Centennial Community Education

Our watercolor for adults class provides step-by-step instruction in the fundamentals of watercolor painting. This course enables a beginner to achieve confidence and mastery and to enjoy the process. You get individual guidance and support at each stage. We'll experiment with resist techniques while creating a succulent still-life. All materials provided.

All skill levels welcome. Paint a snowy chickadee in acrylic paint on a 12" x 12" stretched canvas. You will be guided step-by-step to learn about the practice of painting through close observation. Shape, pattern, texture, contrast, and painting basics will be instructed. Watch live demonstrations, experiment with a variety of materials, practice, and have fun.

Learn to make soap using the cold process method that has existed for thousands of years. Participants receive a teaching manual that includes an ingredient list, equipment list, recipe, method for soap making, and sources for essential oil, ingredients, and equipment. Participants will also take home a silicone mold and soap to fill the mold.

Explore the art of stained-glass design and building. Learn to make, cut and use patterns. Cut and grind glass Tape your glass with copper foil Solder your glass Add patina to color the solder Finish the edges with a zinc border Clean and polish the finished window. John will also discuss how to frame your completed window with wood. All tools and materials are provided. Please wear hard toe shoes, and long sleeves, and bring a pair of safety glasses. No fleece or sweaters that can catch glass chips as you cut. Bring $25 cash or check payable to instructor to first class for supply costs.

Beginner to Intermediate. This class will introduce you to welding as you create a stone and metal sculpture for your garden or patio. TIG welding uses an inert gas and bonds metal without a wire feed, rod, or stick and is typically used for thinner materials such as pipe welding or where appearance is more important. Safety and introductory concepts for sculpture design will be covered. Wear a long-sleeved shirt, long-legged jeans or other sturdy long-legged pants, close-toed leather shoes or boots. Bring a stone about the size of your fist, or one will be provided, leather work gloves, welding helmet if you have one, a lunch or snack and refillable water bottle. Instructor will provide TIG welder and welding material, welding helmets, safety glasses, extra gloves, vise, anvil, angle grinder and bending tools.

Beginner to Intermediate This class will introduce you to TIG welding and hand tool use for metal work. TIG welding uses an inert gas (argon) that bonds metal without wire feed, rods or sticks. You must have some hand strength to use the cutting and bending tools that shape the rose. Safety and design instruction will be covered. We'll use 3 steel discs and a steel rod to create a rose that will last forever. There will be a brief discussion of rose history and art to open the class. Wear a long-sleeved shirt, long-legged jeans or other sturdy long-legged pants, close-toed leather shoes or boots. Bring leather work gloves, welding helmet if you have one, a lunch or snack and refillable water bottle. Instructor will provide TIG welder and welding material, welding helmets, safety glasses, extra gloves, cutting and bending hand tools, vise, anvil, electric drill and angle grinder.