Margaret Fanning teaches art classes at Farmstead Arts, Hunterdon Art Museum, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, and the Center for Contemporary Art.
Acrylic Painting - In Person
6 Weeks: Tuesdays, June 25 - July 30, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held IN-PERSON
$180 members/$195 non-members
Students will practice the steps and techniques to composing an acrylic painting. Learn how to mix colors on the palette and understand the properties of value and shapes. By experimenting with a variety of mediums that acrylic painting has to offer, you can develop a style unique to you!
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held IN-PERSON
$180 members/$195 non-members
Students will practice the steps and techniques to composing an acrylic painting. Learn how to mix colors on the palette and understand the properties of value and shapes. By experimenting with a variety of mediums that acrylic painting has to offer, you can develop a style unique to you!
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Drawing In Color - In Person
6 Weeks: Tuesdays, June 25 - July 30, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held IN-PERSON
$180 members/$195 non-members
Drawing has been the foundation of art throughout the centuries. This class will help students build and refine the techniques needed for drawing and color theory. Learn how to use line, shape, value, and color to form a composition and how to use your observation skills to bring objects to life on paper. Students may use different drawing mediums of their choice, such as colored pencil and pastel.
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held IN-PERSON
$180 members/$195 non-members
Drawing has been the foundation of art throughout the centuries. This class will help students build and refine the techniques needed for drawing and color theory. Learn how to use line, shape, value, and color to form a composition and how to use your observation skills to bring objects to life on paper. Students may use different drawing mediums of their choice, such as colored pencil and pastel.
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Painting with Watercolor - Virtual
6 Weeks: Thursdays, June 27 - August 1, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held online via ZOOM
$170 members/$185 non-members
Learn to control watercolor with a variety of techniques, from basic washes to more experimental approaches. Paint a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract design. Bring your own reference photos if you’d like. Beginner or intermediate painters!
Register Now
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held online via ZOOM
$170 members/$185 non-members
Learn to control watercolor with a variety of techniques, from basic washes to more experimental approaches. Paint a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract design. Bring your own reference photos if you’d like. Beginner or intermediate painters!
Register Now
Painting with Watercolor - In Person
6 Weeks: Thursdays, June 27 - August 1, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held IN-PERSON
$180 members/$195 non-members
Learn to control watercolor with a variety of techniques, from basic washes to more experimental approaches. Paint a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract design. Bring your own reference photos if you’d like. Beginner or intermediate painters!
Register Now
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Farmstead Arts, these classes will be held IN-PERSON
$180 members/$195 non-members
Learn to control watercolor with a variety of techniques, from basic washes to more experimental approaches. Paint a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract design. Bring your own reference photos if you’d like. Beginner or intermediate painters!
Register Now
Colored Pencil Workshop
1-Day Workshop: Saturday, July 20, 2024
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Center for Contemporary Art, this workshop will be held IN-PERSON
$60 members/ $85 non-members
In this workshop, students will learn to better master colored pencils with techniques for blending colors, creating hard or soft edges, and heightening value. This workshop will also go over proportion and perspective, how to make objects appear 3-dimensional, and how to better understand and utilize the colors we have. Think of the subjects you'd like to draw with colored pencils: a still life, a floral, a landscape, or a portrait. The possibilities are endless! Students are welcome to bring their own reference photos to class.
You can find a materials list here.
Register Now
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Center for Contemporary Art, this workshop will be held IN-PERSON
$60 members/ $85 non-members
In this workshop, students will learn to better master colored pencils with techniques for blending colors, creating hard or soft edges, and heightening value. This workshop will also go over proportion and perspective, how to make objects appear 3-dimensional, and how to better understand and utilize the colors we have. Think of the subjects you'd like to draw with colored pencils: a still life, a floral, a landscape, or a portrait. The possibilities are endless! Students are welcome to bring their own reference photos to class.
You can find a materials list here.
Register Now
Introduction to Gouache Workshop
1-Day Workshop: Saturday, August 3, 2024
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Center for Contemporary Art, this class will be held IN-PERSON
$60 members/$85 non-members
This workshop will provide a basic introduction to gouache (opaque watercolor) and the materials and practices that are used. This medium provides a change from the high sheen of oil and some acrylic paints with beautiful flat tones that are characteristic only to gouache.
You can find a materials list here.
Register Now
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Center for Contemporary Art, this class will be held IN-PERSON
$60 members/$85 non-members
This workshop will provide a basic introduction to gouache (opaque watercolor) and the materials and practices that are used. This medium provides a change from the high sheen of oil and some acrylic paints with beautiful flat tones that are characteristic only to gouache.
You can find a materials list here.
Register Now