This summer we are offering art classes for resident adults 55 and over. We have 7 sessions to offer using various techniques of drawing, painting, and collage as listed below. All materials will be provided you just need to show up and let your creativity to run wild.
Cost: $10 per session
Age: 55 and up
Dates: June 16th - July 28th
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Lake House at Veterans' Memorial Park (32756 Lake Rd.)
Instructor: Christine Seeholzer
Questions: 440-930-4135
Registration Starts: Wednesday, March 25th at 9am
Registration Ends: One week prior to class at 11:59pm
Week 1: June 16 Pop Art pool portraits/ Shoe Designs
Pop Art Pool Portraits- Students will explore the colorful world of pop artists like
Romero Britto by creating a stylized portrait of themselves or a family member/ friend with step-by-step instructions and the artistic freedom to express themselves through patterns, content and choice of coloring materials. As an alternative subject, students can design a pop art drawing centered around everyday objects from popular culture.
Week 2: June 23 Under the Sea
Back after last year’s stunning artistic creations. Explore an underwater scene from the perspective of the ocean floor using mixed media materials like oil and soft pastels as well as acrylic paint.
Week 3: June 30 Close-up oil pastel animal eyes or fruit slices
Explore the vivid buttery media choice of oil pastels as you explore the bright colors of fruit or animal eyes. Choose your subject based on your comfort and drawing level and let Christine show you how to blend the pastels and layer the colors.
Week 4: July 7 Louis Comfort Tiffany Watercolor Paintings
Learn how to break up a drawing into smaller geometric and organic shapes and blend markers by adding water in this workshop that explores the beauty of stained glass design. Add glitter glue to the black lines for a final touch.
Week 5: July 14 School of Fish Printmaking
Design your own fish “stamp” and create a colorful underwater scene by layering the fish in the composition to suggest movement. Extension: Experiment with radial crayon rubbing designs.
Week 6: July 21 Clay Sea Coral
Explore the basics of clay hand-building with this workshop where you create a sea floor mound complete with coral and a sea star.
Week 7: July 28 Aaron Douglas Monochromatic Landscape
Explore how to create depth using value with a step-by step composition, or use a provided photo reference and guidance to create your own composition while working with acrylic paint.