Color, shape, texture, line, light, shadow. These are the elements of art that are part of a maker's toolkit. It's not necessarily a rule book, more like guidelines to understand composition and how the human eye works so that you can create powerful work that communicates emotional content. Sara has been practicing, studying, and teaching art and the formal elements of art for decades. Here, she give you an easy way to start practicing the use of the formal elements of art.

As makers, we must wrestle with the reality of the world- that our natural resources are to be protected, and the things we make will take resources to create. Making archival work might not be the way to go in a world that's overcrowded with stuff and things and quickly running out of clean water, air, space and sustenance to support a rapidly growing population. Makers have to be responsible with the resources they use and the art they create. Our world depends on our conscious discernment.

From basic wheel throwing and handbuilding to surface design long-time instructor Sara Young will teach you useful tips and tricks that will bring your pottery practice to the next level. Whether you're just starting, are mid-level, or are a seasoned professional, Sara's 25+ year career instructing people of all ages to work with clay have taught her the most powerful lesson of all: the student is the most important element in the classroom.

As a teacher, it's your job to make space for a specific type of magic to happen. Over the decades of experience I have teaching art to people of all ages, I have found that the best way to teach anything, including art, is to allow a larger space for the student than you make for yourself as the teacher. In any great teacher-student relationship, both people learn, both people are challenged, and ultimately, both people grow through the discussion of skill building and refinement.