Art and Writing Classes

Cartooning and Portraiture
with Local Artist CARA GOLDSTEIN

Award-winning artist Cara Goldstein is offering an ongoing series of workshops here on Saturdays. Come learn — or improve your skills at - visual art and writing. All skill levels are welcome! 

Cara has been trained by Disney cartoonist Al Baruch, who created Captain Hook, and has a MA in Poetry and a BFA in Painting. In the cartooning class, participants will create their own characters with expression and movement. They will learn how to ink, color, and storyboard. For advanced students, handouts and demonstrations will be given on using perspective to create backgrounds. Materials included are: sharpie, colored pencils, and paper.

For those who have always wanted to draw a portrait that looks exactly like their subject, check out the portraiture class. Goldstein will teach the measurements of the face, how to shade, and create likeness. Bring a self portrait, portrait of a friend, or a celebrity. Participants will also draw each other. Materials included are: charcoal, textured paper, and pastel.

For more information about Cara Goldstein and her classes, please visit her website at: www.caragoldstein.com

To download the class schedule in flyer form, click here for Jan-Feb, and here for Feb-March. There is a maximum of nine students per class.

Individual Art and Writing Tutoring: (Adult or Youth) - Saturdays, January 21st through May 31st
$65.00
Model: oneononesession

Individual Tutoring session with Cara. Available from 3-4pm or 5-6pm on Saturdays, January 21st through May 31st.

Please use the order comments box during checkout to specify your requested time and date. Please give at least one alternate time/date. We will list booked sessions as they occur.


Cartooning for Kids - March 10-May 26th
$45.00
Model: cartooningforkids

Do you love to draw cartoons? Learn how to create your own characters with expression, movement, and storyboards. Materials included

Saturdays, 11a.m. — 12p.m., March 10th-May 26th. $45/class. Please specify requested date in the order comments box during checkout.


Poetry and Comics - January 21st
$145.00
Model: Poetryandcomics

Do you love comics and poetry? This class is inspired by Dave Morice, author of Poetry Comics. Students will create comics based on famous poems or write poetry about comics. We will talk about the relationship between word & image, looking at examples from Morice’s book. Mixed media supplies included.

11a.m. — 2p.m., January 21st


Poetry and Painting Class - January 28th
$145.00
Model: poetryandpainting

Ekphrastic art is when one art-form references another. This workshop will focus on famous poems and famous paintings that were created this way. Bring your own photographs or printouts of an artwork or poem you enjoy, and we will create works based on them. Watercolor, brushes, and paper included.

11a.m - 2p.m., January 28th


Poetry and Portraits - February 4th
$125.00
Model: poetryandportraits

Learn how to draw a portrait using classical measurements. We will also look at poetry written about portraits and discuss how a poem can inform a portrait or vice versa. You will have the opportunity to write a poem based on your drawing. Drawing materials included.

11a.m. - 2p.m., February 4th


Perspective Drawing - February 11th
$125.00
Model: perspectivedrawing

Would you like to give your artwork dimension? This workshop will teach you one and two point perspective. We will draw a fantasy cityscape and a room interior. Drawing materials included.

11a.m. - 2p.m., February 11th


Surrealist Writing, Drawing, and Painting - February 18th
$145.00
Model: surrealistwriting

Discover how surrealist poets and painters like Dorthea Tanning, Dali, and Magritte used symbols, dreams, and photographs to create their own works. Students keep a dream journal a week before class to use as an inspiration. Materials included.

11a.m. - 2p.m., February 18th


Create a Comic Book - February 25th
$75.00
Model: createacomicbook
Do you love to draw cartoons? Learn how to create your own characters with expression, movement, and storyboards. Materials included.

11a.m. - 1p.m., February 25th


AttachmentSize
Art_and_Writing_JAN_FEB.pdf132.55 KB
Art_and_Writing_FEB_MAR.pdf54.13 KB