Learn to paint the subtle hues of succulents in watercolors.  The class will emphasize shadowing and highlighting techniques to work with subjects with nearly monochromatic color that will make your painting pop!

Thursday, October 14
9 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Carroll Charlet
Ages: Adult (15+) | Intermediate and Advanced Watercolor Students

Supply list:

Please bring any supplies you own for your specific project. A recommended basic supply list is as follows: 

• Watercolors: Cobalt Blue, Phthalo Blue, Lemon Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Magenta, Sap Green, New Gamboge, Yellow Ochre. (Cotman or Van Gogh is fine; Windsor Newton is excellent)
• Your personal watercolor pallet
• 2 HB Pencils
• Watercolor Brushes: #6 & #10 Round (Silver/Black brand is recommended and available at Nevada Fine Arts)
• Pad of Arches 140# cold press watercolor paper
• Roll of paper towels
• 2 Plastic water containers.

The outdoor drawing and painting class will give each student an opportunity to experience the outdoors while learning and using their medium of choice. This class will focus on rendering plants, trees, flowers, water, buildings, people and more. The instructor will work with each student in learning how to draw outdoor scenes  while using their favorite medium. Prior to the start of the class, each student will receive and email with a map and easy to find location for the subjects  each class will be focusing on. 

Wednesdays, September 15 – October 6
1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Jerry Stinson
Ages: Adult (18+) | All Levels

Supply list: The following are suggested basic supplies – all media are welcome, so please bring whatever supplies you need for whichever media you are using.

• Drawing board – 20”x 26” or larger (light-weight masonite works best), Newsprint pad – 18”x 24” – rough surface recommended, Bull dog clamps or similar to attach pad to board.

Medium and Support Items:

• Vine charcoal, thin and fat pieces,
• 6B graphite pencil or sticks,
• compressed charcoal,
• carbon pencils, or any suitable medium for drawing on newsprint,
• Large kneaded eraser,
• Pink pearl eraser,
• Portable pencil sharpener or utility knife (best for soft/medium pencils),
• Clean small rags,
• Sandpaper pad for sharpening drawing mediums,
• Stumps for blending (optional).

We are going to go on an Italian adventure where we will copy the Murano masters by creating colorful floral bursts in easy-to-use polymer clay. Students will learn how these small “thousand flowers” sculptures can then be used as pendants, earrings, rings, belt-buckles and beyond. Polymer clay is an extremely pliable, intensely colored material that bakes hard in your own oven. 

Wednesday, September 22
6 – 9 pm

Instructor: Lauren Gandolfo
Ages: Adult (15+) | All Levels

Kids ages 7 – 12 will have fun exploring a variety of art mediums in this fun and interactive camp. Over this five-day camp, students will have the opportunity to explore a different medium each day while staying within the theme of the natural world. This camp will focus on landscape paintings, upcycled sculptures, ceramics, animal anatomy drawings, dream catchers, pressed plant art and a tour of the museum galleries with observational sketching. A daily snack and all materials are included with registration.

Monday – Friday, October 4 – 8
9 am – noon

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: 7 – 12 | All levels

Join this class to learn how to paint a variety of trees in watercolor. We will briefly explore how to mix your own greens. Using wet in wet as well as wet on dry approach and lifting technique, we will focus on several different types of tries, including multiple variations of conifers and deciduous trees. We will explore painting single standing trees, trees in a group, distant trees, trees in middle ground as well as more detailed foreground trees. 100% cotton paper is highly recommended for wet in wet approach.

Monday, September 13 and 20
5 – 9 pm

Instructor: Iva Neveux
Ages: Adult (15+) | All Levels

Supply List: 

• Watercolor pallet including your preferred reds, yellows, blues including indigo and earths including burnt sienna & burnt umber
• Variety of watercolor brushes including 1” flat, #6 or # 8 round, fan and rigger brush
• Pad of Arches cold press 140 lb watercolor paper (9”x12” or larger), other 100% cotton brands will also work (Daler Rowney, Bee Paper, Winsor Newton); some student grade watercolor paper (Strathmore series 400) for charting and testing color and brush strokes
• Natural and/or synthetic sponge
• Graphite or mechanical pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• Tracing paper
• Two plastic water containers
• Spray bottle and a mister bottle
• Roll of paper towels

Teens ages 11 – 15 will explore the basics of Procreate on the Museum’s iPad Pros as they work on storyboarding, character design and animation in this after school series. Students will also have an opportunity to explore and sketch using the iPads in the Museum’s galleries while looking for inspiration for their own work. 

Wednesdays, October 13 – November 17
3:30 – 5:30 pm

Instructor: Joseph Morales
Ages: 11 – 15 | All levels

Kids ages 7– 12 will have fun playing on the Museum’s iPad Pros as they work on story-boarding, character design and animation in this after school series. Students will also have an opportunity to explore and sketch using the iPads in the Museum’s galleries while looking for inspiration for their own work. A snack and all materials are included with registration.

Monday – Friday, October 4 – 8
1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Joseph Morales
Ages: 7 – 12 | All levels

The textile patterns and lines class will provide students with a better understanding of line, color, shape and form. It will use a fundamental approach to focus on artistic and creative skills that are essential for creating patterns and designing textile. 

Tuesdays, October 19 – November 16
6 – 9 pm

Instructor: Fatemeh Tabatabaei
Ages: Adult 15 and up | All Levels

Supply list: Show email confirmation at Nevada Fine Arts for a 10% discount.

• Drawing pencils- 2B, 4B
• Micron pen 0.2
• Soft Vine Charcoal
• Compressed Charcoal
• Mechanical Eraser
• Round and Flat Brushes
• Non-waterproof Ink
• Watercolor ( 6 colors or more )
• Watercolor sketchbook ( 8.5 x 5.5 or larger )

Drawing; Line and Pattern is a unique combination of two major fields: drawing and design. This class provides students with an opportunity to see and express the 3D world with lines and patterns. It focuses on the quality of drawing lines and it also helps students with developing strategies to design 2D patterns based on observational skills.

Tuesdays, September 7 – October 5
6 – 9 pm

Instructor: Fatemeh Tabatabaei
Ages: Adult 15 and up | All Levels

Supply list: Show email confirmation at Nevada Fine Arts for a 10% discount.

• Drawing pencils- 2B, 4B
• Micron pen 0.2
• Soft Vine Charcoal
• Compressed Charcoal
• Mechanical Eraser
• Round and Flat Brushes
• Non-waterproof Ink.

This Introductory drawing course is designed to develop various approaches to drawing through active exploration, observation, and self-expression. The classroom exercises will emphasoze on the development of observational skills and eye-hand coordination as well as methods and techniques to represent the illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface. they also provide experimentation with many drawing materials. Demonstrations will provide students the opportunity to understand various drawing practices and theories, in addition to exposing them to historical and contemporary examples.

Thursdays, October 7 – November 11
6 – 9 pm

Instructor: Fatemeh Tabatabaei
Ages: Adult 15 and up | All Levels

Supply list: Show email confirmation at Nevada Fine Arts for a 10% discount. 

• Paper Canson Drawing Pad 18×24
• Drawing pencils-4H,2H,HB,B,2B,4B
• Chamois Cloth and Rags
• Conte Crayon(Carte-Black/Brown)
• Graphic Pencils
• Charcoal Pencils-2B/6B
• Compressed Charcoal
• Soft Vine Charcoal
• Kneaded Eraser
• Staedtler Mars White Eraser
• Pencil Sharpener
• Utility Knife and replacement blades
• Plastic Palette
• Containers with lids(yogurt cups)
• Tackle Box for Materials