Scroll below the calendar for class descriptions and registration links.
Thursday, May 9 - Brave Art - 1pm $50 Register
Have you always wanted to paint “that” picture… the one you took on vacation or on your grandparent’s farm or at the beach… It takes courage to do the new thing, to follow your dreams… to fight through the fear. Be brave enough to try painting that memory with Paulette.
This class is will challenge you, teach you techniques to make your memory come alive on the canvas in your voice. You provide your photo (no magazine photos or someone else’s unless you have a release to do so; otherwise you could violate copyright laws. Also, it should be a landscape, not an animal or a person).
It will be helpful to just print it on paper in color and in black and white. You may NOT leave with a completed painting, your memory is much more detailed than that, but you will have the arsenal to help you to overcome that fear, or bring it back for another Brave Art session.
11x14 canvas provided. If you prefer a different size, please feel free to bring it. No larger than 16x20 (we are painting on table easels). Paint and brushes provided as well. Let’s do this. Let’s face that blank canvas and memory together. Please plan for transporting your (possibly) wet painting home. A flat box such as a soda flat would work perfectly.
Thursday, May 9 - Explore the Pour - 6pm $40 Register
Monday, May 20 - Explore the Pour - 6pm $40 Register
Explore the process of acrylic pouring. Using additives and a few tools we will play and create. You will receive (4) 8x10 canvases and all supplies. This is a very messy class! Aprons will be furnished, but you will also want to wear old clothing. Don't let that scare you. Acrylic pouring is super fun and very popular. Class size is limited and usually sell out. Items will not be dry the night of class. They can be picked up a day or 2 after class.
Saturday, May 11 - Brews & Brushstrokes w/Barbara Carlson: Fingerpainting for Grown Ups 'Mother & Baby' - 1pm $40 Register
Celebrate Mothers Day while you create this sweet painting using only paint and your fingers. You will receive a 16 x 20 canvas, supplies, instruction, and your choice of beverage from Aldea Coffee or Grand Armory Brewing.
Monday, May 13 - Still Life Drawing - 7pm $10 Register
Bring your own drawing supplies or use ours. $10 per person. We will have a group critique at the end of the session. Pre-registration is encouraged.
Tuesday, May 14 - Brews & Brushstrokes Watercolor Night with Cathy Dykstra - 6pm - $40 Register
Create your own version of beautiful Bearded Iris in watercolor. $40 includes all supplies, instruction, and beverage of choice from Aldea Coffee or Grand Armory Brewing. Seating for this class is limited, so be sure to register for the class as soon as possible!
Wednesday, May 14 - Brews & Brushstrokes w/Barbara Carlson: Fingerpainting for Grown Ups 'White Tulips'- 6pm $40 Register
Join us for one of our most popular painting experience! You'll create a beautiful tulip painting using only your fingers as brushes. Includes: a beverage of choice from Grand Armory Brewing or Aldea Coffee, a 16 x 20 inch canvas, instruction, and all painting supplies.
Wednesday, May 15 - Brews & Brushstrokes w/Barbara Carlson: Doodle Painting: Flowers - 6pm $40 Register
Part painting, part doodle, ALL fun! This isn't your typical social painting experience. Includes: a beverage of choice from Grand Armory Brewing or Aldea Coffee, watercolor paper, instruction, and all painting supplies.You will leave with a unique painting on watercolor paper ready to be framed.
Thursday, May 16 - Playing with Knives with Paulette Carr from Brave Art - 1pm $53 Register
Who hasn’t been intrigued by those artists carving out a picture with a palette knife? In a new version of Brave Art, come on out and try your hand at knife skills. We will do 2 exercises with the knife. One flower and one landscape. You will also receive an additional blank canvas to create your own.
What you need to bring: your bad self, courage to try the new thing, a picture of your own to work on with the blank canvas (think simple-single bloom or landscape with a single tree). Supplied: 3 8"x8" canvas panels, use of paints, medium, knives, and aprons. Beverages are available for purchase at Aldea Coffee. Beginning at 3pm food and adult beverages are available from Righteous BBQ and Grand Armory Brewing.
PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS!! Please plan for transporting your wet paintings home. A flat box such as a soda flat would work perfectly, please measure as you will have 3 8x8 wet canvases to transport.
Thursday, May 16 - Gelli Art Monoprinting - 6pm - $40 Register
Monday, May 27 - Gelli Art Monoprinting - 6pm - $40 Register
Create intriguing layers of rich color and pattern using stencils and a variety of mark making tools. You'll also have a chance to create your own stencils and stamps. You will create many prints which allows for the opportunity to explore how Gelli printing works. Adhere your favorite print to a 5x7 frame board to display or print directly to it. If you have an art journal or favorite sketchbook, bring it along. This class is informal and relaxing. Class size is limited and we expect it to be very popular so register now!
Tuesday, May 21 - Color 101 - 6pm $30 Register
When it comes to color in art and design, things can be pretty confusing. Analogous, complementary, values, monochromatic, tertiary, warm vs. cool - what does it all mean? We’ll break it down for you. Have you always wanted to make the perfect black to paint with? We’ll show you how!
You’ll learn how to use a color wheel and why it’s important. You'll learn which colors to use together and why. You’ll leave with lots of useful information to use in your personal art exploration, including your own color chart that you mix yourself. We will be using our studio acrylic paints, however, if you have certain brands or colors that you prefer, please feel free to bring them.
Wednesday, May 22 - Explore the Pour BYOT (bring your own thing to pour on) - 6pm $20 Register
Pour a Box, a Name or Special Word, a Wall Piece, you name it - using the acrylic pour painting method. Participants will receive the supplies needed to pour the item that YOU bring. Wood and cardboard type items work best. Items that are mostly flat work best. A small pouring fee will apply per item and will depend on the size. Your additional payment can be made the night of class in cash, check, or card. This project is great for a kid's name for their bedroom or a special project one-of-a-kind project. Limit 6 people. This is a very messy class! Aprons will be furnished, but you will also want to wear old clothing. Don't let that scare you. Acrylic pouring is super fun. Items will not be dry the night of class. They can be picked up a day or 2 after class.
Thursday, May 23 - Ugly Brush Painting with Paulette Carr - 1pm Register
Come out and learn a new brush technique, painting with The Ugly brush. You will learn to paint an impressionistic style painting using a unique brush. All supplies are provided. Preregistration is required.
Have you always wanted to paint “that” picture… the one you took on vacation or on your grandparent’s farm or at the beach… It takes courage to do the new thing, to follow your dreams… to fight through the fear. Be brave enough to try painting that memory with Paulette.
This class is will challenge you, teach you techniques to make your memory come alive on the canvas in your voice. You provide your photo (no magazine photos or someone else’s unless you have a release to do so; otherwise you could violate copyright laws. Also, it should be a landscape, not an animal or a person).
It will be helpful to just print it on paper in color and in black and white. You may NOT leave with a completed painting, your memory is much more detailed than that, but you will have the arsenal to help you to overcome that fear, or bring it back for another Brave Art session.
11x14 canvas provided. If you prefer a different size, please feel free to bring it. No larger than 16x20 (we are painting on table easels). Paint and brushes provided as well. Let’s do this. Let’s face that blank canvas and memory together. Please plan for transporting your (possibly) wet painting home. A flat box such as a soda flat would work perfectly.
Thursday, May 9 - Explore the Pour - 6pm $40 Register
Monday, May 20 - Explore the Pour - 6pm $40 Register
Explore the process of acrylic pouring. Using additives and a few tools we will play and create. You will receive (4) 8x10 canvases and all supplies. This is a very messy class! Aprons will be furnished, but you will also want to wear old clothing. Don't let that scare you. Acrylic pouring is super fun and very popular. Class size is limited and usually sell out. Items will not be dry the night of class. They can be picked up a day or 2 after class.
Saturday, May 11 - Brews & Brushstrokes w/Barbara Carlson: Fingerpainting for Grown Ups 'Mother & Baby' - 1pm $40 Register
Celebrate Mothers Day while you create this sweet painting using only paint and your fingers. You will receive a 16 x 20 canvas, supplies, instruction, and your choice of beverage from Aldea Coffee or Grand Armory Brewing.
Monday, May 13 - Still Life Drawing - 7pm $10 Register
Bring your own drawing supplies or use ours. $10 per person. We will have a group critique at the end of the session. Pre-registration is encouraged.
Tuesday, May 14 - Brews & Brushstrokes Watercolor Night with Cathy Dykstra - 6pm - $40 Register
Create your own version of beautiful Bearded Iris in watercolor. $40 includes all supplies, instruction, and beverage of choice from Aldea Coffee or Grand Armory Brewing. Seating for this class is limited, so be sure to register for the class as soon as possible!
Wednesday, May 14 - Brews & Brushstrokes w/Barbara Carlson: Fingerpainting for Grown Ups 'White Tulips'- 6pm $40 Register
Join us for one of our most popular painting experience! You'll create a beautiful tulip painting using only your fingers as brushes. Includes: a beverage of choice from Grand Armory Brewing or Aldea Coffee, a 16 x 20 inch canvas, instruction, and all painting supplies.
Wednesday, May 15 - Brews & Brushstrokes w/Barbara Carlson: Doodle Painting: Flowers - 6pm $40 Register
Part painting, part doodle, ALL fun! This isn't your typical social painting experience. Includes: a beverage of choice from Grand Armory Brewing or Aldea Coffee, watercolor paper, instruction, and all painting supplies.You will leave with a unique painting on watercolor paper ready to be framed.
Thursday, May 16 - Playing with Knives with Paulette Carr from Brave Art - 1pm $53 Register
Who hasn’t been intrigued by those artists carving out a picture with a palette knife? In a new version of Brave Art, come on out and try your hand at knife skills. We will do 2 exercises with the knife. One flower and one landscape. You will also receive an additional blank canvas to create your own.
What you need to bring: your bad self, courage to try the new thing, a picture of your own to work on with the blank canvas (think simple-single bloom or landscape with a single tree). Supplied: 3 8"x8" canvas panels, use of paints, medium, knives, and aprons. Beverages are available for purchase at Aldea Coffee. Beginning at 3pm food and adult beverages are available from Righteous BBQ and Grand Armory Brewing.
PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS!! Please plan for transporting your wet paintings home. A flat box such as a soda flat would work perfectly, please measure as you will have 3 8x8 wet canvases to transport.
Thursday, May 16 - Gelli Art Monoprinting - 6pm - $40 Register
Monday, May 27 - Gelli Art Monoprinting - 6pm - $40 Register
Create intriguing layers of rich color and pattern using stencils and a variety of mark making tools. You'll also have a chance to create your own stencils and stamps. You will create many prints which allows for the opportunity to explore how Gelli printing works. Adhere your favorite print to a 5x7 frame board to display or print directly to it. If you have an art journal or favorite sketchbook, bring it along. This class is informal and relaxing. Class size is limited and we expect it to be very popular so register now!
Tuesday, May 21 - Color 101 - 6pm $30 Register
When it comes to color in art and design, things can be pretty confusing. Analogous, complementary, values, monochromatic, tertiary, warm vs. cool - what does it all mean? We’ll break it down for you. Have you always wanted to make the perfect black to paint with? We’ll show you how!
You’ll learn how to use a color wheel and why it’s important. You'll learn which colors to use together and why. You’ll leave with lots of useful information to use in your personal art exploration, including your own color chart that you mix yourself. We will be using our studio acrylic paints, however, if you have certain brands or colors that you prefer, please feel free to bring them.
Wednesday, May 22 - Explore the Pour BYOT (bring your own thing to pour on) - 6pm $20 Register
Pour a Box, a Name or Special Word, a Wall Piece, you name it - using the acrylic pour painting method. Participants will receive the supplies needed to pour the item that YOU bring. Wood and cardboard type items work best. Items that are mostly flat work best. A small pouring fee will apply per item and will depend on the size. Your additional payment can be made the night of class in cash, check, or card. This project is great for a kid's name for their bedroom or a special project one-of-a-kind project. Limit 6 people. This is a very messy class! Aprons will be furnished, but you will also want to wear old clothing. Don't let that scare you. Acrylic pouring is super fun. Items will not be dry the night of class. They can be picked up a day or 2 after class.
Thursday, May 23 - Ugly Brush Painting with Paulette Carr - 1pm Register
Come out and learn a new brush technique, painting with The Ugly brush. You will learn to paint an impressionistic style painting using a unique brush. All supplies are provided. Preregistration is required.
