In-Person Adult Classes & Workshops

WINTER CLASSES

Beyond Words: The Painting Journal - January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1:30 - 2:45 pm. Discover a painting process that reveals what limits you and what moves you forward, one brushstroke at a time. Instructor Barbara Barry.

Watercolors at Your Own Pace - January 10, 17, 24, 31, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM. This class will allow students to explore their own subject matter and choose to do a painting a week or do a long term painting. Each week instructor Jacklyn William will give a demo of a watercolor technique, then the students will be helped on their individual paintings.

Learning to Draw Facial Features - January 16, 23, 30, 9 am -12 noon. With Instructor Catherine Hafer, students will learn how to draw the eyes, nose and mouth, examining each facial feature individually, and also how they interrelate with each within the head.

Pastel Workshop with Sarah Brown And Janet Gendreau - Thursdays, February 2 and February 16, 12:30 - 4:00 pm. Join us for our February Winter Pastel Workshop that focuses on the vibrant and expressive qualities of pastel.

Collage class: Little Stories and The Big Picture Collage on Canvas - Fridays, February 4, 11, 18 and 25, 9 am - 12 noon. Learn practical techniques for creating collage, and also how to tell multiple stories or carry a theme throughout your piece.

ONGOING CLASSES

Monday Drawing. In this class, explore drawing on an individual basis. Instruction will be provided for all skill levels, beginner through advanced. Instructor Christine Belanger.

Figure Drawing on Wednesdays! Join the 9 am group at WAG. Update 1/4/23:  The figure group is on a break, resuming sessions on February 15th.  

Weekly Painting - Thursdays. The Thursday painting group has moved to the WAG studio for the cold season ahead. We paint from 9-11:45, then we have a friendly but informative group critique.

WAG Poetry Group. Meetings twice a month! See the Poetry page for details!

Watercolors at Your Own Pace

Taught by Jacklyn William

Tuesday Mornings — January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023 — 9:30 am-12:30 pm

This class will allow students to explore their own subject matter and choose to do a painting a week or do a long term painting.

Each week the instructor will give a demo of a watercolor technique, then the students will be helped on their individual paintings.

The students are encouraged to bring in their own photos to work from. No inspiration, no problem. The instructor will lend students photos to work from.

This class will run for 4 weeks. January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023. Tuesday Mornings, 9:30-12:30. (12 student maximum class size)

Students are advised to bring in whatever watercolor supplies they have and will be guided to take good selections of further supplies to help them along on their watercolor journey.

4 sessions, $88 - members receive a 20% discount with discount code at checkout.

Registration is now closed for this class. If you require more information please email info@westportartgroup.com.

Beyond Words: the Painting Journal

5 Tuesdays — January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1:30 - 2:45 pm

Tuition: $118.75. To register : email Barbara at babarry49@gmail.com or call 201.675.0256. Supply list provided upon registration.

Discover a painting process that reveals what limits you and what moves you forward, one brushstroke at a time.

Do you remember the freedom of painting as a child? It was simple: yummy paints, lots of imagination, and nothing was ever considered a mistake. This was how we told our stories before we could speak. Reconnect with that lost nonverbal language and take yourself past the limitations of words. Using play and improvisational techniques you will:

• Create imagery that's uniquely yours
• Find your visual voice and expand your expressive range
• Access imagery from the imagination
• Work in a visual journal format for continuity
• Discover what limits you and transform those blocks into concrete images, letting them go

Excellent for writers, poets, painters; anyone who seeks to nurture and unblock their creativity.

Taught by Barbara Diane Barry, artist, teacher, and author of “Painting Your Way Out of a Corner: the Art of Getting Unstuck”, Tarcher/Penguin. Tuition: $118.75.

To register : email Barbara at babarry49@gmail.com or call 201.675.0256. Supply list provided upon registration.

LEARNING TO DRAW FACIAL FEATURES

Instructor Catherine Hafer
3 Mondays: January 16, 23, 30, 9 am -12 noon

Students will learn how to draw the eyes, nose and mouth. We will examine each facial feature individually, and also how they interrelate with each within the head.

References will be provided. There will be demos and individual instruction.

Students may work in either charcoal or graphite, or both. The following list of supplies are what I tend to use, but please do not feel that you have to get everything. You must have the basics though, pencils and/or charcoal, erasers, paper, 11x14 or larger. Drawing facial features $65.00 WAG MEMBERS GET 20% OFF!

Charcoal: Powdered Charcoal, Brushes, Chamois Cloth, Vine charcoal, Charcoal pencils (Hard to soft), Compressed Charcoal, White Charcoal pencil, Kneaded eraser, White plastic eraser, Blending stumps

Graphite: Assorted Graphite pencils form hard to soft, Kneaded eraser, White plastic eraser, Blending stumps

Registration is now closed for this class. If you require more information please email info@westportartgroup.com.

New Pastel Workshop!

Pastel Workshop with Sarah Brown And Janet Gendreau

Thursdays, February 2 and February 16, 2023,
12:30 - 4:00 pm

Join us for our February Winter Pastel Workshop that focuses on the vibrant and expressive qualities of pastel. We will explore different types of pastel, what they are useful for, underpainting techniques and different types of surfaces for painting. Feel free to bring photos or work from a still life that we set up.

Instructors Sarah Brown and Janet Gendreau, maximum 12 students.

$69 for nonmembers for both days, 20% discount for members, $10 material fee.

Register below, and please bring your $10 materials fee to the first session.

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Collage Class

Little Stories and The Big Picture Collage on Canvas
with Instructor Eileen Riley

4 Fridays: February 4, 11, 18 and 25
9 am - Noon

This is a collage class that centers on a main design or subject. The interesting part is that the focus is made up of smaller images or parts creating a larger picture. In making the collage in this way you can tell multiple stories or carry a theme throughout the piece.

You will also learn how to glue properly so that you don’t get wrinkles in the paper. You will learn how to fit the papers around corners and edges. It’s a patience game. You will learn how to set up a composition, do graph drawings and use that to make your collage.

You can find free images at: unsplash.com. All supplies are included but if you want to bring some of your own images, mailings, scraps of paper by all means, do so. Another suggestion the artist has is to go to a bookstore and look at their magazine section. You are sure to find some artsy magazines with creative pictures in them. Pick one up and bring it to class. There will be a little bit of homework also. A critique will be exercised on the last day of class.

4 sessions, $88. WAG members receive a 20% discount with discount code MEMBER at checkout. Max students:12.

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MONDAY DRAWING

Instructor Christine Belanger
4 Mondays: February 6, 13, 20 and 27, 9 am - 12 noon
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In this class we will explore drawing on an individual basis. Instruction will be provided for all skill levels, beginner through advanced. Each participant will have the opportunity to choose what they wish to draw by providing their own subject matter for each class and choosing either graphite, charcoal or pen & ink as their medium. Choice of medium may vary from week to week and instruction will be provided in whichever medium is chosen.

Bring in either items to draw from life or subjects from a photograph including landscapes and cityscapes and choose whatever medium best suits that subject. The instructor will have some photos available for you to choose from as well.

February Monday Drawing $86.00 WAG MEMBERS GET 20% OFF!

For those who are new to drawing please bring the following basic supplies:

Materials list

● Drawing pencils in grades HB, 2B, 4B and 6B. Staedtler and Faber Castell are good brands.
● Drawing pad 11” x 14” or 14” x 17”. Strathmore 300 series or 400 series is recommended.
● Drawing board or you can use a piece of Masonite or foam core and a binder clips
● Kneadable eraser
● Pencil sharpener
● Blending stump

All the items above are available at Michael’s and Dick Blick. If you have any questions regarding the class or art supplies, please contact the instructor at belanger136@cox.net. Sign up below!

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Weekly Painting

Thursdays 
9 am to 12 pm

Update for Thursday painters:
The Thursday painting group has moved to the WAG studio for the cold season ahead. Bring a photo reference, or paint from our still life. We paint from 9-11:45, then have a friendly but informative group critique.

$5 participation when inside the building. There is no sign up. Please bring cash or check to class. Non-members can try a class, but ongoing participation is for members only.

Plein Air Spring through Fall

Class paints plein air from mid-May through mid-October at wonderful locations on the South Coast. Sign up for the Thursday class locations here: Sign Up Form. Participating outdoors is FREE!

Inclement weather: meet at the studio - 1740 Main Rd, Westport Point. $5 fee when inside and no instructor. Class is $15 when we have an instructor. Our classes have informal coaching when we have an instructor, ending with a friendly critique. No sign up. Please pay cash or check at class.

Email Barbara Healy at edlundhealy@gmail.com for more information.

WEDNESDAY MORNING FIGURE CLASS

Update 12/23:  The figure group will meet next week on December 28th and then take a break, resuming sessions on February 15th.  

Please contact Carolyn Winter for more information. winter.zebulun@gmail.com

Nude model at WAG on Wednesday mornings from 9 am - noon.

Fees will be $10/session if paid by the month, $40 for the month- ($15/session for drop-ins) Pay cash at class; no instruction; any media.

For Youth Education and Outreach, including scholarships, please see Youth.

Cancellation Policy effective Sept. 1, 2021
Classes, Workshops and Demonstrations:

All classes and demonstrations will be paid in full at time of registration, except classes that are attended on a walk-in basis (when such are available).

If a student withdraws at least 2 weeks prior to the class beginning, a full refund will be given, minus a $10 processing fee. Any cancellations later than 2 weeks prior will not be refunded, except for a documented medical or family emergency, unless the spot is filled from a waiting list. In that case a 75% refund will be given.

Any classes cancelled by the Westport Art Group for any reason will be refunded in full.

Please see the Youth page for Summer Camp and other Children’s Programs cancellation policy.

Any deviation from this policy will require a majority vote of the Westport Art Group Executive Board.