BNS-908 ASRC-Wood Carving Intermed Adv

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | Wood Carving-Intermediate Advanced | This class is designed to advance the skills of intermediate to advanced wood carvers. Students typically complete one major project per semester while exploring additional carving styles. Instruction emphasizes safe use of hand tools, including knives and gouges, along with tool selection and sharpening. Painting and pyrography are also introduced. With instructor approval, students may work on individual projects and learn about art venues and sales potential.

BNS-916 PASD-Advanced Stain Glass

Section Info: Pasadena Senior Center | Advanced Stain Glass | No class May 25 | Learn glass cutting, pattern preparation, foiling, and soldering to complete a stained-glass project. Students will receive help with designs, produce beautiful creations and be given individual guidance to reach personal goals. Discuss opportunities for marketing and sale of completed projects.

BNS-916 PASD-Beginner Stain Glass

Section Info: Pasadena Senior Center | Beginner Stain Glass | Learn glass cutting, pattern preparation, foiling, and soldering to complete a stained-glass project. Students will receive help with designs, produce beautiful creations and be given individual guidance to reach personal goals. Discuss opportunities for marketing and sale of completed projects.

CRE-912 ASRC-Acrylic Painting

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | Acrylic Painting | This course is designed to guide you through the history of acrylics, set up, product essentials and technique. You will delve into creating magnificent paintings quickly and easily with direction, individuality, and imagination. Marketing and sales of art on and offline will also be covered.

CRE-912 ASRC-One Stroke Painting

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | One Stroke Painting | Explore one-stroke painting. This class is perfect for beginners and experienced students. Learn basic strokes like flat stroke, U-stroke, daisy stroke, bud stroke, tear drop stroke, easy petal strokes, shell strokes/wiggle strokes, leaf strokes as well as learning about the supplies needed. Discuss opportunities for marketing and sale of completed projects. Supplies needed for class will be discussed at the first session. It is recommended that students wait to purchase supplies. Attendance at the first session is highly recommended.

CRE-912 ONLN-Acrylic Painting

Section Info: Online | Acrylic Painting | This course is designed to guide you through the history of acrylics, set up, product essentials and technique. We will delve into creating magnificent paintings quickly and easily with direction, individuality, and imagination. We will also expand into marketing and sales of art on and offline. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. is mandatory for section 207.

CRE-912 ONLN-Drawing

Section Info: Online | Drawing | Improve your drawing skills by learning basic visual tools like the rules of thumb, relational measurement, and simplified measuring systems. The course includes exercises to enhance your drawing abilities. Students can choose to draw posted images or their own selections, primarily using pencils and charcoal, with optional watercolor pastels. You'll learn to create thumbnail sketches and how to evaluate and work from photographs | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Thursdays from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. is mandatory for section 217.

CRE-912 PASD-Advanced One Stroke Paint

Section Info: Pasadena Senior Center | Advanced One Stroke Painting | This class is geared towards experienced students. Focus will be on a more in-depth exploration of strokes like flat stroke, U-strokes, Daisy strokes, bud strokes, tear drop stroke, easy petal strokes, shell strokes/wiggle strokes, leaf strokes and learn more about the supplies needed. Discuss opportunities for marketing and sale of completed projects. Supplies needed for class will be discussed at the first session. It is recommended that students wait to purchase supplies. Attendance at the first session is highly recommended.

CRE-912 SCSC-Colored Pencil

Section Info: South County | Colored Pencil | Discover the colorful potential of colored pencils, perfect for studio or travel drawing. Develop artistic skills with various colored pencil media, including professional-grade wax, oil, watercolor and pastel pencils plus related drawing materials. Explore historical styles of art including realist, impressionist, expressionist, surrealist, and abstract art. Learn color theory, composition, texture effects, and techniques to create depth. Various drawing techniques, surfaces and enhancement tools are also covered. Beginner to intermediate students welcome.

CRE-912 SCSC-Multi-Media Drawing

Section Info: South County | Multimedia Drawing Studio Practice | Develop your artistic skills, personal style and understanding of color theory, composition, creation of depth, texture and historical styles of art covered in the introductory Colored Pencil Drawing course. Students are encouraged to continue exploring wax, oil, watercolor, pastel and other types of colored pencil combined with various drawing and painting media such as pen and ink, markers, watercolor, acrylics and other mixed media techniques for enhanced and varied effects. Intermediate to advanced students are welcome.

CRE-913 ONLN-Painting

Section Info: Online | Painting | This course offers intermediate and experienced oil or acrylic painters the chance to refine their skills in composition, design, and execution. The instructor provides lectures and individualized guidance. Previous painting experience is recommended. Students will learn to evaluate and improve their own work, painting their own subjects or images selected by the instructor. The course emphasizes working from photographs, taking creative risks, and developing individuality. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Thursdays from 12:30- 3:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 203.

CRE-913 ONLN-Pastels

Section Info: Online | Pastels | This course is for students of all levels, from beginner to advanced. Beginners will learn materials and pastel application methods through demonstrations, while advanced students will explore art principles and new techniques. Students will discover pastels as an exciting alternative to traditional painting methods. Individual attention is provided, and topics like framing, exhibiting, and shipping pastels will be covered. Students will paint their own subjects or images chosen by the instructor, with an emphasis on individuality, taking risks, and working from photographs. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Tuesdays from 1-3:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 204.

CRE-913 PSRC- Acrylic Painting

Section Info: Pascal Senior Center | Acrylic Painting | All levels welcome! Hone drawing, planning, and composition, then master a three step acrylic method that prevents muddy color. Demos and critiques guide you through personal or instructor provided subjects and invite bold experiments in pen, ink, collage, and mixed media. We will also survey exhibition venues and sales opportunities. Note: Supply needs are explained at Session 1- please wait to buy materials and try to attend the kickoff class.

CTT-913 Get Started Microsoft Excel

Section Info: Severn | Getting Started with Microsoft Excel | No class May 23 | Explore the basic features of Microsoft Excel. Use values and formulas, save workbooks in various formats, and print. Practice moving and copying data and working with rows and columns. Note: This class is for beginners. Students must bring their own laptop with Microsoft Excel software.

ENC-972 PASD- Cultural Infl. America F

Section Info: Pasadena | Cultural Infl. America Film- Love, Death, Afterlife | No class on May 25 | This course is specially designed for connoisseurs of film, we will watch and discuss movies from the 1930s onward that explore the themes of love, death, and the afterlife. You will see Topper, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Meet Joe Black, and many other classic movies that draw upon ancient themes like the myth of Orpheus and Euridice. This ten-week course is taught by Richard Striner, the first historian to write about this subject.