Explore color, materials, and the world of art. Get your creative juices flowing by immersing yourself in a week-long dive into creating art.
Classes are just $20 for each 3-hour session. Choose from 9 a.m.-12noon or 1-4 p.m.
or both sessions. An additional materials fee of $5 for each class will be required. If you choose to stay the whole day (for both sessions), please bring a lunch and drink and hang out with us as we take a lunch break. Don’t feel like you have the skill? We’ll work with you to help you unleash your creativity.
LOCATIONS: Aug. 13 - Aug. 17 - at the Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St., Windsor, CT
TO REGISTER: Click here.
MONDAY: 9am-12noon and/or 1-4pm
COLLAGES & POP-UPS
Whimsical and colorful collages are the
first order of the day. It’ll be a morning of designing cutting,
pasting, and exploring various materials (which we’ll provide). In the
afternoon class we’ll make some super fun popups, such as a mystical
pop-up landscape or other 3D-scape—we have a huge assortment of papers
and odds and ends for both sessions. You may also bring some of your
collage or miscellaneous glue-able items.
TUESDAY: 9am-12noon and/or 1-4pm
CHARACTERS & CARTOONS
We’ll begin by learning character
creation with pencil, pen and markers. You’ll learn to draw a variety of
facial features, shapes and bodies for your characters. We’ll work
through examples of anime, cartoon and familiar comic characters. In the
afternoon session, we’ll show you the mechanics of designing a comic
strip. Comic strip templates will be provided, along with materials for
creating the characters.
WEDNESDAY: 9am-12noon and/or 1-4pm
SOUL ART I & II
On your mark…get set…draw! We’ll be drawing
or creating a piece of art every 15 minutes! Inspired by music and
guided by artists, we’ll use rubber stamps, found-objects, stickers,
drawing materials and more. This course is designed specifically to tap
into your creativity, uncovering hidden talent and having a blast. The
afternoon session is an intense continuation of the morning session.
THURSDAY: 9am-12noon and/or 1-4pm
BADGES/BUTTONS ART
In the morning we’ll be making our own
professional-style, wearable badges/buttons created from our own
mini-art - drawings, rubber stamps, collages, colored pencils, etc.
You’ll have your choice of materials to select from including old comic
books, magazines, or design your own. We’ll provide the button parts and
materials to create your mini works of art.
FRIDAY: 9am-12noon and/or 1-4pm
BIG DRAWING - GRAFFITIZE
Work on your own mural or the group
mural. To start, we’ll look at a few images of murals then get to work.
This course will explore big art, gestural drawing and inspired work
using examples and a few mediums: markers, graphite, patterned papers,
glue and more. This will truly wake up your creative spirit. For those
who stay for the second session, we’ll also look at forms of and create
graffiti art (no spray painting).