PAINTING

Oil/Acrylic Painting with Frank Zeller
The Perpetual Art Class: All Media, All the Time! with Susan Fryer Voigt
Using Acrylics in a Watercolor Manner with Heidi Nelson
Acrylic Color, Collage, & Landscape with Erika Dodge
Painting Intuitively with Sarah Schaleger
Basic Drawing Sessions: A Search for Form with Dr. Mary McNaughton
Monday Night Beginning Oil Painting with Heidi Nelson
Painting as a Healing Tool with Sarah Schaleger
Monday Afternoon Beginning Drawing with Heidi Nelson
Stamp into Painting with Sarah Schaleger
Color Drawing Sessions: Taming Color to fit within Drawing with Dr. Mary McNaughton
Exploring Color Beyond Theory with Kathleen Hope
Paint the Town---Buildings and Street Scenes with Judy Blain
Creativity Building with Heidi Nelson

Oil/Acrylic Painting
Frank Zeller

Oil painting is for everyone! This class is for the beginner (must have some basic knowledge of the medium) to the advanced artist. All students will start with the basics of color, shape and value. Students will learn various oil painting techniques taught through curriculum that includes working from still-life's, photographs, and videos of international painters. Frank Zeller has been in art education for over thirty years, and encourages a casual environment that promotes learning, as students experience the properties of oil painting.
Class ID: G203
Date/Time: 4 Tuesdays, May 6-27, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Tuition: $64 Member/$80 Non-Member
Age/Level: Adults, All Levels
Location: Masonic Lodge

The Perpetual Art Class: All Media, All the Time!
Susan Fryer Voigt
This class incorporates painters of every level in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Students will learn about color, line, perspective, values, composition, framing and marketing. All water-based media are welcome, or students may use pastels, water-soluble oils or regular oils with an odorless solvent. Advance registration required.
Class ID: G206
Date/Time: 2 Mondays, May 5 & 19, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Class ID: H202
Date/Time: 2 Mondays, June 16 & 30, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Class ID: H203
Date/Time: 2 Mondays, July 14 & 28, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Class ID: H204
Date/Time: 2 Mondays, August 4 & 18, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Age/Level: Adults, All Levels
Tuition: $60 Member/$80 Non-Member
Location: WBCA

Using Acrylics in a Watercolor Manner
Heidi Nelson
The focus of this class will be on the pros and cons of using acrylic paint in traditional watercolor techniques while experiencing different painting surfaces. Step-by-step demonstrations, one-on-one help that characterizes Heidi's classes will be offered. Instructor will have starter kits available for $20, or students should have a Reeves 12 tube acrylic paint set and the following materials to paint on (at least 11” x 15”): Fredrix watercolor canvas, regular primed canvas or canvas paper, Arches natural #140 watercolor paper.
Using Acrylics in a Watercolor Manner II
Class ID: G211
Date/Time: 4 Tuesdays, April 22-May 13, 12:30-2:45 PM
Age/Level : Adult, Beginning
Prerequisite: Using Acrylics in a Watercolor Manner I
Tuition: $66 Member/$82 Non-Member
Location: WBCA

Acrylic Color, Collage, & Landscape
Erika Dodge
This class will help students explore drawing, design, painting and collage. Students are encouraged to think freely and work with a variety of materials, while learning some basic tricks and methods for working with acrylic paint and its related mediums. Art concepts, expanding horizons, experimentation and getting messy will be at the heart of this class. Please call 651.407.0597 or email wbca@whitebeararts.org for a supply list.
Class ID: G207
Date/Time: 4 Thursdays, May 15 – June 5, 6:30-8:30 PM
Age/Level: Adults, Beginners and Beyond
Tuition: $64 Member/$80 Non-Member
Location: WBCA

Painting Intuitively
Sarah Schaleger
Open the door to your inner source! Anyone who has ever felt a lack of confidence blocking them from exploring their creativity can breathe a sigh of relief in this class. The focus is on bypassing the inner critic to connect to a life giving stream of creativity, using painting and printmaking modalities. Be prepared to have fun! No experience necessary.
Class ID: H205
Date/Time: Thursday, June 5, 3:30-5:30 PM
Age/Level: Adults, All Levels
Tuition: $16/$15 Non-Member
Material Fee: $10 payable to instructor
Location: WBCA

Basic Drawing Sessions: A Search for Form
Dr. Mary McNaughton
Learn to use your hand as an extension of your eye!
Students will be given the basic skills to go out into the real world as informed artists. Starting with blind contour, and then moving into gradation techniques, participants apply these skills to their own compositions using methods that help them reveal their personalities. The drawings that emerge will truly reflect each student’s inner character. Supplies: large 18”x24” drawing pad (not newsprint), 2-3 graphite pencils (HB, 4B, or 6B leads), gray kneaded eraser, and 2 fine tip black ink pens, clip board for support is optional
Class ID: H210
Date/Time: Saturday and Sunday, June 7 & 8, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Age/Level: Adult & teen 16+, Beginning
Tuition: $75 Member/$85 Non-Member
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts

Monday Night Beginning Oil Painting
Heidi Nelson
This six week series will cover color mixing, blending, and using different types of brushes and other basic techniques, working with a limited number of pigments so students learn the characteristics of each. Lessons feature lots of demonstrations and one on one help. Call 651-407-0597 or email the WBCA for supply list.
Class ID: H201
Date/Time: 6 Mondays, June 9-July 21, 6:45-9:00 PM, no class July 7
Age/Level: Adult & teen 16+, Beginning
Tuition: $66 Member/$82 Non-Member
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts

Painting as a Healing Tool
Sarah Schaleger
Images have power to inform and influence us. Setting a healing intention to honor our inner sight allows an intuitive pathway to open. First, create an image of the issue (or illness), then create an image of yourself as completely whole. The class will allow time to share insights, which can provide support in dealing with health issues. No painting experience necessary. Students must arrive on time to participate in this class. Students must arrive on time to participate in this class.
Class ID: H206
Date/Time: Thursday, June 12, 3:30-6:30 PM
Age/Level: Adults, All Levels
Tuition: $20/$25 Non-Member
Material Fee: $10 payable to instructor
Location: WBCA

Monday Afternoon Beginning Drawing
Heidi Nelson
Focusing on black and white media that starts at the beginning, this class will feature lots of teacher demonstrations and one-on-one instruction, and will offer students the chance to try a lot of different drawing techniques and help them find their own style. Areas of study include choosing pencils and erasers, developing hand/eye coordination, and shading techniques.
Class ID: H208
Date/Time: 4 Mondays, June 16-July 14, 1:15-2:45 PM, No class July 7
Age/Level: Adult & teen 16+, Beginning
Tuition: $48 Member/$60 Non-Member
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
Class ID: H209
Date/Time: 4 Mondays, July 21-August 11, 1:15-2:45 PM,
Age/Level: Adult & teen 16+, Beginning
Tuition: $48 Member/$60 Non-Member
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts

Stamp into Painting
Sarah Schaleger
Carve a simple ‘stamp’ from a rubber block and use it to enter a new domain…students will be working from the right side of the brain and letting go of preconceived notions of what a painting ‘is’. Your painting will gradually emerge, as if you are in conversation with it. You can play with design, texture and color. No experience necessary.
Class ID: H207
Date/Time: Thursday, June 19, 3:30-5:30 PM
Age/Level: Adults, All Levels
Tuition: $12/$15 Non-Member
Material Fee: $10 payable to instructor
Location: WBCA

Color Drawing Sessions: Taming Color to fit within Drawing
Dr. Mary McNaughton
Tame the wild beast of color to enrich your drawings and not overtake them!
The use of color and how it fits within the realm of drawing will be explored. Students will be taught to see hue as a value as it fits within a search for form. When pigment is studied in a singular fashion and not incorporated into the process of drawing, it can often overtake our endeavors. After all, color is just that important! Students will revisit their childhood where they were allowed to play with drawing. Students will work with a variety of techniques such as blind contour, gradations, and color blending and be empowered to create depth with pigment. They will move on to create compositions of their own that reflect their own character. Supplies: large 18x24” drawing pad, colored pencils, colored ink pens in a few colors; brown, red, blue, yellow, pastel pencils are optional
Class ID: H211
Date/Time: Saturday and Sunday, July 12 & 13, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Age/Level: Adult & teen 16+, Beginning
Tuition: $75 Member/$85 Non-Member
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts

Exploring Color Beyond Theory
Kathleen Hope
This is not a theory class but rather an invitation to experience color with heightened sensitivity. This is a personal journey to explore your individual color connection. Students’ art and surroundings will never be the same. Learn the meaning and how to feel color with this hands-on workshop.
Anyone who works with color can benefit from this class.
Class ID: H113
Date/Time: Saturday & Sunday, July 26 & 27, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Age/Level: Adults, All Levels
Tuition: $80 Member/$100 Non-Member
Material Fee: $10 payable to instructor
Location: WBCA
Supply List: Any medium: acrylics, watercolor, pastel (choose one or many), color chips and a variety of brushes. Instructor will supply crayons-watercolor pencils and paper.

Paint the Town---Buildings and Street Scenes
Judith Blain
One class will deal with rural houses and barns in which students will learn to paint building surfaces, windows, shadows, roads, etc. The second class will paint White Bear streets and businesses. We may even put a few people in the paintings.
Class ID: H110
Date/Time: Saturday & Sunday, August 2 & 3, 1:00-3:00 PM
Age/Level: Adults, Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $54 Member/$60 Non-Member
Location: WBCA

Creativity Building
Heidi Nelson
Students will expand their artistic vision with a series of fun, creativity building lessons designed to help put things together differently and take art to the next level regardless of media or whether students work abstractly or realistically.
Class ID: H109
Date/Time: Aug. 11, 13 & 14, 6:45-9:00 PM
Age/Level: Adult, Intermediate to Advanced
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: $54 Member/$67 Non-Member
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts