Continuing Education

Barton’s Personal Enrichment Courses offer opportunities, through non-credit-bearing classes, for individual creative development.

Fall 2024 Continuing Education Class Offering

Drawing with Pastel and More!

This eight-week course will include guided exercises with themes of process, mark-making, still life, plein- air, personal journaling and more! The workshop will include reflective drawing exercises, plein -air landscape experiences, still life drawing and intuitive abstract drawing. A great workshop for beginners or experienced artists. Participants will use a variety of media including soft pastel, charcoal, and graphite pencils. No previous experience is required.

Time/Day: 9:30-12:30, Fridays

Dates: 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 10/4, 10/11, (no class 10/18), 10/25, 11/1

Instructor: Maureen O’Neill

Location: Case Art Room 101, Barton College

Fees: $110

Register by August 29, 2024

 

Maureen O’Neill is the Director of Exhibitions and Educational Programming for the Barton College Art Galleries and Assistant Professor of Art in the Department of Art, Barton College. moneill@barton.edu 

 

Materials:

  • Box of Soft pastels, (preferably Sennelier half sticks, or Unison brand starter sets are good) Half-sticks, without outer wrapper, are preferred. Set of 40 or more. 
  • NuPastel Color Sticks, set of 12, (used for underpainting, a hard-soft pastel)
  • ArtSpectrum Colorfix Original Coated pastel paper, 9×12”, (2 packs – 1 cool pack of 10 sheets and 1 warm pack of 10 sheets). 
  • Various large individual sheets of sanded paper is recommended (Sennelier, ArtSpectrum or UArt are good options)
  • Sketchbook (easy to carry size) for sketching with pencil  
  • Vine charcoal
  • Graphite drawing pencils 
  • Studio hand wipes
  • masking tape

 

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Admissions

Eligible students must be at least 18 years old. Some courses may have additional requirements.

Registration

To enroll, students must complete the registration form, pay the registration fees, and attend the first meeting of the class.

 

Register Online

Use the online form or visit the Office of Lorraine Raper in Hackney Library to register for classes.

Fees

The cost for Continuing Education courses will be determined on a course-by-course basis. See each offering for its fee.

Students are eligible for a 100 percent refund if they officially withdraw from their classes prior to the first class meeting or if a class is canceled because of insufficient enrollment. Once classes begin, no refunds will be given.

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