Elvira Gallery

Scratchboard Illustration - Easter Bunny Class
2025-04-12 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Los Gatos Adult Recreation Center, 208 East Main St. CA, Los Gatos,, CA, 95030, United States
About this Course
Learn how to draw an Easter Bunny on scratchboard. Scratchboard art is a type of engraving that uses a sharp tool to scratch away black surface to reveal a white color. Think of it as reverse drawing – instead of making dark marks on a white paper, you create light marks on a dark surface to create an image.
Scratchboard art it is commonly used to create realistic portraits of animals.
Materials provided with $5 fee.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
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Watercolor Live Instruction Spring Morning Class
2025-03-20 10:00 - 2025-05-22 12:30
In this fun course students will have the opportunity to practice and learn basic to advance techniques in watercolor. Throughout the course there will be different demos and step by step paint-a-long exercises where students will learn and improve their watercolor skills. Students will be able to finish a painting at the end of each class. This course is designed for all levels of painting.
Class price for eight sessions $245
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Watercolor Live Instruction Spring Afternoon Class
2025-03-18 15:30 - 2025-05-20 18:00
In this fun course students will have the opportunity to practice and learn basic to advance techniques in watercolor. Throughout the course there will be different demos and step by step paint-a-long exercises where students will learn and improve their watercolor skills. Students will be able to finish a painting at the end of each class. This course is designed for all levels of painting.
Class price for Eight Sessions: $245
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Paint Night - Spring Blooms Class
2025-03-12 16:30 - 18:30
In this fun evening class students will learn how to paint Spring Blooms in Watercolor. Instructor will demonstrate the whole process from beginning to end. You can paint a-long and learn all the steps to be successful in making a beautiful Spring Blooms painting. There are a lot of opportunities to improve your painting techniques and the instructor will be there to help you through the process. A sketch of the painting will be sent to students before the class so students can be ready to follow step by step.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Class price: $40
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Colored Pencil Drawing Class
2025-03-04 10:00 - 12:30
This class belongs to 5 Mixed Mediums Discovery Bundle. You can buy it separately.
Use the transformative power of colored pencils, a tool that brings depth and vibrancy to art, regardless of skill level. Follow step by step instruction to create a vibrant bird with color pencils. Learn methods of blending colors to create the illusion of different textures, highlights and shadows.
Materials provided with $5 fee.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Price: $40 + $5 materials fee

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Scratchboard Illustration Class
2025-02-25 10:00 - 12:30
This class belongs to 5 Mixed Medium Discovery Bundle class. You can buy it separately.
Learn how to draw on a scratchboard. Scratchboard art is a type of engraving that uses a sharp tool to scratch away black surface to reveal a white color. Think of it as reverse drawing – instead of making dark marks on a white paper, you create light marks on a dark surface to create an image.
Scratchboard art it is commonly used to create realistic portraits of animals. We will make a picture of a cat in this class using the different sharp tools and the scratchboard.
Materials provided with $5 fee.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Class price: $40
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New Printing Press Mono Print class
2025-02-11 10:00 - 12:30
This class belongs to 5 Mixed Mediums Discovery Class – You can buy it separately.
Use a printing press to make a monoprint. There are many ways to make monoprints, but in this class we will use a simple method to make a fun print.
What is a monoprint? Unlike other printmaking processes that produce multiple identical copies a monoprint is only one impression. In this class we will use a plexiglass board to make a design with watercolor crayons. Once the design or painting is done on the plate we will transfer to a watercolor paper using the printing press. Materials provided with $5 fee.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Class price: $40 + $5 materials fee
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Alcohol Ink on Yupo Paper class
2025-02-04 10:00 - 12:30
This class belongs to the 5 Mixed Mediums Discovery Bundle – You can buy it Separately
Alcohol inks provide intense color. They are usually transparent so the bright white surface of the paper helps intensify the vibrancy of the painting. Yupo paper is made from polypropylene it is a synthetic paper. The alcohol inks will glide across the surface creating different effects. We will make a floral painting and we will experiment color combinations and other techniques in this class. Materials provided with $5 fee.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Class price $40 + $5 materials fee
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5 Mixed Mediums Discovery Bundle Classes
2025-01-28 10:00 - 2025-03-04 12:30
Buy the bundle of these five classes and save.
This class will be an introduction to different art mediums. There will be a new project in each class with a different medium. A wonderful opportunity to try and discover new ways of art expression.
There will be an introduction to these different mediums:
– Children book illustration with watercolor, ink and watercolor pencils
– Experimenting with alcohol inks on Yupo paper
– Mono print – Using a printing press
– Illustration on Scratchboard
– Color pencils drawing
Materials will be provided. No Class February 18th, 2025
Price: $160 + $20 materials
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Instructor: Elvira Rascov

Watercolor Children Book Illustration
2025-01-28 10:00 - 12:30
This class belongs to the 5 Mixed Mediums Discovery Bundle. You can buy it separately.
Play with a sample illustration of a children Book image using a variety of watercolor techniques from basic to advance. In this process we will introduce the use of watercolor, ink and watercolor pencils to make a more captivating image for young readers. Materials provided with $5 fee.
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Class $40 + $5 materials fee
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Experimenting with Gouache
2025-01-25 10:00 - 2025-02-01 12:30
Learn to paint with gouache (opaque watercolor). Gouache is a wonderful medium that allows you to layer bold colors with different blending techniques.
The instructor will have a project for each class where you can paint-a-long while you familiarize yourself with gouache paint by exploring tones, brushstroke techniques and understanding color combinations.
No previous experience or knowledge is required for this class.
Two Saturday Classes for $!00
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Watercolor Live Instruction - Winter Morning class
2025-01-23 10:00 - 2025-03-06 12:30
In this fun course students will have the opportunity to practice and learn basic to advance techniques in watercolor. Throughout the course there will be different demos and step by step paint-a-long exercises where students will learn and improve their watercolor skills. Students will be able to finish a painting at the end of each class. This course is designed for all levels of painting.
No class Feb 20, 2025
SIX CLASSES FOR $195
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