Class Catalog
In this class your skill as a painter is developed as you learn about composition and design, brush strokes, color mixing and application, glazing and underpainting techniques. Projects suggested are still lifes, landscapes, animals and copying great master artists. (New students receive a set of brushes.)
In this class students learn basic drawing, painting and design skills using a variety of media. They begin to acquire an art vocabulary and are introduced to famous artists. Imagination is always encouraged while students explore their own creativity.
Everybody loves animals! From the wild animal kingdom to your favorite pets, you’ll learn about color, line and basic shpaes and learn to create beautiful and realistic animals.
Studies show that the arts and learning are connected. Kids actively engaged in arts education are likely to have higher test scores than those with little or no involvement. This class will challenge you and inspire creativity. You will learn about mobiles, perspective, and creating textures with natural substances, and explore how these are linked to math and science.
Learn to draw your favorite toon characters & superheroes & how to create your own! Tips & techniques are taught for both traditional cartooning & anime & manga.
For Home Schoolers, Kindergartners, Preschoolers and Adults--You provide a group of four or more students and we will provide a program to meet your needs. We’ve put together fun projects for young children, creative, educational art programs for homeschoolers, and exciting workshops for adults. Let us know what you want and we’ll work with you to design your own class. Days and times are flexible. Please call The Art Room at 925-299-1515 for more information.
Students are introduced to basic hand building methods of pinch, coil and slab to create fantastic works of art with clay. Creatures, dishware, and bas relief are some of our fabulous projects. Let your imagination run wild as you explore the properties of clay.
Hair, makeup, clothes, jewelry ... In this class you’ll put it all together on paper. From the runway to the dance floor, fashion through the ages, fashion today and future fashion. Imagine and design your own look!
Explore the endless possibilities of different water media. Use watercolor, gouache, acrylics, watercolor crayons and pencils, or any combination of these exciting media. Composition, color theory and painting techniques are all taught. (materials not included; ask for supply list)
Students develop drawing skills while learning about blending, line, shape, value and composition through the wonderful properties of chalk & oil pastels. Our projects include watercolor, acrylics and collage and cover many exciting subjects.
Individual creativity is supported by basic principles of design and color theory that are taught in this class. Some projects will be introduced by the teacher, and some will be student-inspired. We will explore various media including watercolor, pastel, acrylics, collage and printmaking.
We give you the tools necessary to create great drawings. Each project will cover a different subject and will use different drawing media. We’ll copy the masters and pop art, set up traditional still lifes and arrangements of toys and learn about composition, values, shapes, line and how to see as an artist does.
The Joy of Watercolor - adults
Students will experience the application of watercolor, utilize the principles of composition and experiment with color choices to develop their artistic ideas. Students are encouraged to gather photos as references for their personal subject matter choices. (Materials not included; ask for supply list.)
This fun-filled class is designed to stimulate the imagination while exploring a variety of media and subject matter. Students are introduced to basic concepts of color and design.
Designed for young children to discover the fun and wonderful properties of clay. Pinch, slab & coil methods are introduced.