colors: White, Indian Yellow, Cad Lemon, Cad Yellow Light, Cad Orange, Permanent Rose Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, and Viridian. Work from handout or your own photo (no instructor). Cost of Open Paint Thursdays is $5. Because of the new location, you must sign up for Open Paint Thursdays in advance. Please notify Larry, 785-2050 or larry@townhallarts.com , if you are coming to this session.
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Open Paint Thursdays 2nd Thursday Acrylics Thursday August 12 • 10 am to 1 pm
Seascape
Acrylic paint lends itself well to painting seascapes. You can paint flecks of water spray right over darker hues. Suggested colors are phthalo blue, cad red, cad orange, burnt umber, Payne’s Gray, sap green, and yellow ochre. Bring your usual acrylic supplies. Handout (no instructor) and standing easels are provided. Cost of Open Paint Thursdays is $5. Because of the new location, you must sign up for Open Paint Thursdays in advance. Please notify Larry, 785-2050 or larry@townhallarts.com, if you are coming to this session.
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