*Last day to register for class Monday April 20th.

The painting class taught by a professional artist helps students develop both technical skills and personal artistic style. Students create original paintings using still life, photography, and imagination as inspiration. Instruction covers color theory, brush techniques composition and an overview of historical painting styles as they relate to a modern world.  Students will also be offered the option of a creating a 9” x 9” liquid  lead glass project/ faux stained glass in plexi glass or painting on canvas. 

*Must be 16 or older. 

*There is a $6 material fee. Please bring $6 to instructor at the beginning of class. 

*If you have your own supplies that you would like to bring, please reach out to the instructor prior to class. dianenyc111@gmail.com

Instructor BIO:

Diane Hoppmann's larger scale impressionistic paintings are inspired by a heightened sensitivity to nature's changing light,color and atmospheric conditions in the Ozarks. She spends much of her time immersed in the landscape, observing flowing creeks and rivers, foliage reflections and shifting patterns of wind and water on the lake. Diane describes this experience as"Being Home."

Painting allows her to transfer the tranquil observations into the perfect balance of composition, shape, perspective and color while escaping into a peaceful and safe emotional space.

Diane Hoppmann was born in Madison, Wisconsin and currently lives in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She graduated from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. earning a B.F.A. She also attended the Post Bachelorette program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from New York University in New York City with an M.A.

Diane Hoppmann then continued to paint and show her work while starting her own successful decorative painting business in New York and Washington, D.C. for the next thirty years.

Her featured exhibitions and clients include East Hampton Center for Contemporary Arts, Adrian Arscht, Eileen Fisher, Ralph Lauren Home and Hertz Worldwide Corporate headquarters. Diane has also shown with local shows such as The Art Odyssey, Springfield Airport 'Sky Gallery" and ASUMH Art Gallery.

Students will learn basic quilt making skills by making 3 to 4 traditional blocks that they may use in their choice of the following:

• Use single blocks in their choice of small projects.
• Use all blocks in a table runner top.
• Make more than one of each block in a small quilt top. 

*Supplies students are to bring to class:

• Cotton fabric (you may bring your own fabric or if you would like fabric to be provided, please bring $25 to give to the instructor at the time of the first class).
• Thread
• Scissors
• Pins
• Must have sewing machine in good working order. (Blocks can be sewn by hand without a machine, but using this method will take more time.) *Contact instructor for information if you prefer this method. 

*Optional supplies to bring:

• Rotary cutter
• Cutting Mat
• Quilting Rulers

Class for beginner and intermediate on how to handle the medium of water color. Learn to paint a painting in the first class period.

Instructor Bio                                                                                       

I am a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute.                                     

I have been Art Director for BETTER HOMES & GARDENS magazine in Des Moines, Iowa and Art director for LEE RIDER JEANS & WESTERN WEAR in Kanas City, MO.                                                                                   

I have been teaching water color painting for 60 years and  have taught over 2,000 people to paint.                                                                 

I have an Art Studio and a Gallery with over 800 paintings. 

I love teaching art and watching people who thought they couldn’t paint, get excited as they grow with their new found knowledge.