Sedona Arts Center — Upcoming Art Classes and Workshops in Sedona!

Get to know what your brushes can do in this one session course. Your brushes are an extension of you.  Gain more confidence in your paintings by understanding all the techniques which go into the handling of your brushes!

Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided.

This basic course is an introduction to the art of drawing for the beginner, but it is also a great refresher course for the seasoned artist. Drawing can be a useful and fun tool in our daily lives taking us away from our stressful day, giving us a way to express ideas or memorialize experiences. Learning to draw can give us the skill to design something we want to make, to serve as a launchpad to creating other forms of art or teaching others your learned drawing skills. In this six-week ongoing studio class we will learn skills and tools needed to draw what you see. We will practice the use of graphite pencil and ink pen. We will learn how to draw lines, geometric shapes and organic shapes and turn them into three dimensional forms while learning about the importance of value, shading and perspective. At the end of each class we will draw from a still-life subject based on the lessons of the day.

Expressing movement and atmosphere in your landscapes adds an incredible vitality to the painting.  In this session we will focus on the shapes of clouds, and the way the atmosphere can add depth to the composition.  The way to start and add cloud shapes along with the gray or blue of the sky, will help the student become more confident with their Plein Air work as well as studio work.

Not only is life abundant in our great Southwest Desert, but as an artist, I can see wonderful textures, nuances in color and the way light influences the way we see it in the morning and in the late afternoon!

Working from photo references, learn to capture the drama and beauty of our great Southwest. Find out how your brush strokes can create marvelous areas of interesting texture, along with experimenting with color and composition!

In this class students will be encouraged to forget about the big picture and instead focus on capturing the little things that spark joy: a hot cup of tea steaming on a windowsill, a favorite locket or lipstick, an old stuffed animal that passed through generations of little hands. The things we hold so close in our hearts are so often taken for granted, so let’s take the time to honor them in paint! This studio class will delve into capturing light through color, framing and focus, and mastering the essential strokes when approaching a miniature still life.

Sedona Arts Center’s ceramics instructors are all highly skilled artists and experienced teachers!

Dennis Ott, Instructor and Head of the Ceramics Dept

Ceramics – Advanced
Mondays from 4 to 7pm : January 15–February 19
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Ceramics – All Levels
Tuesdays from 9am to 12pm : January 16–February 20
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Ceramics – All Levels
Wednesdays from 9am to 12pm : January 17–February 21
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Lolo Aileen – Instructor

Ceramics – All Levels
Thursdays from 4 to 7pm : January 18–February 22
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Neil Kennedy – Instructor

Ceramics – Pottery Wheel for Beginners
Saturdays from 9am to 12pm : January 20–February 24
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Take a deep dive into the world of watercolor with artist Karen Elaine. Learn valuable watercolor techniques and skills while discovering the joy of watercolor, letting go, and finding meaning through creativity. Karen will also show you how to create handmade watercolor journals to record your watercolor experiences and discoveries.

In three weekly online sessions, experience how to let the paint sing, navigate the “beautiful mess,” and bring your abstract painting to fulfilled completion—without losing its life force and what makes it beautiful. For all levels of experience.

Julie also is teaching ONLINE-The Living Abstract: Including Imagery in Your Abstract Painting on three consecutive Fridays, July 12, 19 & 16.

Note: Tuition includes entrance to her concert on Friday night, February 9 – “An Evening with Singer/Songwriter Bernice Lewis” starting at 7 pm.  Separate entrance fee is $20/person for the general public – click here to register for concert only. 

Maybe you’ve always wanted to write a song but didn’t know how to start…or maybe you have a closet full of them but haven’t found a way to share them. In this workshop we’ll talk about the structure and technique of this ethereal art form.

Join us to experience new and exciting finishing techniques. This workshop is great for a first time clay experience or for the experienced potter to explore a number of new finishes. We will be using non-traditional finishes such as Raku, Sager, Obvara and horse hair to create beautiful surface results.

Learn how to achieve harmony and continuity in your paintings by mixing color from a limited palette.  Have fun as we explore and discover how to use simple methods of mixing paint to gain confidence and a better understanding of how color works.  Get ready to apply what we learn to a still life, abstract, and landscape! Instructor demonstrations and individual attention provided.