Current Courses & Clinics
8-Week Portrait Drawing Course
Portraiture is one of the most challenging subjects an artist can take on. This class focuses on making that challenge a little less painful. Learn the proportions of the face and facial features, the basic anatomy of the head and face, composition, draftsmanship, and values..
Drop In: $50
Supply List:
18″ x 24″ pad of newsprint paper
Fine point permanent markers
Charcoal, vine, or compressed charcoal (avoid the fat-squared compressed varieties)
Kneaded eraser
Art chamois (chamois from the auto part stores are more economical)
For the first class, bring the first 2 items and we’ll discuss the rest.
8-Week Figure Drawing Course
The human figure – the most complex and beautiful entity we know – contains all the aspects that we, as artists, struggle to learn. Explore the body from line, form, values, and planes, to gesture and anatomy. Focus on drawing from visual experience rather than from mental images. Discover how to work from simple to complex through quick gestures and more extended, sustained studies. Draw with us during this challenging and fun eight-week course.
Drop In: $50
Supply List:
18″ x 24″ pad of newsprint paper
Fine point permanent markers
Charcoal, vine, or compressed charcoal (avoid the fat-squared compressed varieties)
Kneaded eraser
Art chamois (chamois from the auto part stores are more economical)
For the first class, bring the first 2 items and we’ll discuss the rest.
Painting From Photos
Enjoy painting from your favorite photos. Learn to compose, crop, and edit your photographs so they’ll be easier to translate into a painting. Chris’s instruction will help you establish an organized palette based on value and temperature and organize your painting method as you move from simple to more complex layers by focusing on shapes and values. Open to artists of all levels. Beginners will start with a monochromatic palette and progress to a full-color palette.
Course Date & Time: January 16- March 6 2025; Thursdays 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Course Rate: $300
Drop In: $50
Palette 11″x14″ or larger
Palette knife
Brushes, I prefer Flats #4-#6
Rags or paper towels
Solvent-odorless mineral spirits
Titanium White
Cad. Lemon
Cad. Yellow
Cad. Orange
Cad. Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
8-Week Plein Air Painting Course
Challenge yourself during this 8-week course during Colorado’s beautiful fall season. Enhance your outdoor painting as you capture the beauty of the Pikes Peak region with plein air. Beginners, experienced painters, and everyone in between are invited to enhance their abilities to illustrate the local landscape.
Drop In: $50
Supply List:
Outdoor easel
Palette 11″x14″ or larger
Palette knife
Brushes, I prefer Flats #4-#6
Rags or paper towels
Solvent-odorless mineral spirits
Sunscreen, hat
Water
Suggested Palette:
Titanium White
Cad. Lemon
Cad. Yellow
Cad. Orange
Cad. Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Ivory Black
Kids’ Art Camp!
Kids’ Art Camp will share with children the joy of working with multiple media in 2D and 3D. We will explore non-representational concepts through playful exercises like drawing music, collaging, doing rubbings, and more. All supplies and materials will be provided.
Adult Art Camp!
After recently hosting Kids Art Camp, we knew we had to offer one for the adults! Adult Art Camp will share with adult children the joy of working with multiple media in 2D and 3D. We will explore non-representational concepts through playful exercises like drawing music, collaging, doing rubbings, and more. All supplies and materials will be provided.
Ongoing Classes
Still Life Oil Painting Class
Get back to basics during these instructional ongoing oil painting classes. Chris’s instruction will help you establish an organized palette based on value and temperature, as well as organize your painting method as you move from simple to more complex layers by focusing on shapes and values. Open to artists of all levels. Beginners will start with a monochromatic palette and progress to a full color palette.
Class Date & Time: Wednesdays 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Class Rates
Drop In: $50
5 Classes: $150
Private Lessons: $60/hr
Palette 11″x14″ or larger
Palette knife
Brushes, I prefer Flats #4-#6
Rags or paper towels
Solvent-odorless mineral spirits
Titanium White
Cad. Lemon
Cad. Yellow
Cad. Orange
Cad. Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Open Figure Drawing Class
Non-instructional figure drawing session focusing on short poses ranging from 1 minute to 20 minutes.
Class Date & Time: Thursdays 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Monthly Membership Rate: $60
Non-Member Rate: $20 per session
Please be advised:
We request that if you have had a fever, chills, cough, fatigue, or have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 that you do not come to class. Stay home and get well.