Class Schedule
Depending on individual circumstances, some of our teachers may need to ask their students to wear masks.
The Art Center offers adult classes in a variety of media throughout the year, primarily in the summer months. These are taught by well-known artists from the area and beyond, as well as by Art Center artists. Intergenerational and youth classes are provided as well.
If you would like to register for a class, you can contact the Art Center by phone and pay with a credit card (during gallery hours), drop by the gallery in person to pay by check/cash, pay by check through the mail, or use online registration/payment by using the sign-up links provided below. You will be provided a secure connection to PayPal for credit card payment.
If you pay using PayPal, PLEASE include the student's name under "instructions to merchant" at the PayPal site. This will insure that your payment is properly credited. Thank You. Art Center Members receive a 10% discount on adult classes. Not a member?
Adult & Kids Classes (May-June)
May 14 & 15, 2025
10:00am - 4:00pm
Art Center Members: $170.00, Non-Members: $189.00
"Landscape Painting in Oil or Pastel – From Photos"
with Cliff Austin
Cliff is an award-winning fine artist whose studio is in Aurora, CO. A graduate of the Denver Institute of Technology and the Rocky Mountain School of Art, he has been painting (both in studio and en plein air) and illustrating since 1980.
This exciting two-day workshop will give students the opportunity to explore various techniques in oil and pastel for approaching landscape painting and for planning ahead… including creating notans. In addition to “how to” demos and tutorials designed for each individual’s natural way with pastels or oils, there will be plenty of one on one and ongoing critique.
May 18, 2025
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Art Center Members: $36.00, Non-Members: $40.00
"Beginning Zentangle©: Blowin’ in the Wind"
with Deb Coombs
Come learn the exciting art of Zentangle® as we continue on our journey with some organic tangles that look like they are caught up in a breeze, surrounded by an exciting border. The use of some delicate colors, all drawn on a 4” x 6” piece of rough edge cold press paper, will complete this Springtime project!
You do not need to be able to draw - if you can write your name, you can Zentangle®! Come experience the joy of Zentangling and its unique meditative and mindful practice. Deb Coombs is a Certified Zentangle® Teacher (CZT), long-time member of the Art Center and long-time resident of Estes Park.
Materials Provided by Teacher as part of Class Fee:
Deb will provide a 4” x 6” piece of rough edge cold press paper and a handout with step outs for the featured tangles.
Students Will Provide:
Micron Pen 01; graphite pencil; white charcoal pencil; 2 tortillons; Gray Micron or other fine point marker - light shade (optional). You will also need to bring either a set of pastel pencils (with tortillons) or watercolor pencils (with brush). If you have taken any of my beginning classes, then you may already have most of these supplies.
If not, you may want to purchase a basic supply bag available for $8.00 to be paid directly to the instructor on the day of class, that will contain: a Micron Pen 01, a graphite pencil, white charcoal pencil, 2 tortillons, 2 white Zentangle® tiles, and a bookmark with the eight Zentangle® steps listed.
May 21, 2025
10:00am - 4:00pm
Art Center Members: $72.00, Non-Members: $80.00
"Color – Intensity – Value"
Painting with Cathy Goodale
We will make a color intensity chart and a simple green chart and your own color wheel. If you have Steve Quiller's color wheel, please bring it. Make a painting using complementary colors or split complement to help you understand intensity. Bring 2 or 3 objects for a simple still life painting for the day. Do you agree that the more creativity you use the more you get? How do we find creativity?
2025 will present another fabulous opportunity to paint with well-known local artist, Cathy Goodale, who will be teaching monthly at the Art Center from January through December ’25, with the exception of the summer months, June, July and August. Sign up for any number of classes in advance or one at a time, as the year progresses. Each class will meet from 10 am to 4 pm in the Art Center classroom, unless otherwise noted. Students will provide their own supplies/equipment. Bring a sack lunch or grab something quick nearby. Contact Cathy at cathygoodale@mac.com in case you have specific questions about the classes themselves. Her website is cathygoodale.com. The Art Center will handle all reservations, payments, and other housekeeping details. Each class includes a critique, a short demo, and a lot of “one to one” attention. Online critiques are included. Paint in oil or watercolor. Cathy shares the following mantra for ’25: “Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous!” (Bill Moyer) Cathy adds, “Let’s get busy and find the marvelous!”
June 19 & 20, 2025
9:30am - 3:00pm
Art Center Members: $135.00, Non-Members: $150.00
"Luminous Landscapes"
with Kathleen Lanzoni
Let’s enjoy the watercolor painting process! The subject matter in this creative and fun two-day workshop is painting landscapes, using the amazing medium of watercolor. Together we will paint skies, mountains, and more elements to describe the landscape. We will work together, step by step, playing with our watercolor techniques to paint values, color and composition. Let’s enjoy the flow of the paint!
Kathleen is an award-winning artist with a passion for watercolor painting and life! Painting in the studio as well as Plein Air (outdoors on location), she immerses herself in the fluid and unpredictable qualities of watercolor paint to capture the brilliant light and colors of nature. Kathleen paints in a realistic painterly style, bringing the effect of changing light and color that describes the atmosphere, context, and feeling of the scene to the paper.
Kathleen’s artwork has been published in international and national magazines including American Watercolor Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Southwest Art and Practique des Arts.
Kathleen teaches classes both online and in person, in Europe workshops and in Colorado. Kathleen was formally trained at the Art Institute of Boston and at the Massachusetts College of Art, graduating from both schools with a BFA.