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VISUAL ARTS PART TWO 34 REGISTER ONLINE: mycary.org Watercolor Workshop: Advancing Your Skills (age 11—14) Explore different ways to have fun with watercolors through learning techniques, color theory, and composition. Subject matter drawn from nature. All levels welcome. Sat Oct 28 10 a.m.–2 p.m. 030018 Instructor: Helen Webb Fees: $42(R) $55(N) (1 class) Intro to Watercolors (age 11—14) Learn all about watercolor and how to have fun with this medium. Through easy projects you will nd that watercolor is your favorite way to paint! We will be looking to nature as our inspiration. Thu Nov 2–30 5–7 p.m. 030577 No Program: Nov 23 Instructor: Helen Webb Fees: $82(R) $107(N) (4 classes) Holiday Pet Portrait (age 11—14) Create a festive mixed media (acrylic paint and paper) portrait of your pet. Please bring a close-up 8 x 10 computer paper print of your pet or a pet you would like to paint. Wed Nov 8–15 4:30–6:30 p.m. 030002 Instructor: Kim Lomax Fees: $42(R) $55(N) (2 classes) Teen Acrylics Painting (age 11—14) Learn basic painting techniques and how to mix colors and create a simple color wheel. Instructor will cover mixing of tints, shades, values, and tones; blocking in colors; adding texture and details; and layering paints. Work from color copies and still life displays. Sat Nov 18–Dec 9 9:30 a.m.–12:30 029704 No Program: Nov 25 Fees: $93(R) $121(N) (3 classes) Kehinde Wiley (age 11—14) Create a portrait inspired by Kehinde Wiley by implying the historical power of the subject with a vibrant motif background using acrylic paint. Mon Nov 27–Dec 18 5–6:30 p.m. 030373 Instructor: Jackie Kennedy Fees: $63(R) $82(N) (4 classes) Metals & Jewelry Metal Mania (age 11—15) Hammer, le, and saw your way to great pieces of metal art such as dog tags, keychains, animal sculptures, or jewelry using brass, copper, or nickel sheet metal and wire. Supplies included. Tue Nov 14–Dec 5 5–7:30 p.m. 031061 Instructor: Linda Simpson Fees: $108(R) $138(N) (4 classes) Sewing/Fabric Art Cottage Core Flower Fairy Costume (age 12—15) Craft a ower hat, a gathered top, and fairy wings to live out your fairy dreams using no-sew and light hand-sewing techniques. Wed Sep 6–20 5–7 p.m. 029936 Instructor: Lauren Polak Fees: $69(R) $90(N) (3 classes) Fabric Design and Sewing (age 12—15) Design your own textile pattern on paper, and we will send it out to be made into a yard of personalized fabric, which you will then use to sew a simple project. Beginning and continuing sewers are welcome. Mon Sep 11–Oct 2 5:30–8 p.m. 029826 No Program: Sep 18 Instructor: Maura Stewart Fees: $95(R) $124(N) (3 classes) Felt Woodland Pouches (age 12—15) Explore the realms of hand sewing through the creation of a charming forest friend bag. We will be trialing a running stitch, sewing a button, and adding painted details. Sun Oct 8 3:30–5:30 p.m. 029972 Instructor: Brittney Soderman Fees: $21(R) $27(N) (1 class) Please send children to Cary Arts Center classes in old clothing. Though smocks are available, they do not protect sleeves and pants from media. Nontoxic glues and pastes can bind to fabric. Water-soluble paint pigments can discolor fabric. ART IS MESSY!

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