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PRINTMAKING WITHOUT A PRESS
Selma Bromberg, Kelly Slater, Laura Sheffield | Artists Begin (or continue!) your printmaking practice in this online class . This class will be divided into 3 parts, each led by a different instructor, and will explore different printmaking techniques including relief printmaking, monotype printing, and more . Using demonstrations, inspiring examples, and other resources, we will practice our skills and share our work in a relaxed and creative atmosphere . No previous art experience required, only a curiosity about printmaking . Each term, techniques will be introduced and expanded on . A detailed supply list for each class session will be sent to students before the class begins .
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COURSE CODE: PRWP Sec. 01: 7 Fridays, 11am-12:30pm. Begins Apr. 16 | $200
AQUA EFFIGIES: THE PORTRAIT IN WATERCOLOR
Bryan Ramey | Artist, artbyramey.com In this workshop, we will explore the portrait in the inspirational medium of watercolor . We will discuss how to approach the portrait, proportions and structure of the head . The instructor, Bryan Ramey, will explain how he approaches watercolor by breaking down color choices, compositions, and values of light/shadow in order to construct a solid foundation for the painting . The instructor will demonstrate how to put a portrait together from start to finish using both realistic and abstract techniques. We will finish the day with everyone working through a portrait from planning to completion . Basic watercolor experience is recommended but not required .
COURSE CODE: WAPP Sec. 01: Saturday, 10am-2pm. May 8 | $100
WATERCOLOR IMMERSION
Nicholas Mancini | Artist, namancini.com Spend a full day immersed in this beloved art form in this workshop that will cover the fundamentals . Watercolor is a translucent medium that sinks into the fiber of a sheet of paper, releasing the light from the surface . Watercolor dries fast, enabling one to work quickly with freshness and spontaneity . Please see the supply list for recommended materials, but students are welcome to use any supplies they already have or would rather use . This class will take a 1-hour break at noon .
COURSE CODE: WATB Sec. 01: Saturday, 10am-3pm. May 22 | $100
WATERCOLOR
Bryan Ramey | Artist, artbyramey.com Watercolor is a translucent medium that sinks into the fiber of a sheet of paper, releasing the light from the surface . Watercolor dries fast, enabling one to work quickly with freshness and spontaneity . In this class, we will address the fundamentals of watercolor painting, with an emphasis on exploration and personal expression .
COURSE CODE: WATE Sec. 01: 8 Thursdays, 10am-12pm. Begins Apr. 8 | $210
WATERCOLOR AND PEN & INK ILLUSTRATION
Bryan Ramey | Artist, artbyramey.com Learn to marry the fluid, luminous quality of watercolor with the expression of hand-drawn pen and ink lines to create detailed illustrations with personality . Students will learn and experiment with a variety of techniques for using watercolor and pen and ink together, and will choose one style for one or more developed pieces . Prior experience with watercolor preferred, but not necessary .
MULTIMEDIA
DESIGNING A LOGO IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Natalia Slattery | Artist, nataliaslattery.com Adobe Illustrator is a powerful tool for creating vector illustrations that can be used in a myriad of ways . In this class, students will learn the basics of Illustrator through demonstrations and the hand-on experience of creating a logo . We will also discuss the principles of logo design and look at examples for inspiration . This class is geared toward Illustrator beginners, but students who are looking to grow or refresh their skills are also welcome!
COURSE CODE: LOGO Sec. 01: Wednesday, 6-9pm. Apr. 21 | $75
CREATING A FLYER IN ADOBE INDESIGN
Natalia Slattery | Artist, nataliaslattery.com Whether you are printing flyers for an event or creating social media graphics for your business, Adobe InDesign allows creators to easily work with both images and text . In this class, students will learn the basics of InDesign through demonstrations and the hands-on experience of designing an event flyer. This class is geared toward InDesign beginners, but students who are looking to grow or refresh their skills are also welcome!
COURSE CODE: INDE Sec. 01: Wednesday, 6-9pm. May 12 | $75
Natalia Slattery | Artist, nataliaslattery.com In this class, students will learn how to collage together images from different sources to create creative works of digital art . Students will learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop through demonstrations, examples, and hands-on practice . This class is geared toward Photoshop beginners, but students who are looking to grow or refresh their Photoshop skills are also welcome!
COURSE CODE: DIGC Sec. 01: Wednesday, 6-9pm. Jun. 9 | $75
INTRO TO VIDEO EDITING WITH ADOBE PREMIERE
Cambridge Community Television | cctvcambridge.org Premiere can help you edit anything from your next Instagram post to a feature-length film. In this class, you will learn the basic tools used to navigate Premiere Pro, manipulate audio and video files on the timeline, and export your content. Disclaimer: Students will be expected to have a subscription to Adobe Premiere Pro . Please see the supply list in the section description or registration confirmation email for more details about purchasing a subscription . This class is hosted by Cambridge Community Television .
COURSE CODE: ADPR Sec. 01: 2 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. Apr. 20 & 27 | $80
CCAE Studio School offers a group of coordinated classes that focuses on perceptual drawing and oil painting . The Studio School helps students develop skills that enable them to record and interpret, analyze and express while painting and drawing from life and stressing the importance of spatial relationships and careful observation . For more information, visit ccae.org/studio-school.
FIGURE DRAWING
Brett Gamache | Artist & Art Instructor, brettgamache.com This virtual class will use a combination of digital figure resources, video lessons, and weekly assignments as a basis for understanding basic drawing elements such as line, form in space, spatial relationships, light and dark, gesture, and composition . Beginners will be welcomed and continuing students will also be challenged . Some classes may also include still life, landscape, portraiture, and human anatomy. This is a virtual class but will not meet on Zoom at a specific time each week . Your instructor will email you directly to provide more information with weekly lessons .
COURSE CODE: FDIQ Sec. 01: 8 Mondays, 2-5pm. Begins Apr. 5 | $325 No class Apr. 19 & May 31
PAINTING FOUNDATIONS:
PROJECTS AT HOME
Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com You will be guided through a series of foundational color experiments involving personal still life setups . Learn the fundamentals of oil painting in this intensive, structured developmental painting program . We’ll stress visual language elements such as composition, observational measurement, values, space, and mark-making . In addition, we’ll utilize a series of limited palettes to build strength and understanding of color theory and color mixing . Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic or gouache are welcome to do so .
COURSE CODE: PFPH Sec. 01: 9 Tuesdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Apr. 6 | $390
PAINTING THE INTERIOR
Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will explore the complex subject of painting an interior space . We will work one step at a time from direct observation, beginning with drawing and color studies and using these to inform a larger final painting. Our goal is to better understand how to capture light and perspective in this complicated environment . Can be paired with Painting Out the Window for a 2-part course . Experience in drawing and painting in oil or acrylic is required . Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic are welcome to do so .
COURSE CODE: PINT Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Apr. 8 | $270
PAINTING OUT THE WINDOW
Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will study the beautiful and complex space we see while gazing through a window . This might be a landscape featuring a windowsill, or the light streaming into a beloved room . We will use drawing and color studies to experiment with ways of seeing this space, and these studies will inform a larger final painting . Can be taken independently or as a second part to Painting the Interior . Experience with drawing and painting in oil or acrylic is required . Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic are welcome to do so .
COURSE CODE: PWIN Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins May 20 | $270
PAINTING OUTDOORS ON THE NORTH SHORE
Brett Gamache | Artist & Art Instructor, brettgamache.com Join us for a plein air landscape painting class along the North Shore’s seacoast with locations including Gloucester, Rockport, and Ipswich . Topics covered include: setting up, beginning a painting, composition, mixing color, creating space, and capturing light . Students are asked to bring materials (paints, brushes, portable easel, canvas) as well as a mask . Oil painting is the preferred medium, some painting experience is required . This class will meet in-person outdoors . Students are asked to wear a mask throughout the class and follow Massachusetts state guidelines regarding physical distancing .
COURSE CODE: PONS Sec. 01: 5 Fridays, 9am-1pm. Begins Apr. 30 | $300
PAINTING ON THE CHARLES
Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com Join us for a (safe physically distanced) plein air landscape painting class along the Charles River in Cambridge, MA . This class is for the beginner as well as the more advanced painter . Topics covered include: setting up, beginning a painting, composition, mixing color, creating space, and capturing light . Students are asked to bring materials (paints, brushes, portable easel, canvas) as well as a mask .
COURSE CODE: LPCH Sec. 01: 5 Wednesdays, 9am-1pm. Begins Apr. 28 | $300
CRAFTS
INTERMEDIATE KNITTING
Kirsten Swartz | Artist If you’re looking to build confidence in your knitting ability and add more stitches and techniques to your toolbox, this is the class for you! After a brief refresher of the basics (casting on, binding off, knitting, and purling), we will go through more complex knitting techniques like fair isle knitting, lace, cables, felting, and knitting in the round . With the skills you learn in this class you will be able to make socks, sweaters, hats, mittens, and more . Take your knitting to the next level!
COURSE CODE: KNIT Sec. 01: 8 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Apr. 6 | $175
SHIBORI TIE-DYE WORKSHOP
Lena Borovci | Costume Designer, lenaborovci.com/ Join us for an introductory workshop exploring the basics of shibori! Shibori is a traditional Japanese resist dye technique that uses a variety of textile manipulation methods to produce different patterns when the fabric is immersed in indigo dye. Experiment with tying, folding, stitching, compressing, and twisting fabric to create your own unique shibori masterpiece . Please have up to 2 yards of fabric, or kitchen towels, a t-shirt, a scarf or pillowcase; the dye process works best on white, pre-washed, 100% cotton fabrics . A full supply list will be provided prior to the class .
COURSE CODE: SHIB Sec. 01: Saturday, 2-4pm. May 15 | $50
WOOD CARVING WITH SMALL TOOLS
Dan Paret | Woodworker, planesimplebox.com Through a series of demonstrations and discussion, you will be introduced to a variety of wood carving techniques and styles, all of which can be carved with a modest set of small wood carving tools . We will explore surface texture, low-relief, raised line, and incised carving . Each class will include a project demonstration, and between classes you will have an opportunity to create the project . We will share our work and the instructor will answer questions before moving on to the next carving project . Please see the supply list linked in the section description online and confirmation email that you receive after you register . Some supplies, such as the wood blocks and carving tools, you will need to purchase in advance of the first class. If you have any questions, email the instructor at danparet@gmail .com .
COURSE CODE: HTDC Sec. 01: 8 Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Begins Apr. 6 | $200
STAINED GLASS AT HOME
Michel L’Huillier | Stained Glass and Fusing Artist In the comfort of your home, create a stained glass panel with guidance provided during synchronous and asynchronous classes . All the tools needed will be provided to you along with supplies necessary for one large 12” x 18” stained glass panel. You will meet online on Zoom weekly with your instructor for a step by step demonstration, basic skill-building, and troubleshooting, if necessary . You’ll have access to short videos of your instructor demonstrating the different processes. You will be provided with a simple geometric stained glass pattern along with glass bevels and a choice of 6 glass sheets to create your own original stained glass window . The window will be framed with precut zinc channels for you to proudly display your masterpiece . The kit, including the tools and glass, costs $285 and you must pay the fee directly to the instructor after you register . Instructions for purchasing the kit and choosing the glass options will be emailed to you . The kit will be available for pickup at CCAE at 42 Brattle Street on Saturday, April 3, 10am-12pm . Please register by March 24 to ensure the instructor can secure supplies for your kit .
COURSE CODE: STGH Sec. 01: 8 Wednesdays, 6-7pm. Begins Apr. 7 | $105 Materials Kit Pickup at CCAE: Saturday, 10am-12pm Apr. 3
Michel L’Huillier
to purchase supplies. A supply list will be linked in the section description online and in your confi rmation email after you register. For info@ccae.org . or email questions, contact our registration offi ce at 617.547.6789
SPRING: APRIL � JUNE
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PONS: Painting Outdoors on the North Shore
5 Fridays, 9am-1pm . Begins Apr . 30 | $300 PRWP: Printmaking without a Press
7 Fridays, 11am-12:30pm . Begins Apr . 16 | $200
PINT: Painting the Interior
5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $270 PWIN: Painting out the Window
5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm . Begins May 20 | $270
LPCH: Painting on the Charles
5 Wednesdays, 9am-1pm . Begins Apr . 28 | $300
PFPH: Painting Foundations: Projects at Home
9 Tuesdays, 9am-12:30pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $390
FDIQ: Figure Drawing
8 Mondays, 2-5pm . Begins Apr . 5 | $325 No class Apr . 19 & May 31 DLAN: Drawing the Landscape in Color
7 Tuesdays, 4-6pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $190 WATE: Watercolor
8 Thursdays, 10am-12pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $210 WPIN: Watercolor and Pen & Ink Illustration
8 Thursdays, 1-3pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $210 GOUA: Introduction to Gouache Painting 8 Thursdays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $210 DRBA: Beginner Drawing
9 Thursdays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $300
DRFH: Drawing with the Figure
9 Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30pm . Begins Apr . 7 | $370
WHOS: Can’t Draw? Who Says?
10 Tuesdays, 5:30-7pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $250
MEMD: Metamorphic Drawing
8 Mondays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 5 | $210 | No class Apr . 19 & May 31 STGH: Stained Glass at Home
8 Wednesdays, 6-7pm . Begins Apr . 7 | $105 ($285 Materials Kit Purchased Separately)
PETP: Drawing and Painting Cat and Dog Portraits
8 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $210
PCUT: Drawing with a Knife: Paper Cut Art
8 Mondays, 6-8pm . Begins Apr . 5 | $210 No class Apr . 19 & May 31 BLTJ: Bullet Journaling
3 Thursdays, 6-7:30pm . Begins Jun . 3 | $85
ABAL: Painting Abstract Art: All Levels
8 Wednesdays, 6:30-9pm . Begins Apr . 7 | $210
DDRA: Digital Drawing with Procreate
8 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $210
PAPP: Beginner Oil Painting
9 Mondays, 6-9pm . Begins Apr . 5 | $350 No class Apr . 19 & May 31 STEN: Stencil Printing
8 Thursdays, 6-8pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $210
SKCH: Sketchbook Series
6 Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm . Begins Apr . 7 | $175
DRBA: Beginner Drawing
9 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $300 PTEC: Tools & Techniques for Painting: Washes, Glazes, and Impasto
8 Thursdays, 6-8pm . Begins Apr . 8 | $210
MIXC: Mixed Media Collage
8 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $210 KNIT: Intermediate Knitting
8 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $175 HTDC: Wood Carving with Small Tools
8 Tuesdays, 7-9pm . Begins Apr . 6 | $200 WORKSHOPS & INTENSIVES WEEKEND
3 Saturdays, 1-3:30pm . Begins May 1 | $120 MDCR: Mindfulness and Creativity
Saturday, 10am-2pm . May 8 | $100 WAPP: Aqua Effi gies: The Portrait in Watercolor
Saturday, 2-4pm . May 15 | $50 SHIB: Shibori Tie-Dye Workshop
WEEKDAY
ADPR: Intro to Video Editing with Adobe Premiere 2 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm . Apr . 20 & 27 | $80 LOGO: Designing a Logo in Adobe Illustrator Wednesday, 6-9pm . Apr . 21 | $75
Wednesday, 6-9pm . May 12 | $75 INDE: Advertising Your Event with InDesign
Saturday, 10am-3pm . May 22 | $100 WATB: Watercolor Immersion
DIGC: Digital Collage in Adobe Photoshop Wednesday, 6-9pm . Jun . 9 | $75 KPOW: Kapow!! A Crash Course in Character Design Saturday, 12-4pm . Jun . 12 | $90
Wednesday, 6-8pm . May 26 | $50 MDIA: Mindfulness and Intuitive Art
Monday through Thursday, 6-9pm . Jun . 7-10 | $175 PORH: Portrait Drawing from Home: Weeklong Intensive
