This high energy workshop is open to students who wish to explore abstraction in painting. Through condensed discussions and demonstrations, the focus will be on understanding form through simplified practical exercises. Explore color theory, color mixing, brush techniques, paint handling, layering, and composition. Topics of focus include selecting imagery and exploring compositions to develop your creative voice. This workshop will have you energized. COVID-19 Information CAW requires proof of vaccination status from all who are eligible to receive it for in-person classes and workshops. Please click here to upload your vaccination card in advance of the first day of class. Note: if you have already submitted your vaccination card to CAW, there is no need to do it again. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee. Please click here for more details.

Term: Spring 2023

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 3/25–3/26

Approach color, and thus your art practice with new and open eyes. Participants explore the theory of color formalized by Josef Albers through a series of focused exercises such as make three colors become four and four-color worlds. COVID-19 Information CAW requires proof of vaccination status from all who are eligible to receive it for in-person classes and workshops. Please click here to upload your vaccination card in advance of the first day of class. Note: if you have already submitted your vaccination card to CAW, there is no need to do it again. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee. Please click here for more details.

Term: Spring 2023

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 4/6–4/20

Artists are often confused when drawing a view of the figure that has an arm or a leg that “sticks out” at us.  This confusion is often a result of a mismatch between our mental concepts of what something “should” look like and what the shapes that we’re actually seeing. This class will teach new mental models for understanding the human form that are more flexible and can accommodate a wide range of views.  We’ll draw from the live model in a variety of poses to practice this way of seeing and drawing to help you get more sure with your foreshortening. COVID-19 Information CAW requires proof of vaccination status from all who are eligible to receive it for in-person classes and workshops. Please click here to upload your vaccination card in advance of the first day of class. Note: if you have already submitted your vaccination card to CAW, there is no need to do it again. Also, if your class/workshop/demonstration is online, you do not need to submit a vaccination

Term: Spring 2023

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 4/15–4/22

Explore playful and unexpected approaches to the process of observation, description, mark-making and composition. Develop techniques to make abstract drawings that are rooted in direct observation and also pay attention to what is seen—or remembered—by the mind’s eye. In addition to fundamental exercises in gesture and contour, strengthen both technical skills and visual ideas as you create mixed media drawings that are personally meaningful and expressive.  Jumpstart your creative confidence for future projects. COVID-19 Information CAW requires proof of vaccination status from all who are eligible to receive it for in-person classes and workshops. Please click here to upload your vaccination card in advance of the first day of class. Note: if you have already submitted your vaccination card to CAW, there is no need to do it again. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class,

Term: Spring 2023

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 4/15–4/16