with Mayumi Soeda
Friday, December 6th
1:00 - 3:00 pm

Please join us for an introduction to the art of Shodo Japanese calligraphy. Instructor Mayumi Soeda will guide participants through all the basics, including and introduction to tools and equipment, simple brush movements and foundational stroke-making. All materials will be provided and no prior experience is necessary.

About your instructor:
Mayumi Soeda is a native of Nagasaki, Japan and is visiting the United States as a Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator through The Japan Foundation and Laurasian Institution. She is being hosted by Arching Oaks Art and Culture Center in Eustis where she is helping the organization to grow its community outreach programs that help build relationships between our two cultures. Mayumi San is a Japanese calligraphy instructor (Shodo) with a 5th Dan level of expertise in calligraphy with a Level 2 achievement in the Kanji Proficiency Exam.

Non-Members $50 Members $45

with Ynon Mabat
Wednesday, December 4th (1 day)
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Through exercises students will learn the basics of digital art, including vocabulary, tools, gaining hands-on experience and be exposed to the many possibilities and techniques that this media allows.

The digital media is appropriate for students with drawing/painting/collaging experience that would like to add an extra edge to their creations trying a new encompassing media as well as for students with limited drawing/painting hand capabilities.

No previous experience is required and all materials will be provided.

Non-members $140 Members $130

with Robin Serna
Friday, December 7th
10:00 - 11:00 am
12:00 -1:00 pm
3:00 -4:00 pm

In this family friendly workshop, kids and adults will paint ceramic ornaments, and create some new core memories along the way. Ornaments will be fired in the kiln, and will be ready for pickup the following week to decorate for the Holidays!

ALL MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED!

Non-members $18 Members $15 (per family member, ages 6+)

with Susan Silverman Fink
Saturday, December 19th (1 day)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

2nd-generation artist Susan Silverman Fink will guide the participants through an artwork using a succession of mediums create their own tree painting. All materials included, except a drawing board (at least 12"x16)"

Non-members $75 Members $65

with Jackii Molsick
Mondays, January 6th-27th (4 weeks)
6:00 pm-8:00pm

Come and explore watercolor! Watercolor has an undeserved reputation for being a difficult medium. But if you learn the proper techniques as a basic foundation, the opportunities to explore and enjoy it are boundless! The instructor will demo several times each class, and the pace is relaxed and enjoyable. Towards the end of the session, you will be able to paint complete paintings.

Jackii Molsick, Instructor, has had over 25 years of experience in painting watercolor. She is a Signature member of the Florida Watercolor Society, and the Whiskey Painters of America. She enjoys helping others discover the magical properties of painting in watercolor.

Non-members $110 Members $100

with Richard D. Colvin
Thursdays, January 2nd-30th (4 weeks, no class on the 23rd)
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

This class features opaque media like acrylic or oil. Learn color, texture, composition, and much more.

Richard Colvin is a painter and printmaker with a long career in museums and art centers. His work is mostly traditional, oil and acrylic.

Non-members $175 Members $150

with Claire Simpson
Thursdays, January 2nd-30th (4 weeks, no class on the 23rd)
10 am - 12 pm

Practice the foundation of every art practice: drawing! Use the skills of drawing value, shapes, line and form, to improve your art beyond the drawing pad, but in every other medium you explore. Build your confidence and find ease in the process of putting pencil to paper.

Claire M. Simpson is a multidisciplinary artist with her BFA from the Rocky Mountain school of Art and Design.

Non-members $175 Members $150

with Robin Serna
Mondays, January 6th-27th (4 weeks)
10am-1:00 pm

Learn the intricacies of turning clay into ceramics and why it is important in the modern day, in this beginner level class. Over the course of 4 weeks, you will learn various hand building techniques and use of professional equipment to create functional boxes, vessels, and pots from greenware, to glazed and fired artworks.

Robin Serna is an artist and ceramic instructor with experience at the Kimberly Miller Studios in Leesburg.

Non-members $195 Members $175

with Robin Serna
Tuesdays, January 7th-28th (4 weeks)
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Level: Beginner. Learn how to throw on the wheel! All materials provided.

Week 1+2: Learn the fundamentals and techniques of centering and pulling the walls of cups and bowls. Week 3: Trim vessels and add handles if needed. Week 4: After bisque firing, we will glaze our pieces to be glaze fired. Pick-up date will be scheduled after week 4 is completed.

Non-members $195 Members $175

with Paul Taylor
Wed-Thur, Jan 22nd - 23rd (2 days)
9:30 am - 4:30 pm (7hr)

Line and Wash was once a popular method of creating a watercolor painting. Artists have used a variety of tools from sticks to wire to create lines with ink prior to painting. The drawing tool in this class is a wooden match, placed into a holder.

The two days will also cover color mixing, and applications for watercolor using different consistencies like Tea, Coffee, Milk, Cream, and Butter. A shape profile drawing will be provided for transferring the image to the paper. The color palette will consist of the three primary colors, using Cadmium Red Light, Prussian Blue, and Cadmium Yellow Medium.

* materials will be provided for an additional $15 fee to instructor
Non-member $250 Member $235

with Eliza Pineau Casler
Sat, Jan 25th (1 day)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Level: Beginner

This convenient medium is portable, easy to work with, and most of all, pet portraits are absolutely stunning! Using an image of a cat’s head, you will learn to transfer the image to a piece of scratchboard. Use a scratch tool to scratch away the top black layer of ink to reveal the white clay underneath. The more you scratch, the better highlights you get, and the more realistic your portrait becomes. Once finished, you can leave it in black-and-white, or you can color it using special inks.

*all materials provided

Non-member $85 Member $75

with Robin Serna
Fri, Jan 10th OR 24th
4 pm - 7 pm
Level: Beginner

Combine two resolutions in one by committing to your creative practice and getting more organized! Join us in this one day workshop to make desk organizers that are customized to your favorite workplace items.

ALL MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED!

Non-members $90 Members $70

with Jackii Molsick
Friday, January 17th (1 day)
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Using two mediums in one painting? why not?! Learn how and when you can use fluid acrylics to create special effects in your watercolors.

Non-members $85 Members $75