In this course you will learn how to create a simple color chart with fall colors. How to add a glaze and create more shades and depth. Paint a simple wet in wet leaf by dropping in colors. Practice with pen and ink for quick results and perfect for cards. For your final project you will create a realistic maple leaf using all these techniques plus a touch of little watercolor pencil for extra fine details!

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Beautiful, fun, and dazzling! I know that resin can be a scary medium to work with when you first start, but this project is the perfect one for beginners. I hope you will join me in this fun little class where we will create some simple Alcohol Ink Wine Glasses sealed with Resin without using a tumbler!

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Make your own fashionable jewelry using tinted resin to create a one of a kind pendant and earring set.

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Discover the beauty of painting birds in the Chinese Brush style. Use simple brush strokes to bring a variety of birds to life. We’ll start by learning about the supplies, then move on to brushstrokes, and finally we’ll put it all together by painting several compositions ranging from simple to complex.

Additional information will be available on Kelli’s website: http://art.mcngraphics.com/classes/ as she gets closer to launch in early September.

Pottery

Cynthia Plaisted 

Learn the fundamentals of clay and have fun exploring sculptural ceramics using wheel-throwing and handbuilding techniques. Coursework is dependent on the class’ collective creative desires. No experience required. Come dressed to get dirty. Class size is limited to 10. Session #1, Tuesday September 8-October 20. Session #2, Tuesday October 27-December 15. No Class Tuesday, November 24. 6:00-9:00pm Session Fee: $110

Are you ready to independently publish your book? Now is the best time to finish your manuscript and learn about the publishing options available. This class will guide authors through the steps needed to publish responsibly, effectively and learn to avoid the many pitfalls in the fast-changing world of independent publishing.

Come learn the beginning basics of wet and needle felting. Please be warned, this is an inexpensive addictive hobby, if you like crafting, and you are anything like the instructor, everyone in your family will have trivets in their kitchens! In this two-hour class, you will learn to make two wet felted trivets, and once they are done we will needle felt your design. Come with fun design ideas.  Materials needed: 2 oz of wool roving, Romney or Corriedale is best – small bits of different colors for your needle felted design; 2 felting needles, size 38; 8” cake pan round or square; towel; shear piece of curtain, or a piece of plastic big enough to overlap your pan; soap, dish soap works fine. Materials can be purchased at Portfiber, https://portfiber.com/ 50 Cove St, Portland, 207-780-1345.

The pattern fee of $15.00 includes the pattern and the work sheet.  This fee is payable to the instructor.

Contact Faye Hodgkins (546-7196) or abusyquilter@yahoo.com for fabric requirements and quilt details.