Adult Classes & Workshops

All Westport Art Group classes are open to both members and nonmembers, but for adult classes, current members receive a 20% discount at checkout with code -unless otherwise listed.

CLASS AND WORKSHOP LISTINGS

Monday Drawing….Continues. Six sessions starting January 6, 2025 with Patricia Schneider. In this 3 hour class we will work on drawings using a "sight size" method, understanding the importance of value to create form, how to set up your paper and tools to support gaining an understanding of creating realistic images in black and white.

Beginner Oil Painting. Six weeks starting January 6. This class is designed for all levels with a strong focus on how to match colors in light, mid and dark values. Painting is all about how one color relates to its neighbor, and how to prevent a muddy mess when using oils. Sign up below.

Painting the Fall Landscape in Watercolors. Beginning in October….details below….. This class will be taught by Susan Stranz. The class will focus on landscape painting and include composition, color theory and techniques, suitable for all levels, beginners welcome!

Monday Drawing - current session has been extended to 12/3. Please email info@westportartgroup.com if you have inquiries.

ONGOING CLASSES

Figure Drawing on Wednesdays! Join the 9 am group at WAG. The figure group has resumed regular weekly sessions. See below for details.

Weekly Painting - Thursdays. The Thursday painting group is now meeting outdoors at various local locations for plein air painting! Join the email list below. We paint from 9-11:45, then we have a friendly but informative group critique.

WAG Poetry Group. Meetings twice a month! See the Poetry page for details!

Monday Drawing Class…..Continues

Instructor Patricia Schneider

January 6-February 10, 2025
6 Mondays - 9am-12:00 noon

Let’s Continue to draw! This class is designed for beginners (even if you've never picked up a pencil), but more experienced artists are welcome. In this 3 hour class we will work on drawings using a "sight size" method, understanding the importance of value to create form, how to set up your paper and tools to support gaining an understanding of creating realistic images in black and white. The instructor will supply images that we will work from each week, and include plenty of demos and handouts to enhance the class. Class max of 12 students.

Suggested supplies:

• 2B pencils

• kneaded eraser

• kabob skewer for measuring

• mirror, hand held

• pencil sharpener

• any type of smooth drawing paper, 18" x 24"

• masking tape

• solid backboard to tape sheets of paper to. Can be a piece of foam board, artists backboard. 20" x 24"

$142. All are welcome, WAG members receive a 20% discount. Register below.

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Beginner Oil Painting

with Patricia Schneider

January 6,13,20,27, February 3,10 2025
MONDAY AFTERNOONS 1:30-4:30

This class is designed for all levels with a strong focus on how to match colors in light, mid and dark values. Painting is all about how one color relates to its neighbor, and how to prevent a muddy mess when using oils.

If you’re new to painting, you’ll receive lots of feedback and demos. If you’re an artist struggling to complete a painting or can’t figure out how to achieve more of a likeness, this class is for you! We will cover: transferring the image onto a toned canvas, creating piles of paint using our 9 oil paint colors, mixing a grayscale, how to match a color, creating thin layers in the beginning and adding more opacity towards the end, how to “paint” not draw with our brushes, fat over lean technique and much more.

LEARN HER UNIQUE AND REALISTIC STYLE $160. Open to all, Westport Art Group members receive a 20% off registration. For more info please email info@westportartgroup.com. Register below.

Download the supplies list here: Supplies List

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Painting the Fall Landscape in Watercolors

with Instructor Susan Stranz

Six weeks: Oct 8 - Nov 12, 9:00 am-12:00 pm, Tuesdays

Learn how to capture the vivid colors of our local fall landscape using beautiful watercolors. In this class, you will learn how to mix all the stunning hues of fall using basic primary colors. Each painting will be discussed from the basic compositional sketch, to design and color selection. A wide variety of basic watercolor techniques will be demonstrated.

We will paint both exercises and landscape paintings as a class. Subject matter will include trees, skies, grasses, marsh, and more.

This class is suitable for all levels, even beginners. 6 sessions, $150 members receive a 20% discount with discount code at checkout.

Susan Stranz has spent many years capturing the natural beauty of landscapes and botanical subjects in her work. She holds an M.S. in Education and is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. Susan is a member of the National Watercolor Society, the New England Watercolor Society, an Artist Member of The Copley Society, a Signature Member of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, and a Master Artist at the Cape Cod Art Center. Her work can regularly be seen at Copley Society in Boston, MA, the RIWS in Pawtucket, RI, NEWS in Plymouth, MA, and CCAC in Barnstable, MA. Susan also participates in other local and national shows. Susan has taught Watercolor and Drawing for many years at local colleges and art centers. Information can be found at SusanStranz.com or by email at susanstranz@gmail.com.

Please download the Materials List PDF here.

The class has been extended through 11/26. Please email info@westportartgroup.com if you have inquiries.

WEDNESDAY MORNING FIGURE CLASS

Nude model at WAG on Wednesday mornings from 9 am - noon.

Fees will be $10/session if paid by the month, $40 for the month- ($15/session for drop-ins) Pay cash at class; no instruction; any media.

Please contact Carolyn Winter for more information. winter.zebulun@gmail.com.

Thursday Painting

Thursdays 
9 am to 12 pm

Plein Air Spring through Fall…

Class paints plein air from mid-May through mid-October at wonderful locations on the South Coast. Sign up to receive the Thursday class locations here: Sign Up Form. This mailing list is also used for you to be alerted of any changes. Be sure to check your email before you leave Thursday mornings.

We paint from 9-11:45, then have a friendly but informative critique.

Inclement weather: meet at the studio - 1740 Main Rd, Westport Point. $5 fee when inside and no instructor. $15 with instructor.

Participating outdoors: free when there is no instructor. We will have an instructor occasionally with a fee of $15. Our classes have informal coaching when we have an instructor, also ending with a friendly critique.

No registration. Please pay cash or check at class. Non-members can try a class, but ongoing participation is for members only. Email Barbara Healy at edlundhealy@gmail.com for more information.

For Youth Education and Outreach, including scholarships, please see Youth.

Cancellation Policy effective Sept. 1, 2021
Classes, Workshops and Demonstrations:

All classes and demonstrations will be paid in full at time of registration, except classes that are attended on a walk-in basis (when such are available).

If a student withdraws at least 2 weeks prior to the class beginning, a full refund will be given, minus a $10 processing fee. Any cancellations later than 2 weeks prior will not be refunded, except for a documented medical or family emergency, unless the spot is filled from a waiting list. In that case a 75% refund will be given.

Any classes cancelled by the Westport Art Group for any reason will be refunded in full.

Please see the Youth page for Summer Camp and other Children’s Programs cancellation policy.

Any deviation from this policy will require a majority vote of the Westport Art Group Executive Board.