Lapham Community Center and Senior Center of New Canaan, Inc.

Waveny Park        New Canaan, CT        Tel: 203-594-3620        Fax: 203-594-3628

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Fine Arts & Crafts

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Acrylic Painting	Crafts and Knitting	Intermediate Watercolor
Drawing Plants and other Natural Forms	Beginning Watercolor

Acrylic Painting

11 Mondays, September 13 - November 29, 10 a.m. - noon, $55 [$77]

Acrylic paints offer the ease of watercolor with the coverage of oil. Talented New Canaan artist, Angela Burns, will share her expertise in acrylics with anyone wishing to learn or improve their painting techniques. For a supply list, please call 203-594-3620.

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Crafts and Knitting

Crafts, most Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. - noon, Free Knitting, most Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. - noon, Free

Join Lu Brown's Wednesdays crafts group or bring your knitting or crocheting projects (or learn how to do it) on Thursdays

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Intermediate Watercolor with Regina Custer

11 Fridays, September 10 - November 19, 10:00 a.m. - noon, $99 [$121]

Regina is a talented painter with many devoted students. She teaches by demonstration and individual instruction.

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Drawing Plants and other Natural Forms

9 Tuesdays, September 21 - November 16, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., $81 [$99]

Kathie Milligan will teach you how to develop a natural, individual drawing style using forms from nature as your subject. Through close observation, you will examine flowers and other natural forms to explore their unique qualities. You will use pencil, pen and ink, and charcoal in your explorations.      Please bring a 9"x12" sketch pad, HB, 2B and 4B pencils and an eraser to class.

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Beginning Watercolor

8 Thursdays, September 23 - November 11, 10:00 a.m. - noon, $56 [$72]

Bill Szabo will provide step-by-step instruction in brush strokes, color mixing and composition which will help you create realistic landscapes, seascapes and still life paintings. Pre-created scenes are also available if you are not comfortable drawing.      Call 203-594-3620 for a supply list or to purchase a kit from Bill for $30.

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