From the Beginning Drawing Class

January 10 - 31, 2024

Have you always wanted to be able to draw? Are you thinking that The Villages is the perfect place to take up Art as a hobby?  Well, here's your opportunity to get in on the ground floor! Popular art teacher Ciel Duke is offering a Beginning Drawing class starting Wednesday, January 10.  "All art is based on the ability to draw. This 4-week series of classes will cover all the basics, preparing you to continue in Art with a good foundation," according to Ciel. "As you advance to watercolor painting, ceramics, oils or acrylics, a solid drawing foundation is a must."

Ciel refutes the claim that art ability is a talent. "It is a skill,”  she states, "that requires hours of practice, like all other acquired skills. The trick is to start at the very beginning, honing your natural ability to see, along with experimenting with a variety of subject matter and mediums."

This Beginning Drawing class will cover Contour Drawing, Pencil Techniques, using Line and Negative Space, Creating Realism, and Basic Portraiture.

Register at  for this 4 week class, January 10 – January 31. It takes place in the Art Room from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm on Wednesdays.  Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com and pay at least one week before the class begins.

                              WATERCOLOR PLUS MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING CLASS

                                                                       January 11 - February 8, 2024

Doug Canepa is offering another painting class to Villagers who are interested in exploring different tools and media to enhance their basic painting skills. He will explore strategies beyond traditional watercolor painting by adding acrylics to make images pop. Textured paste, colored pencils and charcoal pencils will be used for texture. Burnishing and blending tools will be introduced as will pen and ink.

Join Doug for this interesting class, Thursdays, January 11 through February 8, 10 am – 12 noon in the Art Room.  Fee for this 5 session class is $70.

Bring your own materials and Doug will furnish burnishing tools, charcoal, colored pencils, texturing paste, charcoal pencils and ink.  A wide range of subject matter will be based on student interest during the class.

Join the fun and explore the possibilities by registering at   barb.gottesman@gmail.com and pay by one week before the class begins.

CREATE YOUR OWN GREETING CARDS

Friday, February 2, 2024

Learn to make a Birthday card and 2 different folded Valentine cards with Mandy Book!  

You’ll learn two techniques in this workshop – paper piecing and creative fold cards. Includes instruction and materials for three different cards, appropriate for beginner to intermediate paper crafters. This fun class will also give you an opportunity to play with different tools to enhance your cards.

Each crafter should bring: scissors or paper cutter, glue stick or other adhesive, pen. A bone folder and scoring tool will also be helpful if you have them. All other materials will be provided.

Fee is $10.  Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com by January 26.

MINING YOUR MEMORIES

Thursdays, January 18 - February 8, 2024.

Over the holidays you told and listened to many family stories that are the oral history of you and your loved ones.  Now is the time to put some of those stories into written form.

Claudia Welch and Barb Gottesman will show you how in their 4 week writing seminar, Thursdays, January 18 – February 8, 2024, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm in the Cribari Center Art Room.

In a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, you will learn at least 8 skills about constructing one-incident stories from your childhood, of about one page each. Reading the stories aloud and receiving interesting comments will help refine each story.  

Who knows?  You may be on your way to writing more and more memories to entertain yourself and your family!