Sadbh, age 6, Zagreb, Croatia, August 2010.

Artist Holidays art classes will be offering a special drop-in art class for children, ages 4 and up, and/or their parents, on Sundays, from 12:30-2 p.m., starting this week on Jan. 29 in Lake Oswego, Oregon.  Parents, you can drop the kids off, or join in!

We’ll practice a combination of realistic drawing and painting skills and mixed-media art projects with artist Leah Kohlenberg, who has traveled the world and taught family art in several countries.

Madisyn, 8, and Angela, 43, in Brooklyn, NY, June 2011.

What is family art, and why is it important? Adults and children make fantastic classmates. The adults show children that art is important, and demonstrate how to work independently and with discipline by modeling in the class. Perhaps more importantly, the children teach adults not to be afraid of art, the creative process, and not knowing how to do something! Together, it’s a potent combination, with much learning and enjoyment.

Register by e-mailing leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com, or calling at 347 251 1984.  Generously hosted by the Harmon Family in their Lake Oswego home, please e-mail for directions.

Fee: $15 per participant, including all supplies and a healthy snack. If ten or more participants sign up, price goes down to $10 per participant. Click to view slideshow.

Even better is the price: for the 2011 holiday season (until December 31, 2011), you can purchase a package of three online art classes for the price of two classes – $100! Package includes three hours of online instruction, three e-mailed critiques, and an additional 30 minute consulting session so the student can discuss and design an art class with the teacher, artist Leah Kohlenberg. Classes can be taken privately, with a friend, or with family, and can be geared towards all ages!

Students can live anywhere in the world, and can schedule their art classes at a time convenient to them, from the comfort of their own home. Your gift recipient needs only a laptop, high-speed internet, skype and a microphone, as well as a place to do art and some basic supplies. No art experience is required! E-mail leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com for more details, or to sign up!

Read more about how online art classes work here.

Granny Nunush (Gyumri, Armenia)/oil on canvas/By Leah Kohlenberg

MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL: CREPES AND FACES
A family art class honoring the divine mother
Saturday, May 7, 5-7 pm for mothers and their kids, ages 5 and up
at Mago Creperie, 464 Grand Street (between Fulton and Lefferts Place)
$30 for one mom, 1 kid
includes all supplies, a crepe plate and drinks
Spaces still available!
sign up via email: artistholidays@gmail.com
or phone:
347 251 1984

Mothers’ Day reminds us not only to be better mothers, or appreciate our mothers. We must also remember to mother our own intuition, or divine feminine, which is a key part of our creativity, whether we are male or female.

At Artist Holidays, we honor the mother in all of us by offering you a combination class sure to feed both the creative and physical appetite: learn to draw portraits and eat delicious crepes. As a mothers day gift to yourself and your child, please join us the day before Mother’s Day, Saturday, May 7, at the delicious Mago Creperie on 464 Grand Street (between Fulton and Lefferts Place) with one or more children for a portrait drawing workshop and crepe eating party!

(Don’t feel left out, dads, we’ll be doing a father-child portrait and crepe eating special class the Saturday before father’s day, too).

Citron Crepe from Mago Creperie

Each participant, both mother and child, will bring a printed photograph of their mother, or some other important female figure. World traveled artist and teacher Leah Kohlenberg will offer portrait drawing basics, and then help you create a finished product. You’ll also get a crepe plate and drink of your choice.

All experience levels are welcome, from beginners to professional artists. The emphasis here is not on expertise, but on spending time with your mother and honoring her. Both children and parents will draw!

This class offers you everything: a pre-Mother’s Day outing and quality time with your children. You’ll be supporting local business and learning something new, as well as honoring your mother and nurturing you and your child’s creative selves.

Even beginning students can draw! Suzanne Sczubelek Herel whipped out this lovely copy of a Mary Cassatt sketch after just two lessons!

ART CLASSES ONLINE:
LIVE, STREAMING PRIVATE ART LESSONS AND CONSULTATIONS
GET A FREE 30-MINUTE ONLINE CONSULTATION NOW!
OR TAKE LIVE ART LESSONS IN LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON ON SUNDAYS, FOR ADULTS AND KIDS!

Anyone, at any age or experience level, can learn to draw and paint

Give yourself the tools to get started with artist Leah Kohlenberg, an online art teacher and coach offering you technique, inspiring you in your creative and spiritual growth, and helping you plan an art career.

Do you have art projects you keep meaning to start, but are having trouble getting motivated? Are you blocked creatively? Do you want a bit of expertise to help you make that drawing or painting just a bit better? Would you like a private, live online art class streamed into your home, conveniently set to your schedule?

Using skype, the internet and a laptop, you will meet with Leah online for a specified number of sessions each month. You can also send her work to review and critique.

FEES: $50 per hour (also including one e-mail review of work done during class); for one or several people, as long as everyone can see and hear the computer screen.

SUGGESTED PACKAGES

DRAWING ANIMALS: Great for beginners! This three-session class helps you learn to draw, paint or collage animals. Meets online three times for an hour of guided instruction, and includes three homework assignments that are constructively critiqued. $150 plus materials fee, for one or several people.

 Or design your own art classes!
Sign up for a FREE 30-minute consultation skype session with Leah to find out if online art classes will work for you! Simply e-mail leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com to schedule it.

Click to view slideshow.

After an incredible year offering art classes in Zagreb, Croatia, Artist Holidays is moving to New York City in February 2011. Please e-mail leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com for more information.

Thank you, Zagreb, it’s been an amazing time! In particular, thanks to the support of the International Women’s Club Zagreb; Carlotta, Lesya and the Buzzin Buzz editor at the U.S. Embassy CLO’s office; and the Zagreb Expat Meetup group!!!

For those interested in English language art classes in Zagreb, contact the new studio, run by Kim Woods, at 4lostinthewoods@gmail.com.

These art classes offer children, ages 5-14, a mixture of group activities, guided drawing lessons and individual projects both to boost their creative, intuitive skills and enhance realistic artistic skills. Participants can choose from a range of mediums – paint, pastels, pencil and ink, collage – to work in, and can move from project to project as they choose.

Schedules are flexible: children’s art classes are scheduled based on the child’s school schedule during the week, either privately or semi-privately (with a friend), or by joining another group.  To schedule a demonstration class, find out about available class times, or to register, e-mail leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com, or call Leah at 099 845 1834.

This nude was drawn by beginning figure drawing student Orli Landau during her first lesson!

No art experience is necessary for this continuing course designed to help connect us to our own creative, intuitive power within by drawing the female figure. We’ll learn several figure drawing techniques, including quick action drawings, blind contour drawing, tonal drawings and measuring, practicing with a real nude model. Whether you are male or female, an experienced artist or a beginner, this class will elevate both your love of all things feminine and your drawing skills in a warm and welcoming non-critical environment.

Class Details

Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm

150  kunas per person (includes all materials, including model fee); or 75 kunas just to draw (no instruction, only a modeling fee)

8 Trg Marka Marulica (flat Sestan/Kohlenberg)

Register by e-mailing leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com or by calling Leah at 099 845-1834.

NOTE: These times are approximate! I know students are juggling many other activities, so I encourage students to adapt this class schedule around their day. All children’s classes are flexibly scheduled, based on your child’s individual school schedule. If you need to come earlier or later,  or want to propose a different time, write to me at leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com

Monday afternoons, 6-8 p.m., PARENT-CHILD DRAWING/PAINTING
Wednesday afternoons, 3-6 pm and 6:30-9:30 p.m., PASTELS TO PAINTING
Friday mornings, 10 am-1 pm, PASTELS TO PAINTING
Friday afternoons, 4-5:30 p.m., CHILDREN’S ART ATELIER
Saturday mornings, 10 am-1 p.m. PASTELS TO PAINTING

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Students pick their own projects and work at their own pace.

PASTELS TO PAINTING: This is an excellent class for all levels – beginners can learn both drawing fundamentals and colour theory which will help them make the leap to painting. More experienced artists can choose to go straight to oil or acrylic painting, or boost their skills through practicing the unique techniques specific to dry pastels.

PHOTOGRAPHY TO PAINTING: Perfect for tourists or residents who want to preserve their memories of Zagreb. We’ll first tour the town with our digital cameras, then use the photos to create a composition that you’ll either draw or paint, taking about 2-4  three-hour class sessions to create it. All levels welcome in this class. Scheduled upon demand, so please contact the teacher at leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com if you are interested.

CHILDREN’S ART ATELIER: Think your child is too young to learn realistic drawing and

Kids of all ages can work on the same project.

painting skills? These ongoing classes give children practical tips on how to draw what they see, and inspire them creatively. Enroll your child in our regular weekly drawing classes for ages 5-14, or our weekend arts and crafts class working with various medium for younger children (ages 3-6).

FIGURE DRAWING: Designed for both beginners and experienced artists, students will spend three hours practicing drawing with a live nude model. An extra model fee will be charged for each session, which varies depending on the number of people drawing.

Our youngest participant, five-year-old Sadhbh, proudly displays the pastel drawing she did of her mommy, Iseult, also an art student.

We had a blast at the Mother-Daughter art class in Zagreb, Croatia on May 8 and 9, 2010.

Read all about it, and check out the photo slideshow, on my blog, artbroadabroad.wordpress.com.

My portraits are unique – first I photograph the portrait subjects to capture a natural, relaxed pose  (or I advise you on what to choose from existing photographs); then you can pick your medium – acrylic and pastel, or oil on canvas. I also give you a choice of making the painting over several canvasses, or a single canvas!

Commissioning a painting ranges from 200-600 euros per work, depending on the size, materials and number of people in the portrait. If you are ordering outside of Croatia, there will be an additional mailing fee.

Contact leah.kohlenberg@gmail.com 0r 099 845 1834 for details and inquiries