Arts & Crafts

Learn the basics of painting with watercolor and color theory; explore color on paper; learn/practice the fundamentals of watercolor brush techniques; investigate color with a color wheel and tint, shade and tonal studies. This class is for anyone interested in exploring with watercolor paints and brushes. Students will be introduced to a range of materials and encouraged to play and yield their own varied results. No class 02/19/20; Makeup class (if needed) 03/18/30.

Supply List

• Arches cold or hot press sheet paper (3 lg. sheets)
• Palette (plastic, metal, or glass)
• Masking tape, water cup, pencil
• Watercolor in tubes (small): Alizarin crimson, cadmium red, cadmium yellow light, lemon or Indian yellow, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, black, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw umber
• Watercolor brushes (assortment): round (size 4, 6, 8, 10), filbert, 1/2" flat (Kolinsky sable brushes preferred, but any assortment - fan, filbert or wash brushes are fun to experiment with).
• Melissa suggests that this list is ideal. If all are not affordable, bring what you have to the first class and she'll review supplies. Supplies are available for purchase online (dickblick.com), at AC Moore and Hobby Lobby in Bangor, and Shirley's Yarns & Crafts in Hancock (10% discount for Adult Education students).

Explore storytelling through comic book creation. Comic books, in recent years, have become widely regarded in the adult world media. You will learn a short history of comic books and explore the mechanics of construction. We will also experiment with creative elements of storytelling through words and pictures. There is no right or certain way to create a comic, and this is your story to tell, how you choose, by creating a 3-4 page story utilizing several techniques of traditional comic formatting. We will practice several styles of drawing techniques, as well as experiment with comic and cartooning tools used in the industry. This class is technology-free but if you choose to work on your personal computers with application and stylus, the instructor is open to exploring that as well. No experience necessary, we?re here to learn and have fun! Please bring to each class an idea, even an inkling of an idea, for a comic book story that you would like to create. Consider one or two characters, real or imagined, that you want to feature in the comic. If you have supplies that you would like to work with, please feel free to bring them. The materials are provided as part of the registration fee. Makeup class (if needed) 03/31/20.

This class will cover portraits, landscape and still-life painting. Come prepared with a personal project or goal that Melissa can help bring to fruition. Students will engage with a critique at the beginning of each class and are encouraged to do homework (purely fun-based). No class 04/20/20; Makeup class (if needed) 05/11/20.

Supply List

Your painting kit and paper

Drafting or masking tape

Masking fluid

Acrylics for Beginners Learn the basics of working with acrylic paint and color mixing. Much like the beginners? watercolor class, students will learn basic color theory and the properties of this water-based paint. Students will make a color wheel, three color studies using grids and shapes, and experiment with manipulating the media to paint a portrait/self portrait or a still-life composition. No class 04/22/20; makeup class (if needed) 05/13/20.

Supply List

Acrylic Paints: Alizarin crimson, cadmium red medium, cadmium yellow and lemon yellow, cobalt and ultramarine blue or cerulean, viridian green, titanium white, mars or ivory black, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, raw umber;

Brushes (assortment): filbert, round (size 3, 6, 8), 1/2" flat;

Disposable palette paper (or some type of palette);

Medium palette knife;

Canvases or clay boards (4);

Pad of Bristol vellum or heavy multimedia paper (watercolor paper works);

Water jar, pencils, masking tape or drafting tape, and

a small spray bottle for water.

Melissa suggests that this list is ideal. If all are not affordable, bring what you have to the first class and she'll review supplies. Supplies are available for purchase online (dickblick.com), at AC Moore and Hobby Lobby in Bangor, and Shirley's Yarns & Crafts in Hancock (10% discount for Adult Education students).