Art classes in Austin?

[bcw]

Hello there.

Are there any classes in Austin that teach you how to use the basic
techniques of art? To be specific, I am interested in knowing how to paint
wood, plaster (or plaster-like products), pottery and any small crafts
product mediums.

I saw plaster-like ( I think) small columns at Michael's art and craft store
and I would like to really paint them up. But I don't know if I have to
prime them or not; I have more questions but they would probably be best
questioned in a class or learned in a class. That is why I would like to go
to a art class or just a paint class that covers several different mediums
(wood, ceramics, plaster-like, pottery, etc.)

At this time, I don't want to sign up for an ACC or UT class (I live out of
the county and would have to pay extra fees, I believe). Just a ... generic
class held by a teacher who just wants to teach art. It doesn't have to be
formal.

Any ideas? Thanks for any inputs you may have. Have a good day.

[rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net]

bcw wrote:

> Hello there.
>
> Are there any classes in Austin that teach you how to use the basic
> techniques of art?

If you look around at the art displayed in many of the restaurants and
other establishments around Austin, the answer would have to be a
resounding, emphatic, NO! :^)

Rick

[Anthony Sloan]

UT informal classes or Laguna Gloria art school, with the former being
cheaper than the latter.

Best of luck searching for the muse,

A

bcw wrote:
>
> Hello there.
>
> Are there any classes in Austin that teach you how to use the basic

--
My hands are full of thorns but I can't quit groping for the rose.

[Anthony Sloan]

rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net wrote:
>
> bcw wrote:
>
> > Hello there.
> >
> > Are there any classes in Austin that teach you how to use the basic
> > techniques of art?
>

> If you look around at the art displayed in many of the restaurants and
> other establishments around Austin, the answer would have to be a
> resounding, emphatic, NO! :^)
>
> Rick

Branch out from McDonalds and you might see something new! ;*)

A

[Clay]

I don't think you would have to pay more for UT's informal classes.
They are about $80 plus $30-65 for supplies depending on the class.

[rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net]

Anthony Sloan wrote:

> rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net wrote:
> >
> > bcw wrote:
> >
> > > Hello there.
> > >
> > > Are there any classes in Austin that teach you how to use the basic
> > > techniques of art?
> >
> > If you look around at the art displayed in many of the restaurants and
> > other establishments around Austin, the answer would have to be a
> > resounding, emphatic, NO! :^)
> >
> > Rick
>
> Branch out from McDonalds and you might see something new! ;*)

Sorry, homey don't do McDonalds.

How 'bout you name an establishment where you've seen art that you
wouldn't step on if it were laying on the sidewalk.

Rick

[Anthony Sloan]

OOOpps! Sounds like we missed the smiley.

Art is not quantifiable, chances are that if I say that I saw something
I liked at Upper Crust, or whatever, you would say that it was
terrible. Both parties would be right.

I think that what really needs to happen is that folks need to relax
about Art. There is good art, there is bad art, occasionally there is
really great art.

Kinda the way things are in the rest of our lives.

[Holly D. Monnich]

Personally, Kids and Cats (not a restaurant though) in NW Austin. It's
generally a mom and pop owned kids' specialty toy store snuggled between HEB
and Blockbusters at the corner of Burnet and 2222 with the front of the store
filled with more interesting knick knacky adult stuff. BUT the owner's friend
has several pieces of handmade stained glass that are really rather
interesting. I certainly would not step on them if they were on the
sidewalk. For obvious reasons as well as their artistic value. :)

[rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net]

Anthony Sloan wrote:

> rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net wrote:
> >
> > Anthony Sloan wrote:
> >
> > > rjs...@postoffice.swbell.net wrote:
> > > >
> > > > bcw wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello there.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are there any classes in Austin that teach you how to use the basic
> > > > > techniques of art?
> > > >
> > > > If you look around at the art displayed in many of the restaurants and
> > > > other establishments around Austin, the answer would have to be a
> > > > resounding, emphatic, NO! :^)
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > >
> > > Branch out from McDonalds and you might see something new! ;*)
> >
> > Sorry, homey don't do McDonalds.
> >
> > How 'bout you name an establishment where you've seen art that you
> > wouldn't step on if it were laying on the sidewalk.
> >
> > Rick
>

> OOOpps! Sounds like we missed the smiley.

Nope. You just took my comment wrong. I like nice art. So far, what I see
mostly in Austin is the kind of stuff like what we so often see at Paradise.
It looks like a teenager's poor imitation of a cross between Dali and Picasso.

> Art is not quantifiable, chances are that if I say that I saw something
> I liked at Upper Crust, or whatever, you would say that it was
> terrible. Both parties would be right.

I'll check out the Upper Crust. I'm no art critic but garbage is garbage.
At best in Austin, I've seen some decent work of an undergraduate
college student (except for the guy who spray paints on 6th street,
now he's good whether you like his style or not). I had lunch in Kerbey
Lane on 183 today and they were displaying water colors. It wasn't
bad but it wasn't worth $250 either. Of course, with some of the crap
(and I mean really crap) I've seen priced at $1000, maybe it was worth
$250. I've paid a lot less for a lot better talent though.

Rick