“Realistic Impressionism in Oil” - any subject matter using your photographs "

May 31, June 1, 2, (10am – 5pm) 

Egi is known for realistic impressionism whose paintings express his love of nature. The misty atmosphere and the sun often play a great part in his paintings, casting shadows on the paths and mountains depicting different times of the day. His technique is light, delicate and gentle with romantic themes in these realistic impressionist paintings, while each painting evokes feelings of strength, grace and wonderment. Participants will explore the intriguing techniques to capture the essence of nature on canvas.  

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

Acrylics okay - All Levels Welcome

"Basics of Oil Painting"

June 21, 22, 23 (10am-5pm) 

Connie Winters has become a very popular and sought-after teacher of oil painting.  Although her works are impressionistic, her method of teaching can be used for any style.  She is one of the few instructors who teach real basics of getting the paint from the pallet to the canvas.
There will be a demonstration each morning to show how a painting evolves from beginning to almost finish.  The first day usually starts with a still life to promote the importance of working from life and how to go about it. Connie likes to demonstrate painting an interior, and a landscape to show that the same steps can be applied to any situation. Color, composition, value, drawing and many useful pointers will be touched on. The whole spectrum of utensils, canvases, mediums, etc. will be discussed. Connie is open to all questions during the workshop, is patient, thorough and consistent.

$385

Limited to 8 Participants

All Levels Welcome

“Let’s Go Bigger and Bolder

in Oil/Cold Wax Medium”

July 12, 13, 14 (10am-5pm) 

Expand your painting experience into a Larger format in Oil/Cold Wax Medium! In this workshop we will go bigger and bolder- for a new experience with your abstract paintings in oil and cold wax medium. This workshop is for artists who have taken a previous workshop using oil and cold wax and have the basics down. We will explore art elements, mark making, color palette choices, and how to retain the excitement of painting big! This workshop will be challenging and fun, while helping you unleash your creativity as you “build” your larger paintings. Trusting your intuitive self, with personal guidance and demos, will push your paintings further! Join me for this new workshop and go Bigger & Bolder! Artists will be encouraged to work in the 24x24 -36x36 sized range.

$405

$15 Supply fee payable to Lisa on the first day of workshop

Limited to 8 Participants

Intermediate to Advanced Level

“Impressionistic Landscapes in Acrylic Using Palette Knives” 

August 2, 3, 4 (10am-5pm) 

Experience color and the music of life through landscapes, cityscapes, florals and pastoral or garden scenes.  Bold, bright and random blotches of color (like playing in kindergarten) to amazing layers of acrylic paint defining texture on the canvas embodies impressionistic details. Enjoy Egi’s sense of humor and Italian playfulness as he encourages you to loosen up and heighten your creativity.

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

(All Levels Welcome) 

“Art Play – Step by Step” - Mixed Media Collage – Acrylic Painting

August 23, 24, 25 (10am-5pm) 

Join Vae Hamilton in a three-day multimedia workshop that will allow you to experiment with multiple mediums and techniques and uncover your inner artist.
Through the art of mixed media, you will discover how to create artwork that combines a variety of artistic mediums and Vae will take you step-by-step through the process of learning how to combine collage, acrylic painting, layering, drawing, inks, image transfers and more.
This is a great workshop for ALL levels of artistic creativity and no experience is needed to give yourself the gift of play and to produce beautiful art.

$325

Limited to 7 Participants

All Levels Welcome

"Realistic Impressionism in Oil” - any subject matter using your photographs

September 27, 28, 29 (10am-5pm)

Egi is known for realistic impressionism whose paintings express his love of nature. The misty atmosphere and the sun often play a great part in his paintings, casting shadows on the paths and mountains depicting different times of the day. His technique is light, delicate and gentle with romantic themes in these realistic impressionist paintings, while each painting evokes feelings of strength, grace and wonderment. Participants will explore the intriguing techniques to capture the essence of nature on canvas.  

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

Acrylics okay - All Levels Welcome

“Exploration in Oil/Cold

Wax/Mixed Media”

June 7, 8, 9 (10am – 5pm)

This workshop is for artists who want to learn how to create a good foundation, texture, and layers with oil and cold wax and also for those who want to continue exploration by pushing your paintings further. An emphasis will be on creating paintings with powerful composition and unique color mixes. We will be working on panels and paper, doing various exercises to explore the concepts of sophisticated color mixes, good compositional design and what you want to express in your paintings! This workshop will offer discussions/demos, lots of studio painting time, as well as individual critique concerning your own personal direction in your art making.

$405

Limited to 8 Participants

“Impressionistic Landscapes in Acrylic Using Palette Knives” 

June 28, 29, 30 (10am-5pm) 

Experience color and the music of life through landscapes, cityscapes, florals and pastoral or garden scenes.  Bold, bright and random blotches of color (like playing in kindergarten) to amazing layers of acrylic paint defining texture on the canvas embodies impressionistic details. Enjoy Egi’s sense of humor and Italian playfulness as he encourages you to loosen up and heighten your creativity.

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

All Levels Welcome

Conquering the Mystery of Color

July 19, 20, 21 (10am5pm)

 This workshop will boost your skills and understanding of color. Students will focus on color mixing (no color wheel exercises), and gain knowledge of how color is perceived. Creating harmony, and unity is key to uncovering the mystery of color and how it is designed…This knowledge will take your artwork to a new level, and you will see color as it was designed to be seen. Mixing color in practical exercises with a limited palette will help students gain knowledge and understanding of their own personal palette.

$385

Limited to 8 Participants

(All Levels Welcome – But Some Experience is Necessary)

"An Impressionist Workshop in Oil" to take your paintings to the next level

August 9, 10, 11 (10am-5pm) 

Laine says’ “It is important to feel the JOY in painting.  In this 3-day Impressionist Oil Painting workshop, I will share with you what I’ve learned from studying with notable master artists: from C.W. Mundy, Scott Christensen, Carolyn Anderson, Dawn Whitelaw, Thomas Jefferson Kitts, Lori Putnam, and others.  I will teach you to take your paintings to the next level as we strive to become better painters.....There will be demos, fundamentals, techniques, color, value, and paint manipulation discussed all with JOY!

$385

Limited to 8 Participants

(All Levels Welcome - but some experience is Necessary)

"Abstracting Nature"
Florals, Landscape with Water Reflection, Mountains & Clouds in Acrylic and Oil 

August 30, 31, September 1 (10am-5pm)

In Monique’s workshop, you will learn to paint loose with confidence and discover your style.  She will teach you how to build up layers and create a compelling underpainting in acrylics with lots of textures. You will learn to trust yourself as Monique will show you how to develop successful designs. She will show how to approach your composition with more imagination. Discover new tools. Paint with a cohesive palette, and juicy colors. And most of all…you will have FUN in the process! Monique has been teaching for over 10 years. She has studied under many well-known artists, including Guido Frick, Kim English, David Dunlap, Kathy Odom, Audrey Phillips, Aimone Art School. Monique also leads workshops in Italy and France. Monique says, “The reason why I teach is to help artists improve their painting skills, find their voice, and enjoy their art adventure.”

$395

Limited to 8 Participants

All Levels Welcome, but experience in mixing colors is recommended

“Impressionistic Landscapes in Acrylic Using Palette Knives” 

October 4, 5, 6 (10am-5pm)

Experience color and the music of life through landscapes, cityscapes, florals and pastoral or garden scenes.  Bold, bright and random blotches of color (like playing in kindergarten) to amazing layers of acrylic paint defining texture on the canvas embodies impressionistic details. Enjoy Egi’s sense of humor and Italian playfulness as he encourages you to loosen up and heighten your creativity.

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

All Levels Welcome

Conceptual Skills exploring the 5”D’s” Oil

June 14, 15, 16 (10am-4pm)

In this “Follow-The-Leader” abstracted landscape workshop, participants will work on prismatic progression, mixing different colors to same value, and mixing same or close color to different values.

The use of enough medium with lay or leave principle, along with shapes first and light and shadow descriptions if needed.

Conceptual Skills explored will be the 5”D’s”. Diminishing color; Diminishing form; retaining or refreshing your larger Dark; Deceit which suggests not describes and exaggerated elements; Drama for foreshortening or color saturation, along with creating overlapping shapes.

$435

Limited to 8 Participants

Advanced Level

“Impressionistic Landscapes in Acrylic Using Palette Knives”

July 5, 6, 7 (10am-5pm) 

Enjoy Painting any subject matter using your photographs as you experience color and the music of life through landscapes, cityscapes, florals and pastoral or garden scenes.  Bold, bright and random blotches of color (like playing in kindergarten) to amazing layers of acrylic paint defining texture on the canvas embodies impressionistic details. Enjoy Egi’s sense of humor and Italian playfulness as he encourages you to loosen up and heighten your creativity.

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

All Levels Welcome

“Realistic Impressionism in Oil” - any subject matter using your photographs

July 26, 27, 28 (10am-5pm) 

Egi is known for realistic impressionism whose paintings express his love of nature. The misty atmosphere and the sun often play a great part in his paintings, casting shadows on the paths and mountains depicting different times of the day. His technique is light, delicate and gentle with romantic themes in these realistic impressionist paintings, while each painting evokes feelings of strength, grace and wonderment. Participants will explore the intriguing techniques to capture the essence of nature on canvas.  

$335

Limited to 8 Participants

(Acrylics okay - All Levels Welcome) 

Painting with Knives in Acrylic

August 16, 17, 18 (10am-5pm) 

Create vibrant, textural, impressionistic landscapes using a palette knife and heavy body acrylic paints.  Palette knife painting is all about using interesting shapes of broken color in your composition. Painting with a knife will force you to loosen up and abstract the details of your subject. We will also cover topics such as color mixing, broken color, the use of value in your composition, and the benefits of an under-painting. We will be using photos as reference for our paintings. You can bring your own or Karin will have several available for you to use.

$325

Limited to 8 Participants

“Explore, Experience and Express”

Mixed Media workshop 

September 20, 21, 22 (11am-5pm)

Explore, experience and express yourself through artmaking using acrylic paints, papers, textured fibers and more. This creative process combines painting - mixed media with writing, movement, toning and meditation.  Open your heart with art!  Discover your passion, joy, love and connection to spirit through the intuitive process of Expressive Arts. For over 25 years Toni Carlton has been creating art to deepen her connection to the divine and express the oneness of all. In her workshops she intends to help participants with their self-discovery and open their hearts through the creative process. Toni has been awarded Certificates in Expressive Art Therapy along with others in Healing Arts.

$325

Limited to 7 Participants

No Prior Art Experience is Necessary

All Levels Welcome – Most Materials Provided

“Inspired by Nature's Essence - Oil/Cold Wax/Mixed Media”

October 11, 12, 13 (10am-5pm)

Marks, Memory, and Texture - these are the key ingredients for this workshop! Building rich and varied layers will allow us to dig back through and reveal a history of beautiful, wabi-sabi, thought provoking surfaces. We will be allowing Nature and the Spirit of Place - (the landscape, flowers, rocks, trees, sky, and how we feel when we are in a certain place) - to be our guide and influence our pieces in an Abstract, Loose way! Through exploration of adding and subtracting layers, experiencing different techniques & textures, mark making and good composition - our paintings will come to life! Bring some of your older paintings to use as beginnings and if you wish to work from your own images - bring some photos! And bring your Sense of Play and Let's Paint Together in October!

$405

Limited to 8 Participants

Intermediate-but all levels welcome - Some knowledge of oil/cold wax painting is helpful!