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Teen Workshop Descriptions at Artsplace in Cheshire

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Drawing Workshops

Drawing Trees Workshop         
Capture the character of real tree and shrub branches through careful observation. Practice drawing both quickly (gesture) and slowly (contour line) to express the movement of the branches in space. Learn to see and use both positive and negative shapes to help you draw more accurately. Use values from white to gray to black to create an interesting expressive drawing. 
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Drawing Trees
Perspective Workshop         
Learn the key principles of perspective to accurately create the feeling of depth and distance. Use 1, 2 & 3-point perspective techniques to bring the illusive 3-D feeling to your artwork.
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Perspective

Felting Workshops

Embellishment Fun Workshop
Bring a jacket or sweater to update with needle felting embellishments. It’s fun, easy and likely to become your new favorite in the closet!
Fiber Arts Workshop
Bring a jacket or sweater to update with needle felting embellishments. It’s fun, easy and likely to become your new favorite in the closet!
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Fiber Arts
Owls and Winter Birds Felting Workshop
Construct a 3-D version of a beautiful winter bird or owl in this fun workshop for "almost" all ages using a special barbed needle and colored wool.             
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Owls & Winter Birds Felting

Painting Workshops

​Alla Prima Oil Workshop                                  
Alive brush strokes! Complete a painting of peaches in a bowl on gessobord in one session. Painting experience will enhance your experience. We use one brush, vibrant colors and energenic brush strokes to complete our lively painting. Bring an apron, roll of paper towels, box to transport your wet (8x10) painting home and a lunch. 
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Peaches in a Bowl
Asian Ink Painting Workshop            
The artist will introduce a basic approach to the techniques of  Asian Ink Painting* through demonstrations of Four Gentlemen and step-by-step instructions. These techniques and exercises will help the viewers learn Asian traditional aesthetics of simplicity as well as the essential expression of objects. *Asian Ink Painting: also known as Sumi Painting or Chinese Ink Painting, a type of painting that has evolved in China from centuries ago and has been executed in sumi ink with a soft, pointed brush on paper or silk.
​ Capturing the Light Workshop            
Using fluid acrylics, students will learn to capture amazing and colorful shadows in the winter months.

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Capturing the Light
Magical Floating Art Workshop                                  
Have an adventure in pouring lovely pictures with acrylic paints. They will look complex, yet the technique is easy for all abilities and ages. Students will choose their favorite colors for two exciting pictures.
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Magical Floating Art
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Magical Floating Art
Natural Elements Painting Workshop                                  
Each day begins with demonstrations and introductions to historic compositions, palettes, subjects, various forms of perspective including atmospheric effects, followed by your instructor working individually with each artist. Day 1 will focus on painting water, including illusions of translucence and reflections. Day 2 will focus on representation to abstraction techniques in landscapes. Natural Elements Workshop will help students learn how to distill and reconfigure landscape subjects, as well as create new designs from historic models. David will also discuss new and alternative tools and methods for applying and manipulating paints. Bring your choice of oil, watercolors or acrylics supplies to this workshop along with a bag lunch. For more information about David Dunlop, visit www.daviddunlop.com.
​Paint Night Workshops
Join us for a fun night painting together! You’ll be guided with step-by-step instructions to complete an acrylic painting during each workshop. Great for beginners or for those with experience that want a review. Bring a friend!
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Silent Night
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Cardinals on Pine Tree
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Cow in a Field

Specialty Workshops

Art & Poetry Workshop
Enlighten your creativity with a two-week workshop of writing and painting for teens only. Create something suitable for college applications, to frame for your own enjoyment or as a special gift. Students will be guided to make a fun and vivid painting (week 1), which will inspire short personal poetry pieces (week 2). In collaboration with the Mattatuck Museum, (www.mattmuseum.org) student artwork and poems will be displayed at the Mattatuck Museum on a date to be determined.    
Exploring Natural Color with Dyes Workshop
Enlighten your creativity with a two-week workshop of writing and painting for teens only. Create something suitable for college applications, to frame for your own enjoyment or as a special gift. Students will be guided to make a fun and vivid painting (week 1), which will inspire short personal poetry pieces (week 2). In collaboration with the Mattatuck Museum, (www.mattmuseum.org) student artwork and poems will be displayed at the Mattatuck Museum on a date to be determined.    
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Silk Scarf
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Pillow Cover

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  • Home
  • About Artsplace
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      • Register
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    • Friends of CPFA/Artsplace, Inc.
  • Winter 2018
    • Current Schedule Winter
    • Class Descriptions Winter >
      • Pre-K
      • Grades K-6
      • Teens
      • Adults
    • Workshop Descriptions >
      • Pre-K
      • Grades K-6
      • Teens
      • Adults
  • Fall 2017
    • Current Schedule
    • Class Descriptions >
      • Pre-K
      • Grades K-6
      • Teens
      • Adults
    • Workshop Descriptions >
      • Grades K-6
      • Teens
      • Adults
    • Calendar/Scheduled Closings
  • Summer 2017
    • Current Schedule
    • Class Descriptions >
      • Grades K-6
      • Teens
      • Adults
    • Workshop Descriptions >
      • Pre-K
      • Grades K-6
      • Teens
      • Adults
    • Camp Descriptions
    • Calendar/Scheduled Closings
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