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Sales Special Events at Central Art

Southern Oregon Plein Air 2019

When: June 19-22, 2019
Registration Fee: $85

- Plein Air Vendor Fair & Mini Workshops
- Catered dinner opening night
- Breakfast Saturday morning
- Guest Artists on location
- Plein Air art competition and cash prizes
- Quick Paint on Saturday
- Art show on Saturday
- Gallery show for Plein Air competition pieces

To learn more and register contact Central Art.

Location: Central Art

Ongoing Thursday Classes - Portrait Drawing with Lupe Galvan

Portrait Drawing Fundamentals with Lupe Galvan

When: Ongoing Thurs. Classes
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Central Art Classroom
Fee: $180 for 4 weeks, $360 for 8 weeks.
*Pre-registration is required for all classes. Payment must be made at time of registration to reserve a seat.

This class will cover the foundations of Portrait Drawing with Pencil, Single Color Colored Pencil (Red, Brown) and Limited Palette Colored Pencil on toned paper. Lupe will guide you as you learn fundamental practices such as measurements, basic anatomical landmarks, form and form drawing, limited palette color and eventually full color. How to properly hold a pencil as well as shifting from hand driven to shoulder driven drawing practices will be discussed and practiced.

The focus will be on line, hatching, tonal drawing and finally a combination of all three.

Historic Artists to be discussed are Zorn, Holbein, Sargent, Sorolla, Michelangelo and Caracci, as well as some contemporary artists.


Seating is limited to 20 students maximum. Call or visit Central Art to pre-register for this class. 541-773-1444

Visit www.lupegalvan.com to see more of Lupe's art.

Location: Central Art

Ongoing Watercolor & Acrylic Classes with Jeanne LaRae

Mondays, **Classes Resume June 3rd, 2019!**

Acrylic Class - *emphasis on depth and perspective (4-week session) - 10am-1pm
Fee: $120

Watercolor Class - *emphasis on tonal vs. bold color (4-week session) - 2pm-5pm
Fee: $120

Where: Central Art

*Pre-registration is required. Seating is limited. Call or visit Central Art to reserve (One reservation per individual, please. No group reservations will be accepted). 541.773.1444

Jeanne LaRae uses light and shadow to create and tell a story she relates throughout her paintings of nature, landscapes, architecture, people, and animals.

Organizations -
American Impressionists Society, California Art Club, Intermountain Society of Artists, Oil Painters of America, Southern Oregon Society of Artists, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association - Artist Members

For more information on demos and upcoming classes, contact:
Jeanne LaRae
(714)743-3622
www.jeannelarae.com

Location: Central Art

NEW Choose Your Medium Painting Class with Jeanne LaRae

When: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 (4 week session)
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Central Art
Fee: $120

Choose your own painting adventure in a creative setting that's as individualized as you'd like it to be. Students will be able to choose both their medium - oils or acrylics - and the subject matter they'd like to paint.

In this class, the techniques of artists who inspire you will be demystified, and you will be encouraged, but not pushed, to try various ways of painting that are a little outside your comfort zone.

Please bring examples of your work and ideas for possible subjects for your paintings to the first class. Students are responsible for their own materials, or you may discuss with Jeanne about providing supplies for you for each class or just to start.

All levels are welcome. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Call 541-773-1444 or visit Central Art today and pay to register.

Location: Central Art

Simple Drawing - Part 1 with Cheryl Magellen

When: Monday evenings, June 17 & 24, 2019
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Central Art classroom
Cost: $60 for two sessions (Part 1), or $110 for all four sessions (Parts 1 & 2)
Minimum 4, Maximum 12 students

Perfect for the artist whose goal is to get their subject matter onto their canvas as quickly and accurately as possible so they can get right into painting. Using memory and comparative measure, participants will be given just the right amount of information to understand the basic principles of proportion, positive and negative shapes, and value assessment.

(Shapes, value, block-ins and grisaille will be discussed and practiced in Part 2, the following two weeks.)

For additional info and to sign up, please contact Cheryl Magellen at: cheryl@cmagellen.com
You may also visit her website for examples of Cheryl's art: www.cmagellen.com

Location: Central Art

Simple Drawing - Part 2 with Cheryl Magellen

When: Monday evenings, July 1 & 8, 2019
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Central Art classroom
Cost: $60 for two sessions (Part 1), or $110 for all four sessions (Parts 1 & 2)
Minimum 4, Maximum 12 students

Picking up where Part 1 left off, participants will begin a new drawing or continue to work on the drawing they started previously. This class will cover assessment of values, discussing light logic, developing block-ins, and finishing up with a grisaille painting.

How to apply color to the grisaille will also be discussed for those students wanting to take their paintings to the next step.

For additional info and to sign up, please contact Cheryl Magellen at: cheryl@cmagellen.com
You may also visit her website for examples of Cheryl's art: www.cmagellen.com

Location: Central Art

Central Art's Truckload of Frames Sale June 14 & 15, 2019

Central Art's Truckload of Frames Sale is rolling into town for 2 DAYS ONLY! Friday & Saturday June 14th & 15th, save 30-60% off our entire stock of readymade frames!

Stock up on frames that beautifully accent your collection of artistic masterpieces, whether you're redecorating or have a show coming up!

Hurry in Friday 6/14 between 9am and 5pm, or Saturday 6/15 between 10am and 2pm to take advantage of this 2 DAY ONLY event and save BIG!

Location: Central Art

NEW GOLDEN Days Workshop - Monoprints

When: May 31st, 2019
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Central Art classroom
Fee: $45.00

Our 3rd GOLDEN Days Workshop is just around the corner (5/31/19)!  We will learn to make prints using Gelli Plates with GOLDEN OPEN acrylic paints and GOLDEN Fluid acrylic paints.  We will create textures, layers, ghost prints, and image transfers on Strathmore Multimedia cards, Strathmore Printing Paper and Arnhem Printing Paper.

Once again you will get a kit full of goodies, including a 5x7 Gelli Plate, a brayer, as well as GOLDEN OPEN and GOLDEN Fluid acrylics.

You may bring a photo, photocopy, or magazine image to do an image transfer or use one of ours.

Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required! Call 541-773-1444 or come into the store and secure your spot today! Payment is required at time of registration.

Location: Central Art

GOLDEN Days Gel Medium Image Transfer Workshop

When: June 7th, 2019
Where: Central Art classroom
Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Fee: $45.00

We are kicking off June with number 4 of our GOLDEN Days Workshops! You will learn how to take your favorite images and transfer them onto various surfaces. We will have several transfers pre-made for you to try on several materials including wood panels, raw canvas, stretched canvas, Ampersand Claybord, and paper.

We will do one black line image, one sepia image (onto a panel prepared with GOLDEN Crackle Paste to create an “old fashioned” photo effect), one full-color image and grey tone image that we will hand-tint with GOLDEN acrylics.

You can bring an image with you (or use one of ours) that you will use to learn how to apply the gel medium to create the transfer skin. This will need to be printed on a laser printer or photocopier. Ink-jet inks can smear when the gel medium is applied.

You will have plenty of goodies to take home to continue the fun with this multi-application process. We are sure you will find several ways to apply it to your creative projects!

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Call 541.773.1444 or come by the store and reserve your spot today! Payment is due at time of registration.

Location: Central Art

 

Art Classes at Central Art

Art Classes
with Stefan Baumann

Thursdays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Discover the secrets of oil painting with Stefan Baumann in his weekly three-hour art class. Stefan will help you learn basic drawing skills...

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Oil and Pastel Classes
with Roni Marsh

Tuesdays, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Roni's goal is to create a relaxed, helpful and encouraging environment for students of any level of experience

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Oil and Pastel Classes
with Richard McKinley

Wednesdays, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Richard McKinley, a long time valley resident, is a widely respected artist and teacher. His Wednesday class is a “next level” class...

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May
Oil and Acrylic Studio with Linda Dixon. May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th -$94+ per series of five sessions

Ashland Art Center

10:00am - 12:30pm
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Jun
Whites Country Farm Good Ol' Fashioned Carnival - $1 Admission

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Jun
Free Family Art Classes

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Jun
Art in the Garden - June 8th and 9th

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10:00am - 5:00pm
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Grants Pass Art Museum

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Jun
Papermaking ages 6 -10 with Samar Dawisha - $130

Rogue Gallery and Art Center

June 18th - 21st from 9:00am - 12:00pm
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Jun
Young Masters Painting: Creatures ages 8–12 with Pravina McClure - $130

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June 25th - 28th from 9:00am - 12:00pm
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