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Drawing: You can draw! (online in June)

with Mary Laury

Jun
7

June 7th to 28th, 2022

$89 More Info

You can Draw! Anyone can learn to draw. This 4 week class will teach you how to draw what you see. This class will give you a jump start to drawing accurately and give you confidence to draw for pleasure or as a base for your painting. Get ready for a whole world of seeing details that you have never noticed before!  This is an online course using ZOOM.

Supplies to bring to the class: 

  • a pencil
  • paper
  • ruler
  • eraser
  • sharpie pen.Printed line drawings of something you want to draw, such as dog, person, etc.  (optional)
  • A clear page protector if you have one (optional)

Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career.

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Painting Flowers (online in Nov)

with Mary Laury

Nov
1

November 1st to 22nd, 2022

$89 More Info

Paint flower portraits realistically. You will paint pictures of flowers in detail, but more painterly than a scientific illustration. We won’t count veins, but we will count petals. Painting Flowers is a wonderful exercise in observation. This is an online class using ZOOM.

 Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career.

 

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Watercolor Basics (June)

with Mary Laury

Jun
7

June 7th to 28th, 2022

$89 More Info

Watercolor Painting is an exciting medium; it flows and moves and does beautiful things. Instructor Mary Laury has been recognized for her work by the Maine Arts Commission.  Participants will do landscapes and seascapes in this 4-session course. If you have never painted in watercolors we will start at the beginning. If you have painted before, you may pick up some new tips and tricks as well. We all learn together!   This is an in-person course held at the Moore Community Center, an accessible facility with an elevator.  Masks and social distancing required.  

To see the supply list, click here.

Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career.

Image uploaded by Ellsworth Adult Education

Drawing: Anyone Can Learn to Draw (November)

with Mary Laury

Nov
1

November 1st to 22nd, 2022

$89 More Info

You can Draw! Anyone can learn to draw. This 4 week class will teach you how to draw what you see. This class will give you a jump start to drawing accurately and give you confidence to draw for pleasure or as a base for your painting. Get ready for a whole world of seeing details that you have never noticed before!  This is an in-person course held at the Moore Community Center, an accessible facility with an elevator.  Masks and social distancing required.  

Makeup class, if needed, 04/06/22.

To see the supply list, click here.

Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career.

Image uploaded by Ellsworth Adult Education

Painting Flowers

with Mary Laury

Jun
7

June 7th to 28th, 2022

$89 More Info

Paint flower portraits realistically. You will paint pictures of flowers in detail, but more painterly than a scientific illustration. We won’t count veins, but we will count petals. Painting Flowers is a wonderful exercise in observation.

Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career.

Waiting list available
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Watercolor Basics (Nov)

with Mary Laury

Nov
1

November 1st to 22nd, 2022

$89 More Info

Watercolor Painting is an exciting medium; it flows and moves and does beautiful things. Instructor Mary Laury has been recognized for her work by the Maine Arts Commission.  Participants will do landscapes and seascapes in this 4-session course. If you have never painted in watercolors we will start at the beginning. If you have painted before, you may pick up some new tips and tricks as well. We all learn together!   This is an in-person course held at the Moore Community Center, an accessible facility with an elevator.  Masks and social distancing required.  

To see the supply list, click here.

Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career.

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