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Art Studio

The Watchung Arts Center (WAC) thrives in historic Watchung in Somerset County, NJ. The nonprofit, volunteer-run Center excels in cultivating an eclectic mix of professional and emerging artists in the performing and visual arts. Quality works in fine arts, exciting music, and comedy events are presented to enthusiastic audiences.

Appreciation of painting, photography, and music from classical to folk to jazz to coffee house, comedy, theater, and mind/body arts is fostered through classes, workshops, and performances. All are structured to catch and expand the interest of youngsters of an early age to seniors of any age.We, at the WAC, encourage active membership, community involvement, and inspirational discussions that only a multidisciplinary arts organization can achieve. The WAC is unique in New Jersey due to the depth and variety of art experiences and educational opportunities that it offers.

The Watchung Arts Council was founded in 1978. It operates in a charming, 125-year-old building, part of which was the original schoolhouse for the village of Watchung.



Painting

Art & Crafts

Inexpensive

Young artists working develop their natural ability, improve their skills and explore new techniques as they learn the fundamentals of Drawing.

Students discover a variety of wet and dry media such as pencil, charcoal, oil and chalk pastels as well as watercolors while they  sketch, shade, use perspective and the color wheel.  Projects created from life and the imagination include portraits, landscapes, still lifes, optical illusions and more!



Drawing Enrichment Workshop (Ages 6-11)

Students create realistic pieces or use their imagination as they explore the traditional technique of painting using non-toxic acrylics on a stretched canvas.

Young artists produce colorful landscapes, abstractions and still lifes as they discover the basics of composition.  Following step by step instructions, participants learn the proper use of paint and how to mix their own colors.



Painting Enrichment Workshop (Ages 6-11)

Students in the class discover drawing and painting techniques as well as the use of different materials to create representational and abstract projects. Participants work with wet and dry media such as pencil, charcoal, oil or chalk pastels, watercolors as well acrylic on canvas.

Classes are geared toward improving skills and developing artistic ability.

Master artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet are the influence for a number the pieces as students draw or paint nature and the human form.



Preteen and Teen Drawing and Painting Enrichment Workshop (Ages 

Coed

Kids

Tweens

Watchung Arts Center

Recently, my daughter spent a week at their summer painting camp and had a blast. The content was excellent, and the personnel was friendly and polite. She loved discovering art and making new acquaintances.
