The Berkeley Arts Council has announced new art classes starting in January, 2016. These classes are taught by popular instructor Judith Becker. Classes are held in the Berkeley Art Works, 116 North Queen Street in Martinsburg.

The “Winter Special” workshop series offers four three-hour workshops for the price of two. The four workshops will be held Fridays in January from 1-4 p.m. They are “Skys and Clouds” on Jan. 8, “Water” on Jan. 15, “Trees and Backgrounds” on Jan. 22, and “Textures” on Jan. 29. Registration for all four workshops is $90, which is half of the normal tuition.

Also offered is a new “Beginning Watercolor Painting class” on Saturdays in January from 1-4 p.m.

Two additional classes in February are “Basic Principles of Great Drawing, Composition, and Design” (Fridays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 1-4 p.m.) and the very popular “Unlocking the Mystery of Color” (Saturdays, Feb. 6, 13, 29, 27, 1-4 p.m.).

For details and online registration visit artworks.berkeleyartswv.org/instruction/.

The Berkeley Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated in West Virginia working to ensure that Berkeley County has a vibrant, vital arts environment by promoting awareness, understanding and appreciation of the literary, visual and performing arts in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The Berkeley Arts Council is on the Web at www.berkeleyartswv.org.