Our Arts & Crafts for Youth classes are listed below. Want to browse all of our Arts and Crafts Classes? Want to search by location, keyword, or day of the week! Ready to register? Browse, search and register for classes on RecWeb!
Ages 7 - 12: Students will work with a variety of media and techniques while creating exciting projects. Special attention will be paid to composition, perspective, and color application. During this dynamic class students will gain and reinforce many skills which help them to produce high quality art work. $5 material fee is due to instructor on first day. Additional supply list will be provided at the first class.
Ages 5 - 10: Create exciting works of art using different types of media and techniques. Focus on drawing, painting, and composition. $5 material fee due on first day. Additional supply list provided on first day.
Ages 5-9: Fun lessons guide you step by step to draw awesome pictures and learn important skills. Please bring crayons, colored pencils, No. 2 pencils, erasers and paper to the first class. Warning - this class fills quickly! $10 material fee due to instructor at first class.
Ages 7 - 12: Use color, shape and line to express emotions and creative ideas; objects are simplified and deconstructed. The art that results is very personal and unique. Draw, paint and voila - a masterpiece! $10 material fee due to instructor at class.
Ages 4-9: Garden Fairies and Gnomes - This was a popular class last year! Each child created a magical creature in clay and on canves for the home and garden. $10 material fee due to instructor for each session.
Our Crafts Classes classes are listed below. Want to browse all of our Arts and Crafts Classes? Want to search by location, keyword, or day of the week! Ready to register? Browse, search and register for classes on RecWeb!
Ages 12 and up: Why spend all that money on products that you can create yourself for a fraction of the cost? Join us and learn to make your own bath salts, moisturizers, toners, body lotions, hand creams and more. Take home a basket full of products plus recipes so you can make more! $18 material fee due to instructor.
Our Fine Arts Classes classes are listed below. Want to browse all of our Arts and Crafts Classes? Want to search by location, keyword, or day of the week! Ready to register? Browse, search and register for classes on RecWeb!
Ages 14 and up: All ability levels are welcome. Discover how to use a step by step approach that makes acrylics resemble the lush look of oils. Learn to create a painting you will be proud to hang in your home. You will love the results! Please bring several pictures of what you would like to paint. $8 material fee due to instructor. Fee covers palette, paper, and extra paints. Please call Margaret at 301-318-8319 for supply list.
Ages 18 and up: All levels: Learn how to make beautiful paintings without buying every paint in the store. Build the exact color you need! Then learn how to use color strategically to create great art. Spend two glorious days in a working studio. Call Penny at 301/989-1799 for supply list. Bring a bag lunch.
Ages 9 and up: A perfect class for older kids and adults to explore different drawing skills. Come find the artist in you! Great fun for families. Please register quickly for this popular class. Contact Pyper at 240-593-4404 for supply list.
Ages 18 and up: Beginners/Intermediate Learn how to prepare the palette, how to start a painting, and how to mix and blend colors. Subjects include still life, landscape, figure or abstract. Frequent demonstrations and care of materials also included. This popular class fills quickly! Materials discussed at first class.
Ages 13 and up: For those who have taken a beginner class with Yolanda Prinsloo in the past or have drawing experience. Build on perceptions of drawing and explore new techniques in pencil, color pencil and/or watercolor. $20 material fee due to instructor at first class.
Ages 13 and up: Discover how to unhinge preconception and draw what you see. Sharpen your powers of observation with a variety of exercises and see what you can create! Bring drawing paper, pencils (HB,B1,B4), ruler, erasers or $25 for materials fee due to instructor.
Ages 18 and up: Learn how to make fabulous art! It's time to finish all those half-done paintings. Need help on backgrounds? Or are you tired on not being chosen for art shows? Spend two days with an award-winning artist and learn the tricks of the trade. Call instructor at 301-989-1799 for supply list. Bring a bag lunch.
Our Jewelry Classes classes are listed below. Want to browse all of our Arts and Crafts Classes? Want to search by location, keyword, or day of the week! Ready to register? Browse, search and register for classes on RecWeb!
Ages 12 and up: Learn how to work with wire to make loops, spirals, coils and more for all your jewelry projects. Discover what tools are required, how to select wire, and where to purchase your materials. After practicing the various techniques, make an easy to do wire bracelet with glass beads, finished with a handmade clasp. $10 material fee due to instructor at class.
Ages 12 and up: Tired of never having just the right earrings to go with your favorite clothes? Learn the basics of earring construction from making loops, choosing the tools to making some one-of-a-kind earrings to add to your jewelry collection. Complete several pairs in class. $10 material fee due to instructor at class.
Ages 12 and up: Learn the basics of making necklaces and bracelets from using crimp beads to choosing stringing material. Then make a double strand necklace. Once you know the basics, you can make your own one of a kind design.$10 material fee due to instructor in class.
Ages 12 and up: If you know how to braid, you can make this bracelet, it is that easy. We'll be working with 20 gauge non-tarnish silver wire to create this cuff-like bracelet. Just cut six pieces of wire, fold in half and start braiding. You'll finish it off with a focal bead and a little wire work. Simple, and elegant and you're sure to enjoy wearing it. $10 material fee due to instructor at class.
Ages 12 and up: Learn the basics of wire wrapping as we explore several techniques. We'll learn to wrap gemstones, beach glass and more using braiding, traditional wrapping and weaving techniques. If you've got a favorite stone you want to wrap, this is the class for you. We'll cover the basics of wire working as we finish our project. There will be time to wrap several projects in class. $10 material fee due to instructor at class.
Our Pottery Classes classes are listed below. Want to browse all of our Arts and Crafts Classes? Want to search by location, keyword, or day of the week! Ready to register? Browse, search and register for classes on RecWeb!
Ages 15 and Up: All levels: Combination wheel and hand building. Discover clay's plasticity, try wedging and throwing, build slabs and coils, pinching and modeling. Bring home finished pieces completely glazed and fired. Bring an old towel. A $30 material fee due to the instructor at first class.
Ages 16 and up: Intermediate/Advanced: Handbuilding, wheel-throwing, decorating and glazing techniques for experienced students. Studio is equipped with wheels, extruders and slabroller. Instructor is available for demonstration and assistance. $25 material fee due at first class.
Ages 13 and up: All levels: Pottery for Everyone. Includes basic skills and techniques for coiling, sculpting and the wheel. Instruction on clay bodies, slips, glazes, underglazes and texture. $25 material fee due instructor at first class.
Ages 6 and up: Adult participant is required. Spend some quality time as a family exploring clay. Whether your clay creations are purely decorative or practical pieces, you'll treasure the time you spend working both independently and as a family. You will explore clay construction (pinch, coil and slab-no wheel), and various glaze finishes. Projects are fired in a kiln on our premises and students will take home several finished pieces. Younger children will need their adult pottery partner to assist through part of the process which is part of the fun you'll have together! Cost is per person. Register each person individually! $25 material fee due per person on first day.
