Learn the basics of soldering including torch skills, tools, and safety. Tools will be provided, and project materials are included in the workshop fee. Each participant will solder and finish several rings to bring home. This is a beginner's workshop, no prior experience is needed.

An optional tool kit is available for purchase HERE and will be delivered at the workshop. 

Please contact me at beryljewelrydesign@gmail.com if you have any questions or to be put on a waitlist if your desired time/date is sold out. Also, please add my email to your contacts as I will be sending out an information packet a few weeks before the workshop 

Instructor: Cindy Sassaman is a local jewelry designer and has been teaching workshops in SLO and Los Osos for the last 8 years. 

Requirements:
No prior experience needed
Enrollment is limited and all participants must be at least 18 to participate unless prior approval is given

Fee: $100 - for CCA members $90

Learn the basics of soldering including torch skills, tools, and safety. Tools will be provided, and project materials are included in the workshop fee. Each participant will solder and finish several rings to bring home. This is a beginner's workshop, no prior experience is needed.

An optional tool kit is available for purchase HERE and will be delivered at the workshop. 

Please contact me at beryljewelrydesign@gmail.com if you have any questions or to be put on a waitlist if your desired time/date is sold out. Also, please add my email to your contacts as I will be sending out an information packet a few weeks before the workshop 

Instructor: Cindy Sassaman is a local jewelry designer and has been teaching workshops in SLO and Los Osos for the last 8 years. 

Requirements:
No prior experience needed
Enrollment is limited and all participants must be at least 18 to participate unless prior approval is given

Fee: $100 - for CCA members $90

Learn the basics of soldering including torch skills, tools, and safety. Tools will be provided, and project materials are included in the workshop fee. Each participant will solder and finish several rings to bring home. This is a beginner's workshop, no prior experience is needed.

An optional tool kit is available for purchase HERE and will be delivered at the workshop. 

Please contact me at beryljewelrydesign@gmail.com if you have any questions or to be put on a waitlist if your desired time/date is sold out. Also, please add my email to your contacts as I will be sending out an information packet a few weeks before the workshop 

Instructor: Cindy Sassaman is a local jewelry designer and has been teaching workshops in SLO and Los Osos for the last 8 years. 

Requirements:
No prior experience needed
Enrollment is limited and all participants must be at least 18 to participate unless prior approval is given

Fee: $100 - for CCA members $90

Learn the basics of soldering including torch skills, tools, and safety. Tools will be provided, and project materials are included in the workshop fee. Each participant will solder and finish several rings to bring home. This is a beginner's workshop, no prior experience is needed.

An optional tool kit is available for purchase HERE and will be delivered at the workshop. 

Please contact me at beryljewelrydesign@gmail.com if you have any questions or to be put on a waitlist if your desired time/date is sold out. Also, please add my email to your contacts as I will be sending out an information packet a few weeks before the workshop 

Instructor: Cindy Sassaman is a local jewelry designer and has been teaching workshops in SLO and Los Osos for the last 8 years. 

Requirements:
No prior experience needed
Enrollment is limited and all participants must be at least 18 to participate unless prior approval is given

Fee: $100 - for CCA members $90

A world of creativity and wonder can come from the tip of a pencil. In this 3-hour workshop we will play, observe, invent and imagine with the simplest and most ordinary of drawing tools - The Pencil and Sketchbook. Instructor guided drawing exercises open up participants’ creative experience to new ways of working with these simple tools in a supportive, non-judgmental community.  

NO drawing experience necessary. ALL experience invited. Materials list provided. 

Cost: $60 for members, $75 for non-members

--- Please note that you may sign up for one, two or all three of Lynda’s workshops. They can be taken independently or as a series. You may mix and match. 

Instructor:  Lynda Monick-Isenberg is a visual artist and educator on equal terms. Minneapolis College of Art and Design professor emeritus Lynda taught Foundational Drawing and created their Teaching Artist Programming during her tenure. Her work is included in a number of collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Minnesota Historical Society and Weisman Art Museum. She continues to teach, mentor and maintain an active studio practice while participating in the development and implementation of community-based teaching residencies and curriculum development for organizations and communities throughout the United States.

www.lyndamonickisenberg.com

What is an Artist? Who is an Artist? How can I develop an ongoing Creative Practice? 

This 3-hour workshop will offer participants ways to investigate their artmaking to embark or re-ignite a creative practice. We will explore creative practice through multiple lenses and methodologies including: brainstorming, time management, finding inspiration, art fears, the importance of reflection, practice, artist block and more. Bring your favorite sketchbook and your favorite drawing materials.

Cost: $60 for members, $75 for non-members

--- Please note that you may sign up for one, two or all three of Lynda’s workshops. They can be taken independently or as a series. You may mix and match. 

Lynda Monick-Isenberg is a visual artist and educator on equal terms. Minneapolis College of Art and Design professor emeritus Lynda taught Foundational Drawing and created their Teaching Artist Programming during her tenure. Her work is included in a number of collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Minnesota Historical Society and Weisman Art Museum. She continues to teach, mentor and maintain an active studio practice while participating in the development and implementation of community-based teaching residencies and curriculum development for organizations and communities throughout the United States.

www.lyndamonickisenberg.com

Drawing is the way we first make our mark in the world. It is as unique and personal as a signature and expressive as a finished portrait. Drawing extends mind and spirit, promoting a deep respect for looking and thinking. It is never too late to learn to draw, to pick up a forgotten practice, or to revisit drawing to support a creative life.

Participants in this 4-week course will be guided through traditional and nontraditional drawing exercises as they develop personal drawing skills, techniques, and strategies in support of developing an ongoing creative practice. They will participate in new ways of seeing, looking, and engaging through drawing as a supportive, non-judgmental community.

Each session provides guided instruction, demonstration, and practice in a supportive space for personal and group reflection. 

NO drawing experience necessary. ALL experience invited. Materials list provided.

Cost: $125 for members, $145 for non-members for 4 week series

---  Please note that you may sign up for one, two or all three of Lynda’s workshops. They can be taken independently or as a series. You may mix and match. 

Lynda Monick-Isenberg is a visual artist and educator on equal terms. Minneapolis College of Art and Design professor emeritus Lynda taught Foundational Drawing and created their Teaching Artist Programming during her tenure. Her work is included in a number of collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Minnesota Historical Society and Weisman Art Museum. She continues to teach, mentor and maintain an active studio practice while participating in the development and implementation of community-based teaching residencies and curriculum development for organizations and communities throughout the United States.

www.lyndamonickisenberg.com

The Urban Scene in Art

Learn how to paint lively, expressive paintings with a focus on colour accuracy, mark making and the interconnection of all elements. Value, colour mixing, edges, principles of design and composition, as well as concepts of light and shadow are all part of this workshop and considered part of a solid foundation in painting. In this workshop you'll learn Alla Prima/ wet on wet style techniques which will help bring your painting skills to the next level! Frank's classes reach beyond technique, observing the elusive balance of forces that create beauty in painting.He has 15 years of teaching experience around the USA and Europe.

Portfolio: www.frankeber.com

Small class settings only. Please sign up early!

$350 for members, $375 for non members

Join Doris Lance, renowned wildflower photographer, author and speaker as you explore how to observe with all your senses while trekking around our local natural environs to capture photographs with depth and creativity. 

Throughout the day, tap into that deep place inside to see how the inner world and outer world connect. The feelings, the insights, the sparks that are ignited.  In the morning we will meet at the CCA for a talk based on Doris’ slideshow of photographs titled “Botanical in the Wild.”  After a lunch break, we will take a photography walk around Fiscallini Ranch Preserve photographing the beautiful wildflowers, utilizing the skills that were discussed and gaining experience and additional guidance along the way. Next regrouping at CCA,  for the journaling and art expression part of the day that utilizes Doris’ book, “Botanical Reflections” which is provided to you as part of this workshop. Bring that heightened awareness back with you as you explore the exercises in her book. Botanical Reflections is not just a book, it’s an invitation to embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing, by using the five senses and observation. The exercises also help to boost memory, promote motor skills, and reduce anxiety.

Artist Bio:

In a world filled with hustle and bustle, finding moments of connection and tranquility with nature can seem impossible.  However, Doris Lance, avid hiker, wildflower photographer and author of “Botanical Reflections,” claims that nature has always been more than a backdrop-it’s been a sanctuary, a source of inspiration, and a healer. Lance’s journey began at a very young age in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.  This early experience began building memories that now includes worldwide mountain ranges, such as Mount Fuji, Japan/Patagonia, Chile/the Appalachian Train and the Pacific Crest Trail in California. It has become her “second nature.” 

The Urban Scene in Art

Learn how to paint lively, expressive paintings with a focus on colour accuracy, mark making and the interconnection of all elements. Value, colour mixing, edges, principles of design and composition, as well as concepts of light and shadow are all part of this workshop and considered part of a solid foundation in painting. In this workshop you'll learn Alla Prima/ wet on wet style techniques which will help bring your painting skills to the next level! Frank's classes reach beyond technique, observing the elusive balance of forces that create beauty in painting.  He has 15 years of teaching experience around the USA and Europe.

Portfolio: www.frankeber.com

Small class settings only. Please sign up early!

$350 for members, $375 for non members

Two Day Workshop 

Photos are a terrific tool for a painter. They provide reference and angles that would be difficult to get, including action. 

The key is to know how to work from a photo and the FOCUS of this workshop.

This two day workshop is divided into THREE parts. 

PART ONE. I’ll talk about what type of camera equipment I use, including cell phones, still and video cameras and some things to look out for including taking photographs at night. One tip - most cell phones tend to shoot images that are slightly distorted, very wide angled, creating distortion in your painting if you’re trying to copy it exactly.

PART TWO. In the second part of the workshop I'll be talking about how to prepare the photo, either as a print or working from a computer image. In the workshop we’ll be working from printed still images that I’ll provide. (If you have an image you’d like to paint from that’s fine). I encourage you to try and work from a photo with strong lights and dark values and sufficient color information. Most photographs tend to wash out the color and the dark areas tend to go overly dark. For example, shadow areas in an image have a lot more color in them (from reflected light) than the photographs reveal.

PART THREE. I’ll focus on the actual process of painting from the photograph including tips on transferring the image to your canvas. I’ll also cover probably the biggest problem working from a photo - Focus. Unlike a photograph, which is generally all in focus, the human eye sees roughly 20% in focus and the rest is peripheral vision and slightly blurred so the key is to paint like your eyes see and not what the photograph is telling you.

It’s also best to work from your own photographs. Not only do you own the rights to the image but since you’ve taken the picture, you’ve already pre-composed the image.

I’ll begin the workshop with a short slideshow and a simple demonstration painting from a photo. To see more of George Scribner's work visit: scribnerart.com