This four-week class will meet on four-week class meets on Thursdays: March 13, 20, 27, April 3. Each session is 2 hours.
If watercolor and acrylics had a baby, it might look like gouache. A water activated paint that can be applied with more solid color layers like acrylic. In this beginner gouache painting class, we will cover foundational skills such as the properties of the paint, the painting order of operations, layering colors, swatching, and color mixing. While this class focuses on foundational skills, will also focus on the process of painting. Providing time to play, explore creativity, and practice some techniques to combat artist block and self-doubt.
About the Instructor
Alex Drewry is a practicing art therapist and art educator. At the Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center and Village Studio Arts, she teaches using various media and processes that include watercolor, printmaking, assemblage, paper making, and painting. Alex’s unique experience as an art therapist informs her approach to art education. She focuses on foundational skills, such as the elements and principles of art, to help participants communicate with their personal artistic language. Her art education approach also focuses on the process and not the product. She provides students the space and permission to explore and play to enhance the creative experience.
This class is produced in partnership with the Dearborn Veterans Treatment Court.
