Do you long to explore color, texture, and emotion through painting, but feel that your inner artist has yet to be unleashed? Would you love to see one of your handcrafted pieces hanging proudly in your own home? In this 5 week course, you will learn a series of abstract/contemporary painting techniques that are achievable, yet striking including: paint pouring, stenciling, ball chain painting, print making, and squeegee painting. For each piece that you create, you will also learn how to frame or display it in a way that elevates your work. We will provide brief instruction and demonstration followed by supervised practice time and then the completion of a final piece during each class. By the end of 5 weeks, you will also have created a frame or display for each of your 5 works of art. We hope you will take your new skills home to share with others. We are happy to source out and provide all the materials for the artwork and framing which is covered in a $60 lab fee due on the first class. If you are an activity coordinator, early childhood educator, or afterschool program director looking to up the ante with art work that your clients will be proud to display, this class is for you!

This is a whimsical class blending tumbled glass and pottery. We will have lots of glass and pottery to choose from, so come join us for a fun night out and create a keepsake and simply indulge in this therapeutic artistic process. Materials provided.

NOTE: This class will now meet at the Adult Ed Center in Topsham. 

An intro to the bright and shiny world of glass on glass mosaics. Bring a photo for inspiration or go with the flow for an abstract adventure. Tools will be provided for in class use. A material fee of $20 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

Are you comfortable with your clay abilities and just looking for a place to work and improve your skills? Join us in the Morse High School Ceramics Studio and start making all those things you have been dreaming up! This is not an instructor lead class, but the instructor will be on site working in case you need something. $65 for materials and studio fee, payable to instructor, must be paid on the first night of class. *Purchasing additional clay: The fee is an additional $65 to cover the firing, glazes and other consumables used during class. Please note: If you miss a class, you cannot make-up the class at another time. The ceramics schedule is very tight and these classes are usually full. Thank you for your understanding! *No Class: 11/28.

Explore the world of watercolor landscapes. This class welcomes students of all experience levels, and builds skills through a series of exercises, culminating in a multi-class painting project. Students will discover strategies for building powerful compositions and evoking organic textures through watercolor techniques, and create their own unique, polished paintings. Students can either buy themselves the required materials - a materials list will be provided - or they can buy material kits from the instructor (additional $30 fee). *No Class: 11/28.

Due to a conflict in the artist's schedule, we had to move the date of this workshop to the following Thursday, 9/19.

This is a watercolor combined with pen and ink workshop for people who are beginners, nervous, and/or are convinced they can’t make art. Students will leave with a matted, abstract botanical/nature-based piece. We will start with a free painting approach with an emphasis on colors and patterns in nature. Working from an array of photos, art books and other references, students will be encouraged to paint, draw, or even transfer some abstract botanical shapes and images onto their watercolors. In a 2 hr time frame, I hope people could create 1-3 pieces, and I will supply mats, which can add to the sense of a piece being “done” and ready for display.

Come join us and learn the in’s and out’s of digital photography. We will be focusing on DSLR camera functionality and settings, proper lighting, and correct tripod usage. There will be classroom instruction as well as field practice. During later class sessions, we will be learning about night photography and light painting techniques, which will include lessons on long exposures and external light sources. If you already have a DSLR camera, bring it to class! You may also bring any other type of digital camera you have to class. A camera is NOT required to participate in this class. *No Class: 11/28 (Session Two).

Special note: Session One is FULL. Please register for Session Two below.

This 12 week course explores the Narrative Arts - The Art of Media. These are the drawing techniques used to create: Comic Books, Video Game Design, Single Panel Gag Cartoons, Comic Strips, 3D Animation, Storyboards for Movies, Graphic Novels and Special Effects for film and television. Learn the drawing skills needed to build your own Characters to populate the Stories you would like to tell - in any Media. This Class is open to students at any level of artistic ability - Beginners to Advanced. It will start with Narrative Art foundations and work up from there. All you will need is a drawing pad, pencils and erasers - or a Tablet / iPad, if you prefer. If you have read a lot of books, watched a lot of films and TV shows or played a lot of Video Games, then you already know a lot more than you think you do about the Narrative Arts. Taught by Vance Bessey, a graduate of The Joe Kubert School of Comic Book Illustration and local Illustrator, Cartoonist, Author and Art Teacher. *No Class: 11/28.