ART
Community Education and Services courses are not given for credit and are not graded.
Summer 2008
Note: Most supply lists and itineraries are available here (click on the course
number found at the bottom of the course description). A notebook and pen are recommended for all classes. Regarding
materials, when in doubt, bring whatever related materials you may already have. Supplies for one day workshops
are provided unless otherwise noted below. Students are expected to provide their own materials unless otherwise
noted below.
Figure Painting
This studio course is an opportunity to explore materials, color, composition and agenda in any
medium while painting the figure. Class time will be primarily devoted to painting but will also include discussions,
demonstrations and critiques as interest dictates. You will work from undraped models every session and also have
the option of working on your own projects from photos.
Please see Note regarding materials
under Art heading above. Course includes critique.
Larry Bencich, MFA, works primarily with the human figure in his
own drawings and paintings. His teaching style references composition and perspective in the Renaissance tradition,
and he has had extensive experience with students with a broad range of skills.
- 6 Saturdays, 9am-1pm
- June 21-July 26
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 226
- Fee $147 (Includes $30 models fee)
- Course #65000
Figure Painting Intensive
This studio course is an opportunity to explore materials, color, composition and agenda in any
medium while painting the figure. Class time will be primarily devoted to painting but will also include discussions,
demonstrations and critiques as interest dictates. You will work from undraped models every session and also have
the option of working on your own projects from photos.
Please bring your own painting materials. Bring a bag lunch: The instructor will be available to those who wish
to work during the lunch hour. Course includes critique.
Larry Bencich, MFA, works primarily with the human figure in
his own drawings and paintings. His teaching style references composition and perspective in the Renaissance tradition,
and he has had extensive experience with students with a broad range of skills.
- Saturday, Sunday & Monday,
- 9:10am-3:30pm
- Aug. 2-4
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 226
- Fee $142 (Includes $30 models fee)
- Course #65124
Creative Acrylic Landscape Painting
Learn to use various brush techniques and to apply acrylic paint to produce finished art work
on canvas. There will be demonstrations, and you will receive guidance and supportive critiques on an on-going
basis. For the first project, you will choose your own landscape subject. Working from photographs, we will consider
composition, color theory and perspective, how to render water, trees ocean waves, grasses, mood and the various
subjects found in nature.
Please see Note regarding materials
under the Art heading above.
- Bernard Healey, M.F.A.
- 6 Mondays, 10:10am-1pm
- June 16-July 21
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 226
- Fee $96
- Course #65002
Chalk Pastels and Mixed
Media Summer Workshop
This intensive workshop combines drawing and painting in chalk pastels with other media in a
format that is designed to expand your ideas and your skills. The first week after an initial introduction to pastels,
we will concentrate on projects introducing you to a specific medium (gouache, watercolor, brush or pen and ink,
collage, monoprint, etc.) to use with the chalks. During the second week you choose the media and the projects.
The atmosphere is experimental and emphasizes your individual expressive potential. Slides, videos, and discussions
are included.
Bring paper, a drawing board and any pastel supplies you may already have to the first class.
Bring a bag lunch.
Marianna Goodheart is an
exhibiting artist who has been teaching Chalk Pastels since 1982.
- 2 Tuesdays, 2 Wednesdays, 2 Thursdays
- 10am-3pm
- June 17-26
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 226
- Fee $168
- Course #65001
Watercolor Basics and Beyond
A comprehensive class welcoming all skill levels. For those just starting out the basics will
be covered: color mixing, washes, wet-dry approaches-just handling the paint itself! More advanced students are
welcome to bring in their own projects or consult with the instructor for direction. We will work from studio still
life and landscape. All subject matter welcome including abstraction.
Please see Note regarding materials
under Art heading above.
- Marty Meade
- 6 Thursdays, 10am-1pm
- June 19-July 24
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 151
- Fee $76/Course #65003 EC
- Nancy Johnson
- 6 Saturdays, 10am-1pm
- June 21-July 26
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 151
- Fee $76/Course #65004 EC
Watercolor Travel Sketching
Traveling and sketching go hand-in-hand! Combining indoor and outdoor painting techniques, learn
how to draw, paint and ink quickly while on location, and then how to embellish on studies once back in the classroom.
With watercolor supplies and fold-up chairs in-hand, we will take three field trips in the Marin area and paint
on site. Many styles will be introduced, each capturing the mood of the moment.
Please see Note regarding materials
under Art heading above. Arrive prepared for the outdoors including drinking water and sun hat.
- Julie Cohn, BFA
- 6 Thursdays, 2:10-5pm
- June 19-July 24
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 153
- Fee $86 (Includes $10 materials fee)
- Course #65005 EC
Glass Fusing
A six-week course, limited to ten students, introducing basic glass fusing techniques. Create
small pieces of jewelry, simple plates and bowls, and a project using 12 layers of glass. Our studio includes two
glass kilns and a sandblaster with a pressure pot. Glass pack includes compatible glass, stringers and frit for
each week's projects. Based on kiln space availability, returning students may use class time for further exploration.
Projects created elsewhere, will not be fired. If needed, additional glass to be purchased by students.
Marty Meade, who has been teaching
stained glass since 1978, won the College of Marin's Academic Senate award for Community Education teacher of the
year in 2006.
For each course listed below:
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 151
- Fee $205 (Includes $53 materials fee)
- 6 Mondays, 7:10-10pm
- June 16-July 21
- Course #65006
- 6 Thursdays, 2:10-5pm
- June 19-July 24
- Course #65007
Jewelry and Metalsmithing
The beginning class will focus on fundamental jewelry making skills. Techniques will include
a soldered link chain and a band ring. Those wishing to use sterling silver will supply their own. The intermediate
class will focus on refinement of jewelry making techniques and the student's design ideas.
Class size is limited to 20; early enrollment advised. Students purchase supplies as needed.
Please note: lost wax casting will not be available in either class.
A nationally recognized artist, Lisa
D'Agostino has been designing, making and selling her work in her one-person studio
for 25 years.
For each course listed below:
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 15
- Fee $121 (Includes $25 materials fee)
- Beginners/Beginners Plus
- 6 Wednesdays, 7:10-10pm
- June 18-July 23
- Course #65008
- Intermediate/Advanced
- 6 Tuesdays, 7:10-10pm
- June 17-July 22
- Course #65009
Ceramic Sculpture: The Art of Hand Building
Clay is a wonderful medium to work in, tactile and responsive. Bring to life your vision, whether
you are interested in figurative, abstract or functional work. Learn to master the skills of handbuilding and choose
the one best suited to your project. By looking at the works of different artists, you will learn to recognize
the basic elements of design in space. A variety of surface treatments such as glazes, stains, encaustics, etc.,
will also be covered.
For beginning and experienced students. All materials are provided. Optional texts will be discussed
in class. Register early; class limited to 15 students. Bring your lunch.
Nadine Gay is a French born artist who has shown extensively in
Paris and the USA. She is a painter, a muralist and a sculptor and has worked with clay for more than twenty years.
- 6 Thursdays, 6:15-9:15pm
- June 19-July 24
- Plus Saturday, 10am-4pm, July 12
- Hamilton Field, Novato
- 781 Hamilton Parkway
- Fee $227 (Includes $92 materials/special fee)
- Course #65010
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