Workshops 2023/2024
Current & Upcoming
(SOLD OUT) THERESA GIRARD, Abstracting the Masters
Jan 03, 2024 9:00AM—Jan 05, 2024 3:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
SOLD OUTNote: This event is sold out. Abstracting the Masters Instructor: Theresa Girard Medium: Mixed Media Level: Intermediate/Advanced Supply List Do you love abstract art but have trouble getting started? Do you love to discover more expression in your work? Through lectures, demonstrations and hands on coaching you will gradually make the shift to abstraction. Theresa…
View MoreDEMO: DAVID R. SMITH, Fresh & Exciting Watercolors
Jan 08, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDEMO: Fresh & Exciting Watercolors Instructor: David R. Smith Medium: Watercolor Level: All with experience Join David on a Watercolor Journey, learning the most valuable watercolor concepts and techniques. This workshop demo will save you countless hours of trial and error by demonstrating approaches in an easily understood manner that will open new doors of…
View MoreDAVID R. SMITH, Fresh & Exciting Watercolors
Jan 09, 2024 9:00AM—Jan 12, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterFresh & Exciting Watercolors Instructor: David R. Smith Medium: Watercolor Level: All with experience Supply List Join David on a Watercolor Journey, learning the most valuable watercolor concepts and techniques. This workshop will save you countless hours of trial and error by demonstrating approaches in an easily understood manner that will open new doors of…
View MoreWOOLEY DUTTON, Colorful Portraits
Jan 16, 2024 9:00AM—Jan 18, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterColorful Portraits Instructor: Wooley Dutton Medium: Mixed Media Level: All with experience Supply List This workshop offers a wonderful journey discovering Wooley’s amazing effects in her portrait process. Take a painterly approach to portraits (of an individual or from your imagination) in this fun and informative class. Get familiar with different materials and new ways…
View More(SOLD OUT) MARY PARKMAN, Color Workshop
Jan 22, 2024 9:00AM—Jan 23, 2024 3:30PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterNote: This event is sold out. Color Workshop Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience Supply List Join Mary Parkman for this 2-day program on color mixing. Learn to understand value, create color harmonies and how to mix and use color in your artwork. Discover the power of neutral palettes to create realistic…
View More(SOLD OUT) MARY PARKMAN, Expressive Florals
Jan 29, 2024 9:00AM—Jan 31, 2024 3:30PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
SOLD OUTNote: This event is sold out. Expressive Florals Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience Supply List Photo Reference Florals are one of the most sought after painting styles for many designers. Mary Parkman starts this workshop with a variety of drawing exercises, stressing the simplification of shape, understanding of value and the…
View MoreKIRAH VAN SICKLE, Post Impressionism/Bay Area Figurative-inspired Landscape
Feb 01, 2024 9:00AM—Feb 03, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterPost Impressionism/Bay Area Figurative-inspired Landscape Instructor: Kirah Van Sickle Medium: Mixed Media Level: All with experience Supply List This 3-day intensive explores the key elements to color and abstraction through the lens of Post-Impressionists and Bay Area Figurative masters. Students will complete multiple still life and landscape studies finding inspiration from Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin…
View MoreDEMO: CLAUDIA MENGEL, Abstract Painting & Mixed Media Techniques
Feb 05, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDEMO: Abstract Painting & Mixed Media Techniques Instructor: Claudia Mengel Medium: Mixed Media “With every creation, there is a new discovery, a new problem, a new solution.” For artists with some experience in painting, we will focus on exploration using acrylic paints and various other mixed media materials. Examine the ins and outs of abstract…
View MoreCLAUDIA MENGEL, Abstract Painting & Mixed Media Techniques
Feb 06, 2024 9:00AM—Feb 09, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterAbstract Painting & Mixed Media Techniques Instructor: Claudia Mengel Medium: Mixed Media Level: All with experience Supply List “With every creation, there is a new discovery, a new problem, a new solution.” For artists with some experience in painting, we will focus on exploration using acrylic paints and various other mixed media materials. Examine the…
View MoreDEMO: MICHELE BYRNE, Adding Impressionistic Figures to Tell a Story
Feb 12, 2024 12:00PM—2:00PM
Center for Visual Arts - 26100 Old 41 Road
RegisterDEMO: Adding Impressionistic Figures to Tell a Story Instructor: Michele Byrne Medium: Oil/Acrylic Level: Intermediate/Advanced Michele will show you how to add natural looking figures to your paintings using palette knife and bold brush strokes. She will also teach you how to compose your paintings using strong design, value, temperature and paint manipulation.
View MoreDEMO: JOEL POPADICS, Painting Florida’s Tropical Landscape with Luminous Brilliance
Feb 12, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDEMO: Painting Florida’s Tropical Landscape with Luminous Brilliance Instructor: Joel Popadics Medium: Watercolor Level: All with experience Discover the captivating art of watercolor and unlock your creativity with a unique twist. Learn to paint with light and capture the mesmerizing moods of Florida’s stunning landscape. Whether you’re an aspiring artist or a seasoned pro, immerse…
View MoreMUFFY CLARK GILL, Batique Techniques
Feb 13, 2024 9:00AM—Feb 15, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Visual Arts - 26100 Old 41 Road
RegisterBatique Techniques Instructor: Muffy Clark Gill Medium: Fiber Level: All Supply List Interested in trying a new painting process but have been afraid to learn? This workshop will teach the batik (Indonesian style wax resist painting) and rozome (Japanese style batik) wax and dye painting processes to create unique artwork on fabric that can be…
View MoreMICHELE BYRNE, Adding Impressionistic Figures to Tell a Story
Feb 13, 2024 9:00AM—Feb 16, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterAdding Impressionistic Figures to Tell a Story Instructor: Michele Byrne Medium: Oil/Acrylic Level: Intermediate/Advanced Michele will show you how to add natural looking figures to your paintings using palette knife and bold brush strokes. She will also teach you how to compose your paintings using strong design, value, temperature and paint manipulation. Daily demonstrations in…
View MoreJOEL POPADICS, Painting Florida’s Tropical Landscape with Luminous Brilliance
Feb 13, 2024 9:00AM—Feb 16, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterPainting Florida’s Tropical Landscape with Luminous Brilliance Instructor: Joel Popadics Medium: Watercolor Level: All with experience Supply List Discover the captivating art of watercolor and unlock your creativity with a unique twist. Learn to paint with light and capture the mesmerizing moods of Florida’s stunning landscape in this four-day workshop led by renowned watercolorist Joel…
View MoreJANE SLIVKA, The Freedom of Acrylics
Feb 20, 2024 9:00AM—Feb 22, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterThe Freedom of Acrylics Instructor: Jane Slivka Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience Supply List In a casual, charismatic and user-friendly fashion, Jane challenges her students to complete two different paintings daily – from a whole host of subject matter – while teaching how to capture that same freedom, energy and spirit seen in her…
View MoreDEMO: ANNE ABGOTT – Still Life with Glass & Bismarck Palms
Feb 26, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Performing Arts Center - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDEMO: Still Life with Glass & Bismarck Palms Instructor: Anne Abgott Medium: Watercolor Level: All with experience. Join Anne Abgott for this demonstration as she guides you through the painting of a still life with glass as well as amazing Bismarck Palms. In this demo she will explore how to use different pigments along with…
View MoreANNE ABGOTT – Still Life with Glass & Bismarck Palms
Feb 27, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 01, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterStill Life with Glass & Bismarck Palms Instructor: Anne Abgott Medium: Watercolor Level: All with experience Supply List Join Anne Abgott as she guides you through painting a still life with glass as well as amazing Bismarck Palms. In this workshop you will explore how to use different pigments along with the white of the…
View More(SOLD OUT) MARY PARKMAN, Expressive Florals II
Mar 05, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 07, 2024 3:30PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
SOLD OUTNote: This event is sold out. Expressive Florals II Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylics Level: Pre-requisite – Expressive Florals I Supply List Photo Reference Delve deeper into Expressive Florals with Mary Parkman. Florals offer a “foot hold in reality” as we allow our paintings to be more abstract. Focusing on color, abstract principles and expressive…
View More(SOLD OUT) THERESA GIRARD, Rework!
Mar 08, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 10, 2024 3:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterNote: This event is sold out. Rework! Instructor: Theresa Girard Medium: Acrylic / Mixed Media Level: All with experience in the Non-Objective. Prior classes with Theresa are helpful. Supply List Persistence is the name of the game in this 3-day instructional workshop! Revisit your old painting and find a simple and direct solution to bring…
View MoreDEMO: SUSAN BLACKWOOD, Fixing Watercolors BEFORE and AFTER You Paint
Mar 11, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDemo: Fixing Watercolors BEFORE and AFTER You Paint Instructor: Susan Blackwood Level: All with experience Medium: Watercolor “Watercolors are too hard”?! Through my 48 years of teaching watercolors…I have heard that comment a lot. Watercolors are not hard…. What is really hard is: Learning to let the watercolors react to each of your strokes. Giving…
View MoreSUSAN BLACKWOOD, Fixing Watercolors BEFORE and AFTER You Paint
Mar 12, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 15, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterFixing Watercolors BEFORE and AFTER You Paint Instructor: Susan Blackwood Level: All with experience Medium: Watercolor Supply List “Watercolors are too hard”?! Through my 48 years of teaching watercolors…I have heard that comment a lot. Watercolors are not hard…. What is really hard is: Learning to let the watercolors react to each of your strokes.…
View MoreDEMO: HOWARD FRIEDLAND, An Abstract Approach to Painting Realistically
Mar 18, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDEMO: An Abstract Approach to Painting Realistically Instructor: Howard Friedland Medium: Oil/Acrylic Level: Beginner to Advanced Artists see the world the same as everyone else! The difference is; in order to create a work of art, artists use certain methods and principles to depict their vision so they can communicate emotionally. For example: A painter…
View MoreHOWARD FRIEDLAND, An Abstract Approach to Painting Realistically
Mar 19, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 22, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterAn Abstract Approach to Painting Realistically Instructor: Howard Friedland Medium: Oil/Acrylic Level: Beginner to Advanced Supply List Artists see the world the same as everyone else! The difference is; in order to create a work of art, artists use certain methods and principles to depict their vision so they can communicate emotionally. For example: A…
View MoreDEMO: DIANE PIKE, Loosening Up-A Path to Painterly Painting
Mar 25, 2024 3:00PM—5:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterDEMO: Loosening Up-A Path to Painterly Painting Instructor: Diane Pike Medium: Oil–Acrylics & Pastel welcome Level: All How many times have you looked at a finished piece and wished that the painting was looser and more painterly? It is easy to fixate on small details of what we are trying to paint instead of interpreting…
View MoreDIANE PIKE, Loosening Up-A Path to Painterly Painting
Mar 26, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 29, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Performing Arts - 10150 Bonita Beach Road
RegisterLoosening Up-A Path to Painterly Painting Instructor: Diane Pike Medium: Oil–Acrylics & Pastel welcome Level: All Supply List How many times have you looked at a finished piece and wished that the painting was looser and more painterly? It is easy to fixate on small details of what we are trying to paint instead of…
View MoreSUE LYNCH, Cyanotype
Mar 28, 2024 9:00AM—Mar 29, 2024 4:00PM
Center for Visual Arts - 26100 Old 41 Road
RegisterCyanotype Instructor: Sue Lynch Medium: Printmaking Level: All SUPPLY LIST FORTHCOMING The cyanotype is one of the first forms of photography. The process, know as the blue print process, was first introduced by John Herschel in 1842. A year later, Anna Atkins, became the first person to photographically illustrate a book using cyanotypes. We will…
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