Robbinsdale Area Schools Community Education

Wheelthrowing: Beginning to Advanced Pottery NEWTake this opportunity to learn wheel thrown pottery! This class is for those looking to learn the wheel or grow their current skill-set. Beginners will receive an introduction to basic throwing techniques. Glazing and surface treatment will also be covered. For those who are comfortable throwing basic cylinder and bowl shapes, classes will focus on constructing more complex forms. You may also work on mastering the more advanced decorative techniques.

Acrylic Pours are a popular and easy way of painting that involves making the paints more fluid so that they can be poured directly onto the canvas without the use of brushes. In this class, we will learn how to mix our paints to create a directed pour image. Using this method we will create a beautiful fall scene of colorful birch trees.

Let loose your inner watercolor artist! Learn, step by step, how to paint quick and easy landscapes with watercolors. You will be surprised how you can capture the atmosphere of a scene. Leave this class knowing the supplies and techniques needed for for painting skies, backgrounds, foregrounds and trees.Brushes and watercolors will be provided by the instructor. Students should bring a watercolor pad to class.