Classes







  SPRING AND SUMMER 2008 WORKSHOPS

  Shay Herring Clanton - WATERCOLOR

  Level: Beginner/Intermediate  Location:  Lodge Hall
  Fri Sat & Sun  March 28 - 30
  Fri - 7:00PM - 8:00PM  Slide Presentation in BSSS Gallery
  Sat - 9:00AM - 5:00PM    Sun - 9:00AM - 4:30PM
  Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member

 This workshop is appropriate for beginners and for those with some experience with 
 watercolor.  We will work with basic watercolor techniques, including washes and 
 glazing.  Emphasis will be put on color and color mixing.  We will also work with mixed 
 media, and explore basic watercolor journaling techniques.


   Cleveland Morris - DRAWING/PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE

  Level: Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced    
  Location:  Lodge Hall/Outdoors
  Fri Sat & Sun  May 16 - 18
  Fri - 7:00PM - 8:00PM  Slide Presentation in BSSS Gallery
  Sat & Sun  - 9:00AM - 4:00PM  /with lunch break  
  Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member

Don't be afraid of perspective!  This weekend workshop will enable you to master 
the techniques of freehand perspective drawing through practical observation, rather 
than theory.  The lessons learned are applicable to landscape, still life, and interior subjects.
Mastery of perspective will literally add a new dimension to your work.

  Christine Rooney - ENCAUSTIC PAINTING

  Level: All, but students should have some art experience
  Location:
Sunspots, Lewis Street, Staunton - 3rd Floor
  
   Sat & Sun  June 21 and 22
   10:00AM - 5:00PM  /with lunch break  
   Tuition: $180 member, $210 non-member plus $50 materials fee

Encaustic work dates back to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome.
Come join the group of encausitic artists who have rediscovered this luminous 
and facile medium!

  Richard Weaver - PORTRAIT PAINTING

  Level: Intermediate/Advanced    
  Location:  Deming Hall,  MBC  
Fri - Sun  July 11 - 13
  
  Fri - 7:00PM - 8:00PM  Slide Presentation in BSSS Gallery
  Sat  - 9:00AM - 5:00PM    Sun - 9:00AM - 4:00 PM     /with lunch break 
  Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member   plus $15 model fee

Using the methodology of separating drawing and color as its base, this course 
challenges students to re-envision their own painting process by studying 
the underlying approach of painters like Rembrandt, Titian and Caravaggio.

   Richard Crozier -  Landscape in Oil / Outdoors

  Level: Intermediate / Advanced  

 
Location: Deming Hall, MBC / Outdoors
      Fri - Sun   July 18-20

  Fri - 7 - 8 PM Slide presentation in BSSS Gallery

  Sat - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM,  Sun 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM  (with lunch break)
 
  Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member  

  Plein air painting of familiar landscape in oil, paintings to be completed on site.  
   
  Teaching is by demonstration and critique.
 

   Janly Jaggard , Director & Instructor 
     
  
Mary T. Echols, Guest Instructor

  Portfolio Preparation for High School Students

  Level: Serious minded high school art students

  Location:  Studio 10
     One week intensive Jul 21-25

 
Monday-Friday,  9:30 AM - 4:30 PM w/ lunch break 
 

  Tuition $225 members ($255 non-members) plus $10 materials fee

 An intensive week of Studio Art for high school students who take art seriously. 
 A great course for working on college portfolio pieces and getting help and advice 
 on how to prepare college applications. Scholarships available, call 540-885-3345 
 for more information.

        Richard Crozier -  Landscape in Oil / In The City

   Level: Intermediate / Advanced     Location: TBA

    Fri - Sun, Three Day  August 1-3

   
Fri - 7 - 8 PM Slide presentation in BSSS Gallery

   
Sat - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM,  Sun 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM  (with lunch break)
     
     Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member

 Plein air painting of familiar landscape - in oil, paintings are to be completed on site. 

Teaching is by demonstration and critique with concentration on urban subject matter.


For more information, email us at bssschool@verizon.net or call BSSS at 540-886-8636.