Create a Multimedia Art Book Instructor: Brenda Belfield Medium: Mixed Level: All Supply List Using a large sheet of Arches watercolor paper (supplied), learn how to make a “concertina” art book (folds like an accordion)! Brenda Belfield, abstract artist, will demo how to create and use your personal book to explore abstract landscapes, color schemes,…

Demo: 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…

Fixing 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.…

Still 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…

DEMO: Out of the Box Instructor: Teresa Kirk Medium: Watercolor & Gouache Level: All with experience Making the ordinary extraordinary. Come with me while we explore different ways in which we will take you from ordinary to extraordinary. Exercises will be given which will allow you to think out of the box and can help…

Out of the Box Instructor: Teresa Kirk Medium: Watercolor & Gouache Level: All with experience Supply List Making the ordinary extraordinary. Come with me while we explore different ways in which we will take you from ordinary to extraordinary. Exercises will be given which will allow you to think out of the box and can…

DEMO: 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…

An 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…

Post 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…

DEMO: 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…

Fresh & 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…

The 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…

DEMO: 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…

Painting 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…

DEMO: 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…

Loosening 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…

Please Note: This class is currently full. Please call 239.495.8989 to be added to the Wait List. 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…

Please Note: This class is currently full. Please call 239.495.8989 to be added to the Wait List. 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…

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 and “naturalistic” harmonies. Students seeking knowledge…

DEMO: 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…

Abstract 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…

Cyanotype 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…

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 your work to conclusion. Theresa will…

Colorful 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…

Colorful Portraits Instructor: Wooley Dutton Medium: Mixed Media Level: All with experience Supply List This workshop is 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…

DEMO: 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.

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. Daily demonstrations in…

Batique 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…

This workshop is sold out. Please call 239.495.8989 to be added to the Waiting List. 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…

Basket Weaving Instructor: Rinny Ryan Medium: Weaving Level: All Using the “flat reed over under” basket weaving technique each students will complete a bread basket in their one day workshop.  $15 supply fee included covers reeds and sea grass. Supply List

Expressive Florals I Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylic Level: All with experience  Florals are one of the most sought after painting styles for many designers. Parkman starts this workshop with a variety of drawing exercises, stressing the simplification of shape, understanding of value and the incorporation of structure in our compositions. Next, we delve into…

Florals Unleashed! A Purely Abstract Approach Instructor: Theresa Girard Medium: Acrylic/Collage Level: All In this exciting 2-day workshop you will experiment fast and loose; using alternative materials to create abstract images of botanicals and more. Not your average florals! Complete 2-4 paintings in 2 days, start to finish! Working through intuition, we will create a…

Intro to Brush-On Glazing Instructor: Morley Greenberg Medium: Clay/Glaze Level: All This demonstration workshop aims to introduce potters to brush-on glazes. We begin with a brief introduction to the nature of glaze and types of glazes, followed by the preparation of works for glazing and tools for the process. The primary focus will be on…

Symbolism in Your Painting Instructor: Shirley Blake Medium: All Level: All Visual and verbal symbols have always been a part of our communication. Seeing symbolism in our lives like street signs and more meaningful ones of love, joy and family, we’ll use exercises focused on your interpretation and creative vision as you develop your painting.…

Sculpting Animals in Clay Instructor: Joanne Mathes Medium: Clay Level: All Joanne will walk you through the process of creating beautiful clay animals in this 5-day workshop. Choose an animal that speaks to you and learn how to bring it to life. Clay/Firing/Glaze fee: $58 per bag. Supply List

Note: Date has changed to March 10, 2023 Basket Weaving Instructor: Rinny Ryan Level: All Using the “flat reed over under” basket weaving technique each students will complete a bread basket in their one day workshop.  $15 supply fee included covers reeds and sea grass.

Christmas Trees Instructor: Pauline Weinert Medium: Glass Level: All Make these beautiful standing Christmas trees for your holiday event. Create your own designs using various forms of glass, sheet, dots, stringers and frit. Fee covers use of tools, firing and glass to make a number of trees, depending on the size you choose.

Limited Palette Portrait Sketch in Oil Instructor: Carol Broman Medium: Oil Level: All Students will create a portrait from life using a direct painting technique called ‘form painting’ that applies individual strokes of color in tiles to suggest the illusion of light. Concepts covered include basic color theory, paint mixing, palette organization, hierarchy of tones…

Making Mobiles Instructor: Maggie Henry Medium: Mixed Media Level: All Join us for a fun day creating colorful, creative three-dimensional art sculptures that dance to air! Learn the fundamentals of art mobile making, mobile design and layout, creating the elements, making wire supports, balance points and mobile articulations, so your mobile will move in response…

Charcoal Pouring Instructor: Shirley Blake Medium: Charcoal / Watercolor Level: All Join in the fun of an unusual beginning for your painting. You’ll use powdered charcoal in a free-spirited pour with water for a base. You will further your painting with realistic or abstract shapes in watercolor, acrylic or pastel. There will be a 30…

Charcoal Pouring Instructor: Shirley Blake Medium: Charcoal / Watercolor Level: All Join in the fun of an unusual beginning for your painting. You’ll use powdered charcoal in a free-spirited pour with water for a base. You will further your painting with realistic or abstract shapes in watercolor, acrylic or pastel. There will be a 30…

Join in the fun of an unusual beginning for your painting. You’ll use powdered charcoal in a free-spirited pour with water for a base. You will further your painting with realistic or abstract shapes in watercolor, acrylic or pastel. There will be a 30 minute break for drying papers, eating lunch and making plans for…

Figurative Color Study in Oil Instructor: Carol Broman Medium: Oil Level: All This workshop will focus on building color relationships to express light applied to the study of the human figure. Students will paint from a live model that de-emphasizes linear drawing in favor of a felt response to the model that follows the path…

Making Mobiles Instructor: Maggie Henry Medium: Mixed Media Level: All Join us for a fun day creating colorful, creative three-dimensional art sculptures that dance to air! Learn the fundamentals of art mobile making, mobile design and layout, creating the elements, making wire supports, balance points and mobile articulations, so your mobile will move in response…

Playful Mixed Media Collage with Paper, Acrylic & Fabric Instructor: Jane Harris Medium: paper, acrylic, fabric Level: All Come create in a playful and appealing way. This is Jane Harris’ take on mixed media collage. Jane will show you how to create one of her whimsical designs using paper, fabric and acrylic paint. Assorted paper,…

Playful Mixed Media Collage with Paper, Acrylic & Fabric Instructor: Jane Harris Medium: paper, acrylic, fabric Level: All Come create in a playful and appealing way. This is Jane Harris’ take on mixed media collage. Jane will show you how to create one of her whimsical designs using paper, fabric and acrylic paint. Assorted paper,…

Playful Mixed Media Collage with Paper, Acrylic & Fabric Instructor: Jane Harris Medium: paper, acrylic, fabric Level: All Come create in a playful and appealing way. This is Jane Harris’ take on mixed media collage. Jane will show you how to create one of her whimsical designs using paper, fabric and acrylic paint. Assorted paper,…

Workshop Tuition includes Demo. Expressive Watercolors: Flowers to FiguresInstructor: Janet RogersMedium: WatercolorLevel: Advanced Beginner through Advanced Fresh flowers on each work table begins the inspiration of this dynamic workshop—progressing to the head and figure. Fun painting exercises help develop a more loose and natural approach, creating more spontaneous and expressive paintings. Painting the head and…

Sensitive Portraits & Figures Instructor: William A. Schneider Demo: Monday, Jan 9, 5-8pm (included in workshop tuition) What makes the work of masters like Nicolai Fechin, John Singer Sargent, and Anders Zorn so powerful?  In most cases it’s not what they put in, but rather what they chose to leave out. This three-day workshop is…

Creative & Imaginative Painting Instructor: Tara Funk Grim Medium: Mixed Media Collage & Acrylic Level: Intermediate The highlights of the workshop come from the transformation and integration of collage and acrylic materials as well as a journey into discovery, intuition, and invention. The language of art, line, color, shape, texture, and value will be explored…

Rework! Instructor: Theresa Girard Medium: Acrylic Level: All with experience in the Non-Objective 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 your work to conclusion. Theresa Girard will walk you through several options to REWORK your soon-to-be masterpiece!…

Clay & Found Objects Instructor: Sandy Lawson Medium: Clay Mixed Media Level: All with experience Create an unusual clay artwork (like the one pictured—the found object is a paint can, and the pouring paint & brushes are clay), by incorporating found objects: metal, glass, wood, wire, springs, coins, jewelry, stones, shells, toy parts… anything can…

Abstracting the Landscape Inside Out Instructor: Diane Pike Level: All with experience Medium: Oil (acrylic, pastel, watercolor welcome) Demo: Monday, Jan 23, 3-5pm (included in workshop tuition) There are many ways to paint the landscapes that Mother Nature gives us—from painting the pristine, or “pure nature,” to looking past the obvious and searching for the…

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 painting and experiment with mediums; drawing materials, collage, oil sticks, canvas, paper and…

What makes the work of masters like Nicolai Fechin, John Singer Sargent, and Anders Zorn so powerful?  In most cases it’s not what they put in, but rather what they chose to leave out. This three-day workshop is for oil, pastel, or drawing media artists who are intermediate or higher. You will learn: •  Power…

Expressive Portraits Instructor: Wooley Dutton Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience Take a painterly approach to portraits (of an individual or from your imagination) in this fun and informative class. Get familiar with materials and see how Wooley Dutton creates different effects in the portrait process. Connect new color combinations to develop creative freedom in…

Expressive Florals 2 Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylics Level: Prerequisite, Expressive Florals 1 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 techniques we will continue to explore painting loosely and with confidence.…

Join Joel Popadics for a four-day watercolor workshop. In the spirit of Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent, we’ll paint the tropics, in particular the unique aspects of the Florida landscape. We’ll explore ways to improve our watercolor techniques using a wet-in-wet technique to capture a humid sky and stormy weather. Joel will show you…

Watercolor the Florida Landscape Instructor: Joel Popadics Medium: Watercolor Demo: Monday, March 20, 3-5pm (included in workshop tuition) Join Joel Popadics for a four-day watercolor workshop. In the spirit of Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent, we’ll paint the tropics, in particular the unique aspects of the Florida landscape. We’ll explore ways to improve our…

There are many ways to paint the landscapes that Mother Nature gives us—from painting the pristine, or “pure nature”, to looking past the obvious and searching for the abstracted shapes of color that light and shadow bring to this painting dance. This workshop is about learning how to let go of your expectations, prejudices and…

Color Workshop Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience 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 and “naturalistic” harmonies. Students seeking knowledge of the…

Abstract & Beyond 2 Instructor: Brenda Belfield Medium: Acrylics only Level: All, with any experience Painting is an exciting personal adventure! This new class will offer Belfield’s demonstrations that explore the choice between realism, abstraction and beyond, along with the use of techniques and tools: palette knife, printing, veiling and collage and will offer new…

Contemporary Impressionism: Landscape Color & Composition Instructor: Kirah Van Sickle Medium: Oil, Acrylic Level: Beginner to intermediate From Monet to modern, we will tap into the foundation of Impressionism, with a contemporary twist. With a focus on color relationships and loose Impressionistic brushwork known as “broken color,” we will work from still life, landscape photos,…

Expressive Florals 1 Instructor: Mary Parkman Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience 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 incorporation of structure in our compositions. Next, we delve…

Expressive Watercolors: Flowers to Figures Instructor: Janet Rogers Medium: Watercolor Level: Advanced Beginner through Advanced Fresh flowers on each work table begins the inspiration of this dynamic workshop—progressing to the head and figure. Fun painting exercises help develop a more loose and natural approach, creating more spontaneous and expressive paintings. Painting the head and figure,…

Expressive Portraits Instructor: Wooley Dutton Medium: Acrylics Level: All with experience Take a painterly approach to portraits (of an individual or from your imagination) in this fun and informative class. Get familiar with materials and see how Wooley creates different effects in the portrait process. Connect new color combinations to develop creative freedom in your…