The class will focus on gaining a deeper understanding of proportions, anatomical landmarks, tonal values and color relationships in portraits and figures. Although the main emphasis will be in oils, those who prefer other mediums such as pencil, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic or pastel are equally welcome as instruction is individual. Poses will be set so students can practice painting the whole figure or only the portrait. There will be class demonstrations of new concepts as well as individual critiques. Bring your favorite supplies.

Materials: Canvas: 16”x 20” panel or stretched canvas; All canvases should be toned with a medium gray as all work will be done under artificial light. Brushes: filbert, #4; bristle blend rounds, 1, 2 & 3 (several of each is recommended); filbert for massing in large areas and rounds for refining shapes and more precise work. Oil paint (palette consists of a warm and cool variation of every color except orange): Burnt Umber, *Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, *Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Lemon, *Cadmium Green Pale, Viridian, Cerulean Blue, *Ultramarine Blue, Magenta, Dioxazine Purple, *Titanium White, Ivory Black.  Palette, 11” x 14” or larger, wood or glass palette; Viva brand paper towels; Gamblin stand oil; palette cups; odorless mineral spirits; sketchbook; 4B pencil; razor blade; kneaded eraser. *Required colors for the class.

5. Dance of the Brush—Chinese Brush Painting & Calligraphy
Jean Shen

Come enter the land of the ancient art of Chinese brush painting and calligraphy.  Enjoy the fascinating and intriguing art form of “dancing” with the bamboo brush in your hand moving across rice paper with Chinese ink and colors. You will learn how to hold the brush in the traditional manner to paint bamboo studies with power as if you are doing martial art.  From bamboo you will paint fish swishing its tail in the water, and pine needles on branches so sharp and vigorous.  Your paintings will reflect your energy and inner rhythm.   Chinese calligraphy will be introduced in the first half hour to help you master the brush.  It will be a fun way to learn to speak and write some Chinese words.  If you are new to art you will not feel lost as each person will be given individual help in a step-by-step manner. IT is exhilarating and fun and well worth the time invested. Returned students will continue on the journey into the painting of flowers and vegetables, animals, insects, fish, landscape, people, calligraphy, acquiring more and more “dancing” strokes and expressing your love of nature and art with increasing freedom and confidence. My goal is to help each student discover and cultivate your own unique style of doing Chinese brush painting.

Squash by Jean Shen

Tuesdays, 1–4 PM
Sept. 20–Oct. 25 (6 weeks)
La Jolla Studio
$170 member/$190 nonmember

Materials: Chinese art supplies for new students will be available for purchase at the first class meeting (email jbrushwrk@aol.com for more details). Other art necessary supplies: two water containers such as margarine size plastic containers, a watercolor palette or several plastic or ceramic plates in place of a palette, a pad of newsprint 12” x 18” or larger, a roll of toilet tissue paper or paper towels, a piece of inexpensive black felt material, available at fabric stores, approximately 4’ wide to cover the table where you work.

6. Basic Watercolor Sorry, this class is full.
Carol Curtis

Learn the basics with your own paint, paper, and brush, or we'll supply them ($45). Portable and creative, watercolor is FUN. We will identify the basics that will allow you to be successful and then fly! Ready for more? We will explore composition and color! Bring a friend or mom or sister and make this summer the one that you remember forever!

Pears and Jam by Carol Curtis

Wednesdays, 9 AM–12 PM
Sept. 21–Nov. 16 (9 weeks)
Limited to 12 students
La Jolla Studio
$250 member/$275 nonmember + $5 mat. fee

Materials: You may either purchase your own materials, or we will purchase them for you for $45. Paint (artist quality, Sennelier, Winsor & Newton or Holbein, tubes not pans): Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cadmium Lemon, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Viridian, Hookers Green, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Winsor & Newton Violet. Paper: Sennelier block 12” x 12” or 8” x 8”, Arches cold-pressed 140 lb., Arches sketchbook, two full sheets Arches cold-pressed 140 lb., or two full sheets Arches cold-pressed 300 lb. Miscellaneous: Stabilo HB pencil; kneaded eraser; metal palette that folds, with 16 to 17 wells; one old white 100 percent cotton rag; one table or floor easel. BYOB! (Bring Your Own Brush)—the best brush that you want, need or can afford—one #8 or #10 round Winsor & Newton Series 7 (Rafael) Kolinsky sable, Robert Simmons synthetic, or your favorite with a very good well and point.

Wednesdays, 12:30–4:30 PM (4 hours)
Sept. 21–Nov. 16 (9 weeks)
Limited to 12 students
La Jolla Studio
$260 member/$310 nonmember (incl. model on 1 day) + $10 mat. fee

Materials: DAY ONE: scissors, glue, thin black felt tip marker, pencils, Strathmore Acrylic pad, 12"x18" (or comparable sketch pad), and/or cardboard, purchased or found from a box or whatever. Canvas, or canvas pad. Oil pastels, preferably water soluble, Portfolio brand if possible, can usually be found at Staples. They will also be available for purchase at the first class meeting. Please e-mail instructor if you would like to take advantage of this. IF YOU WISH TO PAINT, BRING YOUR MATERIALS FOR THAT! Any questions, please e-mail instructor: 4chouxsbcglobal.net or www.rivianbutikofer.com. Materials list given out at first class. Sign up early for this class-it will fill up!

8. Different Strokes—Developing Your Voice in Oil or Acrylic
Pia Stern

Do you feel you have the basics of painting, but now are not quite sure where to go? Let's investigate a variety of approaches that will expand your understanding of subject matter and technique. Focused exploration, group discussions, and individualized instruction will help you get closer to knowing your personal subject and style, be it abstract or representational.

Pia Stern

Wednesdays, 6–9 PM
Oct. 5–Nov. 9 (6 weeks)
La Jolla Studio
$170 member/$190 nonmember

Materials: For our first session, please bring all your usual painting supplies (oil or acrylic paints, brushes, solvents, Viva paper towel, palette knife, palette, etc.), along with a stretched square canvas—roughly 36" x 36" (or if you like, go larger). Please be sure to leave your email address and phone number when registering. I will be contacting each student in advance to give more detailed information as to what else will be needed for our first class meeting. piastern@sbcglobal.net; www.piastern.com

9. Painting alla Prima—Get Loose! (morning session) Sorry, this class is full.
Catherine Grawin

Finish a Painting a Day! Painting alla Prima—Get Loose is an exciting impressionist painting technique that is rapid and painterly. Come with an open mind and relaxed attitude to transcend some old ideas and habits about representational painting. Revisit classic painting methods while breaking out into bold and loose brushwork that is open to individual creativity and interpretation! This class is geared for the experienced painter and serious beginner alike. Work from instructor supplied subject matter or bring your own. Catherine demonstrates step-by-step while students follow along to create finished alla prima paintings from start to finish. Subject matter covered each day includes Seascape, Landscape, Still Life, and Figure!

Thursdays, 9 AM–1 PM (4 hours)
Sept. 22–Nov. 17 (9 weeks)
Limited to 12 students
La Jolla Studio
$260 member/$310 nonmember+ $7 mat. fee
($490 member/$560 nonmember for classes 9 and 10)

Materials: Canvas: 11" x 14" canvas board for exercises. An 11" x 14" up to 16" x 20" (or larger) finer quality canvas for painting projects. Oil Colors: Titanium White, Yellow Light, DaVinci Yellow-Orange or Winsor & Newton Yellow Deep, Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, DaVinci Red Rose Deep, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean, Viridian. Hog hair bristle brushes (two each) Flats #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12. Turpenoid or Gamsol: bring enough for painting and clean up. Refined linseed oil; Vines Extra-Soft Charcoal. Paper palette: 12" x 16" up to 18" x 24". Paper towels. Email Catherine with questions at adlib@roadrunner.com. Visit www.catherinegrawin.com to see examples of the artist's work.

10. Painting alla Prima—Get Loose! (afternoon session) Sorry, this class is full.
Catherine Grawin

Finish a Painting a Day! Painting alla Prima—Get Loose is an exciting impressionist painting technique that is rapid and painterly. Come with an open mind and relaxed attitude to transcend some old ideas and habits about representational painting. Revisit classic painting methods while breaking out into bold and loose brushwork that is open to individual creativity and interpretation! This class is geared for the experienced painter and serious beginner alike. Work from instructor supplied subject matter or bring your own. Catherine demonstrates step-by-step while students follow along to create finished alla prima paintings from start to finish. Subject matter covered each day includes Seascape, Landscape, Still Life, and Figure!

Thursdays, 2–5 PM
Sept. 22–Nov. 17 (9 weeks)
Limited to 12 students
La Jolla Studio
$250 member/$275 nonmember + $7 mat. fee
($490 member/$560 nonmember for classes 9 and 10)

Materials: Canvas: 11" x 14" canvas board for exercises. An 11" x 14" up to 16" x 20" (or larger) finer quality canvas for painting projects. Oil Colors: Titanium White, Yellow Light, DaVinci Yellow-Orange or Winsor & Newton Yellow Deep, Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, DaVinci Red Rose Deep, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean, Viridian. Hog hair bristle brushes (two each) Flats #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12. Turpenoid or Gamsol: bring enough for painting and clean up. Refined linseed oil; Vines Extra-Soft Charcoal. Paper palette: 12" x 16" up to 18" x 24". Paper towels. Email Catherine with questions at adlib@roadrunner.com. Visit www.catherinegrawin.com to see examples of the artist's work.

Elaine Harvey

Fridays, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Sept. 23–Oct. 28 (6 weeks)
La Jolla Studio
$170 member/$190 nonmember

Materials: Materials can be as extensive or limited as you wish. You will need watermedia paint (watercolor, acrylic, and/or gouache), scissors, acrylic liquid and/or gel medium, heavy weight watercolor paper or canvas or board such as illustration board or watercolor board for backgrounds, and lighter papers such as rice paper, acid-free tissue paper, watercolor paper, print, or drawing paper, and found papers to color, shape, and apply. You will also need a water container, masking tape, painting brushes and inexpensive brushes for applying medium. Optional materials are watercolor crayons and/or pencils, inks, pencils, sketchbook, photos, spray bottles, stamps, and various found materials such as string, cloth, cut canvas, sticks, etc. A drop cloth is recommended for quick clean up and an old bath towel, rags, and tissues come in handy. Optional materials will be discussed at the first session and some materials will be available for the class to share.

12. Mindfulness Art Workshop Sorry, this class is cancelled.
Linda Luisi

Students tell me how relaxing these classes are and I have given this much thought. The drawing process can be highly meditative—expanding our awareness and enjoyment of the “here and now.” This class content is inspired by The Zen of Creativity, by John Daido Loori; Wherever You Go There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn; The Art of Happiness, by The Dalai Lama; and others. This is fun and interactive. No prior experience is needed, just a desire to expand your awareness and creativity. There will be individual attention (for drawing and painting skills) for total beginners and experienced artists. In this class we will enhance our observation skills with guided drawing . . . guided seeing. We will draw and paint from nature: flowers, vines, shells, fruit, feathers, etc. arranged in novel ways to “peek the senses.” These include highlights, patterns, textures, tonal graduations, color harmonies, and more. We will create our own personal artwork to act as “visual cues” to live in the moment. By fine tuning our senses to see deeper beauty, both art and daily life become richer. This class is wonderful for reducing stress and establishing greater equanimity from within. Come and enjoy. All levels welcome.

Sat–Sun, 10 AM–4 PM (1 hour break)
Sept. 24–25 (2 days)
La Jolla Studio
$120 member/$135 nonmember + $7 mat. fee

Materials: This class is not limited to a specific media. Have fun and bring color media of your choice: a basic set of acrylics, watercolors, pastels, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, etc. with the appropriate papers or surfaces for that media. Be sure to bring a drawing pad (9x12” or larger) or simply plenty of white paper, plus soft pencils (as 4B, 6B) and eraser. Contact Linda if you have any questions: linda@lindaluisi.com.

Learn the basics with your own paint, paper, and brush, or we’ll supply them ($45). Portable and creative, watercolor is FUN. We will identify the basics that will allow you to be successful and then fly! Ready for more? We will explore composition and color! Bring a friend or mom or sister and make this summer the one that you remember forever!

Carol Curtis

Sat–Sun, 10 AM–4 PM (1 hour break)
Oct. 1–2 (2 days)
Limited to 12 students
La Jolla Studio
$120 member/$135 nonmember + $5 mat. fee

Materials: You may either purchase your own materials, or we will purchase them for you for $45. Paint (artist quality, Sennelier, Winsor & Newton or Holbein, tubes not pans): Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cadmium Lemon, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Viridian, Hookers Green, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Winsor & Newton Violet. Paper: Sennelier block 12” x 12” or 8” x 8”, Arches cold-pressed 140 lb., Arches sketchbook, two full sheets Arches cold-pressed 140 lb., or two full sheets Arches cold-pressed 300 lb. Miscellaneous: Stabilo HB pencil; kneaded eraser; metal palette that folds, with 16 to 17 wells; one old white 100 percent cotton rag; one table or floor easel. BYOB! (Bring Your Own Brush)—the best brush that you want, need or can afford—one #8 or #10 round Winsor & Newton Series 7 (Rafael) Kolinsky sable, Robert Simmons synthetic, or your favorite with a very good well and point.

Natalie Fiocre

Saturdays, 10 AM–2 PM
Oct. 8, 15, 22 (3 weeks)
La Jolla Studio
$140 member/$160 nonmember

Materials: Preferably a SLR digital camera, its manual, a tripod and a flash drive. Good shoes for walking and comfortable outfit.

When Picasso said that his goal was to paint like a child he was referring to the ease, joy and freedom children display when they create. With freedom of expression comes joy and the unending possibilities to create original artwork. Let’s deepen our creative experience and plunge into the world of creation with curiosity, passion and delight. Let’s explore with freedom new ideas, color combinations, forms, compositions and techniques using our favorite materials or exploring new ones. Forging ahead with challenging subjects we will add another dimension and a unique touch to our work and will expand our palette as well as our creativity. Our guides will be artists from past and present who dared to break rules and challenge existing concepts. Working from fingertips to brushes, from spontaneity to conscious decision, from known to unknown, from a single medium to mixed media we will create “outside the box” and infuse our work with the unexpected. Artists of our time do it. We will follow their lead.

Sat–Sun, 10 AM–4 PM (1 hour break)
Oct. 29–30 (2 days)
La Jolla Studio
$120 member/$135 nonmember

Sat–Sun, 10 AM–4 PM (1 hour break)
Nov. 5–6 (2 days)
La Jolla Studio
$120 member/$135 nonmember

Materials: Brushes: Get a variety of sizes—i.e., a liner brush, a 1/4”, 1/2” and 1” flat or filbert and bring whatever else you have. With a less expensive brush, look to see that the bristles are curving toward each other from the outside edges and that when you flick the brush in your hand it has some spring to it. A 32 oz. can Turpenoid; sketchbook; pencils; pens and/or charcoal; eraser. Oil paint: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Magenta and Yellow Ochre. Ten 9” x 12” and 11” x 14”canvas boards or stretched canvas; one 16” x 20” stretched canvas. Disposable paper palette (or any palette, this just makes clean up easier); cotton rags (old T-shirts, etc.); yogurt cups or jars with lids to store extra Turpenoid.

Make felt the Tibetan way and embellish the California way! Using colorful merino wool fibers, a modernized ancient technique, some creative designing and a lot of elbow grease, you will create a beautiful, feels-so-soft felt square in class. It may not be large enough to build a yurt, but it will make a lovely wall hanging or become part of another fiber piece. Your felt will dry overnight and the next day you will create a fabulous art piece, small journal cover, pillow top or box by embellishing your own original handmade felt with hand embroidery and/or beading. During the first day, felting requires agitating the wool fibers so you will be standing for about an hour, rolling the felt with your forearms. It’s not hard! It just takes some time. 

Wet Felting—Zen Eucaliptis by Jane LaFazio

Materials: $40 materials fee includes 6 oz. merino wool roving and an equipment kit to create an 18”x18” piece of felt; embroidery needle and variety of colored threads, scissors, and one old terry cloth towel. Wear clothes and shoes that may get wet.  If you want to create a journal cover, bring small journal bring a 3 1/2 ” x 5 1/2” MOLESKINE pocket sketchbook.
Optional: wool yarn, beads, ribbons for embellishment

Typically, participants in Ken’s classes say they go home with “inspired clarity” about their own approach to art rather than “foreign workshop concepts” that quickly fade away. As an author of seven books on painting and drawing based on forty years of professional experience, Ken has a command of most mediums, a firm understanding of nonobjective and classical representation and an ability to demonstrate in any technique or medium appropriate to your particular challenge—regardless of individual ability. His primary interest is to help you find an artistic/ technical methodology that most closely suits his impression of your strongest direction. If you are already a practicing artist bring in your “troubled works” (duds with potential) and allow Ken to help you solve seemingly insurmountable problems that will hopefully transform them into winners (sometimes these works become the strongest paintings of all because of the struggle). If you are a beginning artist or want to improve your intermediate abilities, bring in colored or black and white photos (with strong values) or a few simple still-life objects and an extra surface for Ken to demonstrate on. Ken will get beginning artists started with time tested drawing basics and help intermediate artists find their next level. Critiques, advice, demonstrations and instruction are all individual so no one need feel under qualified. Put simply, Ken will try to help each artist find their strongest personal direction. Visit Ken’s website and blog to learn more about the artist: www.goldmanfineart.com; www.goldmanfineart.blogspot.com. 

La Jolla Studio by Ken Goldman

Sat–Sun, 9:30 AM–1:30 PM
Nov. 19–20 (2 days)
La Jolla Studio
$100 member/$120 nonmember

Materials: Bring whichever mediums you are familiar with or want to learn about. If you are reviving “troubled” work, bring all kinds of experimental materials from collage to sand depending on what sort of texture you will be trying for. Ken is happy to answer any questions about which materials to bring. Please email him from his website at www.goldmanfineart.com

Back to top

60. Life Drawing (Long & Short Pose)
61. Life Drawing (Long & Short Pose)
62. Life Drawing (Long & Short Pose)
No Instruction—Pam Whidden, monitor

This Sunday class is for artists who want to draw or paint from the same life model in a short or long pose. There will be several poses and models throughout the eight weeks. A monitor will be present at each class to arrange the schedule and the model’s poses. Walk-in students are welcome.

Life Drawing by Ken Goldman

60. Life Drawing (Long & Short Pose)

Sundays, 11AM–3 PM (4 hours)
Sept. 11–Oct. 9 (5 weeks)
San Diego/ Park Blvd Studio
$100 member/$120 nonmember; $22 member/$25 nonmember per class

Sundays, 11AM–3 PM (4 hours)
Oct. 16–Nov. 13 (5 weeks)
San Diego/ Park Blvd Studio
$100 member/$120 nonmember; $22 member/$25 nonmember per class

Sundays, 11AM–3 PM (4 hours)
Nov. 20–Dec. 18 (5 weeks)
San Diego/ Park Blvd Studio
$100 member/$120 nonmember; $22 member/$25 nonmember per class

Materials: Bring preferred materials.

Are you the one who always says:  “I would love learn how to paint, but I have no artistic talent.”  Or, you’re the one who admires the detail, the light, the precision and realism of the Old Master artists, and wished you could learn to paint like that with the talents you do have?  Well, YOU CAN, and this is the class for you. In this class, you will produce a masterpiece on your very first try!  Using the Old Master technique is a failsafe guarantee for producing a quality painting and it takes the fear, which so many people have, out of painting with oils.  I will teach you technical skills, which are easy to learn and master, and which will be able reuse over and over again as you move forward in your artistic learning.  Take a blank canvas to a finished drawing using the grid method.  You will bring with you to class an image YOU would like to paint.  Make sure the image has good contrast of light and dark. Then you will learn how to paint in “black and white” and learn to see the light and shadow and form emerge in your painting.  This is called underpainting and you will be amazed by the ease and beauty of it.  Before you know it, you will be feeling very comfortable with brush in hand, and then you will be introduced to your palette of colors, and use them in the form of “glazing” over the underpainting you have worked so diligently on. Color mixing is part “feeling” and part following recipes.  I will teach you those recipes and provide handouts to help you.  In my class, you will never “mess up.”  And you will take home a painting you will be proud of, ready for framing and a place of honor in your home!

Mondays, 9 AM–12 Noon
Sept. 19–Nov. 14 (9 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$250 member/$275 nonmember

Materials: One 16” x 20” canvas stretched on bars, not board; an image or selection of images you would like to paint:  photo, calendar or post card image, an Old Master’s work you admire two #2 pencils; Gray Design Kneaded eraser, large or extra-large; yardstick; small tube of Ultramarine Watercolor; three Flat/Wash Brushes: 1/4”, 1/2”, 3/4”,  synthetic or sable blend (not the course or bristle kind); four Pointed/Round Brushes:  0, 2, 4, 6,  also synthetic or sable blend; one 3” foam brush; 9” x 12” disposable wax paper palette pad; double cup clip-on tin for palette; small container refined linseed oil; small container Damar varnish; small can of odorless Turpenoid; small bottle of Gamblin Dry Pigment Powder Titanium or Zinc White. Colors (which you will need later in the learning process, so no need to purchase immediately): small tubes of Titanium White; Indian Yellow; Cadmium Red Light; Alizarin Crimson; Viridian Green; Terre Verte Green; Ultramarine Blue; Prussian Blue; Burnt Siena. Bring your camera along to take pictures of the transformation of your painting through the phases, because you WILL be amazed!

Figure Painting by Ken Goldman

Mondays, 1–4 PM
Sept. 19–Oct. 10 (4 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$140 member/$160 nonmember (includes model)
($250 member/$275 nonmember for classes 64 and 65)

Materials: Pastels: softest vine charcoal; Rembrandt pastels, box of 90 or 180 pieces, or NuPastel, box of 96 pieces; Canson brand pastel paper, #429, #426, or #431; foam core drawing board cut one inch larger than your paper, with two clips to hold it.

Beginning watercolor: one tube each of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna watercolor for the first session, more colors if you have them (additional colors will be discussed at first meeting); large covered Woods or Pike palette; a #12 pointed and a 1” flat brush; Arches or other good quality paper (no Strathmore student-grade watercolor paper); 2B, 4B, 6B graphite pencils; kneaded eraser; 18” x 24” drawing pad; Morilla 18” x 24” acid-free or rough newsprint. Charcoal: 4B charcoal pencil; softest vine charcoal. Everyone: paper towels.

This class follows a basic approach to painting and drawing the human figure from a life model. Students may use their favorite medium and will be encouraged to experiment with new media. In addition to newsprint or watercolor paper, toned paper may also be used to study dark and light accents in chiaroscuro treatment, in which attention will be given to the creative use of color and value. We will alternate working from both clothed and nude models. Students will have the opportunity to do several two- or three-session sustained paintings. In addition to portraiture, attention will be given to the study of hands, feet and the head.

Mondays, 1–4 PM
Oct. 24–Nov. 14 (4 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$140 member/$160 nonmember (includes model)
($250 member/$275 nonmember for classes 64 and 65)

Materials: Pastels: softest vine charcoal; Rembrandt pastels, box of 90 or 180 pieces, or NuPastel, box of 96 pieces; Canson brand pastel paper, #429, #426, or #431; foam core drawing board cut one inch larger than your paper, with two clips to hold it.

Beginning watercolor: one tube each of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna watercolor for the first session, more colors if you have them (additional colors will be discussed at first meeting); large covered Woods or Pike palette; a #12 pointed and a 1” flat brush; Arches or other good quality paper (no Strathmore student-grade watercolor paper); 2B, 4B, 6B graphite pencils; kneaded eraser; 18” x 24” drawing pad; Morilla 18” x 24” acid-free or rough newsprint. Charcoal: 4B charcoal pencil; softest vine charcoal. Everyone: paper towels.

Working in pencil, charcoal, watercolor, pastel, or oils, we will paint or draw a clothed portrait for two or three sessions per pose. Through this process we will study composition, the step-by-step process of facial anatomy, and expressive color use. We will also pay special attention to points of connection between model, background, and foreground; negative shapes; and overall use of the picture plane, as well as the massing, shading, and facial anatomy of the head. APPROPRIATE FOR ADULTS AND TEENS.

Ken Goldman

Mondays, 6:30–9:30 PM
Sept. 19–Oct. 10 (4 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$140 member/$160 nonmember (includes model)
($250 member/$275 nonmember for classes 66 and 67)

Materials: Pastels: Rembrandt pastels, box of 90 or 180 pieces, or NuPastel, box of 96 pieces; Canson brand pastel paper, #429, #426, or #431; foam core drawing board cut one inch larger than your paper, with two clips to hold it; paper towels; masking tape.
Beginning watercolor: one tube each of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna watercolor for first session; more colors if you have them (additional colors will be discussed at first meeting); large covered Woods or Pike palette; a #12 pointed and a 1” flat brush; Arches or other good quality paper (no Strathmore student-grade watercolor paper). Pencil: 2B, 4B, or 6B graphite pencils; kneaded eraser; 18” x 24” drawing pad; Morilla 18” x 24” acid-free or rough newsprint; 3B Conté compressed charcoal; 4B and 6B General charcoal pencil; softest vine charcoal. EVERYONE: paper towels.

Working in pencil, charcoal, watercolor, pastel, or oils, we will paint or draw a clothed portrait for two or three sessions per pose. Through this process we will study composition, the step-by-step process of facial anatomy, and expressive color use. We will also pay special attention to points of connection between model, background, and foreground; negative shapes; and overall use of the picture plane, as well as the massing, shading, and facial anatomy of the head. APPROPRIATE FOR ADULTS AND TEENS.

Mondays, 6:30–9:30PM
Oct. 24–Nov. 14 (4 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$140 member/$160 nonmember (includes model)
($250 member/$275 nonmember for classes 66 and 67)

Materials: Pastels: Rembrandt pastels, box of 90 or 180 pieces, or NuPastel, box of 96 pieces; Canson brand pastel paper, #429, #426, or #431; foam core drawing board cut one inch larger than your paper, with two clips to hold it; paper towels; masking tape.
Beginning watercolor: one tube each of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna watercolor for first session; more colors if you have them (additional colors will be discussed at first meeting); large covered Woods or Pike palette; a #12 pointed and a 1” flat brush; Arches or other good quality paper (no Strathmore student-grade watercolor paper). Pencil: 2B, 4B, or 6B graphite pencils; kneaded eraser; 18” x 24” drawing pad; Morilla 18” x 24” acid-free or rough newsprint; 3B Conté compressed charcoal; 4B and 6B General charcoal pencil; softest vine charcoal. EVERYONE: paper towels.

Keeping an illustrated journal is not only a great way to chronicle your life, but also your travel adventures. Jane will teach you to sketch quickly and paint in watercolor using a straight forward intuitive approach. Everyone has their own drawing style, just like handwriting, and Jane will help you to see and then record what you see on paper. We'll be doing small journal size pages depicting the details and vignettes in our everyday lives. Materials and tools are small and minimal, and meant to be used on location. The class is geared for beginners, but all levels are welcome. (Really, even if you haven't drawn since 3rd grade, Jane can teach you!) These six weeks will get you in the journal-keeping habit, or get motivated to keep that travel journal you always promised yourself you would. Each week will be a new assignment and theme. Along the way, you'll learn some ways to spice up your journal pages with collage and mixed media with Jane supplying what you’ll need. You’ll also create small watercolor books and a portfolio for your pages.

Winery Boots by Jane LaFazio

Tuesdays, 9 AM–12 Noon
Oct. 11–Nov. 15 (6 weeks)
San Diego/ Park Blvd Studio
$170 member/$190 nonmember + $5 mat. fee

Materials: Watercolor paper in a block, 5” x 7” (Fabriano Artistico Traditional White Watercolor, Block in hot press), or cut your favorite good quality watercolor paper into 5” x 7” sheets; watercolors of your choice in a travel size palette; one Niji waterbrush (medium); permanent black ink pen—fine or super fine nib (Pitt Artist Pen); pencil and kneaded rubber eraser; water-soluble pen (Tombow dual brush pen, black or grey); 1 sheet  good quality watercolor paper (22” x 30”). Email Jane at PlainJaneStudio@gmail.com with any questions on supplies.

Penasquitos Lagoon by Catherine Grawin

Tuesdays, 3–7 PM
Sept. 20–Nov. 15 (9 weeks)
Limited to 12 students
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$260 member/$310 nonmember + $7 mat fee

Materials: Canvas: 11” x 14” canvas board for exercises. An 11” x 14” up to 16” x 20” (or larger) finer quality canvas for painting projects. Oil Colors: Titanium White, Yellow Light, DaVinci Yellow-Orange or Winsor & Newton Yellow Deep, Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, DaVinci Red Rose Deep, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean, Viridian. Hog hair bristle brushes (two each): Flats #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12. Turpenoid or Gamsol: bring enough for painting and clean up. Refined linseed oil; Vines Extra-Soft Charcoal. Paper palette: 12” x 16” up to 18” x 24”. Paper towels. Email Catherine with questions at adlib@roadrunner.com. Visit www.catherinegrawin.com to see examples of the artist’s work.

Grapevine by Amanda Farber

Wednesdays, 9AM–12 Noon
Sept. 21–Nov. 9 (8 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$195 member/$220 nonmember + $5 mat. fee

Materials: One Speedball penholder with fine line metal nib (Speedball Dip #512 bowl point, SKU: 209131512); bottle waterproof black drawing ink; woodless graphite pencil, grade 4B; 6 sticks NuPastel brand white pastels; 6 sticks NuPastel brand black pastels; one box 24 colored NuPastels, basic palette; one extra stick of NuPastel in the following colors: Cadmium red medium (tomato); Cadmium yellow (lemon); Crimson (orange); one Mars brand white eraser; one 14”x17” white sketch paper drawing pad; one 18”x24” rough newsprint drawing pad.

Thia Nevius

Wednesdays, 12:30–3:30 PM
Oct. 19–Nov. 16 (5 weeks)
San Diego/Park Blvd Studio
$160 member/$180 nonmember

Materials: PAPER: 11”x14” or 9”x12” or… block, 100 percent cotton, 140 lb., rough or cold pressed. Or buy 22” x 30” sheets and cut them up. COLORS (it’s more important to have a warm and cool of each primary color than the hues I have listed; if you have colors, you need not buy all new ones—bring what you have): Permanent Rose; Scarlet Lake; Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna; Lemon Yellow or Aureolin; Burnt Sienna; Cerulean Blue or Manganese blue; Phthalo Blue or Winsor Blue; Sap Green; Ivory Black; White gouache or bleed proof white. Optional:

PROFESSIONAL BRAND QUALITY: Winsor & Newton Artist Grade, Holbein, Rembrandt, Grumbacher Finest, LeFranc & Bourgeoise, Rowney, Schmincke.

STUDENT GRADE QUALITY: Bocour, Winsor & Newton London, Cotman, Liquitex Permanent Pigments. Professional brands are more $, better quality, less filler, go farther.
Student brands are less $, less quality, lots filler, won’t go as far.

BRUSHES: Large round—good quality #12, #9, or #10 Robert Simons; Flat, 1”.
Add others as you learn to paint. (Sable is the finest, although good quality nylon works well. Buy the best you can afford—it makes painting easier.)

OTHER: Palette knife—not stainless steel; 2B drawing pencil; white palette with lid; sponges—elephant ear and synthetic; paper towels or Kleenex or rag; kneaded eraser; plastic quart water container with wide mouth; frisket (for watercolor, not photography); pickup (for frisket); shampoo or mild soap (motel sample); salt/spray bottle; brush holder. Optional: old credit card.