Landscape Magic with Oil Paints
Beginners welcome. Ages 18+
5 Tuesdays: April 1 to April 29, 2025
7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Location:
Sterling Community Center
2283 Main Street in Stratford, Connecticut
Cost: Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $150.00
Non-members: $165.00
Students will create landscape paintings while learning to observe the numerous colors hidden in the natural world.
The emphasis will be placed on enhancing the visual impact of your paintings, infusing them with realism, and evoking an emotional resonance that emerges from the artistic creation process.
The syllabus and materials list is on the registration page.
Instructor: Colleen Hains
Duly Noted: Create Vintage Collage Note Cards
Saturday, April 5, 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Location:
Sterling Community Center
2283 Main Street
Cost:
Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $65.00 + $18.00*
Non-members: $80.00 + $18.00*
*The instructor will provide all materials. An $18.00 materials fee will be added to the registration fee.
In this class, you will:
• Create mixed media collages using authentic bits of historical ephemera, paints, and your imagination!
• Play and learn. Free your creativity in an open, non-judgmental atmosphere.
• Use mixed media techniques, such as
◦ mark-making
◦ layering
◦ combining elements
• A Vintage 1953 Underwood Typewriter will be available to add your text to create truly personalized cards.
• Have fun!
Instructor: Alesia DiFederico
Intermediate Portrait Drawing
Five Thursdays, April 10 to May 8, 2025.
Ages 16+
Location:
Sterling Community Center
2283 Main Street, Stratford, Connecticut
Skill level: Students should have basic drawing skills but want to improve.
Cost:
Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $150.00
Non-members: $170.00
This course introduces portrait drawing, focusing on fundamental techniques, concepts, and principles essential for capturing a subject’s likeness and personality.
Instructor: Tyler Rutherfor
Creating Character Art with Copic Markers
Saturday, April 12, 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Ages 13+
Skill level: Intermediate.
Students should have basic drawing skills to create an anime, cartoon, comic-style, or even realistic character.
Cost:
Arts Alliance of Stratford members: $36.00
Non-members: $50.00
Students will begin by drawing their characters and then learn professional techniques to infuse them with personality to create dynamic and expressive character art.
You will learn:
• Color combinations and shading techniques for Character art
◦ Selecting colors that work well together and help bring characters to life.
• Rendering skin, hair, and clothes with Copic markers.
• Adding depth and dimension to your character designs
Instructor: Ivonne Moran
