Fall 2008 Adult Workshops

These one or two-day programs, taught by visiting artists and Wayne Art Center faculty, allow our members and friends to study special art topics in depth.

To register, download and print the Fall 2008 Brochure [PDF, 2.04MB]

Watercolor: Floral & Landscape

Enjoy 2 fun days of learning how to achieve dramatic effects with watercolor in your subject matter. We will investigate floral painting techniques Saturday, and move to landscape painting on Sunday. Have a few personal photos available.
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Life Size Drawing

THIS ONE DAY WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS ON REPRESENTING THE LIFE FIGURE ON A LARGE SCALE. Students will experience a physicality that requires a looser style, a freedom of line and an emotive expression. An initial approach that emphasizes eye/hand coordination by observing geometric structure will lead to a sound organization of the picture plane. The timid draftsman will be guided through these steps and encouraged by the energetic atmosphere. The experienced artist will find the class a stimulating environment for practicing already acquired skills or for experimenting with new materials and techniques.

Capturing Autumn Light En Plein Air

INSPIRED BY THE COLORS OF FALL, THIS COURSE WILL HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS OF OBSERVATION AND GREATER COMPETENCY IN PLEIN AIR PAINTING. Focus will be on capturing the essence of the landscape, patterns, shapes, and edges, and how to simplify a scene for most impact. Includes demonstrations, individual help and discussion. Some painting experience required, open to oil and watercolor mediums.
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Exploring Mixed Media and Collage

Explore watercolor, acrylic, watercolor pencils, inks, pastels and collage to build texture and add interest to your paintings. Whether you choose representational or nonrepresentational subject matter is up to you. Come roll up your sleeves, explore mixed media and collage, and free yourself from all the rules. "What if I do this or that" is the philosophy of this workshop. There are no limitations!
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Improvisational Silkscreen Printing with Fiber Reactive Dyes

LEARN HOW TO BUILD A RICH VISUAL VOCABULARY BY LAYERING COLOR, TEXTURE, PATTERN ON FABRIC WITH THE VERSATILE METHOD OF SILKSCREEN PRINTING. Wendy will demonstrate the process from start to finish. All participants will have the opportunity, during this hands-on workshop, to work on, and apply, their own designs to fabric. Supply fee covers all materials needed for the workshop.

Sgraffito Redware Ceramic Decoration

EXPLORE THE WONDERFUL ART OF SGRAFFITO SURFACE DECORATION FOR YOUR POTTERY. Jody will introduce students to the materials and techniques of Sgraffito Redware, including design choice, layout, and application.Whether you are interested in traditional decoration, or want to create something truly unique and "mod", this workshop will provide you with the information and materials to tackle surface design. Students should come prepared with several pieces of dry greenware either wheel thrown or hand-built. Please use nongrog, red earthenware clay. Materials list available on line or at registration.

Precious Metal Clay Jewelry (PMC)

THIS BEGINNER'S WORKSHOP WILL EXPLORE THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF CREATING SILVER JEWELRY WITH PRECIOUS METAL CLAY. It will introduce you to the different types of PMC (lump, sheets, and paste) in an easy step-by-step format. Topics covered in the workshop include: creating forms, carving, molding, texturing, firing, oxidizing and polishing. Participants will explore these techniques with an eye toward finding their own voice and style through a choice of projects - pendants, hollow forms, decorative beads, constructed forms and earrings.

PMC IS A UNIQUE JEWELRY MAKING MATERIAL. This user-friendly product is a malleable substance that is composed of fine silver particles in an organic binder. It can be sculpted and manipulated like potter's clay. After firing in a kiln, all that is left is your unique design in pure (.999) silver.

Landscape: Plein Air to Studio

THIS WORKSHOP WILL CONCENTRATE ON LEARNING TO SEE DIFFERENTLY, WHILE BUILDING A MORE SUCCESSFUL AND SOLID COMPOSITION. Students will explore their own personal reaction to the landscape while learning the use of design, value, color, light patterns and atmospheric perspective. Also covered will be paint application and how to vary techniques. Class will focus part of the time on skies and clouds. Demonstrations, critiques, discussion of materials and techniques, and personal attention will all be included. Class will be held indoors but if weather permits we may do some outdoor sketches. We will discuss how to do a larger painting from a smaller sketch. Student should bring outdoor sketches and/or photos to work from. Note: Students should have a good knowledge of how to handle the medium they will use.

The Allure of Shibori and Block Printing on Fabric

THIS WORKSHOP WILL COMBINE INSTRUCTION IN TWO EXCITING SURFACE DESIGN TECHNIQUES, SHIBORI AND BLOCK PRINTING. Begin by hand-dying Shibori fabric and then print on top. Leave with your own scarf, dyed and printed with your own design. Janell will bring all materials needed for the workshop.

Ceramic Glaze Composition

WHILE THE FOCUS OF THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE ON GLAZING AND FIRING FUNCTIONAL POTTERY AT CONE 6, THE PRINCIPLES ARE BROADLY APPLICABLE. John Hesselberth, co-author of the book Mastering Cone 6 Glazes and author of GlazeMaster software, will, through slides, discussion, and demonstrations, show you how to make glazes that are both durable-in-use and attractive.He will discuss and demonstrate use of the Seger unity formula as a tool, but promises it will be nearly painless to even the most chemistry-phobic potter. In addition topics such as good procedures for weighing and mixing glazes, glaze application techniques, in-studio testing of your glazes to assure suitability for use, and the critical importance of proper firing of your kiln for glaze development, will all be covered during the day. As time permits we'll take a look at some of your glazes and glaze problems.

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