Art Classes at Sedona Arts Center

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Transform your plein air painting skills in this unique week-long oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor workshop. You’ll focus on color from every angle and apply advanced color concepts to your work. Color theory is not just a collection of good ideas; it’s the cornerstone of your toolbox.  Using practical lessons and exercises, you’ll take what you’ve learned about color and use it to enhance your artistic vision.

• Discover shortcuts to save you time and effort in the studio or field. 
• Learn how to lead with color and create a color strategy before you pick up a brush. 
• Choose the most effective color system for your purpose and master its application. 

This painting class is open to all mediums. Basic painting experience is required.

Learn to capture the beauty of light in this three-day workshop! Betty Carr teaches students to accurately portray the effect of light on any subject in watercolor. Students will explore a variety of locations in beautiful Sedona.

During her workshop Betty begins each day with a demonstration/ lecture covering tools, techniques, brushwork, problems and solutions. Emphasis throughout the workshop is on organization and simplification of darks and lights, value and color relationships, edges, movement and mass to create a dynamic, coherent composition.

• Experience Level: All levels of experience are welcome. This class is also open to ages 12 and older with an adult.
• Medium: Oil
• Registration: Each student must register individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
• Materials List: All materials are included in the price.
• Location: Sedona Arts Center/Theatre Studio

Fun for ages 8 and older!  Learn from a Certified Ross Instructor how to paint Happy Little Trees and more in the 3 hour painting session!

In today’s technological world, even professional photographers and artists are recognizing the iPhone as a useful (and even practical) photographic tool. Join photographer artist, Kelli Klymenko in his one-day class for beginner and advanced students and you’ll go beyond the basics and learn to shoot professional quality photographs with your iPhone.

You will learn how to shoot, edit and share remarkable landscapes, portraits and the macro world around you using only your iPhone. Kelli will guide you through simple tips and tricks that will take your photography to the next level. Discover how to capture the essence of a place and your subjects rather than just taking a picture. You will also learn basic video and video editing techniques for use on social media.

This is a HYBRID class – Kelli will be teaching in-person AND online.

Repouse is a bas relief process that turns flat, softened metal into 3-dimensional imagery.  Although it is a basic class in repouse it requires some drawing skills and patience (not strength) to push metal within its annealed capacity to move.  Each participant will create a finished piece of formed metal jewelry.

This class is an “accidental process” involving natural found materials, and the negative space hollows between them as space for molten silver to flow, and create marvelous natural forms akin to sediments and fossils. This two day intensive workshop will then introduce you to the basics of soldering to attach bails for a pendant or pin backs. Students will go home with a finished piece.

Are you drawn to the beauty and versatility of pastel but don’t know where to start?  This crash course is for you. We will have pastel demonstrations, exercises, and plenty of at-easel encouragement.  Learn how to block in a design, underpaint using a wet wash, experiment with a variety of pastel surfaces and materials.  With an emphasis on achieving correct values, colors, and shapes you will create an exciting floral still life and leave the workshop with skills to begin your pastel journey.

Discover the possibilities of hand-building in this fun and creative class, suitable for both beginners and experienced ceramicists. You’ll learn a variety of hand-building techniques and explore your personal artistic vision in a welcoming, hands-on environment.

Explore the vast potential of ceramics in this six-week course, ideal for students looking to develop, strengthen, and advance their pottery skills in a playful environment. Working with the potter’s wheel, slab roller, extruder, texture tools, and more students will experiment with functional and decorative techniques, turning their creative ideas into tangible works of art.

In this specialized class, students will learn the technique of creating plaster hump molds, an invaluable method for producing consistent, functional pottery forms such as plates, bowls, and vessels. We’ll explore how to design and create custom one-part molds, focusing primarily on utilizing the pottery wheel to produce repeatable shapes.

Whether you’re stepping onto the potter’s wheel for the first time or looking to build your confidence and refine your skills, this class offers a welcoming and supportive environment to explore the art of wheel throwing. Designed to accommodate both true beginners and those with some wheel experience, you’ll learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, including centering clay, shaping forms, trimming, and pulling handles to create cylinders, bowls, mugs, and plates.