Rossmoor Art Association

Portraits from Photographs_ Carol Tarzier_ Thursdays 10:30 am - 1:45 pm, October 23 - December 11th, skips 11/6, 11/27 _ Studio 2
2025-10-30 10:30 - 13:45, 2025-10-23 10:30 - 13:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Portraits from Photographs
Thursdays 10:30 am – 1:45 pm,
October 23 – December 11th, skips 11/6, 11/27 (Thanksgiving week).
$130 for six sessions, add $20 non-members
Bay Area artist Carol Tarzier is offering “Portraits from Photographs.” Class meets on Thursdays October 23rd – December 11th in the Rossmoor Art Association Studio Two. Students work from their photographs and from the model; students can create a finished painting of family members or relatives. The last class is a final critique.
“Portraits from Photographs” is about using simplifying the value structure and creating shapes of value and color that build the portrait. The series beings with monochrome and then covers color mixing and creating color tones with the Zorn limited palette of Cad Red, Yellow Ochre, and Black. We cover facial structure and proportion/ facial anatomy, but most importantly, working with masses and values and loosening up paint handling to create an energetic portrait.
Oil or acrylic painters welcome. Oil painters please use odorless thinner only.
Carol Tarzier has taught painting for many years at the Academy of Art University. Her paintings have been represented in national shows and museums, including the Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery, the Haggin Museum, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition and at the California Art Club’s Gold Medal Show. Carol is represented by Studio Gallery in San Francisco and MK Contemporary in Santa Cruz.
The class is limited to 15 students, and pre-enrollment is required. For questions email carol@tarzier.com. View examples of Carol’s work at www.tarzier.com.

Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting_ with Ronald Pratt_ Oct 2nd to Dec 11th _ 9 am to 11:30 am_ Studio 1
2025-10-30 09:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-23 09:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-16 09:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-09 09:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-02 09:00 - 11:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting
Fall 2025
Ronald Pratt
Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1
Fall is a wonderful time to paint for many reasons. One reason is the wonderful color palette nature offers us to stimulate our creative muse. Another reason is that it is the end of summer where the long, hot days are slowing down and making way for the cooler, shorter days of winter. It is a calm between the seasons that allows us to sit back and reflect on life. With that reflection comes the desire to be creative, that desire to paint! It is one of the most creative times for me.
If you love the fall season like I do why not come and join like-minded artists on Thursday Mornings for some fun painting in a relaxing social atmosphere. The step by step demonstrations will show you how to bring out wonderful colors in your watercolor paintings and to capture that magical feel of the change of seasons known as autumn. Subject matter will include autumn aspens, a holiday greeting card project, autumn lake, and an animal painting.
The Rossmoor Art Association is offering this watercolor painting class this fall at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Mornings from 9 am to 11:30 am. This 10 week class will run from Oct 2nd to Dec 11th (no class on Nov 20th – Thanksgiving Day) at a cost of $160. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $180. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials for students new to watercolor painting will be discussed at the first class.
To register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website (www.rossmoorart.comm) and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in class.
To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Figure Lab_ Monitor Posed and Lighted_ Life or Costumed_ Choice of Medium_ Weds 1-4 pm _Oct 22nd - Dec 10_ No Teacher
2025-10-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Figure Lab. Wednesday 1-4 pm October 22nd – December 10. 6 sessions. Class skips 11/5, 11/26 (Thanksgiving week). Cost $90 for Rossmoor residents, $120 for non-members and non-residents, for the six sessions. Carol Tarzier is the Monitor for most sessions.
The Figure Lab is a wonderful art experience where a professional model is employed and posed with lighting. Participants have the opportunity to draw or paint from a life model in a medium of their choice. There is no instruction.
Figure and Portrait painting is one of the oldest disciplines, and is some of the best practice out there – somewhat like Plein Air but from a model indoors. Every art school requires drawing the figure from life in the curriculum. As you work on your piece, on the breaks, walk around and look at different interpretations of the model. The figure lab is a great accompaniment to the Portrait from Photographs class; the classes develop the same skill sets – drawing, mixing skin tones, identifying shadow shapes. All media are welcome – charcoal, acrylic, oil paint, pastels, mixed.

Floral Painting with Suzanne D’Arcy_ Mondays_ Oct 20 - Dec 8 _1 pm to 4pm _ Studio 1
2025-10-27 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Floral Painting with Suzanne D’Arcy
Starting date-October 20, 2025
End date- December 8, 2025
No class on November 24th (Thanksgiving week)
Monday afternoon _ 9 am -12 pm
maximum spaces- 12
price for members- $120, price for guests—$140
October 20- December 8th
1pm to 4pm _8 weeks (3-hour class)

Studio 1
Floral Painting with Suzanne D’Arcy
Painting is a marvelous activity as it teaches us to look and observe without visual cliches into the environment around us. Flowers deserve a full “read” for their beauty, design, colors, and shapes; they add a fantastic gorgeous and joyous element to our lives.
In this class we will learn how to identify the basic shapes of each unique species. Learning to mix and understand color and color harmonies will enhance the emotional effect of one’s painting. With acrylic or oil paints, we can explore this beautiful world of floral painting.
We’ll start with a basic color palette and progressively add colors. Composition and its components will be covered, as well as lighting, brush use and care. Excepting the first week, flowers, artificial or real, will be supplied by the students. Schedule will be emailed, and painting will start on the first day of class. Beginners and all skill levels welcome!
Supplies: Paints
If you have paints, please make sure they include the colors below.
Oil paints
Colors- Titanium white or any painting white, Cadmium yellow, medium red, Ultramarine blue,
sap green, yellow ochre, Naples yellow light, alizarin, burnt umber
Medium
Gamblin solvent-free gel
Gamblin odorless mineral spirits (OMS)
Acrylics
Paint brands-Blick, Utrecht, Liquitex, Golden. Most colors are available in kits.
Colors -Titanium white, primary cyan (blue), yellow, magenta,
sap green, ocher, burnt umber, alizarin.
Medium is water and acrylic retardant can be purchased if desired.
Materials
9×12 or 11×14 canvas boards or stretched canvas.
Paper towels or rags
Plastic container for water (acrylic), closable container for OMS (oil solvent)
Palette or paint tray (plastic or enamel)
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Brushes- (oil/acrylic) sizes #4, #6, #8 and whatever collection you have.
Brush cleaner- Murphys Oil Soap or Masters Brush Cleaner
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For the first session:
Bring 2 panels, 9×12, as we won’t be working large.
Bring two of the same flowers of your color choice, Trader Joe’s has the freshest and economical flowers around, and bring a glass or metal container for your flowers. You won’t be painting the container.
Blicks Art Store on Broadway in Oakland will have most of what you need for supplies.

Landscape from Photographs with Carol Tarzier_ Fridays_ Oct 24th - Dec 12th_ 12:30 – 4:30 pm in Studio 1
2025-10-24 12:30 - 16:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Landscapes from Photographs with Carol Tarzier
Bay Area artist Carol Tarzier is offering “Landscape from Photographs.”
Class meets on Fridays October 24th – December 12th from 12:30 – 4:30 pm in Studio One. Tuition for the six 4-hour sessions is $130 for members, $150 for non members. You must live in Rossmoor to become a member. Every other class features a demonstration and group discussion; the last class includes a final critique.
“Landscape from Photographs” is about using photographs to create fresh and lively landscapes with the energy and color of Plein Air work. The series covers color mixing and creating color tones with a limited palette of three primary colors. The class begins with materials and equipment that make painting fun, and with designing the value structure in monochrome. It moves to color mixing using and atmospheric perspective – creating depth using soft edges, mixed muted tones, and soft grays. Students will use saturation to create space, with bright colors in the foreground.
The class moves on to colors for specific effects, for example color changes in the sky as it moves toward the horizon, color changes on a flat plane to make it recede into the distance, and which colors create a dynamic foreground. Time permitting, the class will cover transparency: how to make water look transparent, how to paint waves, and painting reflections.
Students bring their landscape photos to each class, on a tablet or printed photos. Oil and acrylic painters of all levels welcome. Class demonstrations are in oil. Acrylic instruction is individual. The class emphasizes using non-toxic mediums, and oil painters please use odorless thinner only.
Carol Tarzier has taught painting for many years at the Academy of Art University. Her paintings have been represented in national shows and museums, including the Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery, the Haggin Museum, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition and at the California Art Club’s Gold Medal Show. Carol is represented by Studio Gallery in San Francisco and MK Contemporary in Santa Cruz.
For questions, email carol@tarzier.com. View examples of Tarzier’s work at www.tarzier.com or https://www.facebook.com/CarolTarzierFineArt.

Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting_ Ronald Pratt_ Oct 2nd to Dec 11th_ 12:30-3pm_ Studio 1
2025-10-23 12:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-16 12:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-09 12:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-02 12:30 - 15:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Intermediate/Advanced
Watercolor Painting
Fall 2025
Ronald Pratt
Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1
When fall approaches and my color palette switches from the blues and greens of summer to the brilliant colors of autumn including gold, yellow, orange, red, burnt sienna and yellow ochre I get excited. This is my favorite time of the year to paint. There is a vibration in the air that seems to stimulate my creativity. I can’t wait to get started!
If you are like me and find autumn colors inspiring, come paint with like-minded people on Thursday Afternoons in a relaxing social atmosphere at the RAA art studio. This class is designed to focus on composition and design by challenging the more experienced painters to expand their painting abilities and compositional skills. Innovation and expression will be the main theme. Class projects will be given to encourage creative thinking and expression thru the use of student chosen subject matter. The class is designed to push the student while encouraging an atmosphere of fun and exploration. No matter what your painting style is you will feel comfortable and challenged in this class.
The Rossmoor Art Association is offering this watercolor painting class this fall at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Afternoon from 12:30pm to 3 pm. This 10 week class will run from Oct 2nd to Dec 11th (no class on Nov 20th – Thanksgiving Day) at a cost of $160. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $180 for the 10 week class. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents.
To Register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website (www.rossmoorart.com) and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in the class.

To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Painting Momentum with Anna George_ Tuesdays 1-4pm_ September 2- October 21_ Studio 1
2025-10-21 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-14 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-07 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Painting Momentum in Oils, Acrylic and Watercolor
Anna George, instructor
8 weeks September 2 – October 21
Tuesday afternoons 1-4pm Studio 1
$165/185
Maximum 14
Time to open the paintbox and paint! In the wonderful ambient daylight of our studio I offer you constant support at your easel as you paint what you love. Whether you’re a beginner or well along, we take a fresh look at painting fundamentals, and we have fun.
Are you starting out, launching into a new painting, reworking something? Explore your painting style in oils, acrylics and watercolor going abstract or representational. Skirt common pitfalls in this convivial class that has continued for fourteen years. We’re a mixed cadre, quite welcoming, with a can-do attitude. The class is a great place for beginners who often stay on and on.
I help you with painting essentials, lightness and fun in mind. You build compositional strengths and lay out good sequencing. My classes also address form, light, values, atmospheric perspective, color mixing/placement, brushwork, etc. When painters request a special focus or demo I’m happy to make it happen.
I often recommend using an 8×10 photograph as a starting point for representational work. Paint what moves you and maybe try some exercises in this Tuesday afternoon sanctuary.
Aside from working as a journalist internationally and in SF, I’m lucky to then have worked as an artist for decades and sold my pieces for a living. I bring the extent of that experience to classes. In my years teaching here I’ve witnessed a lot of success and feel very proud of my students. On our last day we hold our own little art festival, showing our work, sharing our thoughts, and complementing that with scrumptious bites.
Beginners can get a materials list and consult on choosing quality materials. Reach me at 925 783 9000 with questions/enrollment needs. Start by becoming an RAA member if you are a resident of Rossmoor ($10) then register. Or you can register as a guest. Please do this well ahead of the start date.
After exhibiting in the U.S. and Italy in galleries, museum shows, etc., I show abstract and representational work online and at various venues. And I offer painted silkwear here in Nov/Dec. See my pieces locally and at annageorgeartist.com and at annageorgeonline.com. Ask about a current show of my work in town right now.

General Painting- Landscapes, Still life and More _ Afsaneh Michaels_ Oct 21- Nov 25 _Tues 9:30-12:30 pm _Studio 1
2025-10-21 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
General Painting- Landscapes, Still life, Portraits, Abstracts. sketches, photos, etc.
Beginner to advanced
October 21- November 25, 2025
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
Studio 1

This painting course introduces you to the painting process and the common stages and techniques that artists follow to create a work of art. This process can vary greatly depending on the artist, the medium and the subject matter.
You learn and follow the process starting with conception of an idea or an inspiration, gathering references, designing and composing your canvas or painting surface, selecting materials and colors, and executing the painting by sketching and blocking. Each stage is described and explained by the instructor.
Beginners, always start painting from still life set ups in the studio and will do several still life paintings before choosing their own subject matter.
Intermediate and advanced artists may paint several paintings and use more advanced techniques as well as their own subjects and learn to identify the techniques of choice and perhaps develop a style. Any subject of choice is allowed from still life to landscapes, or abstracts.
Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools plus your
sketchbook and canvas. The first class will include a discussion of materials and supports/painting surface (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email the instructor.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
October 21- November 25, 2025
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
Cost: $180.00 residents, non-residents $200.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 16
Materials: Your medium of choice and your setup plus your sketchbook and a canvas or a support of your choice. For more information about colors and brushes and other painting materials please email the instructor

Drawing Nature, Still Life, Landscapes _ Afsaneh Michaels_ Oct 21 - Nov 25 _ Tues 2:00-4:30 pm _ Studio 1
2025-10-21 00:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Drawing Nature, Still Life, Landscapes
October 21 – November 25 , 2025
Tuesdays 2:00-4:30 pm
Studio 1
I aspire to empower my student artists by helping build a solid foundation in observation, technique, and artistic understanding in drawing. My teaching approach focuses on building fundamental skills and understanding core artistic concepts.

Fundamentals of drawing are best understood through a study of visual thinking and detailed and methodical practice over several weeks with individualized attention from Afsaneh. A wide range of materials and mediums are gradually introduced with demonstrations.
In all my classes I create a friendly environment without judgement where you see and appreciate a variety of art and inspire each other. Beginners, intermediate, and more experienced students work together in one class, each group working on material appropriate to their group, overlaps are encouraged among the various levels.
All drawing students learn the elements of art and principles of design introduced as foundational vocabulary. These are: line, shape, value (understanding of light), form (representation of the three dimension), texture, space, composition, and proportion, and learn to draw using different subject matter such as objects in a still life, or what nature offers such as branches, leaves, small flowers, fruits, vegetable, a bird, butterfly, or a landscape of choice.
Beginners Will have one or two completed drawings with three or four components. Great emphasis is put upon learning the foundational skills and principles of drawing and design. Teacher chooses all the subject matter.
Beginners come to the first class half an hour early to meet and greet and to receive the beginner materials.
Intermediate students produce more complex drawings of natural materials or scenery or a still life, perhaps work on a series and learn to use color (optional) with colored pencils, pastels, or watercolor mixed with drawing. This group produces several drawings, some in color and some in graphite or charcoal pencil.
More advanced students work with scale, tonal variation and more detail and color and possibly work on a self generated project, ie. A garden of their choice or other subjects.
We will use pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, pens, but a lesser extent watercolor ( always combined with pencils or pens). Great emphasis is on drawing real objects or specimens and not necessarily working from photos. Small things are brought into the studio or from your home as models.
Please come with your materials or at least a sketchbook and some pencils to the first class and learn about materials then.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels AfsanehAm@gmail.com
October 21 – November 25 , 2025
Tuesdays 2:00-4:30 pm
Class Fee: $180.00 Members. $200.00 Non-members
Place: studio 1
Number of students: 18
Materials: Sketchbook: 1) 93-120 Ibs. weight of your choice. 2) Pencils: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, F, H, 2H, 4H. 3) Set of charcoal pencils. 4) Pink/white eraser. 5) kneaded rubber eraser. 6) Pencil sharpener. 7) Gray scale.
8) Blending stumps. 9) Small ruler, 10) Set of colored pencils if you choose color (Prismacolor is ideal but other brands work too).

Drawing Nature, Still Life, Landscapes_ Afsaneh Michaels_ Sept 3 - Oct 8 _ Wednesdays_ 9:30-12:30 _Studio 1
2025-10-08 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-10-01 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Drawing Nature, Still Life, Landscapes
September 3 – October 8 , 2025
Wednesdays 9:30-12:30
Studio 1
I aspire to empower my student artists by helping build a solid foundation in observation, technique, and artistic understanding in drawing. My teaching approach focuses on building fundamental skills and understanding core artistic concepts.
Fundamentals of drawing are best understood through a study of visual thinking and detailed and methodical practice over several weeks with individualized attention from Afsaneh. A wide range of materials and mediums are gradually introduced with demonstrations.
In all my classes I create a cohesive environment without judgement where you see and appreciate a variety of art and inspire each other. Beginners, intermediate, and more experienced students work together in one class, each group working on material appropriate to their group, overlaps are encouraged among the various levels.
All drawing students learn the elements of art and principles of design introduced as foundational vocabulary. These are: line, shape, value (understanding of light), form (representation of the three dimension), texture, space, composition, and proportion, and learn to draw using different subject matter such as objects in a still life, or what nature offers such as branches, leaves, small flowers, fruits, vegetable, a bird, butterfly, or a landscape of choice.
Beginners Will have one or two completed drawings with three or four components. Great emphasis is put upon learning the foundational skills and principles of drawing and design. Teacher chooses all the subject matter.
Beginners come to the first class half an hour early to meet and greet and to receive the beginner materials.
Intermediate students produce more complex drawings of natural materials or scenery or a still life, perhaps work on a series and learn to use color (optional) with colored pencils, pastels, or watercolor mixed with drawing. This group produces several drawings, some in color and some in graphite or charcoal pencil.
More advanced students work with scale, tonal variation and more detail and color and possibly work on a self generated project, ie. A garden of their choice or other subjects.
We will use pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, pens, but a lesser extent watercolor ( always combined with pencils or pens). Great emphasis is on drawing real objects or specimens and not necessarily working from photos. Small things are brought into the studio or from your home as models.
Please come with your materials or at least a sketchbook and some pencils to the first class and learn about materials then.
Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels AfsanehAm@gmail.com
September 3 – October 8 , 2025
Wednesdays 9:30-12:30
Class Fee: $180.00 Members. $200.00 Non-members
Place: studio 1
Number of students: 18
Materials: Sketchbook: 1) 93-120 Ibs. weight of your choice. 2) Pencils: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, F, H, 2H, 4H. 3) Set of charcoal pencils. 4) Pink/white eraser. 5) kneaded rubber eraser. 6) Pencil sharpener. 7) Gray scale.
8) Blending stumps. 9) Small ruler, 10) Set of colored pencils if you choose color (Prismacolor is ideal but other brands work too).

General Painting- Landscapes, Still Life, Portraits, Abstracts_ Afsaneh Michaels _ All Levels _ Sept 2- October 7_ Tues 9:30-12:30 pm
2025-10-07 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-30 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
General Painting- Landscapes, Still Life, Portraits, Abstracts. sketches, photos, etc.
Beginner to advanced
September 2- October 7, 2025
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
This painting course introduces you to the painting process and the common stages and techniques that artists follow to create a work of art. This process can vary greatly depending on the artist, the medium and the subject matter.
You learn and follow the process starting with conception of an idea or an inspiration, gathering references, designing and composing your canvas or painting surface, selecting materials and colors, and executing the painting by sketching and blocking. Each stage is described and explained by the instructor.
Beginners, always start painting from still life set ups in the studio and will do several still life paintings before choosing their own subject matter.
Intermediate and advanced artists may paint several paintings and use more advanced techniques as well as their own subjects and learn to identify the techniques of choice and perhaps develop a style. Any subject of choice is allowed from still life to landscapes, or abstracts.
Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools plus your
sketchbook and canvas. The first class will include a discussion of materials and supports/painting surface (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email the instructor.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
September 2- October 7, 2025
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
Cost: $180.00 residents, non-residents $200.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 15
Materials: Your medium of choice and your setup plus your sketchbook and a canvas or a support of your choice. For more information about colors and brushes and other painting materials please email the instructor

Gateway Exhibit
2025-10-06 10:00 - 12:00 | CA
Members of RAA who wish to participate in the show are asked to bring their artwork to the Gateway Redwood room. Each artist may submit up to two pieces. All received artwork should be framed, wired per specifications, labeled on the back with the artists’ name, title of work, price, and contact info. Volunteers will be on hand to assist you. Please follow the Exhibit Guidelines (Below)
Download & Submit artwork with a completed RAA Release Form. (Below)
Receiving/Returning artwork 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Contact: Ann Elliott at 707-694-1914

Figure Lab_ Monitor sets up model and lighting_ September 3 to October 1 (5 sessions)_ Wed 1-4pm_ Studio 2
2025-10-01 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Figure Lab _No Teacher_ Figure lit and posed by Monitor_
Artist choice of medium_ Amazing Opportunity!
no volatile solvents, please.
Wednesdays 1-4pm Studio 2
maximum spaces:15
available spaces: 15
price for members: $75.00
price for guests: $100.00

Dates: September 3 through October 1, 2025

The Figure Lab is a wonderful art experience where a professional model is employed and posed with lighting. Participants have the opportunity to draw or paint from a life model in a medium of their choice. There is no instruction.
Figure and Portrait painting is one of the oldest disciplines, and is some of the best practice out there – somewhat like Plein Air but from a model indoors. Every art school requires drawing the figure from life in the curriculum. As you work on your piece, on the breaks, walk around and look at different interpretations of the model. The figure lab is a great accompaniment to the Portrait from Photographs class; the classes develop the same skill sets – drawing, mixing skin tones, identifying shadow shapes. All media are welcome – charcoal, acrylic, oil paint, pastels. Yi Shepard will be the Monitor and will manage details of lighting and securing the model for the September sessions. Carol Tarzier will return as the Monitor in October.

Watercolor Painting with Kathleen Stumpfel_September 23 to November 11_ Tuesdays -9am to 11:30pm_ Studio 2
2025-09-30 09:00 - 11:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Do you want to paint in watercolor?
This class will show beginners, even if you have never painted in watercolor, the techniques to use with paint and water. The goal is to have fun with the creative process. We will have step-by-step projects with short demonstrations and plenty of time to paint a variety of subject matter including florals, still lifes, and landscapes. Most importantly, this class will give you a start in the creative process needed for your art. This seven-week session will meet on Tuesday mornings in Studio 2 from September 23 to November 11 for $120. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $140. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials will be emailed before the start and discussed in the first class. Bring any watercolor materials you already have.
(no class Sept 30)
9 am- 11:30, Studio 2
Tuesday
Maximum spaces – 13
Price for members – $120
Price for non-members – $140
