City of Walnut Creek Guide to Arts + Rec - Spring 2018

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Adult A d u lt

A d u lt

Portrait in PanPastel and Charcoal Pencil

Art Journals

We will create painterly portraits using PanPastel and charcoal

Create your own images or use found images, make expressive

pencils. The class will focus on capturing the realism without

marks, record your thoughts, memories, dreams, and life events

losing the energy and mood of the subject. PanPastel is like a

using images (and maybe words). Try new art materials or new

bridge between painting and drawing. It is very forgiving and

ways to use familiar materials. Perfect for artists and non-artists

easily erased. You can create both linear and thick painterly effects

alike-drawing skills are not necessary. Bring your journal and your

with this medium. We will use photographs as our reference and

favorite art supplies to each class. Materials list online at www.

focus on how to see correctly and read values and shapes to

communityarts.org/materials.

Art journals are a private place to explore art of a personal nature.

capture the essence and resemblance in our portraits. Materials list online at www.communityarts.org/materials.

Instructor : Jeka Lambert

Location : Center for Community Arts Annex B

DATES DAY TIME

Instructor : Seema Mahboob DATES DAY TIME

Location : Center for Community Arts Annex C

FEE/SESSIONS CR#

4/2-4/23 Mon 1:00pm-4:00pm $84/4

3340

FEE/SESSIONS CR#

4/7-5/19 Sat 2:00pm-5:00pm $135/7

3381

A d u lt

Color and Collage

A d u lt

drawing: Sketching & Rendering

We will explore color and composition and use collage as a

Learn to draw quickly, accurately and with confidence. Learning

create several small pieces to experiment with layering papers,

how to reduce objects to their basic shapes and forms and

overall layout, gluing and transferring techniques, and then move

sketching them on to paper will be the focus of this class. Topics

to work on larger completed art pieces. In this class you will

include still life, composition, texture, basic perspective and

generate new ideas for creating abstract art and think deeply about

shading, along with landscape and figurative themes. Students

color and composition through the fun, accessible medium of

should bring paper, pencils, ruler, and eraser to class. Beginners

collage. Open to artists of all levels of experience.

starting point for painting and further mixed media work. We will

welcome.

Location : Center for Community Arts Annex A

Location : Center for Community Arts Annex B

Instructor : Erin Wheeler

Instructor : Mark Jezierny

DATES DAY TIME

DATES DAY TIME

4/6-6/8 Fri

FEE/SESSIONS CR#

6:30pm-9:30pm $186/10

4/5-6/7

FEE/SESSIONS CR#

Thu 9:30am-12:30pm $183/10

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Handmade Artist Books

Adventures in Mixed Media

Not your typical books--these are portable works of art meant to

The goal of this course is to provide students an opportunity to

be enjoyed and shared. We’ll create book-like structures using a

explore a variety of mixed media methods using a wide range

variety of forms, techniques and media–folded, stitched, glued;

of wet and dry media methods. Students will gain hands-on

books with pop ups and moveable parts; books that incorporate

experience with paints, glues, pastels, pencils, varnishes, and

unconventional materials; books that tell stories with words and

supports as they develop personal projects throughout the

without, layered imagery, books as sculpture, objects of beauty

quarter. Guidance will be provided around materials, design, and

and more. This class will use the book (and the not so book)

composition through group discussions and individual instruction.

as a means of artistic expression. Materials list online at www.

Most projects will be conducted with provided materials. Further

communityarts.org.

materials will be discussed at the first class.

Location : Center for Community Arts Annex C

Location : Center for Community Arts Annex A

Instructor : Jeka Lambert

Instructor : Staff

DATES DAY TIME

DATES DAY TIME

FEE/SESSIONS CR#

4/2-6/4

$164/9

Mon

9:00am-12:00pm

FEE/SESSIONS CR#

4/30-5/21 Mon 1:00pm-4:00pm $84/4

3341

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