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Mixed Media Collage with Heather Neilson – Fall 2025 [CLASS FULL]
6 weeks
Saturdays, 9:30 PM to 12:00 PM | October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8 and 15
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
There is a $5 Supply Fee payable to the instructor.
Explore creative possibilities in this six-week abstract mixed media collage course. Working with acrylic paint and paper, you’ll begin by creating a library of personal collage materials—painted papers rich with color, texture, pattern, and mark making.
From there, you’ll explore how to combine these elements using key design principles like value, color, shape, and composition. Through a mix of guided exercises and open exploration, you’ll learn how to layer confidently, balance spontaneity with structure, and develop your own visual language.
This course is perfect for artists who want to loosen up, experiment freely, and expand their creative toolkit. Whether you’re new to mixed media or looking to deepen your practice, you’ll leave with fresh ideas, new techniques, and a body of work that’s uniquely yours.
Please note: This is an instructional and cumulative course with no make-up sessions. If you expect to miss more than two classes and are new to the course, consider enrolling at a time when you can attend the majority of sessions.
Heather Neilson’s Mixed Media Collage Supply List
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• Watercolor paper or Mixed Media paper 9×12 140lb (or heavier)
any brand.
• Optional: 2-4 Cradled Wood Panels or other substrates.
Important: instructor will discuss options in the 1st class so it is
recommended to wait to purchase these.
• Acrylic paint – I recommend GOLDEN fluid acrylics but any brand or
type of acrylics is fine. Be sure to have Black and White plus at least
2-3 warm colors (red, oranges, yellows) and 2-3 cool colors (blues,
greens, violets). If you have favorite paint colors, bring them along.
• Glue – Soft gel medium – semi gloss (if you have experience with
collage and have a favorite glue that works well with paper, you can
use that instead)
• Collage materials:
– Sketch Paper
We will be making collage material by painting on your sketch paper
so that you have unique and personal collage fodder.
Please also bring a small collection of other found collage papers to
work with. Some ideas include
– vintage book pages
– vintage music sheets
– wallpaper
– tissue paper
– colorful napkins
– photo copies of personal letters, documents, children’s artwork
Heather will also be bringing some purchased papers for you to use ($5
supply fee covers this plus other miscellaneous supplies)
• Brushes – bring a few nice brushes for paint and one that you will
use primarily for glue. Have a variety of sizes but 1-2 should be at
least a 1/2 – 1 inch wide flat.
• Paper towels (blue shop towels from hardware store are
recommended)
• A palette – options include a palette paper, freezer paper, stay wet
palette, plastic tray or plastic plate. It should be a flat surface. I do
not recommend the small plastic palettes with wells.
• Palette knife (Metal is recommended)
• Scissors
• Container for water for your brushes (eg. a large, plastic yogurt
container)
• a small container (a small yogurt container works well) for your glue
• An old loyalty card or expired credit card for adhering your collage.
Alternatives are a brayer or plastic scraper tools from hardware store
Optional:
– latex gloves
– apron
– glue stick (acid free)
– any other favorite supplies for those with collage experience.
Cancellation Policy
Making the Unfamiliar: Experiments in Form and Matter – An experimental art lab for curious makers and material risk-takers with Nicole Bricker – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Mondays, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3 and 10
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
This class invites artists and creatives of all disciplines to step outside traditional methods and into a space of discovery, play, and transformation. Through a series of weekly challenges, you’ll deconstruct familiar forms, explore unconventional tools and materials, and allow process rather than perfection to guide your making. Each session combines hands-on experimentation with sketchbook prompts and material investigations designed to build toward a personal body of exploratory work.
Expect to paint on objects, stitch through memory, let time and gravity leave their mark, and reflect on the unexpected pathways your materials take you down. Whether you’re a seasoned artist looking to shake things up, or a curious beginner, this course prioritizes resourcefulness over polish and process over product.
Week 1 – Material Encounters
Start the course by engaging directly with materials without a defined outcome. Using both conventional and unconventional matter, you’ll investigate texture, resistance, fragility, and form. This session focuses on intuitive response, material curiosity, and noticing habits around control, polish, and perfection.
Week 2 – The Unlikely Canvas
What happens when you reject traditional surfaces? This week focuses on making work on materials like fabric, wood, or metal—learning how support affects expression.
Week 3 – Tools That Don’t Belong
This session challenges traditional mark-making by using unexpected tools—brooms, forks, or rope—to expand your visual language and surface experimentation.
Week 4 – The Material Remembers
Explore how materials carry memory, story, and identity. Hair, wax, fabric, and family photos become vehicles for exploring emotion and personal narrative through form.
Week 5 – Gravity, Decay, and Time
This week invites a collaboration with natural forces. Melting, stretching, eroding, and decomposing materials become active agents in your process.
Week 6 – Stitch, Bind, Wrap
Working with textile techniques and physical joining, we explore what it means to hold together, mend, or wrap. These gestures open conversations about care, tension, and repair.
Week 7 – Hybrid Experiments
Push the boundaries of your practice by blending materials, disciplines, or approaches. Try things that feel wrong. Break your habits and follow unexpected outcomes.
Week 8 – Final Works + Process Archive
Draw from your previous investigations to create a small set of completed works. Reflect on your sketchbook, select through-lines, and build a personal archive of your process and discoveries.
Outcomes:
Discover new ways of working with materials through hands-on experimentation, creative prompts, and supportive group dialogue.
Learn to document, reflect on, and edit your process in ways that deepen your understanding of your own creative voice.
Leave with either a small series or clear next steps for your practice, grounded in unexpected discoveries and new directions.
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Drawing the Portrait with Bryan LeBoeuf – Fall 2025
8 weeks
Sundays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM | September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 6 and 9
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio, Washington Depot
Drop-ins welcome!
This class will aim to examine methods of making the portrait through various mediums but primarily executed and limited to drawing in (charcoal) from direct observation. It will stress the key factors of rendering the head and those specific to the portrait such as gesture, likeness, proportions, light structure, composition, and mark making.
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A Nude in the Church with Bryan LeBoeuf – Summer Session II 2025
6 weeks
Sundays, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM | August 10, 17, 24, 31, September 7 and 14
Location: The Norman Sunshine Center, 11 Green Hill Road, Washington Depot
Drop-ins welcome!
This life drawing class aims to build the fundamental basis of drawing through direct observation. Throughout the weeks long course, it will address key components of line, form, gesture, light, shadow, composition, and perspective all concentrated through the figure at incremental pose lengths in time. Students should come away with a core of a working method from beginning and completion of drawing through observing the live model.
Cancellation Policy
Life Drawing monitored by Marc Chabot – Fall Class 2025
Tuesdays, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Thursdays, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
No pre-registration required – Drop-ins welcome! | $15 Members/ $17 Non-members per session
This popular ongoing event is An Open Life Drawing Session where students and professional artists alike may draw at their own pace from various live models to study the anatomy of the human form. We begin with four five minute poses to warm up, the balance of the evening the poses are of a twenty minute duration, allowing for a more developed, finished drawing. While there is no formal instruction, the atmosphere is friendly camaraderie and mutual support in building confidence.
The Art of Seeing Like a Photographer with Rich Pomerantz – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Tuesdays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM | October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18 and 25
Location: The Norman Sunshine Center, 11 Green Hill Road, Washington Depot
In this class we will learn how to see and capture what we see with our camera as opposed to just looking and snapping. We will discuss light, composition, black and white and color and basic camera functions in an effort to create imagery that is more than what you have seen before and to find your own voice and express it through the lens. There will be homework assignments and class reviews of your images in an open and sharing environment.
https://richpomerantz.com/portfolios
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Monotype Printmaking Plus with Anthony Kirk – Fall 2025
8 weeks
Fridays, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM | September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7 and 14
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
Using non-toxic printing inks participants will learn to make monotypes on the studio press as well as experience printing by hand on Japanese paper without a press. The intaglio processes of drypoint, mezzotint and carborundum aquatint will also be taught by the instructor, a leading master printer, and these techniques will be incorporated with the monotype process to create unique monoprints. No solvents are used and clean up is with Dawn detergent and water creating a fume free environment.
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Painting in Oils with Robert Watkins – Fall 2025
8 weeks
Saturdays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM | September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8 and 15
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
Join us for a traditional painting class using environmentally safe materials. We will focus on mixing colors with a limited palette. Still lives and landscapes will be used to explore the concepts of perspective, composition, and spatial relationships. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this class promises to be a supportive environment where creativity flourishes.
Robert Watkins Supply List.pdf
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Figure Drawing and Anatomy: A Sculptor’s Perspective with Anthony Antonios – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Thursdays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM | September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6 and 13
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
Anthony Antonios Supply List Figure Drawing Class 2025.pdf
The class is an in-depth exploration of human form through the art of drawing. Topics include anatomy, form concepts, proportion, structure, composition and design. Individual attention will be given to each student, and there will be a talk and demonstration with each class. Students will get a basic foundation in figure drawing that will give them the tools necessary for exploring personal expression and for further developing their skills. The class works from a nude model.
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Drawing and Picture Making with Linda West – Fall Class 2025 (Class Full)
8 weeks
Mondays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
September 29, October 6, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17 and 24
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
Linda West’s Materials List 2025.pdf
Drawing is the foundation of representational artwork. This class teaches the elements and principles of drawing and picture making. You learn technique along with observational skills. Lectures are given on a variety of subjects such as measuring, perspective, composition, value, color, contrast, balance, harmony, etc. Whether beginner or intermediate, be prepared to learn, explore materials, create and have fun!
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.