Art Explosion Winter/Spring 2023

Bethel Park Community Center

Winter Sessions 2023

Art Explosion - Stay Warm with Art

(Ages 4 - 7) 

Children will have fun exploring the season of winter and creating artwork showing the beauty of this amazing time of year.  We’ll design and watercolor sparkling snowflakes.  We’ll create snow people enjoying some hot chocolate while we learn about artist Norman Rockwell.  Children will use a variety of materials like paint, markers, colored pencils, scissors, crayons to name a few and all are included.  Every week children will take home the artwork they created.  Come in out of the cold and have fun with art!

• Dates: Mondays  Jan 23 - Feb 13
  
  
• Time: Mondays 5:15 - 6:15pm
  
  
• Location: Bethel Park Community Rec Center

• Ages 4 - 7
  
  
• Cost - $45
  
  
• Instructor - Sue Ralston

Call Sue at 412-217-4745 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Art Explosion - Drawing the Beauty of Winter

(Ages 6 - 12) 

Children will have fun using the season of winter, letting it inspire them to create artwork showing the beauty of this amazing time of year.  We’ll create paper snowflakes and use them in our watercolor winter collage.  We’ll learn about artists Norman Rockwell and Nancy Tillman, letting their artwork inspire our winter snow people and polar bear drawings.  Children will use a variety of materials like watercolor paint, tempera, colored pencils, pastels, markers, to name a few, all are included.  Every week children will take home their completed artwork.  Come in out of the cold and have fun with art!

• Dates: Mondays Jan 23 - Feb 13
  
  
• Time: Mondays 6:30 - 730pm
  
  
• Location: Bethel Park Community Rec Center

• Ages 6 - 12
  
  
• Cost - $45
  
  
• Instructor - Sue Ralston

Call Sue at 412-217-4745 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Art Explosion Spring Sessions 2023

Enjoying the Season of Spring with Art

(Ages 4 - 7) 

Join us for a fun 6 week session exploring the wonderful season of Spring, letting it inspire our artwork.  Children will learn about artist Joan Mitchell, letting her abstract flower paintings inspire our spring paintings.  We’ll collect nature items incorporating what treasures we find into our nature collage and creating a still life drawing of them.  Children will use a variety of materials like markers, paints, colored pencils, pastels, and watercolors to name a few.  All materials are included, and children will take home their masterpiece at the end of every class.  Come join us as we have fun learning about our world and the wonderful world of art. 

• Dates: Mondays March 6 - April 10
  
  
• Time: Mondays 5:15 - 6:15pm
  
  
• Location: Bethel Park Community Rec Center

• Ages 4 - 7
  
  
• Cost - $65
  
  
• Instructor - Sue Ralston

Call Sue at 412-217-4745 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Celebrating the Season of Spring with Art

(Ages 6 - 12) 

Join us for a fun 6 week session where children will explore what is happening in nature during this amazing season letting it drive our artwork.  We’ll learn about artists like Ansel Adams, Paul Cezanne and Joan Mitchell letting her abstract flower paintings inspire our spring painting.   Children will enjoy a nature collection incorporating their findings, collected items into our spring nature still life, sculpture and collage.  We will use a variety of materials like tempera paint, pastels, markers, colored pencils and watercolors to name a few and all are included.  Children will take home the artwork they create after every class.  Come join us as we have fun learning about our world and the wonderful world of art.

• Dates: Mondays March 6 - April 10
  
  
• Time: Mondays 6:30 - 7:30pm
  
  
• Location: Bethel Park Community Rec Center

• Ages 6 - 12
  
  
• Cost - $45
  
  
• Instructor - Sue Ralston

Call Sue at 412-217-4745 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Ms Sue's Art Class on Bethel Park Community Channel & YouTube!

Watch Ms. Sue's Butterfly Art Class featuring Vincent van Gogh

During this challenging time Bethel Park Community Center graciously video recorded Sue's Vincent van Gogh's Butterfly Art Class!  Check Bethel Park's Community Channel schedule for viewing on your cable TV or watch the class on Bethel Park's YouTube's channel here:

Watch Ms. Sue Show How to Make Art with Common Recycled Materials

Check Bethel Park's Community Channel schedule for viewing on your cable TV or watch the class on Bethel Park's YouTube's channel here:

Art for Sale & Craft Shows - Fall 2022

 Upcoming Art & Craft Shows

Artwork & Photography Displayed and Sold

Weekend November 18-20, 2022

Greater Pittsburgh Arts & Crafts Holiday Spectacular

Monroeville Convention Center

209 Mall Blvd.

Monroeville, PA. 15146

Call Sue at 412-217-4745 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Art for Sale

Date Palm

Swamp Milkweed

  Hackberry Tree

Aster

Aloe Vera

Graphite Cactus

Persicari a Longiseta

 Call Sue at 412-217-4745 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

 Nature Photography by Jim Ralston

Visit https://jamesralston.smugmug.com/ for more!

Visit jimralstonphoto.photoshelter.com for more!