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PHOTOGRAPHY, ARTS AND CRAFTS

 PHOTOGRAPHY

 

025060    ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY                         

                  6:00-8:00pm                                      10/14-11/4      W

                  Instructor: R. Robin                                   Fee:  $75      

We will discuss basic camera and accessory operations, including aperture

settings, shutter speeds, depth of field, focus, simple lighting situations and

composition.  Each participant will make photographs. Please bring your camera

and operating manual.

 

025061    MORE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY      

                  6:00-8:00pm                                      11/18-12/9      W

                  Instructor: R. Robin                                  Fee:  $75     

We will explore more lighting situations, shadows and reflections,

proportions, composition and the editing of images.  Please bring your

digital camera and manual. 

 

000000   EVEN MORE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY

                 6:00-8:00pm                                    Fall 2009    TBA 

                 Instructor: R. Robin                                   Fee: $75       

Building on the first two classes, we will continue to explore the various

aspects of photography and how it can be used personally and in your

business.  Still life and product photography, portraiture and editorial

approaches will be discussed.  Please bring your digital camera and

manual. 

 

ARTS

 

025160    DRAWING & COMPOSITION      

                  6:00-8:00pm                                     10/7-10/28    W

                 LOCATION:  McKinleyville Site

                  Instructor: N. Craig                                  Fee:  $75      

How do you put a drawing together?  We will look at the arrangement of your

compositions, how the elements are placed on the page, and how light, shadow,

tonality and movement affect the work.  We will study the drawings and paintings

of artists to see how they resolved their compositions.  Bring an 11" x 14" sketch

pad and an 11" x 14" Bristol pad (smooth surface), ebony pencil, Conte crayons,

colored pencils and markers, fine, medium and thick black markers, and other

pencils, pastels, and soft & vine charcoal.

 

025052    FALL INTO WATERCOLOR      

                  3:00-5:00pm                                     9/16-10/14     W

                  Instructor: B. Pulliam                              Fee:  $75      

For beginning and continuing watercolor students.  This watercolor class will

brighten your days and awaken your creative spirit.  Join us whether you are

a beginner or already an avid painter.  Learn by hands-on practice and instructor

demonstrations.  Techniques will include: basic color theory, composition wash,

wet into wet, dry brush, salt, spatter, plastic wrap and more.  Bring all watercolor

supplies you may have to the first class.  A supply list and discount coupon will

be handed out. 

 

025053    FALL INTO COLORED PENCILS     

                  7:30-9:30pm                                    9/16-10/14     W

                  Instructor: B. Pulliam                              Fee:  $75      

For beginning and intermediate students.  Basic techniques for colored pencil

drawing will be covered.  Instructor demonstrations include: color mixing,

shading, layering, burnishing, indenting, composition, texture and more. 

Bring pencils, kneaded eraser, and paper to first class.

 

025054    MORE WATERCOLOR   

                  3:00-5:00pm                                    10/28-12/9     W

                  Instructor: B. Pulliam                              Fee:  $75      

For beginning and continuing watercolor students.  This watercolor class will

brighten your days and awaken your creative spirit.  Join us whether you are

a beginner or already an avid painter.  Learn by hands-on practice and instructor

demonstrations.  Techniques will include: basic color theory, composition wash,

wet into wet, dry brush, salt, spatter, plastic wrap and more.  Bring all watercolor

supplies you may have to the first class.  A supply list and discount coupon

will be handed out.  Class will not meet on Veterans' Day (W - 11/11) nor the

week of Thanksgiving.

 

025055   MORE BASIC DRAWING - GRAPHITE PENCIL            

                 7:30-9:30pm                                    10/28-12/9     W

                 Instructor: B. Pulliam                              Fee:  $75      

If you have always wanted to draw but were too intimidated to try, this class

is for you.  The basics of shape, line, shading, contour, stump blending, hatching,

composition and proportion will be covered.  Use this class as a foundation for

other art and creativity classes.  Bring what supplies you have to the first class. 

A supply list and discount coupon will be handed out.  Class will not meet on

Veterans' Day (W - 11/11) nor the week of Thanksgiving.

 

CRAFTS

 

025198   INTRODUCTION TO SEWING

                 6:00-8:00pm      9/15-9/22    T

                 Location:  McKinleyville Site

025193   INTRODUCTION TO SEWING

                 6:00-8:00pm     9/16-9/23     W

                 Location:  Eureka Fabrics

                 Instructor: R. Carlson                            Fee:  $45

                                                                                      Class Limit: 15         

Learn to thread and use your sewing machine.  We will sew straight, angled,

and curved seams, and learn essential hand stitches for seams and hems. 

This course will give you all the fundamentals you need to "get going sewing"! 

Bring your own working sewing machine, or use one of ours.  There is a $5 kit

fee for this class. 

 

025199   BASIC SEWING PART I

                 6:00-9:00pm      9/29-10/20    T

                 Location:  McKinleyville Site

025194   BASIC SEWING PART I

                 6:00-9:00pm     9/30-10/21     W

                 Location:  Eureka Fabrics

              

                 Instructor: R. Carlson                            Fee: $75 

                                                                                      Class Limit: 15

Learn to prepare and lay out a pattern and cut it out of fabric, make patch pockets,

and apply facings.  The class project is a butcher-style apron.  Upon completion

of this class you will be ready to move on to basic home decor projects or basic

clothing techniques.  The apron pattern is available in class for $10. 

 

025299   APPLYING ZIPPERS

                 6:00-9:00pm      11/3                T

                 Location:  McKinleyville Site

025195   APPLYING ZIPPERS

                 6:00-9:00pm      11/4                W

                 Location:  Eureka Fabrics

              

                  Instructor: R. Carlson                             Fee:  $25

                                                                                       Class Limit: 15         

Whether your interest is making clothes, items for your home, or handbags and

totes, you will want to know how to apply zippers.  Learn how to apply both

conventional and invisible zippers.  Bring your sewing machine and zipper foot. 

There is a $5 kit fee for this class. 

 

025201   BASIC SEWING PART II

                 6:00-9:00pm      11/17-12/15    T

                 Location:  McKinleyville Site

025196   BASIC SEWING PART II

                 6:00-9:00pm     11/18-12/14     W

                 Location:  Eureka Fabrics

                     

                 Instructor: R. Carlson                             Fee: $75 

                                                                                       Class Limit: 15

This class continues from Basic Sewing Part 1.  Learn techniques such as setting

sleeves, adding borders and pockets, hemming by hand or machine, and basic fitting. 

The class project is a semi-fitted kimono-style robe or pajamas.  The robe and pajama

pattern is available in class for $5. 

 

025202   MAKING KIDS' CLOTHES

                 6:00-9:00pm      1/5/2010-1/27/2010    T

                 Location:  McKinleyville Site

025196   MAKING KIDS' CLOTHESI

                 6:00-9:00pm     1/6/2010-1/26/2010     W

                 Location:  Eureka Fabrics

                 Instructor: R. Carlson                             Fee:  $75

                                                                                       Class Limit: 15         

Kids' clothes are fun to make.  Select a pattern from a list of recommended items: 

pants, dresses, shirts, overalls, or jackets.  Learn techniques suitable to kids'

clothing, such as constructing elastic waists, making buttonholes or button-loops,

adding ruffles, and others. 

 

                       

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