Get creative with stoneware slabs!  Make cylinders such as mugs or luminaries. Make trinket trays, soap dishes, spoon rests, key holders, dresser trays, sponge holders or any other useful item of your choice that can be fashioned from slabs of clay.  Carve, impress, applique, or leave plain.  Add feet or handles.  Use words to personalize if that pleases you.  In this workshop, you will have enough clay to make three or four items, each up to six inches across.   Everything you need will be provided.  First day to make, second day to glaze, delivery on the third day. *Must be 15 or older.

*The class will be held at ASUMH Technical Center on Hwy 62 across from Plumlee Tire.

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.

A two day workshop teaching the art of Plein Air painting. Workshop consists of classroom introduction to all aspects of Plein Air painting and actual painting instruction on the ASUMH campus. *Students will need to bring their own painting supplies and sack lunch, as lunch is not provided. 

Instructors: Christy Dyer, Kathy Altazan, Dana Johnson, and Beth Ivens. 

September 11th, 9am-4pm

Each instructor will give a 30 minute pesentation on 4 different apects of Plein Air painting. Followed by a sack lunch break. Instructors will then demo on the campus grounds followed by student sketching and painting. 

September 12th, 9am-2pm

Students will continue painting Plein Air. Followed by critiques. Lunch break and conclusion of workshop with closing remarks.