Studio 55 - Art Gallery
Art Classes
STUDIO CLASSES
Studio 55
410-444-0022
LIVE MODEL PORTRAIT SESSIONS - Studio 55 is now pleased to announce the forming of live model portrait sessions. These sessions are an opportunity to improve your portrait painting or drawing skills while working from a live, clothed model. It is assumed that participants will have had some prior drawing or painting experience. Uninstructed sessions are held on Thursday morning from 10:00am until 1:00pm. - $10.00 per session. Limited number of easels and drawing tables available on a first-come basis. Please call or email for scheduled dates and details. Visit home-page on this website for directions.
INSTRUCTED CLASSES - Studio 55 offers art instructions in oil, acrylic, watercolor painting and charcoal pencil drawing. Classes are limited to five students per class schedules. Individual classes are also available.
CLASS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY: Youth Classes: (10 to 17 years of age)
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
THURSDAY: Portrait Sessions
(uninstructed) 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Adult Class: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
SATURDAY: Adult Classes: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Fees: Adult Classes: Four classes in drawing or painting within a six week schedule - $100.00
or four consecutive classes within a 4 week schedule - $80.00
Young Adult Classes: Four classes in drawing or painting within a six week schedule - $50.00
or four consecutive classes within a 4 week schedule - $40.00
Uninstructed Portrait Sessions - $10.00 per session
(Materials are not included. A list of materials will be available upon registration.)
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
Drawing: Pencil or charcoal
Discuss the five stages of drawing. Experiment with pencil or charcoal to sharpen coordination between hand and eye. Exercises will include perceptual skills of drawing line, shape, sighting (correct proportions) and value. Exercises in drawing and painting are adjusted to meet age appropriate requirements for young adults.
Painting: Oil, Watercolor or Acrylic on canvas or panel
Instructions and assignments will be individualized to each student’s abilities. Learn entry level or advanced techniques in brush application, composition, value, color and aesthetic perception. (Drawing classes are recommended for entry level students. Drawing and painting classes do not include portrait studies. Portrait classes and fees TBA.) Exercises in drawing and painting are adjusted to meet age appropriate requirements for young adults.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Printmaking Workshop: Introduction to Woodcut (schedule and fees vary) - Please call for details
Learn relief printing – woodcut is a form of relief printing in which images are carved into woodblocks, ink is rolled onto the raised surfaces of the carved image, and pressure is applied to transfer the image onto treated paper.
