Using drawing and a variety of old and new papers we will create a portrait of your pet! Working from a photo you bring as reference, we will map out the portrait with big shapes and transfer the shapes onto paper to piece together a wonderful image of your pet. Please bring an 8 x 10 photocopy of your pet, in color and black and white and as many colorful papers from magazines, paper bags, wrapping papers, etc., as you would like. *Must bring an 8 x 10 photocopy of your pet in color and black and white.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Dori Spector
Cost: $55
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Painting and printmaking go hand-in-hand, not only as adjacent mediums but in combination. This freeing and instructive course presents printmaking techniques as jumping off points to making mixed media work in spirit of experimentation and personal expression. Learn how to make monotypes, drypoints, and screenprints as a foundation for incorporating your choice of graphite, colored pencil, acrylic, watercolor, oil paint, and/or collage. Content includes technical advice from an artist-instructor ideally skilled in a variety of media as well as critiques to expand your creative boundaries. This class is perfect for painters/draftspeople seeking to expand their processes, printmakers seeking to employ painterly and mixed media techniques, and anyone with love of color and experimentation. Open to all levels – no prior experience required.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Justine Ditto
Cost: $315
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632