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“Autumn River” Paint & Sip

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Create a football-inspired canvas painting in a relaxed, social setting. Follow step-by-step guidance as you customize team helmets with your favorite logos and colors. Paint individually or collaborate with a partner, with all supplies provided. No prior painting experience is required.

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Watercolor 101

Art School of SF Bay See all classes by this school @ 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA

Tap into your artistic potential at the Watercolor 101 workshop from Art School of SF Bay. Learn the techniques, science, and styles behind watercolor, from mixing colors to creating striking landscapes and realistic portraits. Join online and grow comfortable with expert guidance and personalized feedback.

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Poppy Pasture Paint and Sip – A Colorful Afternoon of Art, Food & Fun!

Painting & Vino See all classes by this school @ 6200 Stanford Ranch Rd , Rocklin, CA

Unwind with a guided painting experience inspired by a vibrant poppy-filled pasture. Explore your creativity with step-by-step instruction, perfect for all skill levels. Enjoy a relaxing outing with friends or family and take home a colorful, one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

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Impressionist Painting

Art School of SF Bay See all classes by this school @ 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA

Get to know the heart of impressionism in our immersive painting course at Art School of SF Bay. Step into the vibrant world of expressive brushwork, captivating color, and dynamic composition inspired by the masters. Spark your creativity and learn to channel the spirit of impressionism in your own unique style.

(5) All levels 18 and older
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Dive Into Creativity at the Rays of Light Stingrays Paint & Sip!

Painting & Vino See all classes by this school @ 1201 Orlando Ave, Roseville, CA

Create an ocean-inspired masterpiece featuring graceful stingrays and vibrant colors in this beginner-friendly painting experience. Follow step-by-step guidance, explore your creativity, and enjoy a relaxing, social outing perfect for friends, date nights, or anyone looking to try something new.

(13) All levels 13 and older
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Uncover the secrets of using colors to evoke emotions and create stunning visual masterpieces. Explore color psychology and unleash your creativity with expert guidance from seasoned artists.

  • Intermediate
  • 18 and older
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  • 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
  • 14 hours over 7 sessions

Start Dates (0) $300/person

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Class Description

Description

This workshop will help art lovers master their ability to see and understand color as well as light. Learn about the science behind color, color mixing, how to organize a palette and effortlessly pick colors that work well together.

Detailed Schedule

  • Day 1: Introduction and overview of color and course: hue, value, saturation, analogous, triadic etc. Moods and emotion in color. Project: create your own munsell color system using paint chips.
  • Day 2: The science of color: discussing light as a spectrum. Different light sources that are either cool, neutral, or warm lights. Sunlight, moonlight, candle light, fluorescent light, neon light. Ultraviolet and infrared. Achromatic painting.
  • Day 3: Color mixing, color strings: organizing a palette. Painting a fruit using organized premixed colors.
  • Day 4: Colors in a portrait: why are there more reds in some areas and then more yellows in others. Projects: paint chip or construction paper portrait.
  • Day 5: Colors in the landscape: why is everything more blue when it recedes? Project: paint an impressionist landscape with acrylics. Starting a project.
  • Day 6: Finish the landscape painting project.

Refund Policy

We do not provide refunds for ongoing classes tuition, courses or camps payments.

  • However, full credit towards future booking or transfer to another camp/course will be offered for any cancellations made up to 2 business days before the camp or course starts.
  • Ongoing classes can be canceled with a 31 business days prior notice.

You can make up a missed class on another day when we offer the same age/skill group class. The make-up class should be arranged in advance, no drop-ins. Limit 2 make-up classes per month. Make-up classes are subject to the availability of space in a similar class. We reserve the right not to provide make-up classes or terminate the class enrollment for repeating truancy.

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Art School of SF Bay

The Art School of SF Bay offers creative and approachable classes in representational drawing from nature for kids and adults. Their skilled artists teach traditional disciplines and techniques to help students fully express themselves through art.

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