Watercolor and Pastel Class (ages 7-11) UNM WEST in Rio Rancho

Explore painting with beautiful watercolor and pastels. You’ll use the Born to Draw children’s drawing iBook program to learn observational drawing through mark making, line, shape, placement, textures, value, color, and perspective. You’ll complete a drawing of an animal or a still life during class time and make a portfolio. Note: A $25 materials fee will be collected at the first class.

WIA: Wed, Feb 24 – Mar 23, 2:00-4:00pm @ UNM West
Tuition: $95

This comprehensive course offers classical drawing training for budding artists. During class, you’ll learn about: mark making, contour line drawing, and value studies and you’ll study work created by historic and contemporary artists. You’ll make drawings from still life and photographs, complete observational drawings with lit subject matter, and draw life-sized self-portraits. Note: A $15 materials fee will be collected at the first class.
WIA: Sat, Feb. 20 – Mar 26, 11:00am-1:00pm @ UNM West
Tuition: $95

Zentangle Drawing Camp (ages 6-11) @ UNM CE
If you like to draw patterns or doodle, you’ll like “Zentangle” drawing, a fun, Zen-like way of creating images through repetitive patterns and shapes. With Zentangles, every mark you make is drawn deliberately and consciously. During this course, you’ll study symbols while making cool graphics with Zentangles. Note: A $15 materials fee will be collected at the first class.
WIB: Feb 15-16 @ UNM CE from 1:00-3:00pm
Tuition: $39

Zentangle Drawing Camp (ages 6-11) @ UNM WEST
If you like to draw patterns or doodle, you’ll like “Zentangle” drawing, a fun, Zen-like way of creating images through repetitive patterns and shapes. With Zentangles, every mark you make is drawn deliberately and consciously. During this course, you’ll study symbols while making cool graphics with Zentangles. Note: A $15 materials fee will be collected at the first class.
WIB: Feb 15-16 @ UNM WEST in Rio Rancho from 9:30-11 am
Tuition: $39

If you like to draw patterns or doodle, you can learn to “Zentangle.” As the name implies, it’s a Zen-like way of creating images through repetitive patterns and shapes.With Zentangles, every mark you make is a deliberate mark- drawn deliberately and consciously.  Similarly, we are always making “marks” in our lives- in the form of thoughts, words, deeds, etc.  Zen teaches us to do everything consciously and deliberately- not absent-mindedly or without thinking. In this Zentangle course we will be studying symbols. February 2 & 9th 4:30 to 6:30 pm

Elaine Cimino is fine-art painter, and has 20 years college-level teaching experience in drawing, painting and art history. She is an advocate for Visual Literacy. She has Developed Art Curicullum for Children and has worked in the public school through New Mexico as an Artist-in-Residence.

Materials Provided

From quick sketches to rich, painterly applications, experiment with pastels as you become comfortable with this versatile medium. Work from still life, and landscapes, as you try different papers and methods of application. Because class size is limited to (8) students, each student will receive lots of individual attention. Some drawing experience is required for this class. The cost is $75, Material list is available upon request.

WEEKLY SYLLABUS
• WEEK 1 – Detailed discussion of types of soft pastel, papers, application techniques, etc. Drawing of a simple still life of basic forms on both grey and white papers.
• WEEK 2 – Development of a finished composition of neutral still life objects with a limited palette of pastels.
• WEEK 3 – Pastel drawing of colorful still-life objects exploring the use of a full color palette and learning to apply and mix pastels; choosing type/color of paper.
• WEEK 4 – Using personal photographs, explore landscape composition, light, perspective, and color in pastel.

Supply Materials List

• Supplies for First Class
Medium vine charcoal and #6B Charcoal pencil
Padded drawing board ( with newsprint base)
Grey pastel paper
Black, white, and medium value grey pastels

Supplies
Rembrandt soft pastels, box of 30 ½ inch sticks
Paper, Strathmore “500” series charcoal paper 18″ x 24″ in assorted tints or purchase “Canson MiTientes” paper individual sheets 18″ x 24″ in neutral shades, grey, tan; 4 sheets to start
Drawing board for 18″ x 24″ paper, this board should be either padded with brown wrapping paper or “ironed newspaper”, or buy a pad of newsprint for this purpose
Large clips, get the kind that are black with silver “wings”
Tape, strong tape such as duct tape to fasten your padding to the board; artists tape for masking drawings
2 cheap brushes for “scrubbing” out pastels, one small and one large, these should be bristle or stiff nylon; cheap soft brush, such as for makeup or an imitation sable brush
White vinyl erase and or kneaded eraser

Optional supplies
Pastel drawing can be done with many different brands of pastels that vary in softness
We will discuss these and also the various papers that may be used; you will eventually want to buy a fixative; Krylon workable fixative is a good choice

Students will learn how to paint in acrylics using tested methods of contemporary painters. Principles of design will be presented and practiced. Color theory and its application to landscape painting will be highlighted. The goal of the class is to confirm and help develop the skills, perceptions, and self-expression of each artist as they are met at their individual level of skill.
Where: North Valley Senior Center
Times: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Days: Tuesdays (4 classes)
Dates: October 6-28th
Cost: $45.00 (under $20 per class)
Other: Materials List Available Online if you wish to purchase your own
Materials will be provided
Register: Online registration at
Available www.borntodraw.com/workshops

Soft Chalk Pastel Classes with Elaine Cimino are Being Offered at the North Valley Senior Center Sept 8-29th on Tuesday Afternoons 4:30pm-6:30pm

Expand your creativity! Take art classes and learn skills that will be with you for a life-time.

This art class covers color theory, drawing and painting techniques in soft chalk pastels. Learn how to draw from still life and photograghs.  Most imagery is drawing landscapes.

You learn about papers and various drawing techniques.

Beginners welcomed.

If you are experienced or have taken previous classes please bring your art work to class to show me what you would like

to work on for this session. Check out Artist Elaine Cimino portfolio online at www.elaineciminostudios.com 

Register at front desk or online

Mixing it up with mixed media painting classes are now being offered at the North Valley Senior Center, Albuquerque, NM, on Tuesday afternoons in June 2015.

Discover new applications to painting with watercolor, pastel and acrylic mediums techniques.

You will learn how to apply and create textures, while making visually pleasing and interesting artwork. Learn resist techniques and photocollage transfers.

Elaine Cimino, artist/instructor, has 20 plus years experience teaching art to all levels and ages of students according to their abilities.

Learn the fundamentals of art to apply to your own interests and artwork.

No experience necessary.

www.elaineciminostudios.com

“Painting Still Life and Landscape with Acrylics” is a beginning painting class for adults being offered at the North Valley Senior Center in Albuquerque, NM. This class will be offered in May of 2015.

This class explores in depth several techniques using acrylics.  Color theory, Composition, drawing, are some of the formal elements of painting that will be covered in theclass. Discover how amazing artist’s worldwide are using the acrylics techniques as a basis to apply ideas to other mediums. This 4 week class offers tips on using acrylics  and mediums  to achieve a successful painting.

You can apply color theory and drawing skills learned in other offered workshops.

Materials provided   http://www.borntodraw.com/workshops/painting-flowers-acrylics/

For additonal infomration on artist instructor see: www.elaineciminostudios.com