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In this newsletter: drawing & painting classes beginning from March 16: Plein Air in Oracle; Composition; Woodblock Printmaking. And don’t forget about our Try It event this Saturday, and TDS at the Tucson Festival of Books, all weekend.

Paul Mohr: offering 4 classes starting this month.

Begins March 16, but taking enrollment through March 23: Figure Drawing, at the Main Studio and Drawing Fundamentals Level 1 at Junior League Satellite; March 17: Drawing Fundamentals Level 1 and Level 2 at Casas Satellite. Figure collage drawing (left) by Paul Mohr.

Beginning March 20: Drawing Fundamentals Level 1 at Main with Deb Steinberg. On March 22: Acrylic Painting Studio at Main with Cynthia Miller; Experimental Drawing Workshop at Main with Katrina Lasko. On March 26: Composition at Main with Deb Steinberg, and Drawing Fundamentals Level 1, with Deb Steinberg, at Metal Arts Village. On March 28: Woodblock Weekend with Joe Marshall. Image at right by Composition student Susan Woodward.

March 19: Conversations about Art and Life with Andrew Rush. Free to Associates, Faculty and Students of TDS. 4:30-6:30pm in the TDS Library. Wednesday’s discussion centered on William Kentridge (drawing featured at left).

This is not to be missed: Plein Air in Oracle begins March 22 with Andrew Rush. Alpine watercolor painting (right) by Rush. This course meets 4 Saturdays and includes April 5 with Pat Dolan; April 12 with Michael Moore, and April 19 with Betina Fink. Students work with supplies of their choice, and meet initially at Rancho Linda Vista. An extraordinary way to experience making art in the great outdoors with 4 talented teaching artists, who are dedicated to excellence in painting and drawing the land. All levels of experience welcome.