Start the new year with an art class that encourages your hidden talent to emerge and sets you on a path to journey creatively into 2015!

Starting and finishing a 12 by 12-inch painting sounds easy, but what sounds easy often proves to be otherwise. Boothbay Region Art Foundation has just the answer for anyone who has stared at a blank canvas and wondered, “How do I start?”

Geared for beginning through intermediate students, artist John Butke is offering a seven-step course consisting of collecting reference material, preliminary sketches, final composition, color choices, color sketches, beginning the canvas and final choices.

The instructor, John G. Butke, has had over 30 years of experience in art education teaching students from elementary school through college. Butke is accomplished within various media, including, oil, water color and acrylic.

Classes will be held on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. for six weeks. The fee for each session is $10 (pay as you go).

Class size is limited, preregistration is required.

To register and obtain info regarding materials needed, call the artist at 207-633-3442.