Art Classes Winter 2025-2026
Winter Term: 10 classes: Tuesday, December 2 to February 17; or Wednesday, December 3 to February 18; or Thursday, December 4 to
February 19, 2026. Winter break: There are no classes the last two weeks of December and during New Years:12/22-1/04
Inclement weather: If the Beaverton School District is closed due to inclement weather there will be no art class
To sign up for class please email Ingrid at ingridgharper@gmail.com, or leave a text at 503-803-0199
Price $200 for the term or $25 per class. Cash, check or Zelle payable to Ingrid Harper at the beginning of class.
Supply list: To every class, please bring a spiral bound sketchbook, approximately 9x12 inches. All other materials will be provided in class.
Class time: Classes meet once a week. Please pick one class time from the following:
Wednesday: 6:30-8:00pm; adults.
Tuesday: 4:30-6:00 or Thursday: 5:00-6:30pm; ages 7 through 17.
NOTE: If you cannot come to your regular class time you are welcome to come for a make-up class within the same week.
Please let me know beforehand which day you will be coming.
Winter Curriculum
REMEMBER TO BRING A SKETCHBOOK TO EACH CLASS. ALL OTHER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED
Week 1 Tuesday, December 2, or Wednesday, December 3, or Thursday, December 4
Theme: VALUE (LIGHT & DARK)
Artist: Wayne Thiebaud
Materials: Sketchbook, pen and ink, gouache
We will draw cupcakes in the spirit of the artist, Wayne Thiebaud, and use gouache paint to make them look delicious.
We might have to taste the cupcakes to see if they taste as good as they look.
Week 2 Tuesday, December 9, Wednesday, December 10, or Thursday December 11
Theme: Value scale and perspective
Artists: Baptiste Simeon Chardin
Materials: Sketch book, pencil, ink pens
We will look at cups and saucers and figure out how to draw them in perspective using first
pencil then making another drawing with ink pens.
Week 3 Tuesday, December 16, Wednesday, December 17, Thursday, December 18
Theme: Waterlilies
Arist: Monet
Materials: Sketch book, pencils and color pencils
We will study the shapes of waterlilies in our sketchbooks and make some sketches for the painting
on canvas.
We will especially be paying attention to the positive and negative space.
WINTER BREAK: 12/22/25-1/4/26
Week 4 Tuesday, January 6, Wednesday January 7, and Thursday January 8
Theme: Waterlilies
Artists: Monet
Materials: Sketch book, pencils, canvas and acrylic paints
We will look at how Monet observed light and the many different colors he used to create a sense
of movement and depth.
Week 5 Tuesday, January 13, Wednesday January 14, and Thursday January 15
Theme: Close-up look at textures
Artist; Dennis Wojkiewicz
Materials: Sketchbook, pencil and color pencils. Red and green peppers, pomegranates
We will study light and dark to develop a close-up look at the abstract interiors of fruits and vegetables.
Week 6 Tuesday, January 20, Wednesday, January 21, and Thursday, January 22
Theme: Haiku and illustration
Artist: Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki
Materials: Sketch book, pencil, ink, brushes
We will have fun using different tools to make marks with feathers and large sumi-e brushes.
Our goal will then be to create a haiku and illustrate it.
.
Week 7 Tuesday, January 27, Wednesday, January 28, and Thursday, January 29
Theme: Collage: positive and negative space
Artist: George Braque
Materials: Sketch book, heavy paper, acrylic markers, ink and brushes.
We will work from a still life using acrylic markers, ink and brushes making two or three studies.
When the studies are dry, we will cut out shapes and create a new composition paying attention
to the negative space and how to slow the viewer down using a variety of the elements of art.
Week 8 Tuesday, February 3, Wednesday, February 4, Thursday, February 5
Theme: DREAMSCAPE
Artist: Henri Rousseau, Odilon Redon, Paul Klee
Materials: Sketch book, 9"x12' toned paper, white charcoal pencils and gouache paints
This class is about depicting a dream as a space between the visible and the invisible.
As we can see in the art of surrealist artists illogical images can come from dreams
and the subconsciousness. We will explore these images drawing and painting
with white charcoal on black paper and add gouache paint.
Week 9 Tuesday, February 10, Wednesday, February 11, Thursday, February 12
Theme: Fun with portraits
Artist: Ourselves
Materials: Sketch book, scissors, glue and a variety of art materials (color pencils, acrylic
markers, gouache, charcoal/pastel pencils)
We will take several photos of each other and create a composition using surprise.
Week 10 Tuesday, February 10, Wednesday, February 11, Thursday, February 12
Theme: Portrait
Artist: Picasso
Materials: Sketchbook, scissors, glue, pencils, gouache, charcoal, erasers, blenders, acrylic pens
We will use the photos from the last class to create a picture using 1/2 photo or 1/3 photo, and
get influenced by Picasso's cubistic painting andrearrange the shapes and adding shapes and textures.
The 10 spring art classes start the first week of March with spring break the 4th week of March. The spring classes end 5/14/26
