Wild Ponies and Lighthouses

Wild Ponies of the Outer Banks

 These were a few of the happy participants
in our Saturday classes, "WIld Ponies of the Outer Banks" and "NC Lighthouses."

Wonderful job all

Next class Wed, Feb 22 6-8 Painting Cows!"

NC Lighthouses

The Class PHOTOS from Valentine Night!

A few of our Valentine Day evening participants!

More amazing, individual art!

A picture tells a thousand words and here you have results from just one class!

For many we also took their photos with their own phones (oh have times changed!) so if we did not get yours, email us and we'll send the individual images of you from this collage!

(email way below)

myclassphoto@artstudentacademy.com

Settling in with friends and painting!

 The crowd started arriving about 6:45 and the last painter left around 9:30! What a great night!

All ages, from all over the area and from all different backgrounds, they all came together on Valentine Evening to have fun and paint and sip wine!

Steve making the rounds and helping

Pat raised a toast to finishing a beautiful painting!

Now really, it doesn't get much better than this. 32 people, 32 different paintings (no paint along here!) and the creative juices were flowing!

We were proud of the men who, with dogged determination, produced some beautiful and vivid art!

They can be proud of what they accomplished!



Pat was one of the first arrivals and while her husband, who said that he had not painted anything since 1944, and relaxed on the couch to enjoy the group, Pat went right to it and created a beautiful Valentine Tree!

More images coming later with art results from the couples!

and the Valentine Tree fun continues....!

Painting the Valentine Tree on Feb 13

By Feb 13, we have enjoyed watching couples paint many versions of the Valentine Tree and every time we are amazed at the creativity and fun they generate while doing so!

Last night's class was large  and many took on the challenge of painting matching and intertwined trees!
 The results are beautiful!

 The historic,Twisted Vine wine shop, where the class was held, supplied a  sommelier for the group and they had the advantage of purchasing their choice of vintage wines by the glass (or bottle) 



Looking forward to tonight's final Valentine Tree class with 15 couples coming to enjoy a unique Valentine Day evening!

Results from THE VALENTINE TREE!

Our Saturday, 2/11, 3:30-5:30 pm class

Results from two of the five classes we had Friday night and Saturday on painting the Valentine Tree!

What makes these classes so unique is that none of ours are " paint along" classes. Every art piece is unique and individual as the person painting it!

Our Friday, Feb 10 evening class!

Our classes are a nice offering of realistic and abstract. Plenty to choose from that strike your fancy on our calendar.
 
In all, the participants have a great time. In all of them, they leave with an amazing painting, a fun experience...and really, you can't put a price on that can you?

Just two classes and a few spots left for the evenings of Feb 13 and 14 at the Twisted Vine Wine Shop location!
Sign up online at only $45.00 per couple

"Friends don't let friends paint alone!"

The Valentine Tree!

AH, the Valentine Tree!

Paint your own or paint with your significant other and combine the two! Make it your own and have fun! Do something totally different than the usual :-)

We have as many as 8 classes scheduled through Feb 14 with this playful theme so join us! Only a few spots left and some times are filled. Several are BYOB classes and several are at our other location at the Twisted Vine Wine Shop!

See the classes with this link:
http://www.artstudentacademy.com/Getting-Started-Dates-and-Times.html

Painting TULIPS in WATERCOLOR

Our next class is this Wed from 6-8 pm and Steve will be instructing participants on "Painting a vase of Tulips" in WATERCOLOR! 

These images will give you an idea of what we'll be working with!

Want to see more of Steve's watercolors?

This is a BYOB class so come on out and learn some watercolor techniques!

Exotic Paintings!

We usually offer two classes on a Saturday. A 10:00-12:00 and an afternoon 1:00-3:00. Our Jan 21 morning class was filled with students painting Van Gogh's "starry Night" and the afternoon class was "Gardens of the Louvre". Exotic locations and exotic subject matter!
They did a terrific job! Most of our new students fast become regulars in our classes and their growth in their art skills is awe inspiring.

Painting the Louvre Garden in acrylics!

 A group of 6 moms joined our  afternoon class and had a great time painting-no kids, no husbands, no worries! Although they forgot their planned bottles of wine, in actuality they were engrossed in their paintings the entire two hours. A few of our regulars were delighted with their results in this challenging subject!

"Starry Night" in acrylics

Painting Van Gogh's "Starry Night" with it's swirls and colors is a different challenge! We love to see teens painting on a Saturday morning with us and we had several including a father with his daughter, a mom with her daughter and an uncle with his 3 nieces.

We like to think that "Friends don't let friends paint alone!" could also be worded "Family members don't let family members paint alone!"

A wonderful memory builder!

Next class January 25, A BYOB event "Hot Air Balloons!"

BYOB art class tonight!

A double choice!

Come and paint "the Red Door" or "Through the Garden Gate!"  (sign up for the red door and just choose the other painting to do at the class!)These have been super fun classes for our participants and a request was made for a choice tonight so here it is!

Through the Garden Gate

The Red Door

All supplies included. $30.00 for one participant-$45.00 if you bring a friend! (Friends don't let friends paint alone!)

Amazing SNOW class!

A group ranging in ages from 7 to into their 50's all sat and painted their snow scenes and what a pleasure their creativity was!

Although we had one major painting to work from, each student added their own twist-a hard thing to do at first!
The results, from snow covered tobacco barns to Christmas cottages,  speak for themselves!

Abstract cats and Thanksgiving Harvest CLASS

Abstract Cats!

Abstract cats and design were the topics for the after school class on Tuesday.

What a great job they did! 
Students have just an hour to design and then create their version of an abstract cat and the results were exciting!

Thanksgiving harvest

Our next image is what we will be painting tonight in our 6-8 class, "Thanksgiving Harvest!"

  A few spots left! All ages, all abilities! Sign up at: http://www.artstudentacademy.com/Thanksgiving-Harvest-Bowl.html

Painting Halloween

 

After school class creating Halloween Tote Bags

Nothing is more creative than giving kids paint, a fabric bag and a few ideas about Halloween and letting them run with it!  
The Tuesday class did just that (both age groups) and loved the idea of creating their own "trick or treat" bags or just something cool to put stuff in!

Drawing Exercises

Success

Colors of fall

Drawing from life

The after school classes have been hard at work learning to see, really see, their subjects! After drawing their subjects today...and what else, pumpkins, they then enjoyed working the same subjects in pastels! Are they good or what?

working on the subjects

This collage is from 2 classes and the kids had a ball working with liquid watercolors on diffusion paper! They experimented with salt...and a close look at some of the watercolors will show the very cool dappling that results when adding sea salt to damp watercolor!

They really enjoyed the random explosion of color, and the resulting designs were varied and diverse!

Twisted Vine Art and Wine event!

What fun we had! The paintings are from our Tuesday night participants are being displayed at the Twisted Vine Wine Shop till our next event on August 30!

Learn to SEE Drawing class!

DRAWING! (Pencil)

Tuesday May17, 4:00 - 6:00 pm Instructor: Theresa

Location: 139 S White St. Wake Forest NC 27587
Wake Forest Art and Frame Shop

Think you can't look at something and draw? Did you try to draw and decided, or were told, that you have no talent? Well, we'll put an end to that myth in this fun, eye opening class as you learn the little tips and techniques on how to look at anything and draw it! This IS something that will amaze your friends! We'll work simply in pencil on a sketch pad.

Watercolor success!

It's hard to use watercolors successfully without getting them muddy or too opaque! So the 9 participants in Steve's watercolor class at the Wake Forest Art and Frame shop were delighted to create beautiful watercolors in the April 28 class!

Starting with a single image of a palm tree on the beach at sunset (or sunrise!) he showed them how to lay in the background wash before adding the tree. You would be surprised how many people want to paint the tree first then add the background! A simple tip with amazing results! Not all the participants are in this collage but the happy faces of those that are, say it all!

Next class is a unique outdoor class at our studio May 7 to paint the blooming roses! Learn what it takes to paint "plein air" :-)