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Acrylic and Oil Painting—Dean Waite, Instructor
Thursdays
1-3 pm
Adults
Tuition: $30 per class or $25 for Members--Payable a Month in Advance
Join renowned master artist Dean Waite in a class designed with an open concept. Bring your works in progress or come to learn as a beginner. If experienced, bring your canvas, paints and brushes; beginners will be advised as to proper equipment at the first class. Please bring an easel for floor or table top, or paint flat on a tabletop. Bring ideas or photographs for subjects to paint. Formal registration is not required for this class; come, join the fun and bring payment for a month's worth of lessons at a time.
Dean Waite works in many mediums and has enjoyed the pleasure of making a living from his art. From his earlier years of creating magazine covers and book illustrations, Dean is also known as a noted marine artist. He is a graduate of Vesper George School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts. He began his career as a book maker and moved into advertising art and magazine cover illustration. He is a retired professional illustrator. He paints in watercolor, acrylics, and oils. His art work is sold in galleries around the country.
Click to enlarge photo of one of Dean Waite's marine paintings, "Danmark"
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Open Studio Painting Session—No Instructor
Tuesdays
10 am to 1 pm
Adults
$5 per class (members) -- $7 per class (non-members)
Formal registration is not required for this class; come, join the group of interested artists to learn and be inspired by each other.
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Pottery—Ryan Bothamley, Instructor
February 7 through March 27th
Eight Tuesdays
Tuition $200 --Limited to 12 Students
Beginner, Intermediate and Beyond
Materials fee: $25 includes glaze and firing (Clay MUST be purchased from Marlborough Arts)
Gain a foundation or broaden your ability in hand building with clay. In this class you will be introduced to the many techniques of hand building and glazing. Students should bring their ideas, hopes and wishes. Work at your own pace in a relaxing atmosphere, taking advantage of Ryan's expertise as a Wesleyan Potter.
Ryan Bothamley specializes in porcelain and stoneware vessels, functional pottery and architectural tile, and maintains a studio in East Hampton, CT. Ryan has taught at Worcester Center for Craft, Wesleyan Potters, and for Durham Adult Education. Ryan obtained his MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, and has a BFA from the Maine College of Art.
Click to Enlarge Photo of Ryan Bothamley Pottery Creation
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Watercolor Techniques—Audrey Carroll Prucnal, Instructor
Wednesdays: February 22, 29, March 7, 14, 21 & 28 (snow date April 4)
6:00-8:00 pm
Adults and Serious Teens
Tuition: $120 Class size limited to 10 students
Materials fee: None (see required materials to bring to class below)
Required Materials to Bring to Class:Board or flat surface larger enough to tape an 11X14 piece of watercolor paper
Palette large enough to mix colors. It is most important to have a large mixing surface-- A white porcelain plate will work also
140 arches watercolor paper
Watercolor paints--
Blues--Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue;
Yellows--New Gamboges Yellow or Windsor Yellow, and Lemmon Yellow,
Reds--Alizarin Crimson; and Windsor, Scarlet or Cadmium Red;
Greens--Sap green;
Neutrals--Burnt Siena; Burnt Umber; Yellow Ochre; and Raw Siena
Brushes-- Round #6, liner, 1/2 flat and 1# flat
Masking fluid. (I use-- Windsor Newton)
"Saral" graphite paper
Tracing paper
Stylus
Kleenex/paper towel
Large water container
pencil
eraser
lots of smiles for lots of fun
Explore different watercolor techniques and enhance the ones you might know. During this 6 week class we will be painting a snow scene, a spring scene and finish with "Boats on the Dock" to get us ready for Summer. Techniques will include washes, masking, floating color, and ink with watercolor.
Class 1 and 2-- Cardinals in the snow
Class 3- Robins on a branch
Class 4 and 5 ---Window flower boxes
Class 6--- Boats on the Dock scene
To record and translate the ordinary into something extraordinary describes Audrey Carroll Prucnal's passion of painting.
Having no formal art training, Audrey has over the years been fortunate to study with many accomplished well known artists. Beginning with a John Nagey drawing kit when she was small, to becoming a trained oil painting artist, it has been a lifetime journey to create beauty in whatever medium. For many years, Audrey was an enthusiastic and active decorative painter – (painting on wood, furniture, glass, tin, and porcelain in a variety of mediums) Painting portraits in oil was her subject of choice. Audrey has since ventured into the world of watercolor with a new interest in mixed media. Becoming a fairly avid fly fisherman, her attention recently has turned to nature, landscapes, and wildlife. She still paints portraits in watercolor and has found fisherman to be incredibly fun to paint as they portray so many aspects of life. Her favorite artist is Norman Rockwell for his interpretation of people and everyday life of his era.
As a recent award winning and published artist, Audrey is honored to be a member of many art associations, including the Connecticut Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society, National Society of Tole and Decorative Painters, Glastonbury Art Guild and The Marlborough Arts Center. She is also a member of the Atlantic Salmon Federation; many of her paintings are used for fundraisers for the conservation of the Atlantic Salmon. Much of her work is done through request and commission. She can be contacted at axcarr@aol.com. Audrey's work recently won first prize at the East Hampton Art Show. One of her paintings was featured in a prominent national magazine in the autumn of 2010.
Click to view photo of Audrey Carroll Prucnal's Watercolor Painting, "The Watchful Guide"
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Friend's Night Out--Cooking Class-- Decadent
Chocolate--Diane Sandler, Instructor
March 5th One Monday night
6-8 pm
All Levels, Adults and Serious Teens
Registration: $25--Registration limited to 8 students
Materials fee: $20--payable to instructor at class
Join Diane for a demonstration and partake of the results in her Marlborough home. During this class Diane will demonstrate how to prepare velvet chocolate tart garnished with creme fraiche, chocolate peanut butter cheesecake, chocolate-walnut truffles and a cholo-dolce cake (chocolate ricotta layer cake with chocolate sour cream frosting). Wine will be served. (Please note: Participants should bring containers for doggie-bags. Please call Bonnie at 860-267-4584 for directions to Diane's home where the class is held.)
Diane Sandler is an accomplished chef and seamstress who has many years experience teaching cooking classes in the greater Marlborough area. She is a "Family and Consumer Science" teacher in the Windham school system.
Click to Enlarge Photo of a Diane Sandler Cooking Class
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Colored Pencils, Part 1—Rita Paradis, CPSA, Instructor
March 10th (snow date: April 7th)
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Adults and Serious Teens
Tuition: $60
Limited to 8 students
In this five hour class we will study layering, burnishing and a few other techniques to get you started with colored pencils. Prior drawing experience will enhance your experience with the medium. We will work on a simple value scale, creating a sphere, and end by drawing a piece of fruit from a reference photo provided by the instructor.
Bring a bag lunch.
*Enrolled students will be sent a supply list.
Rita Paradis has been teaching colored pencil at CPFA/Artsplace in Cheshire, Connecticut since 2004. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Two years in a row, Rita won awards for excellence at CPSA’s international, annual juried exhibitions. In 2006 she won the Los Angeles District Chapter Award for Excellence in the exhibition held in Albuquerque, NM. And in 2005 she won the General Pencil Company Award for Excellence in the exhibition held in Chicago. She has won numerous awards in the New England area. Other memberships include Connecticut Women Artists, Academic Artists Association, New Britain Museum of American Art, and the Connecticut Pastel Society. She exhibits her work at the Fine Line Art Gallery in Woodbury, CT. (www.finelineartgallery-connecticut.com) She earned her first BA in English literature from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec in 1977. She went on to study printmaking at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After receiving her BFA in 1983, she spent the summer in Florence, Italy as a student teacher in printmaking at the Studio Arts Center International. In her colored pencil paintings, by using heavily applied, multi-layers of pigment, Rita achieves effects that imitate the look of photo-realism. She also works in pastels. Her colored pencil paintings, and pastels are held in private collections throughout the United States.
Click to enlarge photo of Rita Paradis' "The Golden Boat" in colored pencil
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Colored Pencils, Part 2—Rita Paradis, CPSA, Instructor
March 24th (snow date: April 7th)
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Adults and Serious Teens
Tuition: $60
Limited to 8 students
In this five hour class we will continue to study layering, burnishing and a few other techniques for an intermediate level of the study of colored pencils. Prior drawing experience, especially Colored Pencils, Part 1, will enhance your experience with the medium.
Bring a bag lunch.
*Enrolled students will be sent a supply list.
Rita Paradis has been teaching colored pencil at CPFA/Artsplace in Cheshire, Connecticut since 2004. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Two years in a row, Rita won awards for excellence at CPSA’s international, annual juried exhibitions. In 2006 she won the Los Angeles District Chapter Award for Excellence in the exhibition held in Albuquerque, NM. And in 2005 she won the General Pencil Company Award for Excellence in the exhibition held in Chicago. She has won numerous awards in the New England area. Other memberships include Connecticut Women Artists, Academic Artists Association, New Britain Museum of American Art, and the Connecticut Pastel Society. She exhibits her work at the Fine Line Art Gallery in Woodbury, CT. (www.finelineartgallery-connecticut.com) She earned her first BA in English literature from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec in 1977. She went on to study printmaking at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After receiving her BFA in 1983, she spent the summer in Florence, Italy as a student teacher in printmaking at the Studio Arts Center International. In her colored pencil paintings, by using heavily applied, multi-layers of pigment, Rita achieves effects that imitate the look of photo-realism. She also works in pastels. Her colored pencil paintings, and pastels are held in private collections throughout the United States.
Click to enlarge photo of Rita Paradis' "The Golden Boat" in colored pencil
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Polymer clay: Polymer Bangle Bracelets with Beaded Band and Polymer Rings: — Kristie Foss, Instructor
March 12th -- One Monday Night 6-9:00 pm
All Levels—Adult
Tuition: $30 -- Limited to 8 students
Materials: Participants will need: A pasta machine, hard work surface (tile), tissue blade, flat acrylic roller, clay and scrap clay. Instructor will have some flat rollers for use, and clay on hand for purchase if desired.
Participants may also want to bring seed beads (Delicas) in colors which are appropriate for their clay colors in order to work on the beaded band.
This workshop is being offered due to a special request. Come learn to make bangle bracelets completely from polymer. Lightweight and flexible, these bangles may also be sized, even after baking. Use of clay or seed beads for decoration or to cover a join will also be covered. may wish to bring canes to use for decoration. Participants will also be shown how to make simple polymer bands to hang on the bangle bracelets if desired.
Kristie Foss has many years teaching experience with precious metal clay, beading and polymer clay. She has a strong student following in eastern Connecticut. She is a recently retired school teacher.
Click to Enlarge Photo of Kristie Foss
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Friend's Night Out--Cooking Class-- Appetizers--Diane Sandler, Instructor
April 9th One Monday night
6-8 pm
All Levels, Adults and Serious Teens
Registration: $25--Registration limited to 8 students
Materials fee: $20--payable to instructor at class
Join Diane for a demonstration and tasting of appetizer cooking. Diane will prepare lo-cal spinach and bacon dip, veggie mini-cupcakes, coconut chicken bites, pepperoni pinwheels, and hot Mexican dip. You will entertain with ease with these delicious recipes. Wine will be served.
Diane Sandler is an accomplished chef and seamstress who has many years experience teaching cooking classes in the greater Marlborough area. She is a "Family and Consumer Science" teacher in the Windham school system.
Click to Enlarge Photo of Diane Sandler
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Fused (Dichroic) Glass-- Dennis Peabody, Instructor
Saturday, April 14th
10 am--4 pm
All Levels Welcome--Adults and Serious Teens
Tuition: $60 Limited to 10 students
Materials fee: TBA; payable to instructor at first class
What a great way to spend a Saturday Learn the basics of cutting and bubble-fusing colorful luminescent glass. Create dichroic fused glass suitable for stringing or attaching to findings to create earrings, brooches and necklaces. Experienced students who own glass grinders, scraps, jewelry findings, cutters, pliers, and safety goggles should bring them to class. Beginners should bring safety goggles and will share use of Arts Center and instructor tools. You will end up with many jewelry pieces that will make unique gifts for loved ones. Please make sure to bring lunch and drink to class.
Dennis Peabody is a well-known Hartford glass artist who has worked primarily in flat glass applications since 1978. Intrigued by high-tech developments and the beauty of glass, he experiments with clear glass, stained glasses, dichroic glasses, natural crystal and stone. He experiments with glass adhesives, kiln-fusing and glass painting. He has developed the creation of photographic masks for sandblasting photographs, text and designs into glass or stone. His intent is that people will share the healing spark of delight that inspires and sustains him and which he hopes is evident in all works from small jewelry to architectural commissions. More views of his art glass is available on his website: www.peabodystudio.com
Click to Enlarge Photo of Dennis Peabody with a Sampling of Dichroic (Fused) Glass Creations
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Watercolor Florals -- Mary Horrigan, Instructor
April 21st Saturday
9:30 an to 4:00 pm
All Levels with Watercolor Experience Welcome--Adults and Serious Teens
Tuition: $75 Limited to 8 students
Materials fee: a materials list will be sent to registered students
All levels of painters are welcome in this one-day workshop, but some experience with watercolor is recommended. Using photos and sketches as reference, we will paint scenes of the Connecticut countryside. We will use to full advantage watercolor’s natural tendencies toward the transparent interpretation of skies and clouds, texture in trees, foliage, and rocks.
Mary Horrigan is a member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Artists, Connecticut Plein Air Painters’ Society, and holds associate memberships in the New England and American Watercolor Societies. Over the past 25 years, she has had numerous exhibits throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts and has taught watercolor classes for Middletown Adult Education, the Guilford Art Center, the Glastonbury Art Guild and Manchester Community College. Her background includes watercolor workshops with nationally recognized watercolorists Edgar Whitney, Marilyn Phillis, Frank Webb, and Janet Walsh.
Mary Horrigan has been loving watercolor and using it to paint landscapes for the past thirty years. A member of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, she goes out often to paint Connecticut scenes on location. Her recent painting of Emery Farm was selected to be shown in the Society’s 2011 Annual Juried Show.
Click to Enlarge Mary Horrigan's Watercolor "Spring Splendor"
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E-Reader Covers— Bonnie Desaulnier, Instructor
April 24th-- One Tuesday Night 6-9:00 pm
All Levels—Adult
Tuition: $30 -- Limited to 6 students with basic sewing skills
Materials fee: $5 for kit of batting, Velcro, invisible thread
Make a decorative and protective cover for you or a friend's Nook or Kindle. Bring your sewing machine, material of choice (1/3 yd each for outside and a coordinating inside), thread and scissors.
Bonnie Desaulnier
Click to Enlarge Photo of Bonnie Desaulnier
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