POTSDAM -- The St. Lawrence County Arts Council is offering drawing, painting and crafts classes for teens and adults in April in Clarkson University’s downtown Snell Hall.

To register and or for information, call 265-6860 or visit www.slcartscouncil.org.

Classes include:

• Watercolor Painting-Adirondack Fish, with Ashlee M. Kniskern, Monday, April 4, 7 – 8 p.m. for teens and adults, learn basic watercolor and drawing techniques while painting realistic replicas of fish of the Adirondacks. $15; bring watercolor paper, watercolor paint, and smaller tipped brushes for detail work.

• Beaded Fringe 101, with Virginia Burnett, Saturday, April 9 noon - 3 p.m., for ages 16 and up; learn a basic foundation stitch for beaded fringe that can be used on all textiles with all sorts of beads. $30 plus $10 materials fee; instruction manual and size 8o seed beads for practice included.

• Charcoal Drawing, with Dave W. Ferry, Thursdays, April 14 and 28, 6 – p.m., for teens and adults; features a unique student-created arrangement of interesting objects for still-life practice; $18 per class, plus $2 for charcoal and charcoal paper; bring interesting objects of varying geometric proportions for the still-life composition.

• Watercolor Workshop, with Roberta Paccione, Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.; students will be guided in a creative meditation exercise and then led in an exploration of watercolor techniques as they create a painting, for age 18 and up and all levels of experience; $28.