Upcoming Classes
Drawing Fundamentals - Beginning
Poway Adult School
Registration for the Poway Adult School fall session starts on August 20. Please call the Poway Adult School office at 858-668-4024 to sign up or register online below.
Learn classical drawing techniques that will help you draw and paint more realistically than ever before.
Develop a strong understanding of how to portray light and shadow over form so that what you draw looks real. This class will teach you the basics of working in charcoal and help you find ways to incorporate art and creativity into your daily practice. The skills and techniques that you learn along the way will improve your drawing, regardless of the subject or medium that you like to work in. All supplies are included in the class fee.
$149
6 classes total, limit 15 participants
Saturdays 10am-12pm, 9/20/25 - 10/25/25
All skill levels welcome
Colored Pencils
Art on 30th
Get the Most From Colored Pencils!
Explore the basics of drawing while creating colorful botanicals and learn the techniques, tools, and papers that will help you achieve stunning results!
THU PM Class Info:
Next session: October 23 - November 20
Instructor: Stephanie Henry
Thursdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost $199 (5 classes)
Max 14 students
Level: 1 (introduction)
Age level: adult (18 & up)
Botanical Drawing Colored Pencil Techniques
Poway Adult School
Registration for the Poway Adult School fall session starts on August 20. Please call the Poway Adult School office at 858-668-4024 to sign up or register online below.
Learn how to get the most from your colored pencils and explore a variety of techniques, tools and papers to help you achieve stunning results in your drawings while you study botanicals.
Colored pencils combine the best things from drawing with the best things from painting.
In this class, you will learn:
how to create highlights and shadows
blending fundamentals
color scheme fundamentals
different styles of drawing with colored pencils
how to create realistic art
how to capture various textures
$189
6 classes total, limit 15 participants
Wednesdays, 6-9pm, 10/22/25 - 12/3/25
All skill levels welcome
Beginning Oil Painting
Poway Adult School
Registration for the Poway Adult School fall session starts on August 20. Please call the Poway Adult School office at 858-668-4024 to sign up or register online below.
Explore painting with luminous oils while learning about values, color, working from a photo and composition.
Whether you’re brand new to oils or coming back to them, this class is a great way to learn how to demystify oil painting. We will not use turpentine in this class. See our website for supply information, scroll down and click
on the blue Art Supply List box.
$185
6 classes total, limit 15 participants
Saturdays, 9-12pm, 11/1/25 - 12/13/25
All skill levels welcome
Beginning Oil Painting
Poway Adult School
Registration for the Poway Adult School fall session starts on August 20. Please call the Poway Adult School office at 858-668-4024 to sign up or register online below.
Explore painting with luminous oils while learning about values, color, working from a photo and composition.
Whether you’re brand new to oils or coming back to them, this class is a great way to learn how to demystify oil painting. We will not use turpentine in this class. See our website for supply information, scroll down and click
on the blue Art Supply List box.
$185
6 classes total, limit 15 participants
Saturdays, 9-12pm, 11/1/25 - 12/13/25
All skill levels welcome
Foothills Art Association, La Mesa
Learn classical drawing techniques that will help you draw and paint more realistically than ever before.
Develop a strong understanding of how to portray light and shadow over form so that what you draw looks real. This class will teach you the basics of working in charcoal and help you find ways to incorporate art and creativity into your daily practice. The skills and techniques that you learn along the way will improve your drawing, regardless of the subject or medium that you like to work in. All supplies are included in the class fee.
$149
6 classes total, limit 15 participants
Tuesdays 6pm-8pm, 10/21/25 - 12/2/25
(No class on 11/25)
All skill levels welcome