Today’s CCC feature is teaching artist James Williams! James has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arkansas with an emphasis in ceramics. James teaches wheel throwing and hand building classes at the Community Creative Center. Check out his options online!

Love abstract but don’t know where to start? Beginners and experts alike will create beautiful abstract watercolor paintings with Amy as she guides you step by step through experimentation with different watercolor painting techniques. Students will learn wet on wet, wet on dry, water control, and dry brush techniques. Value, hue, and color will be explored throughout the course to convey emotive and visual expression. All supplies included. Sign up online!

Check out our introductory Acrylic Painting course! Natalie Conway will cover painting basics and provide structure and support for the creation of a small body of work based on your personal interests. The first classes will focus on explorations of material, color, and composition through master studies, painting from life, and experiments in abstraction. Meanwhile, a survey of historical and contemporary painting will help you identify content, styles, and methods of working that excite you. In the second half of the course, you will create work focused on the subject matter, techniques, and/or formal issues of your choice. Throughout, we will discuss and critique as a group, with a commitment to respect and encouragement.

This August, we have several wheel throwing class options for you and your skill level. No matter if you have no clay experience, or are a wheel throwing pro, we have a class for you. Check out our Wheel I, II, III & combined classes on our website!

Intro to Coil Building! This class is great for beginning clay students who want to work quickly to make large forms out of coils. We will learn both rolling and extruding techniques, as well as how to join and form vessels with “clay snakes”. This age old technique can be used to make Flowerpots, jars, or unique serving dishes that you can use at home! Sign up for this August clay class with Rich Peterson on our website.

Don’t forget to sign up for our Printmaking with Gel Plates workshop THIS Friday, July 30! Gelli plates are an easy way to make your own mono prints. Using nothing but acrylic paint and scrap papers you can make individual pieces of art, fantastic collage fodder, your own stationary, tags 🏷 or cards, or beautiful papers to include in an art journal or a bullet journal. This is a beginner class but students will all end up with beautiful art papers they have made themselves. Secure your spot in the amazing workshop with Amy Littleton Field on our website!

LEDs are amazing devices that allow light to be put practically anywhere. They are extremely versatile and are available in a wide range of colors, intensities and forms. Many applications are simple, easily within reach of any artist, and others are more complex, allowing exciting effects and animation. In our LED Lights for Artist class, we will employ an amazing and fun device called an Arduino. Although the Arduino uses a programming language called C++, no knowledge of the language is needed to use it to make awesome effects. Sign up for Eugene Sargent’s class online today!

Inside look of our abstract painting class with Natalie Conway! Last week, students made collages with colors swatches and this week they will recreate one of their collages as a painting! 🎨

Throughout our 6 week Figure Drawing class, student will learn about proportion, light, shadow, and fundamental drawing techniques while drawing a live model. If you’ve ever been interested in drawing the human figure, this is a great place to start!

Join us Monday nights August 9 - September 13 for our Intro to Hand-building Class! Learn to create hand-built ceramic pieces without the pottery wheel. Students will be guided by James Williams through the process of creating simple pots and vessels so that at the end of the 6 weeks they will have a better understanding of different hand building techniques. All supplies included.

Check out our combined class of Intro to Pottery Wheel and Wheel II. This class will walk you through the wheel throwing process - no experience required! Sign up at communitycreativecenter.org.

Acrylic painting of Arkansas landscapes! During these sessions, you’ll be introduced to basic acrylic painting techniques which are building blocks for creating a solid foundation for future artists. We will explore Arkansas landscapes and all the extraordinary moments within these that make Arkansas the beautiful natural state. Each painting session will focus on a different themed landscape founded here in Arkansas. All supplies included. Sign up online today!