Arts & Crafts
Fine Arts Cartoon Drawing: Caricature and Lettering
Art Boot Camp: Acrylic Painting with Black and White
This introductory course focuses on basic characters and drawing funny. Cartoon techniques will be used to draw people, places and animals with practical exercises and assignments. Participants will learn how to turn doodling into caricatures and professional hand lettering that help to set the tone of a great cartoon. This class is designed for the beginner or intermediate cartoon artist ready to have fun and learn. All materials (sketch pad, graphite pencils and kneaded erasers) will be supplied, and students can take them home at the end of the session. Finished drawings can be shown at the Spring Break Art Show taking place at Prisco Community Center at 6 p.m. on March 28. (KD)
Participants can learn acrylic painting techniques working with black and white. A professional artist will teach about the power and dynamic of contrasts, working with light and shadow. The class will study composition, perspective and effective use of shapes and lines to energize and give strength and structure to a painting. This intensive four-day boot camp is for the serious student, beginner to advanced. A final painting can be taken home after the final class and displayed at the Spring Break Art Show, taking place at Prisco Community Center at 6 p.m. on March 28. Supplies are included. (KD)
Age
Fee
Class Size
Location
9Y to 15Y
$25(R) / $35(N)
MIN: 6 / MAX: 12
Prisco Community Center
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Day
Date
Time
61664
Tu
March 5 to 19
6 to 6:45 p.m.
Drawing: Beginning to Intermediate This course focuses on three essential components of visual art—form, size, and placement—while working with pencil and paper. Using a step-by-step method, budding artists will work toward learning how to draw successfully. Art subjects may include still-life, animals, landscape and copying of the great masters. Independent and home assignments allow participants to work at their own pace, and beginners to intermediate artists are welcome to join in the fun. All materials (sketch pad, graphite pencils, and kneaded erasers) will be supplied, and students can take them home at the end of the session. Finished drawings can be shown at the Spring Break Art Show taking place at Prisco Community Center at 6 p.m. on March 28. (KD) Class Size
Fee
Location
MIN: 6 / MAX: 12
$25(R) / $35(N)
Prisco Community Center
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Day
Date
Time
Age
61665
Tu
March 5 to 19
6:45 to 7:30 p.m.
9Y to 15Y
61666
Tu
March 5 to 19
7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
16Y through adult
Spring Break Art Show: “Let Your Imagination Soar” Finished drawings and paintings from the classes listed on this page can be shown at the Spring Break Art Show. Maximum size of artwork is 18 by 18 inches. Artwork labeled with name, age, school and phone number can be brought to Prisco Community Center starting Monday, March 25. No entries will be accepted later than Wednesday, March 27, at 5 p.m. There is no fee for artists to show art work. Tickets to the Art Show are available beginning March 5 at Prisco. (KD) Age
Fee
Class Size
Location
All ages
$2
MIN: 40 / MAX: 200
Prisco Community Center
Barcode
Day
Date
Time
61458
Th
March 28
6 to 8:30 p.m.
66
Age
Fee
Class Size
Location
9Y to 13Y
$120(R) / $180(N)
MIN: 5 / MAX: 10
Prisco Community Center
Barcode
Day
Date
Time
61668
M-Th
March 25 to 28
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Art Boot Camp: Charcoal Drawing This class offers the opportunity to explore the unique experience of working with charcoal. A professional artist will work closely with participants while teaching this bold, daring and dramatic art form. Using a chunk of charcoal and eraser, shading, blending and highlighting to create gray gradients and lighting techniques will be taught. This intensive fourday boot camp is for the serious student, beginner to advanced. A final drawing can be taken home after the final class and displayed at the Spring Break Art Show taking place at Prisco Community Center at 6 p.m. on March 28. Supplies are included. (KD) Age
Fee
Class Size
Location
7Y to 10Y
$120(R) / $180(N)
MIN: 5 / MAX: 10
Prisco Community Center
Barcode
Day
Date
Time
61667
M-Th
March 25 to 28
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Art Boot Camp: Independent Art Study Participants will work independently with a professional artist to strengthen their creative skills. The instructor will tailor this class to the student, allowing each artist an opportunity to explore, absorb and show individual creativity. Using such mediums as pencil, charcoal, acrylics or watercolors, art can help open up many parts of the mind, enhancing awareness and intelligence. This intensive four-day boot camp is for the serious student, beginner to advanced. Artwork created during class can be taken home and displayed at the Spring Break Art Show taking place at Prisco Community Center at 6 p.m. on March 28. Student is responsible for supplies. (KD) Age
Fee
Class Size
Location
9Y through adult
$120(R) / $180(N)
MIN: 2 / MAX: 5
Prisco Community Center
Barcode
Day
Date
Time
61669
M-Th
March 25 to 28
1:30 to 3 p.m.