Community Education at Las Positas College: Course Catalog

Fine Arts, Crafts, and Graphic Design

Mural Painting and Best Practices for Artists NEW!
Fee: $150.00
Dates: 6/16/2026 - 7/14/2026
Times: See course description.
Days: Tu
Modality: Hybrid: mix of live remote and in-person
Instructor: Jared Gochuico, Justin Metoyer Mullon
In this multi-week workshop, you’ll explore the full journey of mural painting—from bold brainstorming and imaginative design to large-scale painting and final installation. Discover the fundamentals of compelling visual design and build real-world skills as you paint alongside experienced instructors. Let your creativity stretch across the wall!

Each week, we will focus on a different aspect of creating a mural from start to finish:
- pursuing mural painting opportunities for publicly and privately owned spaces
- creating a strong, effective design with stakeholders in mind
- integrating the principles of design with thematic needs
- creating and revising designs with your client
- preparing the wall
- keeping the mural site clean
- transferring your design to the wall
- painting the mural itself
- photographing the mural
- clear coating the mural to protect from damage/degrading
- organizing a ribbon cutting we will join in on to celebrate our completed mural.
Materials included!

Location: The in-person portions of this course are held off-site at Casa Jam in Fremont, and the mural will be painted at KIPP King Collegiate in San Leandro.

About your instructors: Jared and Justin have 14 years of combined education and mural painting experience. They are local artists and co-owners of Cassa Jam, an art studio and store that focuses on building an art community in the Bay Area.

Age range: 14+

Parents are welcome to join their kids!
Schedule Details:

Tuesday, 6/16, 6:00-8:00 PM at Cassa Jam: Basic Painting Techniques

Tuesday, 6/23, 6:00-8:00 PM at Cassa Jam: Design Workshop

Tuesday, 6/30, 1:00-6:00 PM: at Cassa Jam: Transfer Methods and Painting Techniques

Tuesday, 7/7, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Mural Painting Day Location: KIPP King Collegiate in San Lorenzo

2005B Via Barrett, San Lorenzo, CA 94580

Tuesday, 7/14, 2:00-6:00 PM: Seal the Mural and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Note* This course has an online component. Before most courses, there is a 1.5-2 hour video to watch.

Watercolor for Beginners 2
Fee: $190.00
Dates: 6/4/2026 - 6/25/2026
Times: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Days: Th
Modality: In person at LPC
Location:
Instructor: Thomasin Dewhurst

Registration for this class is closed. Please call 925-424-1467 to see if you can still register.

Have you thought about watercolor painting but do not know where to start? This course if for beginners, or those who would like to refresh their basic watercolor skills. With the guidance of local artist Thomasin Dewhurst, you will practice the art of watercolor painting, the techniques, materials to use, composition, plus aspects of both realism and more expressive painting. Your instructor will include demonstration as you learn. Students completing this course will have the skills to better paint on their own, or even participate in more advanced workshops and art events, such as Paint Livermore.

Prerequisite: This course follows Watercolor for Beginners 1; students from this class or those with some drawing and painting experience are welcome.

Materials: The materials fee of $10 includes all of the tools and supplies that you will need during the course. This is due to the instructor the first day of class. Cash or check only.

Age range: 16+

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