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Learn to Paint and Draw (Better)

Form, Light, and Volume

2025-09-30 17:30:00 2025-09-30 19:30:00 America/New_York Learn to Paint and Draw (Better) Join Earthchild Sarah every week to learn about the foundations that good art is built on. Centennial Park Branch - Loft

Tuesday, September 30
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-09-30 17:30:00 2025-09-30 19:30:00 America/New_York Learn to Paint and Draw (Better) Join Earthchild Sarah every week to learn about the foundations that good art is built on. Centennial Park Branch - Loft

Join Earthchild Sarah every week to learn about the foundations that good art is built on.

In Sept we will tackle one of the biggest hurdles that 2D artists everywhere face: How to represent 3D form on a 2D surface with paint. 

This is not a follow the leader or paint by numbers art class! Complete beginners to intermediate artists can come get expert guidance from someone who has been in the arts for nearly four decades. We cover the fundamentals of art with carefully selected topics to allow students to master one element at a time. The building blocks of all good art are the same: composition, color, harmony, balance, focus, proportions, tone, edge, space, perspective, concept, etc. Learn how to improve your technique in acrylics, pastels, watercolor, graphite and charcoal and more by going back to the basics. You can work on the suggested projects and exercises or bring in your art for advice and guidance on how to improve. Questions are welcome, community is encouraged. Materials are provided.

If you register and are unable to make it, please notify the library at least 48 hours in advance to be considerate of those on the wait list. The session runs for the whole month and registering for the first one will automatically register you for the rest of the month. The first lesson is when most of the explanation occurs, if you cannot make the first lesson, please consider registering for a different month as a courtesy to other students. This class is limited to adults 18+ only. If you would like information on teen art classes please contact the library.

All participants are required to sign a waiver. 

(Photo by Andrian Valeanu on Unsplash)

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Arts |

TAGS: | Maker | Arts at the Loft | Arts | Adult | Active |

Centennial Park Branch

cp@pascolibraries.org
Phone: 727-834-3204
Branch manager
Karyn Stanley

Hours

Today's hours

We're open 10:00AM to 6:00PM

Mon, Sep 15 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 17 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Sep 18 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Sep 19 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Sep 20 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Sep 21 Closed

About the Library

The Centennial Park Library is off Moog Road in Holiday and home to the Loft Makerspace which focuses on studio arts. Also includes study & meeting spaces.

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