Letterpress Printing from Photopolymer Plates
Wednesday, April 4 / 6 – 8 pm
and Saturday, April 14 /10 am – 4 pm
Design and print your own digital designs on the letterpress. Photopolymer plates allow one to letterpress print from any digital file and are often used for business cards and other personal stationary. In the evening session of this class on April 4, letterpress printer Katherine Case will give students a step by step guide to creating a letterpress-ready PDF file. We will discuss the in’s and out’s of printing from photopolymer plates and look at lots of handouts and examples. Students will then email their own PDF’s to a service bureau (NOTE: there will be a fee of $60-$75 each) to get photopolymer plates made. On day-two, Saturday, April 14, class will meet at Meridian Press, Katherine’s letterpress studio in Southwest Reno to print individual polymer plates on a Vandercook letterpress. While we are printing everyone’s work, students will learn how to lock up, ink and print. No letterpress experience is required. Some design experience is required to create the personalized digital pdf for the polymer plate.
Instructor: Katherine Case
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels
Supply list: Please bring ideas for your project and lots of questions to the first session of class.
Painting: Open Studio
Sundays, May 20 – June 10 / 1 – 4 pm
Students will enjoy developing their painting techniques and skills in this observational open studio class. Weekly subject matter will rotate between nude and clothed models and still-lifes. Each class will begin with brief instruction followed by an open studio format painting class. Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (18+) / All levels
Supply List:
- Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:
Titanium White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Medium or Light
Lemon or Cadmium Yellow
Light Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna - Selection of brushes
- Pallet
- Palette knife
- Painting Board or Canvas
- Container/jar water and brushes
- Paper towels
- Cheap Plastic Ruler
- Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)
Painting: Open Studio
Sundays, June 3 – 24 / 1 – 4 pm
Students will enjoy developing their painting techniques and skills in this observational open studio class. Weekly subject matter will rotate between nude and clothed models and still-lifes. Each class will begin with brief instruction followed by an open studio format painting class. Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (18+) / All levels
Supply List:
- Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:
Titanium White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Medium or Light
Lemon or Cadmium Yellow
Light Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna - Selection of brushes
- Pallet
- Palette knife
- Painting Board or Canvas
- Container/jar water and brushes
- Paper towels
- Cheap Plastic Ruler
- Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)
Oil Painting: Landscapes from Photographs
Tuesdays, April 17 – May 15 / 6 – 9 pm
Working in oil paint, students will explore value divisions in landscapes and the basics of brush sketching and massing. With these skills students will learn how to relate color to value and will gain a better understanding of identifying spatial cues in a landscape. Using foundational skills students can then explore under-painting, glazing and dry-brushing techniques.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (15+) / Some experience working in oils
Supply List:
Oil Paint Colors:
Ultramarine Blue
Thalo Blue
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Yellow or Hansa Yellow
Burnt Sienna
Titanium White
Canvas Board 16×12 or smaller
Palette Knife
Palette
Paper Towels
Selection of bristle brushes (small, med and large)
Gamsol mineral spirits
Nevada K-12 Educators: Please note, this course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education for 1.0 in-service credit. Please contact claire.munoz@nevadaart.org if you wish to receive in-service credit.
Painting: Open Studio
Sundays, April 22 – May 6 / 1 – 4 pm
Students will enjoy developing their painting techniques and skills in this observational open studio class. Weekly subject matter will rotate between nude and clothed models and still-lifes. Each class will begin with brief instruction followed by an open studio format painting class. Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (18+) / All levels
Supply List:
- Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:
Titanium White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Medium or Light
Lemon or Cadmium Yellow
Light Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna - Selection of brushes
- Pallet
- Palette knife
- Painting Board or Canvas
- Container/jar water and brushes
- Paper towels
- Cheap Plastic Ruler
- Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)
Painting: Open Studio
Sundays, April 15 – May 6 / 1 – 4 pm
Students will enjoy developing their painting techniques and skills in this observational open studio class. Weekly subject matter will rotate between nude and clothed models and still-lifes. Each class will begin with brief instruction followed by an open studio format painting class. Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (18+) / All levels
Supply List:
- Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:
Titanium White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Medium or Light
Lemon or Cadmium Yellow
Light Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna - Selection of brushes
- Pallet
- Palette knife
- Painting Board or Canvas
- Container/jar water and brushes
- Paper towels
- Cheap Plastic Ruler
- Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)
Painting: Open Studio
Sundays, March 11 – 25 / 1 – 4 pm
Students will enjoy developing their painting techniques and skills in this observational open studio class. Weekly subject matter will rotate between nude and clothed models and still-lifes. Each class will begin with brief instruction followed by an open studio format painting class. Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (18+) / All levels
Supply List:
- Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:
Titanium White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Medium or Light
Lemon or Cadmium Yellow
Light Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna - Selection of brushes
- Pallet
- Palette knife
- Painting Board or Canvas
- Container/jar water and brushes
- Paper towels
- Cheap Plastic Ruler
- Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)
Book Arts: Articulated Binding – An Indestructible Cover
Wednesday, April 25 / 10 am – 5 pm
An indestructible cover, inspired by Italy’s 1970’s solution to the Yellow Pages in public phone booths, this 360-degree flexible binding offers many advantages because it bends and does not break! It offers visual and tactile delight, employing strips of articulated boards and marbled fabric. In this workshop, instructor Pietro Accardi will instruct students in the art of this rare binding technique. Students will create a large and small articulated blank journal that can beautifully withstand the ravages of time. All materials provided.
Instructor: Pietro Accardi
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels*
*some book arts experience is helpful but not required
Introduction to Photoshop
Saturdays, March 24 and 31 / 10 am – 2 pm
Students new to Adobe Photoshop will be introduced to the basic features and concepts of the program. Students will learn how to organize and open files, gain a basic understanding of image editing and will explore the basic tools and functions of the program, including working with layers and color modes, adjusting image size and resolution, and will be introduced to basic retouching and image manipulation.
Required Supplies:
Please bring a laptop to class. Students need to have Photoshop already install on their laptop before class begins. This class will cover the professional version of Photoshop, but not Photoshop Elements. If you need to download a trial version of Photoshop, you can find a link to the demo here: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html?promoid=PC1PQQ5T&mv=other
Please download and install the demo before class begins. Files for class will be provided by the instructor.
Instructor: MD Welch
Ages: Adults (15+) / All levels
Painting Clinic: Anatomy and Facial Structure
Sunday, May 27 / 10 am – 12:30 pm
Painting clinics are designed to offer specific instruction on a variety of techniques and painting challenges. This series is ideal for Painting: Open Studio students looking for additional instruction and help with specific topics.
Join us this month as we go over the anatomy and structure of the face, eyes, nose, ears and mouth.
Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.
Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels
Suggested Supply List:
Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:
Titanium White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Medium or Light
Lemon or Cadmium Yellow
Light Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Selection of brushes
Pallet
Palette knife
Painting Board or Canvas
Container/jar water and brushes
Paper towels
Cheap Plastic Ruler
Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)