Yellowbarn Classlist

Drawing for Beginners and Intermediate

This drawing class is designed for beginning students where students will learn how to use many drawing mediums such as charcoal, pencils, pen and ink, and colored pencils to create dynamic drawings. Demos of all types of line-contour, gesture, variable and hatched lines will be presented. Art themes such as still life, landscape, studies and images from your own inspiration will be covered.
Minimum age 14.

Class Registration Information:

Course	Register	Days	Times	Dates	No Class	Location
Drawing (Beg/Int)		Fri	09:30AM - 12:00PM	04-17-2026 - 05-08-2026	--	Yellow Barn

Watercolor for Beginners and Intermediate

Designed for both beginning and continuing students to explore traditional watercolor and experimental watercolor techniques. Color theory and composition are emphasized through images based on still life and landscape.
Minimum age 14.

Class Registration Information:

Course	Registration	Days	Times	Dates	No Class	Location
Watercolor (Beg/Int) 6 Sessions		Mon	9:30AM - 12:00PM	04-13-2026 - 05-04-2026	--	Yellow Barn

Art Classes

Vian Borchert is an internationally acclaimed artist, a Corcoran GW graduate, and an art educator with over a decade of teaching experience. Borchert teaches art classes at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo Park, Maryland and the Arts Club of Washington, Washington D.C., and other places. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About The Artist

I am an expressionist artist, I consider all my work to be visual poems.
Art for me is a universal language by which all comprehend. I aim to connect with people through my visual world and through my vision aspiring for the world to come together through the arts. Moreover, nature plays a huge part in my artistic journey. I am an avid nature observer where contemplating upon nature helps me reach inner peace and attain moments of Zen.

Biography

Vian Borchert is a renowned established contemporary artist, along being an award winning poet. Borchert has exhibited her artwork within the USA and internationally in over 100 exhibitions in both group and solo shows worldwide. Vian is a graduate and “Notable Alumni” from the Corcoran College of Art and Design George Washington University, Washington, DC. Borchert exhibits in museums, and key galleries in major cities, and her work is sought after by art collectors and is in private collections worldwide. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.