Category Archives: Art Classes for Everyone

Port Chester Day in Lyon Park, Port Chester Village, NY. Saturday, August 26, 2023.

2023 Port Chester Day — OUT OF HOME  — art workshop series

WHEN  August 26th, 2023
WHERE  John Lyon Park, look for us at the Gazebo area
For the exact location click HERE 
Space and coordination are provided by the Recreation Department of Port Chester Village.
We will discover and practice Gyotaku (gee-o-taku): Fish Prints.
Gyotaku was first done as a method of record keeping. As a part of the training of Samurai warriors in Sakai Province, the men were required to record the fish they caught by inking them and pressing the paper to the inked fish. Archives exist with records of fish over 200 years ago.
After falling into disuse, gyotaku has been revived in the past fifty years, both as a record by fishermen and also as an art in itself.
Jo Miles Schulman
We will create coral reef images using plexiglass plates with tempera paints. Be ready to make a beautiful monoprint.
Painting different animals on large-size paper is always a lot of fun.

DISCOVERING PUTNAM COUNTY art workshop series.

Leave your home and look around – nature is right next to us. You can hear frogs in the lake, something rustles in the bushes, birds fly in the sky, sometimes there is a multitude of stars in the sky and sometimes there are none at all, the seasons change. During our art workshops, we will get to know and illustrate many questions about the surrounding world of nature. All of this we will illustrate with drawings, collages, and paintings.

In a consecutive series of art workshops, children and their families will learn the art elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, and shape), which are part of every painting along with the study of nature.

Call 845-279-6421 to sign in, or just come and join us at Brewster Public Library, 79 Main Street, Brewster, NY 10509
Wednesdays at 4:00 PM
July 12 — Lakes of Putnam County. Monoprints.
July 19 — Hills and Mountains. Painting (tempera)
July 26 —  Aerial Perspective. Collage


 

Colorful Clouds – Wednesday, 6/14/2023 @ 5:30 pm on Zoom

This art workshop is provided (through Zoom) in cooperation with the Brewster Public Library – brewsterlibrary.org

To sign up for the Colorful Clouds art workshop send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note ART WORKSHOP in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password. You can also call Brewster Library at 845-279-6421

Bring your paints, brushes, paper or sketchbook, ruler, pencil, eraser, water, a bottle cap, tissue paper, and a comb. Together we will explore the many colors and shapes contained in clouds. We will focus on using different colors to create a sunset, storm clouds, and a sunny sky as time allows.



Creatures in the Hudson River – Wednesday, June 28, 2023 @ 5:30 PM

To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note ART WORKSHOP in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password. Scroll down for the art supplies list.

Explore the animal life that inhabit the Hudson River Estuaries. You will need paper, your choice of paint, a permanent marker or crayon, a pencil, and an eraser.  We will create a scene that features five creatures that make the Hudson River their territory while earning about scale and light.

Art materials

  • paper
  • your choice of paint
  • permanent marker or crayon
  • pencil
  • eraser


 

Yonkers Art Adventures. Capturing Anime Style – Wednesday 6/21/2023 @ 5:30 PM.

To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note ART WORKSHOP in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

Pencil, eraser, and paper are needed to learn basic Anime drawing, a Japanese style of animation. This workshop will show how to map out a head, add hair and create “anime” eye forms. Once drawn, the anime can be colored in as desired.


 

Colorful Clouds – Wednesday, 6/14/2023 @ 5:30 pm on Zoom

This art workshop is provided (through Zoom) in cooperation with the Brewster Public Library – brewsterlibrary.org

To sign up for Colorful Clouds art workshop send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note ART WORKSHOP in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password. You can also call Brewster Library at 845-279-6421

Bring your paints, brushes, paper or sketchbook, ruler, pencil, eraser, water, a bottle cap, tissue paper, and a comb. Together we will explore the many colors and shapes contained in clouds. We will focus on using different colors to create a sunset, storm clouds, and a sunny sky as time allows.


 

Ink Painting, Butterfly – Wednesday, 6/7/2023 @ 5:30 pm on Zoom.

YONKERS ART ADVENTURES. To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note ART WORKSHOP in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

East Asian Painting and writing developed together in ancient China using the same materials —brush, and ink on paper. Emphasis is placed on the beauty of each individual stroke of the brush.

Materials: Brush and ink or black watercolor, water, and a few small dishes for mixing tones