A color wheel is an illustrative tool used to define colors and their relationships to one another. Explore mixing and manipulating color through collage and painting excercises. Understanding color theory is the key to composing harmonious color schemes and developing your own palette.

Ther are endless choices when choosing a medium. Study different media to understand their capacity. We will explore wet and dry media, and sculptural materials as an introduction.

Craft striking visuals through collage art. Gather diverse materials - magazines, photos, fabrics. Cut, tear, and arrange pieces into new compositions. Layer textures and colors for depth. Experiment with themes and juxtapositions. Play with scale and perspective. Let your imagination guide you as you transform fragments into cohesive, expressive imagery.

Watercolor is distinguished by the diversity of its strokes and the many ways that the dry and wet paint can be manipulated to form a broad array of effects. It is a transparent medium that allows you to play with luminosity and depth. Explore various styles, layering spontaneously or working in a precise and detailed manner.  Watercolor is a great portable medium that can be done while travelling.  The tools required are simple - a pad of paper, a brush and watercolors and water!

Acrylic paint is a versatile medium that allows artists to bring their artistic vision to life. It offers flexibility to create detailed work, textured impasto techniques and ultra flat graphics. It can be diluted or applied in heavy layers, the options are endless with this very accessible medium.

Why do you need to make something realistic?

Discover the world of pure form and color, and how you can develop your own visual language with a non-representative approach to art making. When you don’t have to make something realistic, a new world opens before you.

The model is where the drawing comes to life in the three dimensional world.  Turn a two dimensional drawing or concept into a three dimensional object.

Learn model making techniques in combination with orthographic drawing to create accurate prototypes of your ideas. 

This topic explores the rich story of Art and helps you discover where and how Art came to be.  We will look at Art chronologically and regionally to broaden your scope of art history.  Deepen your appreciation of art as you learn its evolution. This subject can be tailored to fit your area of focus.

We see and experience art in galleries and museums.  Become an active viewer to be  critical of what you are seeing. Appl your knowledge of art history, technique and materials to form your own opinion about the art.