Tues 1:00-3:00 9/22/26 - 10/20/26
--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 11x14 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
• Artist tape to tape down your painting
• Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, and a small hair dryer

Instructor: Victoria Brzustowicz

Weds: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Teen to Adult

Cost: $129 for 7 Weeks

Weds 11:00-12:30 9/16/26 - 10/28/26

Can’t draw but want to? Can draw but want to get better? In this class you will use pencil, charcoal, and pastel to learn basic forms, one and two point perspective, negative space, tonal value and proportion. Use these fundamentals to draw anything. Drawing accurately is the basis for all other fine art mediums. You need to be able to accurately sketch out your canvas or paper before going on the next step.

• Materials List:
• Drawing pad w/perforated top 9 x 12 or 11 X 14
• hake brush
• 4 graphite drawing pencils, hard, med & soft
• metal sharpener
• pink pearl eraser
• kneaded eraser
• blending tortillions
• Vine Charcoal
• Kit portfolio bag at cost with purchase of kit
• Kits are available for purchase

Wednesday 6:00-7:30 8 Weeks

$169 Ages 12+

Oct 7th-November 25th

Learn to create and elevate your own original characters with illustrator Jocelyn Seib. Understand the process of developing a unique character and their environment in this fun-filled course. Enjoy viewing behind-the-scenes work from masters, and taking inspiration both from them and each other as your character designing abilities flourish, side by side.

Supplies:

• A drawing tablet and software (Optional)

• Sketchbook (7”x10” or bigger)

• Graphite Pencils

• Pen Liner Set

• White Plastic Eraser

• Your preferred coloring medium (pencils, markers, watercolor, etc.)

• Kneaded Eraser (recommended)

• Ruler (recommended)

Saturdays: 11:00-11:45 

Next Session: 10/3/26 - 11/21/26 

8 Weeks $125

Young artists will enjoy this lighthearted class. A huge variety of projects makes this class fun over and over again. Basic art concepts are introduced at an age-appropriate level, preparing the student for creative art class, when they are ready. A smock or apron is recommended for this class. Class limit 10

Supply List:

• Drawing pad w/perforated top 9 x 12 or 11 x 14
• 1 set Cray-Pas any size, or 6 or 12 set of Playcolor (dry tempera sticks)
•  2B pencil, eraser
• All other supplies will be supplied by The Art Stop

Youth Multi-Media Age 9+

Next Session: 10/3/26 - 11/21/26 

Saturdays 12:00-1:30 

8 weeks all supplies included Cost: $179

In this class, children will explore new ways to mesh mediums to produce multimedia pieces. Acrylic, watercolor and printmaking will be combined with expressive mark making, drawing and collaging to produce one of a kind experience and process driven artwork.

Instructor Victoria Brzustowicz
6 week Class $179
Mondays 11:00-1:00
Next Session: 9/14/26 -10/19/26

Course Description:

In this class we’ll explore materials, fundamentals, and best practices of oil painting, with an emphasis on direct or “alla prima” techniques. Color mixing and creating a range of colors from a limited palette will be taught. For students with previous experience in color mixing, a more complex palette will be used. Paint from your own sketches, photos, or studio still life. We’ll have demos in each class that will cover various topics such as various ways to start an oil painting, oiling out, stretching a canvas, preparing a panel, glazing, and varnishing.

• Supply List:
• If you already have  oil paints, please bring them to class and we will work with your selection. If you don’t have supplies, here is the  minimum to get started!
• Paints
  Napthol Red (or equivalent) -
  Ultramarine Blue -
  Hansa Yellow Light (or equivalent)
  Titanium White
• Surfaces
  Canvas panel or gessoed panels in a variety of sizes, preferably 11 x 14 and smaller. Since we will be working alla prima, aim for smaller sizes if possible 8x 10 is wonderful.
• Brushes: a least one of each, not  too small (4-6). We will discuss the individual marks that each type of brush makes, and you can add to your collection as you go.
  Filbert
  Flat
  Round
• Palette Knife
• Gray Matters Disposable Palette Pad 12 x 16
• Masterson Sealed Palette
• Gamsol

Instructor: Yui Kinney

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 11x14 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

Tuesday 11/3 4:00-5:30

Cost: $15

From Here to Zen

Thursdays 1:00-2:30

Week One November 5th

The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.  These patterns are called tangles.  If you can hold a pen and print your name, you can draw using this calm method.  Even if you think "I have no artistic talent", you do - you can tangle!  Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas created this method, and Zentangle is a registered trademark of Zentangle Inc.  Learn more at  www.zentangle.com   

From Here to Zen

Thursdays 1:00-2:30

Week Two November 12th

The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.  These patterns are called tangles.  If you can hold a pen and print your name, you can draw using this calm method.  Even if you think "I have no artistic talent", you do - you can tangle!  Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas created this method, and Zentangle is a registered trademark of Zentangle Inc.  Learn more at  www.zentangle.com   

Next Session: 11/10-12/8

*New Day* Tuesdays 6:00-8:00

$149 5 weeks

From Here to Zen

Thursdays 1:00-2:30

Week Three November 19th

The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.  These patterns are called tangles.  If you can hold a pen and print your name, you can draw using this calm method.  Even if you think "I have no artistic talent", you do - you can tangle!  Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas created this method, and Zentangle is a registered trademark of Zentangle Inc.  Learn more at  www.zentangle.com   

Tues 1:00-3:00 1/5/27 - 2/2/27
--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 11x14 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

We are so happy to host this workshop with award winning artist Laurie Maddalina- Here are the details

Saturday 1/30  10:00 - 4:00 (hour break for lunch)

Cost $100

Class Overview
This one-day workshop combines traditional portrait drawing techniques with the soft, blendable texture of PanPastels, offering artists a powerful and versatile medium for rendering and capturing likeness, values and form through expressive shading. Beginners and Intermediate artists will complete a portrait and gain confidence in using PanPastels for dramatic monochromatic effects.
Students will learn:

Portrait Foundations

● Anatomy of the face, proportions, features, & structure
● Exploring light and shadow with simple shapes
● Breaking down features into simple forms
Introduction to PanPastel
● Understanding the medium: properties & tools
● Techniques for blending, layering and erasing
Application Techniques
● Blocking in values: light, mid-tones and shadows
● Building depth and form with soft layering
● Using erasers for highlights and fine details
● Adding texture to hair, eyes, etc

Materials (All materials except the Prospek Proportional Divider can be purchased at The Art Stop):

• Sofft #4 Point Knife w/5 Covers
• PanPastel Artists'  Pastels Black, 9 ML
• PanPastel Artists'  Pastels Titanium White, 9ML
• Prospek Proportional Divider
• General's The Original Charcoal DrawingPencils Set of 7
• General Pencil Factis BM-2 Mechanical Eraser
• Tombow MONO Zero Round Eraser, 2.3mm
• Large Kneaded Eraser
• Strathmore Recycled Toned Sketch Pad 400 Series-11" x 14" Tan (24 Sheets)

If you don't have any of these items and you would like us to make up a kit, just let us know!

Reference image will be provided. You can work from an iPad or printed photo, whichever you prefer.

If you have any of the following items, that’s fine! Also bring along a 2B or 4B charcoal pencil.
Strathmore also makes a grey toned paper. Either is good!