Arts and Crafts at the CLL

Discover Arts & Crafts at the CLL

Do you want to make the world a more beautiful and fascinating place? This spring, try your hand at something creative. The CLL offers Santa Barbara’s best variety of art classes. These classes are starting soon. Register today!

• Figure Drawing and Painting
• Paint with Thread
• Landscape Oil Painting from Photos  
• and more! 

Evening Class!

Figure Drawing and Painting

5 Tuesdays, beginning April 7

6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Students enhance their ability to draw and paint the human figure. Short and long poses by live models contribute to skill acquisition in perception, expression, composition, and proportion. Class Cost: $99 Materials Cost: $5

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NEW!

Paint with Thread

4 Tuesdays, beginning April 7

1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Learn the traditional Japanese technique of painting with thread (Bunka Shishu) as you create amazing pictures resembling fine oil paintings. Join an experienced teacher as we explore a wide variety of techniques, from simple to complex adaptions. Class Cost: $40

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Landscape Oil Painting from Photos

9 Thursdays, beginning April 9

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

This class includes instruction and demonstration of creating an oil painting from a photo from start to finish. You will analyze your photo through drawing, color mixing and create paintings from your own photos, with individual hands-on help and critique from the instructor. Class Cost: $135 Materials Cost: $5

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You can view ALL Arts & Crafts classes here.

Just Curious?  Discover tips on how to approach works in a gallery with our Look & Learn video, "What to do When You Go to an Art Gallery?"

Explore over 325 Spring Classes! Click here to browse our printed schedule. 

Want to be the first to find out about new classes and special CLL ‘insider’ info? Follow @sbccCLL on Facebook and Twitter!

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Spring Term begins April 6. Come choose from over 325 evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

What’s New in Fine Arts at the CLL?

What’s New in Fine Arts at the CLL?  New Year’s Resolutions? We have you covered! Whether you’re a professional or an aspiring artist, come chart your 2015 adventure in art, starting with one of our newest hands-on classes and workshops. These classes fill fast, so be sure to register early. NEW ART CLASSES FOR 2015! Here are a just a few of our brand new classes for 2015: ●    Animals Alive: Drawing at the Zoo ●    Landscape Oil Painting from Photos ●    Secret Power of Words as Art To view all Arts classes, click here.  NEW!   Animals Alive: Drawing at the Zoo 9 Tuesdays, beginning January 20th10 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Looking for a new type of drawing class outside of the classroom? Drawing animals and birds is an exciting and fascinating type of portraiture, and involves unique skill sets. Enjoy meeting your class and teacher at the Santa Barbara Zoo to draw rare and exotic animals live, rather than from photography. Learn how to break down the structure of an animal with basic shapes, develop the ability to capture animals' gestures in their movement and enhance your drawings with varying forms and textures. Class Cost: $180 NEW! Landscape Oil Painting from Photos 10 Thursdays, beginning January 15th  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.  Good photographs are just the jumping off point for creating great landscape paintings. Paint with more dynamic colors by applying one of the three great color schemes. This course includes instruction and demonstration of creating an oil painting from a photo from start to finish. You will analyze your photo through drawing, color mixing and completion. You then will create paintings from your own photos, with individual hands on help and critique from the instructor. Class Cost: $100 NEW!  Secret Power of Words as Art  4 Mondays, beginning January 26th  6 p.m. – 9 p.m.  Do you love language, phrases, letters, words? We'll explore words using paint, wood, paper and mixed media to get your message out. You can use provocative paintings or some 3-D objects that merge philosophy, literature, and your own playful ideas. Discover how this unique technique and create wonderful new and exciting pieces. All skills welcome. Class Cost: $60 Materials Cost: $10 ARE YOU A CLL” INSIDER?” Got a minute? Impress your friends with a quick ‎mind trick from our Look & Learn video, “How We Read Words” Explore over 300 Winter Classes! Click here to browse our printed schedule.  Want to be the first to find out about new classes and special CLL ‘insider’ info? Follow @sbccCLL on Facebook and Twitter!

Back By Popular Demand Antiques and Art: Field Trip Don’t miss this one-day field trip to the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Register Now Hundreds of Favorite Classes Collage and Mixed Media Learn to complete collage and mixed media projects, with emphasis on the principles and elements of composition. Register Now Something for Everyone Figure Drawing Take advantage of the opportunity to draw directly from a live model. Beginners welcome! Register Now

Register for Fall Term Arts, Crafts, Performance

Registration is open for classes in: Arts, Crafts, Performance Register online or at the Schott and Wake Campus offices. What's New in Arts & Crafts? Role of Abstraction in Painting Create Your Own Hand Painted Furniture Stone, Stones and More Stones: Specialized Jewelry Techniques and many more! Preview Classes What's New in Music & Performing Arts?  The Urge to Act (Levels 1 & 2) How to be Killer at Karaoke Play the Mandolin and many more! Preview Classes Back by Popular Demand... Portrait Drawing for the Absolute Beginner Sep. 17: The face may be considered the hardest part of a person to draw, but you can learn the basic techniques really easily in this fun class for absolute beginners. Register Now Hundreds of Favorite Classes Songwriting Playshop Sept. 9: Open to students of all ages and levels! Come learn how to create songs and share them with others in a safe, non-judgmental space Register Now Something for Everyone Decorative Ceramics Sep. 11: Learn all about hand building techniques, wheel fundamentals, glazes, slips, stains, carving, patterns, textures, and decorative firing methods. Register Now

Making Art in Paradise

Do you want to make the world a more beautiful and fascinating place? 

This fall, try your hand at something creative. The CLL offers Santa Barbara’s best variety of art classes.

Want to paint or draw? We have classes in watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic, charcoal and more!

Want to sculpt? Choose your favorite medium: clay, stone, glass, wood and porcelain.

We’ll even teach you how to create your own hand painted furniture!
   
Experience the joy of the creative process and cultivate your unique technique – this fall at the CLL.

Curious about Portrait Drawing? MEET OUR TEACHER, Lauren Manzo

Shhh... Here’s a Sneak Peek at some of our upcoming fall Arts Classes (registration opens week of August 18^th)


NEW!

• Whimsical Characters and Creatures in Wood and Mixed Media
• Create Your Own Hand Painted Furniture
• Alla Prima Figure Painting
  
  

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND:

• Chinese Brush Painting and Meditation
• Botanical Illustration and Nature's Gems
• Expressive Figure Drawing
• Abstract Painting
• and many more!

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Summer Term continues through August 23^rd. Registration for Fall Term begins August 18^th. Come choose from evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

Register for Summer Term 2014

This summer, learn something NEW at the CLL. 

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning summer term begins June 23! The CLL is introducing NEW classes and programs in response to your diverse lifelong learning needs. We have Summer classes to fit every schedule:  evening, weekdays and weekends. Register now before your classes fill up. What will you learn?

Portrait Drawing for the Absolute Beginner
with Lauren Manzo
8 Wednesdays, beginning June 25th
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Do you struggle with capturing the human face in your drawings? Discover how to break down the forms of the face to the simplest shapes, and learn how the facial features relate to each other and form with light and shadow. Class Cost: $154 Materials Cost: $5

Register today! 

Shhh... here's a sneak peak!

Start Playing Bridge Now
with Carole Bennett
8 Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning July 7th
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Exercise your brain, make new social connections and learn the wonders of fun and competitive bridge. Step by step instructions in a small group setting help you progress until you are feeling confident enough to break out the card table and call up your friends. Don't put it off any longer, we are dealing you in on the next hand. Class Cost: $80

Register HERE. 

Join the fun! 

How to Market Your Website

with Hudson Hornick
Saturday, June 28th
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
This course will teach you the techniques you need to reach your target audience and engage with them. You'll develop email lists, implement search engine optimization tactics, and learn how to leverage social media to your advantage. Great for local businesses, in this class you'll establish yourself and your website as an authority in your field and watch your traffic grow - all without spending a dime. Class Cost: $35 

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Meet the teacher!

View ALL Summer 2014 Classes HERE