ESO Classes for Week of September 29

ESO ARTS CENTER, 15293 King Street, Belle Haven, 757-442-3226, [email protected]

POTTERY FOR KIDS with Elizabeth Hunt — Mondays, Sept. 29 to Nov. 10, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Children learn to express and execute their personal visions in clay while having fun! Class includes hand sculpting and wheel techniques to create unique design pottery or sculpture for beginning & intermediate young ceramists. Stock materials are supplied. Cost for 6 Weeks $130 plus $10 firing fee.

ESO WRITERS’ WORKSHOP with authors Lenore Hart & David Poyer — Tuesdays, Sept. 30, 2014 to Dec. 2, 7 to 9:30 pm. A community writing workshop for aspiring and published writers of fiction and creative nonfiction, providing reading of work, group discussion and critique, and editing & publishing advice from two authors with almost 40 published books between them. Beginning to Advanced Level, ages 16 and up. Cost for 10 Weeks $220.

BEGINNING WATERCOLOR 1 DAY WORKSHOP with Thelma Peterson — Saturday, Oct. 4, 10 am to 4 pm. Here’s your chance to get your paintbrush wet and explore watercolor with one of the Shore’s most beloved painters! Includes basic techniques of working with watercolors, how to get the most from your brushes and watercolor paper, knowing the qualities of your pigments, the order of sequence in watercolor painting, recognizing the values in a successful watercolor painting, mixing colors & keeping them clean, basic composition, and the elements of creating a landscape. Cost: $75, Supply List Available at ESO.

CARTOONING & SKETCHING with Stevon Sample — Thursdays, Oct. 2 to Nov. 13, 6:30 – 7:45 p.m. Draw out your sketching talents! Class consists of basic sketching and drawing exercises for beginning artists or experienced students who would like to sharpen their skills.  Each session will be both interactive and fun, and assignments will be given after each class. Possible cartooning and character creation if there is interest. Ages 10 to adult. Cost: 7 week session $75, Supply list available at ESO.