Drawing and Painting Classes for All Adults!

OCA is offering ongoing art classes on Friday mornings. Making art together is a great way to keep learning and to create community in these challenging times.

Four different series are being offered, choose your series below. Each series includes three classes. Cost for three classes: $150 OCA members, $175 nonmembers.
You can switch after your first class if it is not meeting your needs. Space permitting, you could even attend all twelve classes in the semester without additional charge.

Teachers: Patrick Fanning has been teaching drawing and watercolor at OCA and elsewhere for years. Linda Kammer is also an experienced teacher of watercolor with great patience and understanding. From time to time they will bring in guest teachers to cover topics like portraits, acrylics, figure drawing, or abstract painting.

Questions? Email Patrick or Tina

Summer Semester Registration Open!

June/July/August 2026
Classes on Fridays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
in the OCA auditorium

First Fridays - Drawing Basics with Linda Kammer and Patrick Fanning

Looking versus seeing Contour drawing Cropping & composition * Sighting and measuring

5 kinds of perspective Value patterns Materials Shading Drawing figures

Second Fridays - Watercolor Landscapes with Patrick Fanning and Linda Kammer

Sketching on location Working from photos Design Composition Value studies * Perspective

3-layer watercolor technique Adding figures to your paintings Making a painting plan

Third Fridays - Introduction to Abstraction with Beth Anderson

Using collage to get started Materials from charcoal to oils  Making your marks * Titling

Color, texture, and emotion Working in a series How do you know when you’re finished?

Fourth Fridays - Introduction to Acrylics with Lesley Pickford

Starter set of materials provided Why acrylics? Color mixing Building layers Drying times Techniques from wet-in-wet to thin layers Mediums and thinners * Planning a painting

Cost per session $150 for OCA members, $175 for non-members.

OCA members can register here.

Non-members click here to register.

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Past Classes

Spring Semester - February/March/April 2026

Classes on Fridays from 9:30am to 12:30pm in the OCA auditorium

First Fridays - Laying Down the Basics with Linda Kammer. Beginners welcome
February 6, March 6 and April 3, 2026

Drawing from still life *Lighting and perspective * Finding a focal point * Composition *  Watercolor materials * Watercolor fundamentals * Color mixing formulas * Painting wet-in-wet & wet-on-dry

Click here to register for first Fridays, beginner series, nonmember

Click here to register for first Fridays, beginner series, OCA member

Second Fridays - Painting the Landscape with Patrick Fanning
February 13, March 13 and April 10, 2026

Sketching on location * Working from photos * Design * Composition * Value studies * Perspective * 3-layer watercolor technique * Adding figures to your paintings * Making a painting plan
Click here to register for second Fridays, intermediate series, nonmember

Click here to register for second Fridays, intermediate series, OCA member

Third Fridays - Master Class with Patrick Fanning
February 20, March 20 and April 17, 2026

Working large * Working in series * Finding your own style * Setting personal goals/challenges * Advanced perspective * Complex subjects * Getting a likeness in a portrait * Abstraction
Click here to register for third Fridays, advanced series, nonmember

Click here to register for third Fridays, advanced series, OCA members

Fourth Fridays - Beginning Figure Drawing with John James
February 27, March 27 and April 24, 2026

Traditional charcoal-on-newsprint medium * Other line and shape approaches * Gesture & contour drawing * Size sighting * Composition * Shading * From projected photos of nude professional models

Click here to register for fourth Fridays, Figure Drawing, nonmember.

Click here to register for fourth Fridays, Figure Drawing, OCA member.