Vian Borchert is an internationally acclaimed artist, a Corcoran GW graduate, and an art educator with over a decade of teaching experience. Borchert teaches art classes at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo Park, Maryland and the Arts Club of Washington, Washington D.C., and other places. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yellow Barn
The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park, Maryland
 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 |
Registration is available through the Glen Echo Partnership for Art and Culture. Additional information about the classes and Vian Borchert are provided by the Glen Echo Park.
Watercolor for Beginners and Intermediate
Designed for both beginning and continuing students to explore traditional watercolor
and experimental watercolor techniques. Color theory and composition are emphasized
through images based on still life and landscape.
Minimum age 14.
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Drawing for Beginners and Intermediate
This drawing class is designed for beginning students where students
will learn how to use many drawing mediums such as charcoal, pencils,
pen and ink, and colored pencils to create dynamic drawings. Demos of
all types of line-contour, gesture, variable and hatched lines will
be presented. Art themes such as still life, landscape, studies and
images from your own inspiration will be covered.
Minimum age 14.
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One Day Workshops
Landscape with Trees in Acrylic for all Levels (One Day Workshop)
Working from a landscape with trees’ photo, the instructor will guide the students of all levels
through demonstrating the steps needed to create a pleasing composition of a landscape painting
in acrylic with emphasis on elements like perspective, depth, texture, and brush techniques.
Minimum age 14. 1 session
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Ink Exploration with Landscape for all Levels (One Day Workshop)
In this workshop for all levels of students, we'll utilize inked pens to explore the beauty of line
work and marks. We'll do a rendition from a master artist ink landscape artwork with focus on
structure and composition for creating skilled ink work.
Minimum age 14. 1 session
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After the French Impressionists, A Painting Adventure (One Day Workshop)
Making an artwork through the eyes of master French impressionist, Claude Monet. We'll study a Monet's
artwork and create in acrylic our own version of it. Instructor will guide the students of all levels
via demonstration to bring the artwork to a completion.
Minimum age 14. 1 session
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Internationally acclaimed artist, art educator and Corcoran GW graduate and Notable Alumni, Vian Borchert, teaches
“Watercolor Painting”. In this 6 week Watercolor painting course, designed for all levels, students will explore
traditional watercolor and experimental watercolor techniques. Color theory and composition are emphasized through
images based on varying subject matters such as landscape and still-life and studies of master artists' artwork.
Students are welcome to work from the images the instructor provides or bring their own images to work from.
Students will be guided in creating a pleasing work of art.
If you have any questions related to the art classes, please send them to info(at)vianborchert(dot)com or use the contact formular.