1. DRAWING INTO PAINTING  - Margaret Cummings

This is an ”introduction to painting” class with basic drawing taught in the beginning as a developmental tool.  Color mixing, composition and careful observation will be emphasized.  Nurture self analysis and critical thinking while learning to cultivate your personal vision.  Studio fee: $35

2.  PASTEL  - Wade Zahares

Pastel is a spontaneous medium offering the immediacy of drawing combined with the richness of color painting.  Soft pastel (sticks of pure pigment) afford an ease of color blending.  Different papers and pastel grades will be explored, as well as basic composition and color theory. Study with a master of pastel. Studio fee: $30 

3. INTRO TO ETCHING- Sean Hurley

This introductory course will familiarize students with basic techniques of traditional copper plate etching, use of line, varied etch times, and plate wiping methods, as we create small editions of our own intaglio prints..  Don’t let Rembrandt  get in your way.  Fear not Goya!  Studio fee:$35 

4  POLYMER CLAY- Berri Kramer

Amazing patterns and designs abound with the beautiful colors and techniques of polymer clay.  Make incredible beads, pins, earrings and bracelets.  Cover salt shakers, candle sticks or screwdriver handles.  Once you start, you won’t want to stop! Studio fee: $15 

5. INTRO TO OIL PAINTING  -Margaret Cummings

An introduction to oil painting beginning with simple color exercises and advancing to composition and spatial dynamics.  Light, shadow, rhythm and proportion will be explored through the versatile medium of oil paint.  Studio fee: $25 

6. INTRO – JEWELRY & METALSMITHING –Alice Carroll

This beginning intensive will cover the use of basic hand tools and the primary techniques in making jewelry and metal objects. Students will learn about hot and cold connections, piercing, surface decoration, finishing, and a variety of other ways to manipulate metal. Students are encouraged to create their own designs. Bring sketchbook to class. Studio fee: $30

7. WATERCOLOR:FLORAL   -Gwen Wagor

This watercolor workshop will explore the subject of flowers by observing the abstract shapes suggested by natural forms.  Through simplification and careful observation students will capture the transient beauty of flowers.  We will be using a special paper (Yupo) which allows you to recapture light.  Studio fee: $25 

8.  JEWLELRY and METALSMITHING -Alice Carroll

See description #6 with the addition of stonecutting, forming and forging. Studio fee: $25 

9.  PHOTOGRAPHY:  - Kern Ramsdell

Learn to get around your digital camera so you will be able to match your settings to the environment you’re shooting in.  With a focus on lighting, composition and the relationship of shutter speed, aperture  and ISO  you will be able to take the perfect image every time.  Students will take home a matted finished piece. Material fee: $25 

10. DRAWING I  - Susan Wilder

Drawing is the foundation course that enhances every artistic form. Instruction covers basic volume, light and shadow, idea and design, composition and 3D illusion.  Emphasis is on gaining control of the materials and techniques through subject studies including still life and landscape. Students will acquire an understanding of line, shadow, tonal gradations.   Studio fee: $20

11.  JEWELRY and METALSMITHING – Alice Carroll

See description # 6.  An Intermediate class with individual projects. Beginners welcome. Studio fee: $25 

12. PHOTOGRAPHY - Kern Ramsdell

See Description #9 

13. DRAWING II -Susan Wilder

Building on the lessons of Drawing I, this class will continue exploring the  graphic foundations with an emphasis on

tone with dry media; pencil, charcoal, chalk.  Subjects; botanicals & still life.  Beginner & advanced.  Material fee: $25 

14.  POLYMER CLAY- Berri Kramer

See description #4 

15.  JEWELRY –Enameling - Alice Carroll

Enameling is the ancient art of fusing glass to metal using heat.  Students will explore different enameling techniques such as sifting, liquid enameling, cloisonné.  Each student will be encouraged to experiment within a range of exciting techniques, developing their personal aesthetic direction in the process.  Studio fee: $40

16.  WATERCOLOR : FLORAL  -Gwen Wagor

See description #7.  Intermediate students welcome.  Studio fee: $25

17.  ETCHING –Sean Hurley

See description #3

18.  PAPER MAKING-Gayle Fitzpatrick

Discover methods of papermaking from natural fibers and colors.  With their handmade paper students will create a sampler of experiments in folding, fluting, piecing, impressing and weaving. Paper is used to compose sculptures, frames, folders and simple books. Studio fee:  $25

 19. PASTEL  -Suzanne Payne

This class will cover the fundamentals of landscape painting with pastel.  It will include composition, the importance of correct values, masking edges, and other essentials to create a traditional pastel painting.  Materials: $25

 20. OIL PAINTING:LANDSCAPE -Margaret Cummings.

An introduction to oil painting with an emphasis on landscape. This class will address how to approach and compose the landscape, observe and record natural light, and mix colors.  Weather permitting we will work outside on location. Studio fee: $35

21. PAPER MAKING-Gayle Fitzpatrick

See description #18 

22. PASTEL  - Wade Zahares

See description #2 

23.  WATERCOLOR: LANDSCAPE -DeWitt Hardy

This course is a basic introduction of watercolor techniques, including clean wash, wet on wet, and dry brush, with an emphasis on light and color.  Studies will focus on subject matter from the exquisite landscape of Maine.  Studio fee: $25

CERAMICS ~ ALL SUMMER Long!!!!!

 CERAMICS: WHEELTHROWING  - Monday and Wednesday for four weeks 1:00 – 4:00-  Scott Tubby

An introduction to the basic techniques of wheel throwing.   Concentrate on basic forms such as cylinders and bowls, altering forms, attaching handles, and tooling.  Using stoneware clay, learn about glazing and fire your pieces to cone 10.  Studio fee: $40

CERAMICS: RAKU - Tuesday and Thursday for four weeks 1:00 – 4:00 -Scott Tubby

Raku, a Japanese firing technique translates as, “beauty by chance”. Clay is fired to 1900 degrees and removed from an outdoor kiln at full temperature.  The ceramic piece is buried in a can of sawdust to reduce the chamber of oxygen, creating copper lustres, turquoise blues, crackling and iridescent glaze effects. This intensive workshop will culminate with a dramatic Raku firing. Studio fee: : $40. 

 Tuesday Evening   6:30 ~9:30

(7 classes) June 24 ~August 12    $175 plus studio fees

 CERAMICS: WHEELTHROWING- Scott Tubby                                                                                               

This course provides students with an introduction to the basic techniques of hand building, slab forming, wheel throwing, glazing, slip application, and firing methods. Work in stoneware clay and fire to cone 10. Studio fee: $35 (includes 15 lbs. of clay) 

JEWELRY & METALSMITHING –Alice Carroll

This beginning intensive will cover the use of basic hand tools and the primary techniques in making jewelry and metal objects. We will cover hot and cold connections, piercing, surface decoration, finishing, and a variety of other ways to manipulate metal. Students are encouraged to create their own designs. Bring sketchbook to class. Studio fee: $30

To Register:

Call (207) 985-0985

or for information email Heartwood College

Sign up for 2 classes or more by June 1 and receive a 10% discount!

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Heartwood College of Art

123 York St.

Kennebunk, ME 04043

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