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Paint Night: The Barn Quilt
with Shirley Anderson, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Come join us and unleash your creativity with these beautiful Barn Quilts. Pick out a design and colors and you’re ready to create your masterpiece. These will be painted on 24 x 24 inch birch plywood panels primed with white Kiltz ahead of time. No prior experience necessary, just be ready to paint a visually stunning piece of art that's rich in history and cultural significance. This class has have a fee for supplies of $15, payable to the instructor. Canvas and paints are supplied.
Traveler’s Sketchbooks with Watercolor and Ink
with Claire Loon Baldwin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Learn techniques for capturing your travels in a sketchbook! This is the perfect opportunity to delve back into old photos and savor your adventures again through art. We’ll learn techniques for capturing landscapes and cityscapes both accurately and expressively, and experiment with ways to build unique compositions. Students will learn techniques for watercolor and ink, and experiment with supplies that work well on the go. You’ll finish the course with a series of unique compositions, and the skills for continuing your sketchbook practice on future adventures. Students can either buy themselves the required materials or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick. *No Class: 2/17. **Snow Date: 3/17.
Pine Needle Baskets
with Zack Rouda, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Learn to identify, regeneratively gather and harvest, properly store and process, and weave with pine needles. We'll cover the basics of coiled basketry, which is a global, ancient human skill, and create a wonderful pine-needle basket. All tools and materials will be provided. *Program includes all required tools and materials.
Illustrating Birds with Watercolor and Ink
with Claire Loon Baldwin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This all-levels class will explore techniques for capturing birds with pen and ink and watercolor. Students will learn techniques for capturing texture and shine, and leave with their own unique composition of the bird of their choice. Students can either buy themselves the required materials or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick. **Snow Date: 2/20.
Macrame Plant Hanger
with Asia Cole, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Come learn the basics of macrame and add some boho flair to your winter home with a hand-made plant hanger. All students will receive enough Bobbiny cotton cord and beads for one 4’ plant hanger to fit a 6-8” pot. Please bring a ruler and your pot as well if you’d like a precise fit. *A $10 materials fee, payable to the instructor, is due the day of class.
ADVANCED SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY S2 ONLINE CLASS
with Steve McGrath, Wells-Ogunquit Adult Community Education
This class is dedicated to helping advance your understandingof how to use your smartphone photography and Manualcontrols. Like ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, and how to take acreate great Images on your phone! What editing apps to use togive you more control if your Smartphone doesn’t have them!And Equipment that you can use to help your Images, likeTelephoto Lenses, Tripods, Filters. Join Steve as we go over how touse the essential controls on your phone along with the best freeand low-cost tools for editing and image management.INSTRUCTOR: Steve McGrath
HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH A SNOWFLAKE ONLINE CLASS
with Steve McGrath, Wells-Ogunquit Adult Community Education
In this Class we are going to use our Macro/Close Up settings,Lenses, Filters and Lighting to take some awesome Images ofSnowflakes! And go over the Controls to capture them! Likeour Aperture, ISO Exposure Compensation. And Compositionwhich is important with the Snowflakes! And this is for aDigital Camera or a Smartphone!INSTRUCTOR: Steve McGrathAn online link will be provided to you prior to class.
How to Photograph Snowflakes
with Steve McGrath, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
In this Class we are going to use our Macro/Close Up settings, Lenses, Filters and Lighting to take some awesome Images of Snowflakes! And go over the Controls to capture them! Like our Aperture, ISO Exposure Compensation. And Composition which is important with the Snowflakes! And this is for a Digital Camera or a Smartphone!