Children’s Art Workshops at the Watchung Arts Center

There is still time to register for the Watchung Arts Center's Children’s Drawing and Painting Enrichment Workshop program, for children ages 6-12. The 10-week fall session will begin
on Tuesday, September 27 at 4:30 PM, with Drawing Enrichment on Tuesdays
and Painting Enrichment on Thursdays. The fall sessions will run
through December 15. A 10-week winter session and an 8-week spring
session are also scheduled. The full schedule can be found at www.watchungarts.org/Classes.htm.

The long-running program, which was listed in the March 2015 issue of
New Jersey Family Magazine among "The Best Art Classes in New Jersey"
is taught by art instructor Monica Schraiber Otero. Ms. Otero has taught
Art at elementary and high school levels since 1991. She received her
BA in Art from Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Sciences
with a concentration in oil painting. In addition to teaching the
Drawing and Painting classes at the WAC, she is the Director of the
Summer Art Camp, and curates the Children's Juried Art Exhibition each
year. She is a professional artist who shows her work in many venues
throughout NJ. She is a member of AENJ (Art Educators of NJ) and the
Contemporary Art Group.

In the Drawing Enrichment Workshop, young artists develop their
natural ability, improve skills and explore new techniques as they learn
the fundamentals of drawing. Students will use dry and wet media such
as pencil, charcoal, oil or chalk pastels, India ink and watercolors as
they discover how to sketch, shade and use perspective.
Students in the Painting Enrichment Workshop create realistic pieces
or let their imaginations go as they learn how to use non-toxic acrylics
on canvas boards. Young artists will produce colorful works as they
learn the basics of traditional technique of painting, composition and
the color wheel.

The Watchung Arts Center, located at 18 Stirling Road in Watchung on
the Watchung Circle, is a multi-disciplinary arts facility serving
Watchung, the surrounding communities and the Tri-State Area. To obtain
more information about upcoming performances, classes and workshops, and
monthly art exhibitions, please visit WatchungArts.org or call
908-753-0190.