Students work outside creating studies and finished paintings en plein air. Demos and exercises in massing and simplification, confident mark-making, and color strategy help combat the overwhelm of complex scenes in this one-day acrylic painting workshop for all experience levels.
This comprehensive five-day workshop immerses participants in the art of sculpting lifelike animal heads with clay. Starting with press molds, attendees master techniques for expressive eyes and detailed mouth features, ensuring their clay creations possess depth and character.
Explore the uniquely classic Hopi technique of silver overlay metalsmithing. Silver overlay, as a technique for conveying traditional Hopi designs in silver, originated in 1938 from drawings produced at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Later, Fred Kabotie (Hopi), a noted former Idyllwild Arts faculty, taught this technique for World War II veterans' classes held from 1947-1951 in Arizona.
Boost your wheel throwing confidence with exercises focused on fundamental pottery techniques essential to a potter’s arsenal.
