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  • Daytime: Wonders of Watercolor
    11:00 am-1:00 pm
    12/01/2026

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    Tues 1:00-3:00 10/27/26 – 12/8/26 Skip 11/3, 11/24  FULL
    –5 weeks $139

    Anne Jurgens, award winning artist and certified instructor, will lead you through the wonders of watercolor. This class is intended for beginning and intermediate students with emphasis on expressing ourselves with paint. Beginning students will learn basic watercolor techniques including how to apply flat washes, graded washes, and glazes, wet in wet and dry brushing techniques. We will learn about composition, values, line, and color as elements in a painting. For intermediate students who wish to choose their own subjects, instruction will be individualized.- You can read the artist’s bio and see more of her work in the Gallery section.

    • Paper: Arches 11×14 100% rag, 140 Cold Press. and/ or Strathmore Series 500 mixed media
    • Brushes: Sable is best. Synthetic is okay Rounds #1, #5, #8 Flats: 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, Rigger
    • Water Container – One for clear, one to clean brushes can be as simple as a couple of
      cottage cheese containers.
    • Paper towels – to soak up excess water
    • Pencil – #2
    • Pallet : Make it large enough to hold 16 colors and have space to mix paints
    • Paints: Here are the basics. You can buy more, but we can build almost any color
      from these..
    • These consist of both cool and warm in the primary colors enabling us to
      be able to make the colors we need. Buy your colors In tubes or in cubes. Any brand,
      except where noted you usually get better results with Professional grade, you can use Cotman when brand isn’t noted.
    • Yellows: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna*
      Reds: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarine Crimson, Permanent Rose
      Blues: Cobalt Blue, Winsor Newton Ultramarine Blue
      Others: Winsor Newton Sap Green, Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna
    • Waterproof board – To tape your painting to
    • Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, , and a small hair dryer

     

     

  • Pastel Painting with Colette Savage
    6:00 pm-8:00 pm
    12/01/2026

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    Next Session: 11/10-12/8
    *New Day* Tuesdays 6:00-8:00
    $149 5 weeks

    Join Accomplished Instructor Colette Savage in this versatile beautiful medium. Get a beautiful softness similar to a Degas’, or photographic realism. Pastels are considered a form of painting, yet you have the control of a stick or pencil, making it more like drawing. Learn about different substrates to paint on and different types of pastels and how they react. Beginner to intermediate.  Please feel free to bring along any pastels, paper…which you currently own to our first class.  A materials list is attached, but DO NOT purchase any new materials until AFTER the first class.

    • Soft Pastels- Your choice of brands, with a large assortment of colors and value (dark and light). If you already own pastels, bring what you have.
    • Pastel Paper- Your choice of brand and type
    • Drawing Board- A piece of Masonite is fine
    • Masking Tape
    • Baby Wipes
    • Pencil
    • Eraser
    • Small disposable dish to place the pastels you are using
    • Glove in a Bottle- Or another type of barrier lotion
    • Several reference photos
    • Glassine of other smooth paper-used to cover and protect the painting

    Optional Items:

    • Inexpensive craft brush
    • Rubbing Alcohol
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  • Daytime: Wonders of Watercolor
    11:00 am-1:00 pm
    12/08/2026

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    Tues 1:00-3:00 10/27/26 – 12/8/26 Skip 11/3, 11/24  FULL
    –5 weeks $139

    Anne Jurgens, award winning artist and certified instructor, will lead you through the wonders of watercolor. This class is intended for beginning and intermediate students with emphasis on expressing ourselves with paint. Beginning students will learn basic watercolor techniques including how to apply flat washes, graded washes, and glazes, wet in wet and dry brushing techniques. We will learn about composition, values, line, and color as elements in a painting. For intermediate students who wish to choose their own subjects, instruction will be individualized.- You can read the artist’s bio and see more of her work in the Gallery section.

    • Paper: Arches 11×14 100% rag, 140 Cold Press. and/ or Strathmore Series 500 mixed media
    • Brushes: Sable is best. Synthetic is okay Rounds #1, #5, #8 Flats: 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, Rigger
    • Water Container – One for clear, one to clean brushes can be as simple as a couple of
      cottage cheese containers.
    • Paper towels – to soak up excess water
    • Pencil – #2
    • Pallet : Make it large enough to hold 16 colors and have space to mix paints
    • Paints: Here are the basics. You can buy more, but we can build almost any color
      from these..
    • These consist of both cool and warm in the primary colors enabling us to
      be able to make the colors we need. Buy your colors In tubes or in cubes. Any brand,
      except where noted you usually get better results with Professional grade, you can use Cotman when brand isn’t noted.
    • Yellows: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna*
      Reds: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarine Crimson, Permanent Rose
      Blues: Cobalt Blue, Winsor Newton Ultramarine Blue
      Others: Winsor Newton Sap Green, Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna
    • Waterproof board – To tape your painting to
    • Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, , and a small hair dryer

     

     

  • Pastel Painting with Colette Savage
    6:00 pm-8:00 pm
    12/08/2026

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    Next Session: 11/10-12/8
    *New Day* Tuesdays 6:00-8:00
    $149 5 weeks

    Join Accomplished Instructor Colette Savage in this versatile beautiful medium. Get a beautiful softness similar to a Degas’, or photographic realism. Pastels are considered a form of painting, yet you have the control of a stick or pencil, making it more like drawing. Learn about different substrates to paint on and different types of pastels and how they react. Beginner to intermediate.  Please feel free to bring along any pastels, paper…which you currently own to our first class.  A materials list is attached, but DO NOT purchase any new materials until AFTER the first class.

    • Soft Pastels- Your choice of brands, with a large assortment of colors and value (dark and light). If you already own pastels, bring what you have.
    • Pastel Paper- Your choice of brand and type
    • Drawing Board- A piece of Masonite is fine
    • Masking Tape
    • Baby Wipes
    • Pencil
    • Eraser
    • Small disposable dish to place the pastels you are using
    • Glove in a Bottle- Or another type of barrier lotion
    • Several reference photos
    • Glassine of other smooth paper-used to cover and protect the painting

    Optional Items:

    • Inexpensive craft brush
    • Rubbing Alcohol
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