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Personal & General Enrichment

Coastal Navigation, Level 1

$50

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 12, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 2 weeks

Learn the basics of coastal navigation using local charts, parallel ruler, and dividers. Learn what the symbols mean, how to determine safe and dangerous routes, create courses, learn rules of the “road”, what aids to navigation look like and do, plan for emergencies and more. For kayakers, sailors, powerboaters, and future Registered Maine Guides. Students will need access to either a Casco Bay Chart or Penobscot Bay Chart, parallel ruler and dividers. This is a Zoom class.

Map and Compass, Level 1

$50

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 24, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 2 weeks

Hike, snowshoe, geocache, hunt, and enjoy the woods and fields of Maine with confidence that you can read a topographic map, understand the symbols, know which way a river flows, plot a course bearing, use online resources, and how to get to safety. Familiarization to using a compass and map outdoors included. Students must have a DeLorme Maine Gazetteer, and a 2-degree baseplate compass. This is a Zoom class.

Illustrating Bouquets with Watercolor and Ink

$95

with Claire Loon Baldwin

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 12, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

Capture a bouquet with watercolor and ink! We’ll explore techniques for illustrative ink drawing with ‘dip pens’, and layering and mixing vibrant and organic hues with watercolor. Students will leave with their own unique composition of a bouquet. Students can either buy themselves the required materials - the materials list is linked here - or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick (here is a link to a student-grade kit, and here is a link to an artist-grade kit).

Ultimate Watercolor: Level 2

$25

with Catherine Scanlon

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 21, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

In Level 2 Ultimate Watercolor class you will continue your watercolor journey by building on what you learned in Level 1. After a quick review of color mixing and texture techniques that were covered in Level 1, we'll jump right in to learn a few more advanced techniques to fill your knowledge toolbox. The illustrations in the custom spiral bound practice book you'll receive are printed on watercolor paper and encourage you to utilize all the painting techniques you've learned so far, while giving you the confidence you need to apply paint to paper and learn about water and paint ratios. You'll leave this short, but sweet class with an expanded knowledge and plenty of practice painting in watercolor, plus you'll have a fun book to work on after the class ends. All materials provided. *There is a $30 materials fee for this class that covers paint, a custom 15 page book as well as use of Princeton Select brushes. Please bring your watercolor palette with you to class. 





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