Create a beautiful pair of earrings and a necklace from the skins (drips) from an acrylic pour painting.  Experienced teacher Clare Spaulding will teach registrants to shape the acrylic pour skins and place them artistically in jewelry settings. 

Leave class wearing a smile and your own unique jewelry!

You can see Clare's Acrylic Pour Jewelry at the Ausable Artisan Village!

June 21, Wednesday   6:00pm-7:30pm

Max 10 registrants

Min 4 registrants

All materials provided

Downstairs

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

How beautifully soft and muted are pastel compositions!  How does one do that with earth pigment sticks?

Preston King, an award winning pastel artist, lives in Georgia but has relatives in West Branch. And, because he is coming north to visit, he's offering a beginner/intermediate class in pastels in the Creativity Center at the Artisan Village.  

In six hours of classtime Preston will teach the basics and then guide registrants as they produce two to three original works.  In a relaxed and supportive environment and using reference images, he will address both the basics and composition.  Expect lots of individual attention.

Registrants will need the right tools to be successful with pastels, so Preston will bring materials for you to use.  This will include special paper, pastels, easels, backboards and tape.  Please bring $10 cash to class to reimburse him. Of course, you will take home your compositions, but he keeps the other things for other classes.

Class will include the history of pastels, composition and color theory, practical application using reference images, mounting paper, and more practical application.

NOTE:  Students are encouraged to bring their lunch or may choose to leave to get something but there will not be a scheduled lunch break.

In the afternoon, students will be assigned a photo reference image and work independently with individual instruction.  Finally, students will experience in process group critique and end of day critique.

Please note: 

Friday, June 23 rd:  Please join Preston as he demonstrates his pastel techniques on Friday from 3:00-5:00 upstairs at Artisan Village.

Saturday, June 24: Six hour class

Sunday, June 25: Preston will be available for a continuing Optional Pastel class from 10:00-1:00.  Registeration is required and only open to those taking the Introduction to Pastels class.  Register for Optional Pastel Class at

artisanvillageclasses.coursestorm.com/Optional Pastel

10:00-4:00 Class (Please arrive so you are ready to go at 10:00.)

Minimum 6 students

Maximum 12 students

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Only open to students who have completed the June 24th Experiencing Pastels class.

Please join Preston to continue building on the basics learned in the June 24th class.  His professional guidance will move your work to a new level.

Minimum 3

Maximum 12 students

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Easy Peasy!  Memory wire bracelets look great on and have no clasps or claws to make it difficult to put them on.  This is a great project for family groups or a group of friends to share a fun afternoon art experience.

Local artist Clare Spaulding will provide everything you need and guide you through the process of creating a beautiful piece of jewelry.  When you are finished, your one of a kind bracelet will be ready to wear!

By the way, if you have any special beads you would like to use, please feel free to bring them to the class and use them in your creation.

July 15    11-1:00

Max 6 registrants

Min 4 registrants

All materials provided

Downstairs

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

The Ausable River Race has been captured many, many times in photographs and on paddles, but on this afternoon, the pagentry and beauty be will captured in watercolor.

Gain quality insights into the beautiful world of watercolor art under the guidance of award-winning artist, Ruth Forman. Ruth is a Costa Rica-born American artist who has been teaching for over a decade. She has exhibited and won awards world-wide and is a member of many watercolor societies. Ruth will teach the fundamentals of loose watercolor painting with flowers as a subject, and students will walk away with more confidence in watercolor.

This class is designed for 16+ to adults.

Students need to bring their own supplies.

Watercolor paper: 140 lb. cold pressed. 11x15”

Watercolor pigments: Alizarin crimson, Cadmium red, Yellow ochre, Permanent yellow, Burnt sienna, Ultramarine blue, Cerulean blue, Olive green , Titanium white

Brushes: Round brush #8t, Flat brush 3/4”, Liner brush 1

Watercolor palette

Container for water

Pencil 2B

Kneaded eraser

Sketch book

Spray bottle

Tape

Paper towels

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Summer is here!  Experiment & Explore - take home your own abstract artwork. Let loose and let the magic of liquid paint take you on a journey of happy accidents with color and texture.

Acrylic pouring is a fascinating, abstract art technique where liquified paint is poured into each other onto a surface. Learn various ways of pouring different colors on top of each other. Depending on the choice of paints, medium and the additives, different effects are created.

A variety of techniques will be taught in this class to demonstrate the different effects that can be attained.

When completed, your creation will dry in our space downstairs. You may pick it up after two or three days.

Acrylic pour can get messy - please consider wearing older clothes or an apron!

July 29    11:00-2:00

Max 8 registrants

Min 4 registrants

All materials provided

Downstairs

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Use a paddle as your canvas!

AAV artist Pam Meland will guide you through a complete painting with acrylic paint on wooden paddles donated and fabricated by Kirtland Community College, and finished by AAV artist Joe Ellison - a truly unique painting surface! By the end of class, you'll have a unique paddle artwork ready to hang or gift.

All materials provided.

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Use a paddle as your canvas!

AAV artist Terry Dickinson will guide you through a complete painting with water-based oil paint on wooden paddles donated and fabricated by Kirtland Community College, and finished by AAV artist Joe Ellison - a truly unique painting surface! By the end of class, you'll have a unique paddle artwork ready to hang or gift.

All materials provided.

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.