ART CLASSES with Evelyn Harvey

at Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT

6 weeks - Mondays, starting May 12 

6:30pm-9:30pm

In this class, both artists new to acrylics and those more experienced will learn new and effective ways to work with this medium. For students new to acrylics, Evelyn will go over setting up a palette, using various painting tools and products, determining and mixing colors, and the steps to creating a final image. For those more experienced with this medium, Evelyn will help to refine your skills and guide you through compositional and design decisions. For more information and registration visit Rowaytonarts.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
Spring enrollment closed 

Using linoleum blocks, carve your own image. This course guides you through the steps of sketching, carving, inking, and printing. This course offers exploration in relief image making, creating a single color and multi-color prints, while reviewing printmaking skills and techniques. Instructor demonstration is given, and one on one feedback is provided. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
Spring enrollment closed 

A beginner drawing class designed to develop basic drawing skills to create a three dimensional illusion onto a flat surface using drawing tools and paper. The class explores line expression, line variation, scale and proportion, depth, composition, and value to render an image. Utilizing a still life to draw from and instructor demonstrations, student implement these drawing skills into their own work. The course encourages group critique and discussion, and provides one on one instructor feedback. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
Spring enrollment closed 

In this course, students work with a variety of drawing and painting medium to create their own artwork each class. The course overviews the foundation of using the materials and expressing it by review line, shape, value, scale, and composition. The first half focuses on different drawing mediums and the second focuses on one painting project. Instructor feedback is given, and group discussion is encouraged. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
Spring enrollment closed 

Discover the many possibilities of printing without a press! This printmaking process uses the gel plate to create unique one off prints. Without needing a press, students ink and transfer images onto the gel plate to then print on paper. This process is highly explorative and offers many different outcomes. Students work through different inking techniques, layer image making, and stenciling. Demonstration are given with one on one feedback in a fun and supportive environment. Group discussion is encouraged. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT

Wednesday, Feb 19 6pm-9pm

Spend a fun evening creating your own prints cards using the art of block printmaking. In this workshop, instructor Evelyn Harvey will introduce students to the fun and accessible art of block printmaking. Evelyn will discuss the aspects of good linoleum block design and will teach students how use the tools needed to create the look they’re striving for. For more information and registration visit  rowaytonarts.com

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Saturday, Mar 1 10am-1pm

This workshop reviews the relief printmaking process using a linoleum block (linocut). This one day session guides through the steps of sketching, carving, inking, and printing an image, while reviewing the materials and tools. This workshop is designed as an introduction to linocut. Instructor demonstration is given, and one on one feedback is provided. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Saturday, April 5 10am-1pm

When exposed and processed, Cyanotype prints show an all over blue color that can be explored in value. This workshop offers guidance in applying the photosensitive chemistry, creating prints with natural and found materials and exploration in capturing an image using sunlight. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Fridays, April 25, May 2, and 9 12pm-2pm

This class explores the process of printmaking by creating your own image through ideation, carving your image onto the printmaking block, inking, registration of paper, and printing. Over three sessions, participants will create their own relief block and print a run of their own design! Using a linoleum block, carve your own image that can be printed many times and inked in various ways.

For more information and registration visit carriagebarn.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Saturday, April 26 10am-1pm

This Mother’s Day themed workshop reviews the relief printmaking process to create your own hand printed cards! This one day session guides through the steps of sketching, carving, inking, and printing an image. Great as a mother-child experience, best suited for children ages 10 and up, or for those wishing to create a personalized card for their mother. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Saturday, May 3 10am-1pm

This workshop reviews the relief printmaking process using a linoleum block (linocut). This one day session guides through the steps of sketching, carving, inking, and printing an image, while reviewing the materials and tools. This workshop is designed as an introduction to linocut. Instructor demonstration is given, and one on one feedback is provided. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Saturday, May 3 2pm-5pm

Curious about printing papers? Sizing? Tearing? Setting it all up for the press? This workshop reviews printing papers and the press bed in printmaking. Paper is an important part of printmaking as it holds the print. The press bed is also a helpful tool in printmaking. Alternative to the barren (rubbing with your hand), the press allows even and heavy pressure resulting in consistent prints. This workshop is geared for students who have some experience in relief printmaking and are looking to advance/use a different printing process. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

Friday, May 16 6pm-9pm

Explore multi color process in relief printmaking. Great for those with some experience with relief printmaking, this workshop reviews the steps in creating a two color print. Using two blocks, student carve each ‘color’ of their design, register the images, and print the two layers together. This workshop challenges the positive and negative space of design, and color importance in the print. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

July 7-11 9am-12pm

Beginner & intermediate students are welcome to learn the wonders of acrylic painting while receiving guidance in the basics of acrylic paint, how to best manipulate this medium. Students will analyze color, and mix paint to create their own images. The program encourages group critique and discussion, and provides one on one instructor feedback. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

July 7-11 1pm-4pm

Learn the foundations of drawing from observation. Through the study of still life drawing, students will be taught how to asses objects in their surroundings, consider depth and scale to illustrate each object’s relation to another and implement various lines to describe visual sensations. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

July 14-18 1pm-4pm

Beginner & intermediate students are welcome to learn the wonders of acrylic painting while receiving guidance in the basics of acrylic paint, how to best manipulate this medium. Students will analyze color, and mix paint to create their own images. The program encourages group critique and discussion, and provides one on one instructor feedback. For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org

at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT

July 28 - Aug 1 9am-12pm

Discover the exciting world of printmaking in this hands-on camp! Each day, students will explore a different printmaking technique, including Relief, Trace Monotype, Gel Plate (or Acrylic Plate), Stencil, and Collagraph printing. Each method offers a unique approach to image-making, allowing students to experiment with textures, layers, and creative possibilities. This camp is perfect for budding artists who want to dive into the diverse and dynamic processes of printmaking while creating their own one-of-a-kind works of art! For more information and registration visit silvermineart.org