Painting Workshops

Session Dates:

Winter: January 6 - March 1 (8 weeks)
Spring: March 3 - April 26 (8 weeks)
Late Spring: April 28 - May 24 (4 weeks)

Days & Times:

Wednesday, February 5th, 10am-4pm

Level:

All Levels Welcome

Location:

385 Flex Space

Instructor:

Peggy Wertheim View Bio

Unlike many Art Forms which take years to master, marbling will inspire you with instant gratification and success! Peggy teaches the traditional marbling techniques with carrageenan and acrylic paints on paper, cotton & silk. You will learn intricate breathtaking patterns of Feather, Bird Wing, Chevron, Peacock, Spanish Wave, Stone Marble etc. to create lots of marbled papers, cottons (fat quarters) and a Silk Scarf too. These marbled papers and fabrics can be incorporated into greeting cards, scrapbooking, quilting, collages, framed art, journal covers and so much more. Reference books & extensive handout packet for you Bring your love of art, your creativity & your curiosity!

All materials and equipment are provided and included in your tuition.  Bring lunch or feel free to order from local restaurants.  

Members: $205, Non-Members: $230

Class Dates: February 5th

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Days & Times:

December 3rd & 4th, 10am-4pm

Level:

All Levels Welcome

Location:

373 Tequesta Drive - Studio A

Instructor:

Eileen Lyons View Bio

Many of us travel, whether real or imagined. Learn how to document your travels through watercolor and colored pencil on a small scale. Explore techniques, methods, and materials to pack in your suitcase for your next adventure. Photography is an excellent way to document your journey, however, painting or drawing a place deepens the experience. Learn how to paint moments from previous/future trips or paint your way into a dream trip. Using memories and captured moments, participants will paint and draw from photos in the studio, en plein air (outside), and will ultimately create a collection of small works in a book, telling a travel story.

Days & Times:

January 21-23, 10am-4pm

Level:

Any level is acceptable, but a working knowledge of your medium is necessary, as Kathleen will not be teaching how to use a medium.

Location:

373 Tequesta Dr. Studio C

Instructor:

Kathleen Denis View Bio

Learn how to capture a charming, sunlit cottage that Kathleen is so well known for! She will teach you step-by-step all the elements that make a captivating painting, filled with light. In addition to learning what colors to use to exaggerate the light, she will include what to look for in compositional elements, focal point and color harmony, including how to capture a good photograph to use for a painting. Weather permitting, we will go outside to observe the sunlight and shadow. Kathleen will provide photographs for you to paint from or you may bring your own. Kathleen is an award-winning artist and a generous, thorough teacher who also spends individual time with each student. Her paintings and accreditations may be viewed at www.KathleenDenis.com.

January 21-23, Members $470, Non-Members $520

Class Dates: January 21-23

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Days & Times:

January 30th - February 1st, 10am-4pm

Level:

Intermediate to Advanced

Location:

373 Tequesta Dr. Studio C

Instructor:

Michele Byrne View Bio
Michele will show you how to add natural looking figures to your paintings using palette knife or bold brush strokes. She will also teach you how to compose your paintings using strong design, value, temperature and paint manipulation. Starting with a small Value Study/Thrust Map for the design and then moving onto the canvas. You will start your canvas with a strongly designed underpainting and then add the colors with the correct values and color chroma. Finishing with thick paint and then paint manipulation to create a powerful and dramatic impressionistic painting full of life and movement. Michele will do daily demonstrations in the mornings followed by student work time with lots of one-on-one help. On day one you will paint from live models to gain confidence in creating believable body language of your subjects. On day two you’ll design a strong piece from beginning to end. On day three you’ll continue with your painting or start a new one. Please bring your own photos or use some that I will supply. This will be an indoor class working from photos. It will be a fun and information packed workshop!
Members $470, Nonmembers $520

Class Dates: 1/30, 1/31, 2/1

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Days & Times:

February 25-26, 10am-4pm

Level:

All Levels Welcome

Location:

Offsite

Instructor:

Mark Shasha View Bio

One of the most common mistakes painters make is to forget to bring exciting light into their paintings. Even when compositions and other aspects work well something is often missing in the presentation of light. Mark will show you how to fix this problem by applying many of his favorite techniques acquired over his 40 years as a full time artist and illustrator. This fun, two day workshop will focus on the power of values which shift from light to dark. Whether you are a beginner or professional Mark will bring you to the next level. Expect each day to begin with some general lessons and at least one demo followed by one on one instruction for the rest of the day. A group critique will be available for anyone who would like to participate late in the afternoon on the second day. Students are encouraged to bring any medium they feel comfortable with, Mark will be using oil paints.

Members: $315, Non-members: $365

Class Dates: February 25th & 26th

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Days & Times:

February 27th & 28th, 10am - 4pm

Level:

All Levels Welcome

Location:

373 Tequesta Dr. Studio C

Instructor:

Stephen Wysocki View Bio

On the first day, We will visit a local farm with cows and other livestock where we will take studies and sketches, and hopefully finish a Plein Air painting.

Our second day will be used to paint from our sketches and Plein Air paintings that we did on the previous day to use to finish a studio painting.

Members: $315, Non-members: $365

Class Dates: 2/27, 2/28

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Days & Times:

March 18-21, 10am-4pm

Level:

All Levels Welcome

Location:

373 Tequesta Dr. Studio C

Instructor:

Calvin Liang View Bio
The workshop will consist of two days of outdoor painting and two days will be spent working on a single studio painting based on photos you take on location. Calvin will begin a slideshow to show how he uses the photo as reference for the painting, then do a demonstration and spend the remaining time with each student throughout the rest of the day. It is recommended to bring a laptop or tablet for the studio days. Alternatively, you may have color prints of your reference photos printed locally.
Plein air painting is a foundational part of training the eye to better understand the concepts of composition, design, and color harmony. The lessons will include:
  1. How to plan a composition that will be effective for the artist’s intentions and preferences
  2. How to better see and use warm and cool color in landscape
  3. How to command hardness and softness of the edges to create space in a painting
  4. How to simplify the subject matter through the use of basic design, value, color and drawing skills
  5. How to consider the reasons for different paint surface textures, and brushstroke direction over the forms
  6. How to get the best possible results in a short time.
Members: $630, Non-Members: $695

Class Dates: March 18th - 21st

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Days & Times:

Tuesday, February 4th, 10am - 1pm

Level:

All Levels Welcome

Location:

385 Flex Space

Instructor:

Peggy Wertheim View Bio

This workshop will give you a taste of working with marbling patterns! Unlike many Art Forms which take years to master, marbling will inspire you with instant gratification and success! Traditional marbling techniques using carrageenan and acrylic paints will be demonstrated. You will learn various patterns to create marbled papers which you can then incorporate into greeting cards, collages, framed art, journal covers, etc. AND you will also create 1 MARBLED Silk Scarf. All materials and equipment are provided and included in your tuition. 

Members: $140, Non-Members: $125
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