Join instructors from the Ann Arbor Art Center and capture the warm ambience of autumn in a still life! 

This month, Payton will demonstrate the basics of watercolor painting and we'll create an autumn still life image from observation.

This program is a partnership with the Ann Arbor Art Center.

Join instructors from the Ann Arbor Art Center and learn how to illustrate like a naturalist! 

This month, Payton will demonstrate how to use colored pencils to create realistic leaves from observation. Reference images will be used for this project.

This program is a partnership with the Ann Arbor Art Center.

This month, Payton will demonstrate how to take your still life artwork to the next level with loose gestural mark making, and she'll explore combining and layering different mediums. Materials used in this lesson include watercolor paint and compressed charcoal sticks.

This week, we'll try a new spin on portraiture! Join Payton and learn how to use blocks of color to create the planes and general forms of a face. This loose and more abstract approach may offer you new techniques to incorporate into your artistic practice. For this class we recommend acrylic paint or oil pastel on tinted paper. 

Learn how to break down what you see into simple forms and colors, drawing the essence of a landscape while expressing mood and tone. For this class, you'll need soft pastels, pastel paper or drawing paper, pencil and eraser, and a paper towel.

This program is a partnership with the Ann Arbor Art Center.

Join instructors from the Ann Arbor Art Center and learn how to create the visual illusion of movement as we compose dreamy landscapes!

This month, participants will work from their imagination and use acrylic paint and dotting techniques to make a visually compelling, flowing image.

This program is a partnership with the Ann Arbor Art Center.

Learn how artist Henri Matisse used colorful cut-out shapes to "draw with scissors". Discover how to create your own unique artwork and colorful, engaging compositions. For this activity, you will need construction paper, scissors, and glue.

This week, Payton will demonstrate some strategies to take those flat, neutral tones in your artwork and liven them up by incorporating blues and purples! For this class, you'll need a sheet of colored paper and soft pastels.

Join Payton and learn how to draw a basic treescape by combining and layering both ink and watercolor. For this activity, you will need watercolor paints, watercolor brushes, black micron pens or other ink pens, a water cup, and paper towels or a rag.

Join instructors from the Ann Arbor Art Center and take your still life artwork to the next level! 

This month, Payton will demonstrate loose gestural mark making and explore combining and layering different mediums. We'll work with watercolor paint and compressed charcoal sticks.

This program is a partnership with the Ann Arbor Art Center.