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Current Classes Scheduled At Hilo
Art & Glass Supply
All classes take place at Hilo Art & Glass
Supply. Call 935-9967, or come by our store at 318
Kinoole street Hilo to sign up.
1. Oil Basics I and Oil Basics II – With
Elfie Wilkins-Nacht
Description: Elfie Wilkins-Nacht is a well schooled
artist and experienced educator. Rather than
teaching any one style, Elfie will educate new
painters in the real concepts and skills that make
up artistic talent. New painters will learn how to
handle oil paints, as well as some of the basics of
light, perspective, and color. This is a great
introduction to oil paint that will give you the
skills and confidence to really paint.
Supplies: Bring your own supplies, a selection of
the six primary colors, brushes, and a canvas pad.
Solvent is provided.
TIMES: 5 Tuesdays from 3-6PM
2. Drawing for Adults and Drawing for
Youth – With Jacob Medina
Description: Jacob Medina’s popular classes are Back
at Hilo Art & Glass Supply! Jacob will be teaching
drawing in his usual friendly, information rich
style. Jacob earned his formal degree in art from UH
Hilo, but he still knows how to make drawing fun,
while pushing his students to take on new skills.
Ages 6 and up are welcome in the youth class, while
the adult class is more for adults without much
drawing experience.
4. Florals & Foliage in Watercolor – With
Kerri Ligatich
Description: Kerri kicks off her series of
watercolor classes with Florals & Foliage in
Watercolor, an exploration of the many watercolor
techniques available to you to handle flowers,
petals, stems, and leaves. Kerri’s patient and
thorough style of teaching makes her the perfect
guide to finding control of this sometimes
mystifying medium.
Times: three Tuesdays from 9:30AM to Noon.
5. Landscapes in Watercolor – With Kerri
Ligatich
Kerri will introduce studetns to dealing with
spacial relations, depth in your landscape, as well
as great techniques for landscapes and foliage like
Lifting, spraying, and sponging.
TIMES: Three Tuesdays from 9:30AM – Noon. Starts
March 18th.
COST: $60.00
6. Seascapes in Watercolor – with Kerri
Ligatich
Kerri takes it to the next depth, the ocean. Both
underwater and above water paintings will be
explored. Tips on how to achieve that transluscent
depth of water and the play of light on its surface
will be covered.
TIMES: Three Tuesdays from 9:30 AM – Noon starts
April 15th.
COST: $60.00
7. Exotic Textures in Watercolor – with
Kerri Ligatich
Learn to paint metals, transparent glass, or even a
woven basket without being intimidated! Consult with
Kerri on your trickiest texture, and gain confidence
you can use in your still-lifes. Students may work
from photos or real objects. Kerri will show you
howto pick the right colors and surface to do what
you’re looking to do, as well as the skills to make
it happen.
TIMES: Three Tuesdays from 9:30AM – Noon starts May
13th.
COST: $60.00
8. Do your own Silkscreen Printing – Lisa
Franklin & Julianna Peckinpaugh
Silkscreen Printing – 4 Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:30 PM
starts March 4th.
In this class you will learn the basics of preparing
and printing a silkscreen. Lisa Franklin and
Julianna Peckinpaugh will show students how to
produce quality silkscreened images with easy to use
supplies that don’t require any special equipment.
Anyone can silkscreen at home with success after
completing this class.
Cost: $100.00
9. Kids Collage and Mixed Media – Lisa
Franklin
Lisa teaches this Kids’ art class for ages 6 and up.
Students will have experience with a large variety
of collage and other types of art materials,
including acrylic paints, watercolor paints, neat
collage varnishes, special tools and brushes, and
lots more. Students will sink in up to their elbows
and pull something creative out of themselves.
TIMES: 4 Wednesdays 3PM – 5PM starting April 9th.
COST: $85.00 most materials included.
10. Beginning Watercolors – Susan Laufer
Class will focus on basic techniques for painting
using transparent watercolors. Discussions will
include material choices, color theory, application
methods, representing light, specialty techniques
and when to use them, and correction methods.
Students should walk away with a minimum of two
completed paintings.
TIMES: 4 Saturdays 2-5
Cost: $85.00
11. Simple Stained Glass – Eva Terada
Simple Stained Glass – 4 Saturdays 10AM – 1PM starts
March 8th.
Eva Anderson-Terada teaches this introduction to the
copper foil method of stained glass assembly
originally created by Tiffany Studios. Students will
get a comprehensive education on all stained glass
tools and techniques needed to assemble a small
panel piece or a window hanging. This is so much
more fun than struggling through all the variables
alone!
Cost: $140.00
12. Traditional Glass Painting – Eva
Terada
This class will show you how to paint a grisaille
painting and fire it permanently into glass. This is
what you are looking at when you see faces and hands
painted into stained glass windows. We will also
play with enamels and brighter colors for a less
traditional approach to this classic medium.
Cost: $90.00
13. Ukrainian Easter Eggs on Good Friday
– March 21st 1PM – 5PM One Day Only!
Come get in the spirit of Easter, Ukrainian style!
This all-ages class is truly the fine art of egg
dying. Using hot wax, parts of the egg are masked
before dip dying in successive layers creating a
gorgeous, vivid art egg.
Cost: $15.00 – all supplies included
14. Your Art: Analysis and Evaluation –
Saturday March 22nd 2-5PM One Day Only!
Elfie Wilkins-Nacht will lead this insightful
workshop focusing on the strengths and weaknesses in
a piece of art. Elfie received her MFA from UCLA in
painting and photography. She has been making art,
teaching studio and art appreciation classes, and
acting as a juror to art competitions for twenty
years. This is a great opportunity to objectively
analyze your art on the basis of its formal elements
while breaking away from personal taste. Students
are asked to bring in two to five pieces of their
best artwork. This is your chance to get help
selecting your strongest works before the EHCC’s
juried art competition in April!
Cost: $15.00
15. Kids Collage and Mixed Media
– Lisa Franklin teaches this Kids’ art class for
ages 6 and up. Students will have experience with a
large variety of collage and other types of art
materials, including acrylic paints, watercolor
paints, neat collage varnishes, special tools and
brushes, and lots more. Students will sink in up to
their elbows and pull something creative out of
themselves. This class starts up right after Next
Step Drawing, in the same Wednesday time slot.
TIMES: 4 Wednesdays 3PM – 5PM starting April 9th.
COST: $85.00 most materials included. |