Acrylic Landscape Classes @ Cottonwood Center for the Arts

427 E COLORADO AVE Studio 127
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903
​(719) 520.1899
COTTONWOODCENTERFORTHEARTS.COM
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​Acrylic Painting 101
Tuesday's | 10am - 12pm 
Wednesday's | 6 - 8pm 

Acrylic Landscapes
Wednesday's | 10am - 12:30pm
Thursday's | 6 - 8pm 

Acrylic Landscapes Workshop 
Select Monday's | 1 - 4 pm @ Auric Gallery 

Underpainting Workshop
Select Saturday's | 2 - 5pm

Color Mixing Workshop
​Select Saturday's | 2 - 5pm

Private Lessons | By Appointment Only
​[email protected]
1 hour consultation - $70
2 hours - $125
3 hours - $180

Meet Your Instructor
Ben’s encouraging style of teaching provides a welcoming atmosphere to enjoy a creative outlet. He’s all about bringing people together and having a good time while getting to know his students’ goals. He will push you out of your comfort zone and do whatever he can to make you a better painter. His love for the outdoors brought him and his wife to Colorado Springs in 2016, which led him to begin teaching landscape painting classes here at Cottonwood shortly after. A big fan of music, there’s always some good tunes playing in class to set the tone for a productive paint session. His loose painting style involves bold color balanced with dramatic brushstrokes that captures emotion and creates a sense of movement in his scenes. Give him a follow on social media @benbiresfineart.

Acrylic Painting 101
​Acrylic is a great starting point to your painting journey with its fast drying and nontoxic properties. Learn how to handle the materials and delve into the versatility of this forgiving medium. Students will focus on key elements such as shape, value and composition to cover the basics of applying paint to canvas. There will be opportunities to practice painting a variety of representational subject matter while tackling techniques to build confidence with brush choice, mark making and color mixing. Recommended for ages 16 and up.

Acrylic Landscapes
​Interested in learning how to paint your own landscapes? Perhaps you just don’t know where to start or you’re feeling stuck and looking for an opportunity to get back into it. Refine your skills with step-by-step guidance from local artist Ben Bires. This class introduces ways to approach a painting and break it down into simple steps to piece together a cohesive composition.