SMARTS

March

• March 6 – Fairy House in Clay – Create a fun & magical fairy house for inside or outside. Glazing will take place on Monday, April 3 Marie Gougeon, Artist/Instructor
• March 20 – Wings, Feathers and Spring Weather – Fly into spring with a drawing of a bird rendered with erasable color pencils. Focus will be on drawing and application techniques, as well as color theory.  Philip Ruehle, Artist/Instructor

• March 13 –  Rock Your Art Smock! – Gotta Cook? Gotta Clean? Gotta Paint?  Gotta Play in Clay? Get inspired…join us to paint on aprons with acrylic. Dorothy Neaton, Artist/Instructor
• March 27 – Embellished Tongs– Add a fanciful touch with wire, glass and beads to serving tongs that will be great to take to a potluck or for hosting a party!  Dorothy Neaton, Artist/Instructor

• March 14 – Color Me Blue & Beyond – Watercolor waterscape. Learn to paint clouds, highlights and reflections in the water. Linda Van Cise, Artist/Instructor
• March 28 – Pick Your Flowers in a Field: Are They Daisies or Black Eyed Susan’s? Sketch, then dip your watercolor brush to learn a wet-in -wet technique.  You pick what color blooms and details to complete your flower design.  Andrea Czarnik, Artist/Instructor

• March  8 –  Painted Terracotta Flower/Herb Pots! Design and using Acrylic Paints to finish. Linda Justice, Artist/Instructor
• March 22 – Watercolor & Ink – If you love to doodle, you will enjoy creating an ink and watercolor painting! It could be a landscape, garden, buildings or whatever you choose! Linda Justice,  Artist/Instructor

April

• April 3 – Glazing Fairy House, created in March. You are already scheduled for the same time of the class as in March. Houses will be fired a second time and available for pick up at the next class.  Marie Gougeon, Artist/Instructor
• Also, April 3 – Creating two Easter Cards and one Spring card with Dar Gibbs, Stamping Extraordinaire, Artist/Instructor. Easter is April 9!
• April 17 – Watercolor Magnolia Painting – with award winning Artist/Instructor, Lisabeth Curnow

• April 10 – Flower Power! Create larger than life 3-D paper flower sculptures -Dorothy Neaton, Artist/Instructor
• April 24 –  Celebrate eARTth Day – Project still to be determined. – Dorothy Neaton, Artist/Instructor

• April 11 – April Showers!  Painting a wooden watering can cutout, with flowers, in acrylic.  Linda Van Cise, Artist/Instructor
• April 25 – Painted Stained Glass Masterpiece – Paint stained glass on canvas!  It’s possible in two steps!  Have fun selecting acrylic colors and learn how painter’s tape helps you create this stained glass effect. Andrea Czarnik, Artist/Instructor

• April 12 – Negative Painting – Paint a floral design in acrylics using a negative painting technique, which is done by painting the background dark, allowing for the lighter colors of the design to stand out. Linda Justice, Artist/Instructor
• April  26 – Explore Mandala Dot Paintings on canvas and small dot painting pendants.  Mandala dot art is a pattern that is created with many small colorful dots. It’s a very simple technique, however, you will never run out of ideas and color schemes for it. The pattern itself is usually quite simple and is constructed of several geometrical figures (or even a single circle). Linda Justice, Artist/Instructor

MAY SAVE THE DATES

Owosso Senior Center (Tues) May 2 & 9

Shiawassee Arts Center (Mon) May 15 & 22

Morrice Senior Center (Wed)  May 10 & 24

Durand Senior Center (Mon) May

All  supplies are furnished.

Seniors can receive one Free Class during their birthday month!

Pre-registration at the appropriate location is required