Adult (14+) Visual Art Classes

Click here for information about these classes in light of MAC's recent closing due to COVID-19.

Learning to do Cubism Painting

Instructor: Robert Hubbard
Dates: Jun 2-Jul 21 (8 weeks)
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Cost: $155
Come and learn how to paint like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. This class will teach the student how to go about it from start to finish. Create a cubist painting by learning to draw the subject matter into a cubist composition, transferring it to your canvas, and then painting. This class will help you understand one style of modern era of painting.

Mixing Paint Colors

Instructor: Robert Hubbard
Dates: Jun 3-Jul 8 (6 weeks)
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Cost: $85
This class will help you understand the right and wrong way of mixing colors to paint with. Through the use of exercises and experiments the student will gain knowledge in what colors are used to mix other colors, how to keep colors once you have them mixed, and how to make your colors sparkle. We will start with basics and work into more advanced experiments. Each student is asked to buy 2, 12x16 inch canvas pads to use during exercises and experiments and to serve as a reminder after the class.

Perspective–1 & 2 Point

Instructor: Robert Hubbard
Dates: Jul 15-Aug 5 (4 weeks)
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Cost: $75
Perspective is found in all landscapes, drawings, paintings, prints, and more. Come learn how to draw man-made structures. Students will learn the correct steps and how to portray distance in their artwork, including how to get sidewalks and streets to lay flat. This is for beginners and a great review for more experienced artists.

Still Life

Instructor: Robert Hubbard
Dates: Jul 28-Aug 25 (5 weeks)
Day: Tuesdays Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Cost: $95
Still Life has been the subject of the great master artists for centuries, which emphasizes the art form’s importance. Students will learn the top 10 reasons why the still life is important to artists and will study a still life set up in the center of the room. Students may work in marker, colored pencil, graphite, or any type of paint.

Basic Drawing

Instructor: Robert Hubbard
Dates: Jun 1-Jun 29 (5 weeks)
Day: Mondays
Time: 6:00-6:45pm
Cost: $75
Minimum enrollment of 3 required. Supplies will be provided for use during the sessions and the instructor will provide a list for at home use. Lesson will overlap with the start of Drawing Club, for which the student is encouraged to stay and attend as the instructor will be there to help critique and troubleshoot weekly.

Basic Painting

Instructor: Robert Hubbard
Dates: Jul 9-Aug 6 (5 weeks)
Day: Thursdays
Time: 6:00-6:45pm
Cost: $75
Minimum enrollment of 3 required. Supplies will be provided for use during the sessions and the instructor will provide a list for at home use. Lesson will overlap with the start of Drawing Club, for which the student is encouraged to stay and attend as the instructor will be there to help critique and troubleshoot weekly.