List of Classes Offered Below:
Daily Drawing & Oil Painting: makeups Are Available in All Dailey and Drawing Class Times. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 10:30-1:30 pm and Tuesday & Wednesday 7:00-9:39 pm times.
Structured Class exercises showing: How, What, Why and Where concepts of art have the ability to evoke the story or message in your desired art. Exercises are explained One step at a time. You progress at your speed independently. Many of the exercises have been recorded for you to review and do at home as well as in class.
The Drawing Program is a prerequisite to the painting. The Drawing concepts are NOT taught in the painting program. Therefore the Exercises in the Drawing Program prepares you to understand ” what to do
and “Where to do” what every is needed to succeed in the Painting Program.
Some class days rarely have openings because 90-95% of our artist continue, many sign up for more than one day a week. This is for the artist who have always wanted to do art but never made time, or those who feel something is missing in your art. The Drawing program answers and trains you to think in Art Terms.
Day Classes Offered: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10:30-1:30 pm (you pay for 4 weeks per month ) Starting the First Week Of Each Month, ( mostly)
Monthly Recurring Payments are $125.– choose one day a week – for 3 hours a week – for – 4 weeks. Come to any other day to make up missed days.
Make up Policy for all classes – makeup classes are available on any of the “Daily Drawing & Oil Painting Classes Day or Night –
You must be currently paid in a class that month – to do make up classes.
if you are continuing enrollment into the next month -your make up classes – carry over.
-only -of you are currently paid in the class you are doing the make up classes in.
Night: Tuesday & Wednesday Nights 7:00 pm-9:30 pm ( 4 weeks ) Starting the First Week Of Each Month,
Recurring Payment $125- because 95% of class continues, cancel when you would like
choose one day a week 2 ½ hours a week for 4 weeks per month.
Payment is taken out when you sign up- try to pay as close to the start date as possible. We start the first Monday of each month. Classes are continuous.
We Specialize In A Step For Step How To Programs.
Our Progressive Program helps all artists 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! ALL I NEED IS DESIRE!
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 “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
Art Secrets: Painting Through Art History with Chris:
Wednesday 2:30- 4:30 PM, Starting the First Week Of Each Month, Once a Week for 4 weeks $125.00
Understand the artist of the past and how to use the palette, why specific colors, brushes, and mediums are used in a specific way.
Discover What, Why, and How, We will go through all the steps these artists were using to achieve their message for each painting.
Without reservation, this is an amazing class not to be missed where we all learn something new things each day. Oil painting experience is a prerequisite for this class.
Learning How To Start A Painting.Chris will tach the periods concept. you will take your own photographs ( iPhone is fine) in the same manner as the taught period. then we will do a couple 6×9″ pencil sketches working out the issues. This is followed by a couple 8X10 paint cartoon- sketches with your image.
Then we go to the next period of art. join us , painting knowledge is recommended, but you could do this in charcoal and draw as well.
We will start with what I call Art Mapping. Which is going through all the art concepts, principles, etc which will help me carry the message I am after. Some of the art concepts will hurt some will help, I just need the pones which will help. Therefore we go over all the concepts and choices.
After working through the Art mapping we will spend a month (4) weeks on your own image
We will use oil paint as our primary medium for making a small painting. All the old masters from Giotto. Join Us!
Level: just beyond beginning -Intermediate
How to Start A Painting – TUESDAYS 2:30pm
Chris leads the class by painting with them as they have been painting through Color definitions, who how to use each color principle, theory, technique. Typically we spend a month on each image, sometimes longer. We use Chris’ images as well as some old ,masters who used these concepts. This class will flow form old masters to. concepts. Intermediate painting levels as you paint with Chris.
Join us. open to all who have painted in oils.
Tuesday 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm ( 2 Hours- Once a Week for 4 weeks ) cost $125
Registration Starts on The Third Monday of Each Month
Learn the Steps as Chris goes through his thought process most often originating from the old masters. paintings from drawing concepts, color sketches, and finally the actual painting. 
We are excited to offer this amazing class. Finally see Chris’ steps he takes as prep work through sketches, and color studies, and then together paint the scene with Chris. Color theory is a large part of this, Chris will share why he finds specific edges and what mediums to use. Chris will paint with the class explaining each step.
Kids Classes are Ongoing, 2021 – Classes
Saturday’s $30 a visit or 6 classes – $160 JoDette, Ryan, M.J., and Elif – TEACH THE KIDS CLASSES TOGETHER
We Specialize In A Step For Step by Step Program!
The kid’s program is an extension of the adult drawing and painting program. The same concepts but with an 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.
8+. yrs 9-12-Year-Olds 10:30-12:00 pm, 12-15 yr olds 12:15-1:45 pm
No Kids Classes – The Last Saturday Of Each Month.