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her teaching your typical Drawing
101 course. Instead, Hacker offers
such unique selections as How to
Make a Hand Painted Floor Cloth,
The Techniques of Furniture Painting,
Glass Painting, and The Art of
Decoupage.
This West Bloomfield resident
and mother of two has been teach-
ing art classes and projects to both
adults and children for three years.
A self-described "hobby artist," she
was always artistic, even as a child,
and has always had a knack for turn-
ing the ordinary into the extraordi-
nary.
After the birth of her first child
(she now has two), Hacker started
looking for projects that would keep
her close to home. She began to
paint terra cotta flowerpots that she
sold in art shows. When the art
show circuit became too time con-
suming, Hacker gave it up but con-
tinued to work on art projects in her
home with friends, while at the
same time taking on commissioned
projects painting furniture.
After a while, she began to create
the same decorative floor cloths and
furniture her friends found in upscale
stores, but for half the price. Soon her
friends and family convinced her to
start teaching classes at the local corn-
munity center. The idea took off. This
spring, Hacker taught four types of art
classes at different locations, including
the Birmingham Community House,
and through West Bloomfield, Novi
and Bloomfield Hills community edu-
cation centers. She also teaches at
small parties.
While the classes are open to any-
one, it is predominately women who
sign up, ranging in age from
teenagers to seniors. "It feels like
girls night out," explains Hacker.
"Many of my students watch Home
and Garden Television (HGTV) and
want to create the same projects for
themselves. They are intimidated by
having to go out and purchase all of
the different materials required, so it
is much easier for them to come to
my class, where I provide them with
everything they need to make a
completed project."
The floor cloth class is the only one
that lasts two sessions. In all of the
classes, each student is guaranteed to
walk out of the session with their own
creation.
The floor mat class creates a two
foot by three-foot floor mat, the
glass painting class paints vases, the
furniture painting class sands,
paints, and finishes footstools, and
the decoupage class creates memory
boxes.
Each class is two hours in length.
Hacker offers her classes notebooks
filled with photos, design ideas,
stencils and boxes filled with design
materials. She recommends that stu-
dents bring their own artist brushes.
There are numerous techniques
demonstrated at each class to give
students decorating ideas, including
rag rolling, sponge finishing, stencils
and using rubber stamps. Students
don't have to be able to draw free-
hand to create their own master-
piece.
Geula Tron, a 35-year-old West
Bloomfield resident, has already
taken Hacker's glass painting and
furniture painting classes, and has
recently signed on to complete the
series by taking the floor mat and
decoupage classes. Tron insists she's
"never done painting or art in [her]
life, but the way [Hacker] demon-
strates everything step-by-step makes
it easy and fun!"
Tron took her first class in glass
painting on a whim because she fre-
quents art festivals and has always
loved the glassware. She is fascinated
by glass painting and was surprised
and excited to find out that it is easier
than she thought.
Tron's first project was not the stan-
dard vase, but two margarita glasses
she brought with her. She now uses
them as votive candleholders. She
loves the opportunity to meet new
people and create new items in the
classes.
"At the start of each session," says
Hacker, "I inevitably get at least one
student who claims they are not at all
artistically inclined. I don't buy it.
Everyone has creativity within. It is
just a matter of giving them an outlet
to express themselves.
"I can show people ways to bring
out their whimsical natures." Fl
Dates, times and costs of
Louise Hacker's classes vary
depending on location and class
selected. Classes are limited to
15 people each session. A
schedule of classes and locations
can be found on Hacker's Web
site at
www.members.xoom.com/wee
zeeart.