List of Classes Offered Below:
Daily Drawing & Oil Painting: Make Up’s Are Available in All Classes.
Day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10:30-1:30 pm (4 weeks) Starting First Week Of Each Month,
Monthly Recurring Payments $115.– choose one day a week 2 ½ hours a week for 4 weeks.
( 5 months with 5 weeks are extra free -classes because everyone will occasionally miss and have something come up )
Registration Starts The Third Monday of Each Month
(make up classes are available on any of the “Daily Drawing & Oil Painting Classes Day or Night).
Night: Tuesday & Wednesday Nights 7:00pm-9:30 pm ( 4 weeks ) Starting First Week Of Each Month,
choose One day A Week – 2 1/2 Hours Per week. Recurring Payment $110 –
choose one day a week 2 ½ hours a week for 4 weeks.
Registration Starts The Third Monday of Each Month
( The 5 months with 5 weeks are extra free -classes because everyone will have something come up and have to miss )
We Specialize In A Step For Step How To Program.
Progressive Program helps all artist to reach higher levels in art. Gain skills and knowledge to succeed at Your Pace, One Step At A time. This class is the core reason Chris’ classes have been in such high demand for nearly 30 years.
Designed for all levels but the Beginners Are My Favorite!
The program is set up with a series of exercises each one explaining What, Where, Why and How an artist is to use the specific “Art Principle” we call them “Art Tools Not Rules”.
There is a mixture of drawing and painting artist levels in each class. Allowing for the beginning drawing students to hear the advanced painting exercises and the advanced students to hear the beginning exercises reminding each student what they have learned or will learn.
Paint Your Way: If you have painted before and would like to Paint Under Chris’ Mentoring join this community of artists and use your images ( vacation, family, portraits, commissions, etc. ) Chris shares color theories, mediums, composition, and thoughts to take your art to a higher level.
Level: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
Secrets UnLocked: John S. Sargent’s Voice:
Tuesday 2:00- 4:00 PM, Starting First Week Of Each Month, Once a Week for 4 weeks $115.00
Registration Starts The Third Monday of Each Month
( The 5 months with 5 weeks are extra free -classes because everyone will have something come up and have to miss )
Learn Something New By Sargent or Sorolla Each Week –
Oil paint through Sorolla and Sargent’s life, two of the greatest 19c artists.
Chris’ lifelong experience studying the old masters along with his classical drawing education come into play as you paint along with Chris.
Discover What, Why, and How, Sorolla and Sargent told their story using the elements of art: composition, brush strokes, contrast, and color. We will explore some contemporaries some sessions.
Most of the paintings take two to four weeks to complete on a canvas between 9″ x 12″ and 11″ x 14″.
Without reservation, this is an amazing class and not to be missed where we all learn something new things each day. This Session We Will Paint one of Sargent’s contemporaries Sorolla. Understand his color and brush strokes as well as his firm understanding of figure ground relationships.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Paint Together With Chris
Color Theory Oil Painting – Go Through Each Class Color Exercise With Chris!
Wednesday 2:00pm- 4:00pm ( 2 Hours- Once a Week for 4 weeks ) cost $115
Starting The First week of each month. Registration Starts The Third Monday of Each Month
( The 5 months with 5 weeks are extra free -classes because everyone will have something come up and have to miss )
Tuscany Early Morning
We are excited to offer this amazing class. Finally go through each painting exercise with Chris- one brush stroke at a time. Understand the reason for each exercise.
See how the drawing program intertwines with the painting program. chris will explain What, Why, How, When and Where in a painting.
Chris’ focus is on simply explaining the How to Do Whatever you need to know in each particular exercise. This session we will start with the Yellow Color theories by painting the scene for Tuscany. Thousands of artist have gone through this program but in this class nothing will be missed, skipped or overlooked. One stroke at a time with Chris painting with you. It should take eight weeks to finish the apples.This is much more than learning how to paint fruit.
Kids Spring / Summer – Classes
Saturday 6 weeks $160 JoDette and Chris NOW TEACH THE KIDS CLASSES TOGETHER
We Specialize In A Step For Step How To Program!
The kid’s program is an extension of the adult drawing and painting program. The same concepts but with the emphasis on “fun”. The children’s program has been an enormous success with over 100 kids in two different locations. ( metro academic studies and in our studio). The success form the children’s program is due to the art teachers all going through the adult program making it easy to teach the same concepts as the adults learn. Draw in Graphite and charcoal, watercolor, pastel and acrylic paint. pay as you come.
6-8 Year Olds 10:00am -11:30am
9-12 Year Olds 11:00am – 1:00pm
11-14 Year Olds 1:00pm – 2:30pm