Instructor: Mike Hoffman

Skill Level: Any Level

Ages: 8+

Total Class Hours: 3

Description: Welcome Halloween by creating your own Monsters, and exploring traditional seasonal motifs like Pumpkins, Trick-or-Treaters, Monsters, ghosts, and more! Your host, Mike Hoffman, brings his long experience with October's spooky-fun themes to help guide your exciting trip! 

Supplies: Please bring a sketchbook and pencil.

Website: www.mikehoffman.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikehoffman.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.hoffman.33/

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 20 ... CLASS SUPPLY KITS! Get everything you need for this class at a great price while supporting a local business! Supply kits will be available for an additional fee through Artfully GVL for pickup at 407 Augusta Street within 3 business days of purchase. The supply kit link will be listed separately.

Instructor: Kathleen Digney

Skill Level: Any Level

Ages: 17+ adult

Total Class Hours: 15

Description: Learn how to turn your favorite photographs into beautifully rendered pencil portraits. Artist Kathleen Digney brings over 30 years of experience working with colored pencils to her students through class demonstrations and individualized guidance. In this class, students will transfer their photographs, learn how to mix color, and create accurate portraits. Students should bring a photo or several potential portrait reference photographs to the first class. All levels are welcome.

Website: www.kathleendigney.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kathleendigney

Facebook: www.facebook.com/KathleenDigneyartist

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 20 ... CLASS SUPPLY KITS! Get everything you need for this class at a great price while supporting a local business! Supply kits will be available for an additional fee through Artfully GVL for pickup at 407 Augusta Street within 3 business days of purchase. The supply kit link will be listed separately.

Instructor: Terry Trambauer Norris

Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced

Ages: 15+

Medium: Oil or Acrylic

Total Class Hours: 3 hours each

Description: Learn to create effective paintings using photographic reference. This instruction will help you learn to avoid common issues and develop your ideas while learning painting principles that apply to all subjects and mediums. Come to class ready to paint from your own reference material. Students bring their own supplies to paint in their chosen medium. The instructor works personally with each student in this self-directed class for intermediate and advanced levels. Students are welcome to sign up for as many classes as they wish! 

Register for one … or register for them all!

Website: http://sloanemerrillgallery.com/terry-trambauer-norris

Instructor: Terry Trambauer Norris

Skill Level: All Levels

Ages: 15+

Total Class Hours: 15 hours

Description: Join us to learn to represent a three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface using color. Students learn to see the colors of the visible world in a different way than humans have been conditioned to see. They will practice seeing as the painter does by perceiving, mixing, and arranging colors to create a vibrant, light-filled image that also conveys depth and solidity. Using simple objects as models, this method brings new life and beauty to ordinary objects and expands the mind toward greater creativity and expression. We will begin with a demonstration of the method and some color mixing exercises. This class is for all levels, especially beginners. All materials are provided. The work is done in oils, but the content applies to all painting media. The course is suitable for students ages 15 and up.

Supplies: All supplies are provided … just bring your creativity!

Website: http://sloanemerrillgallery.com/terry-trambauer-norris

Instructor: Bill Barrick

Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Ages: 16+

Total Class Hours: 8

Description: This workshop is ideal for people who:

• Yearn to write about their unique personal or family experiences but aren’t sure where to begin.

• Want to explore creative expression and the thrill of “I wrote that!”

• Are motivated by a format of creative sessions within a small supportive group.

• Love the idea of sharing and developing their writing in an instructional setting.

You can expect to leave the workshop with:

• One finished story, with more pieces started.

• Writing tools, strategies, and practices to carry you forward.

• Writing tools and warm-ups you can use anytime.

• A clear sense of your writing style and voice.

• Possibilities for publication.

Bill's stories appear regularly in the national print magazine, "Good Old Days." His career in the creative arts included Technical Writer, Advertising Copywriter, and Newsletter Editor.

Supplies: Please bring: Laptop, Thesaurus / Dictionary – Online or Book, Legal pad or notebook, Pencils & Pens, and a favorite excerpt from a favorite author’s book or story

Instructor: Jane Todd Butcher

Skill Level: Any Level

Ages: 14+

Total Class Hours: 12

Description: Make vibrant paintings with or without a brush! Artists of all skill levels will use inks and acrylics to create beautiful, colorful works of art. The focus is on experimentation, COLOR and DESIGN, in representational or abstract art. Participants will dye and stain art tissue and rice paper to create one-of-a-kind, vibrant papers. Artists will then incorporate these papers into their design or image, sometimes adding surface painting. Uncolored papers may also be collaged to panels, and paint applied later for unique textural effects. The possibilities are endless!

Most papers and materials will be provided and are included in the class fee. Students will purchase a few materials; this list will be provided.

Supplies: Most supplies are provided. We will send a short list of materials to purchase before class. Please contact kara@artcentergreenville.org with questions.

Website: janetoddbutcher.com 

Instructor: Nick Burns

Skill Level: Any Level

Ages: 13+

Total Class Hours: 4 hours

Description: Ever wonder how a mural goes from an idea to a finished wall? This hands-on workshop introduces students to the creative process behind professional mural painting. Participants will explore concept development, composition, scaling techniques, color selection, and painting methods used for large-scale artwork while completing a mural-inspired project. Perfect for artists who want to think bigger and gain insight into the world of public art.

Supplies: All supplies are provided … just bring your creativity and a sketchbook!

Website: www.ninjapicasso.com

Instagram: @njapgallery

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ninjapicasso

Instructor: Cecilia Ho

Skill Level: Any Level

Ages: 14+

Total Class Hours: 5 hours

Description: Fiber artist Cecilia Ho will demonstrate how to combine Merino wool and decorative silk fabric together to make a seamless piece of wool felted table runner using the Nuno Felting Technique. The result of this nuno felted fabric will create an interesting bubble texture after additional fulling and extra shocking phases. All basic felting materials and supplies are included. No experience required. Please bring an old beach towel. Open to ages 14 to adults.

Supplies: All supplies are included … just bring your creativity and an old beach towel!

Website: www.FELTasticFashion.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/FELTasticFashion

Facebook: www.facebook.com/FELTasticFashion