Early Fall, Fall, and Winter:
Early Fall: September 5 - October 14 (6 weeks)
Fall: October 16 - December 16 (8 weeks)
Winter: January 8 - March 2 (8 weeks)
Exploring Alcohol Ink
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio BInstructor:
A new type of drawing beyond the typical pencils, charcoal and pastels . . . we’re using Alcohol Inks. You’ll be creating and experimenting with these inks to create landscape, floral and abstract images, whatever you desire. We’ll begin with learning how to use the inks, how to create a safe workspace, what substrates to work best with the inks, and how to use some basic tools like drinking straws, Q-tips to create step-by-step a flower, landscape, or abstract image.
Members $105; Non-Members $135 (November 18)
RegisterGold Leaf Floral with Acrylics with Jim Rigg
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio BInstructor:
This workshop is about developing a floral painting with Acrylics using the gold leaf process as a background or accent to add that extra metallic light touch. We’ll begin with drawing the floral image (a color print will be provided for reference) with an HB graphite pencil and using Acrylics as the painting base, then allow the image to dry. Once the image has cured the gold leaf process will begin on the dried surface. Goldleaf is floated over the adhesive area to either the accent portion or the background. The acrylic image can be either a traditional one or a contemporary abstract one – the artist’s choice.
Members $105; Non-Members $135 (December 9)
RegisterIntro to Pastels with Laura Martinez-Bianco
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CInstructor:
Participants will be introduced to pastels as a painting medium. Participants will learn through demonstrations, discussions, exploration and engagement with a variety of pastel types, papers and techniques. Participants will complete a pastel painting of a landscape based on photographs. Each day a critique and discussion will identify goals for the group and as well as individual growth.
Members $470; Non-Members $520 (November 7 - November 9)
RegisterBringing Life and Energy to your Paintings with Michele Usibelli
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CParticipants may paint in oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor or pastel. Demonstrations and instruction will focus on the essential steps to building a successful painting, in studio and plein air. The workshop will start with a lecture on the fundamentals of sound painting, including a discussion on drawing, value, design, and color. Short demonstrations will be combined with one on one instruction creating a very personalized workshop.
Members $470; Non-Members $520 (March 12, March 13, and March 14)
RegisterAbstract Watercolor Exploration Workshop with Eileen Lyons
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio AInstructor:
Experience the calming effects and therapeutic benefits of watercolor painting while experimenting with the abstract, unpredictable, and playful nature of watercolor. Investigate the process with unique methods and materials. Learn pouring, flowing, dripping, and texturizing techniques across varied papers. Explore controlled mark-making on top of washes with various inks, pencils, and other materials that will lead to layered, transparent compositions telling a unique story. Brief demonstrations and discussions will alternate between periods of quiet individual work. Discover ways to develop a personal narrative through relaxed expression, gestural brushwork with spontaneous form, and color as you work from memory or inspirational references. Each student will be met at their level and individually supported in their learning. This workshop is suitable for all levels, no previous experience is necessary.
Oil Portraiture with Chris Kling
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Intermediate – AdvancedLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CInstructor:
Impart life to your painting and learn skills that give you a solid foundation in oil portraiture. Using traditional oil paint or water mixable oil paint and working from a clothed model you learn color theory, values, composition, proportions, and edges – love and support are liberally added. For Intermediate and Advanced students. Prior painting experience with the medium is required.
Members $345; Non-Members $395 (January 19 and January 20)
RegisterExploring Color with Kathleen Denis
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All (working knowledge of your paint is necessary)Location:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CInstructor:
This class will help you unlock the exciting mystery of color in ways that enrich your paintings and cause emotional excitement. Kathleen will walk you through various exercises to help you explore options and choices. These exercises will help you learn to mix colors, choose colors, and use colors in ways that harmonize your scene. To view Kathleen’s art, awards and credentials go to www.kathleendenis.com.
“Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment.”
– Claude Monet
This class will be taught in oils and/or acrylics.
All levels may attend, but some working knowledge of your paint is necessary.
Members $470; Non-Members $520 (February 8, February 9, and February 10)
RegisterAdding Impressionistic Figures to Tell a Story with Michele Byrne
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Intermediate – AdvancedLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CInstructor:
Michele will show you how to add natural-looking figures to your paintings using a 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; Non-Members $520 (February 2, February 3, and February 4)
RegisterAchieve Perspective and Illumination in all Your Water Paintings with Michelle Held
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Intermediate – AdvancedLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CInstructor:
Join award-winning artist Michelle Held in a 2-day workshop to learn sure-fire techniques to incorporate gorgeous water in your paintings. In this workshop, Michelle will inspire you with tricks and techniques to incorporate and enhance all your landscape paintings. Michelle’s tips will help you make the water elements easier for you and make your paintings sparkle!
Guiding you in painting both still and moving water, from lakes and waterfalls to ocean waves. Learn how to convey movement, distance and make distant water perspectively recede into the landscape.
We will dive deep to use transparency and atmosphere to depict water realistically, including waves washing up on a sandy shore, and a better understanding of reflections on an ever so still lake.
Michelle will enhance your paintings to create believable reflections and luminous rolling waves. Join in this unique opportunity to create beautiful water paintings and submerge yourself in techniques to level up all your future paintings!
Members $315; Non-Members $365 (January 25 and January 26)
RegisterAcrylic Pouring Workshop with Jim Rigg
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio BInstructor:
Bring your creative imagination and prepare to have a fun time of pouring acrylics on various substrates and using unusual tools to create a one-of-a-kind work of art. You’ll be creating your own palettes while learning how to pour mixtures onto a canvas to see how it reacts. There are many different canvas shapes and sizes available to satisfy your unique vision. This process is blending the pouring liquid and silicon with acrylics and metallics (perhaps beads and powdered pastels) to enhance your finished piece
Members $105; Non-Members $135 (October 13)
RegisterIntroduction to Oil Painting without Solvents with Liza Karsai
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All Levels WelcomeLocation:
373 Tequesta Drive - Studio CInstructor:
Experience how forgiving and easy oil painting can be, without using toxic solvents.
Day 1 will include a discussion of different methods and materials used for solvent-free oil painting and a demonstration of solvent-free painting with traditional oil paints and water-mixable oil paints.
On day 2, participants will use their choice of either traditional oil paints or water mixable oil paints to paint solvent-free from their own reference photos or from a selection of reference photos provided. All materials are included.
Each participant will receive
- Three Panels
- Palette knife
- Palette paper
- Selection of Oil Brushes
- Selection of Oil Paints
- Selection of nontoxic oils and thinners