Art Classes on Zoom for 13 to 18 Year Olds - February School Vacation Week

ARTsparks! for 13 - 18 year olds - February school vacation week

Choose one class for $25, or all 5 for $100. Each class is 1 hour.

These online classes are being offered as a collaboration between our Museum School and the Cape Cod Art Center.

You will be sent a zoom link from the Cape Cod Art Center prior to the first class.

Schedule February 15 - 19, 2021:

Monday: Fine Line Face Painting for Selfies with Sara Cook

Learn fine-line makeup techniques for selfies

Tuesday: Animation created on app called Procreate with Barbara Braman

Materials list: iPad with the app Procreate downloaded on it.

2 choices for Wednesday!

Wednesday: Art Creativity with Karen Shortsleeve This is a class for students who are passionate about art and creativity. Students will expand their knowledge of the elements and principles of design and experiment with a variety of artistic techniques and media. They will strengthen their visual arts skills and create an art portfolio that reflects their own unique style. Students will receive inspiration, encouragement, and guidance from an experienced art educator.

Wednesday: The Ultimate Marker Workshop with Mellissa Morris

Thursday: The Ultimate Marker Workshop with Mellissa Morris

Friday: The Ultimate Marker Workshop with Mellissa Morris Each of Mellissa's classes are different. Take one or all 3! Students develop drawing skills using techniques with markers, water and paper. You will be taught interesting and cool ways to develop values, textures and contrast. Student will work both from life and with abstract concepts. Individual interests will be developed. Materials list: Variety of different markers (any type), mixed media or Bristol paper pad, paint brushes, water, water container, paper towel, pencils, eraser and ruler.

Teacher Bios:

Barbara Braman – Barbara is a digital artist who now works exclusively on her iPad using her own photographs and drawings to create images that use color and form to express what she sees daily.  She lives on Cape Cod. Barbara’s work can be seen at Nirvana Coffee Shop in Barnstable village and has been included in other local, national, and international shows.   She teaches classes and workshops in Mobile Digital Art at the Cape Cod Art Center and organizes a bi-monthly Cape Cod Digital Artists group.

Karen Shortsleeve – Karen has a BFA from the University of Hartford and a MFA from Anna Maria College. She has over 30 years of experience teaching studio art and art history at all grade levels. In her own work, she prefers  oil paint, oil pastel, and a combination of watercolor with colored pencil. She strives to capture images that touch the viewer in a personal way. In her seascapes and landscapes she attempts to go beyond pure representation and paint not only the place, but communicate the feeling of being in that space.

Mellissa Morris: Mellissa Morris is currently the artist in residence for the town of Barnstable, she lives and works in a creative Art Space open to the public year-round. Mellissa has shown her work throughout Cape Cod and New England. She has been teaching abstract painting and drawing courses for over ten years. She holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts Painting, and is a certified practitioner in Hatha Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation, and energy Reiki Healing. Born and raised on Cape Cod, Mellissa is the eldest daughter of seven children, mother of her only daughter, Lilly, and her two cats, Nido and Leo. Mellissamorris.com