Creating Light With Paint

While your phone or TV projects light, your canvas does not.  If an artist has made you think there is a strong sense of light in a painting, it is done by using skills to create an illusion.  You will learn to understand how to create light by using dark, as well as aspects of…

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Intermediate to Advanced Oil Or Acrylic Painting

If you have been painting for a while now and feel you want to learn a deeper understanding of technique, brushwork, and your medium, the instructor will teach multi-layer painting, alla prima painting, how to get your image onto your canvas or paper.  Additionally, participants will learn about different mediums, types of oils and varnishes. …

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Mixing Color & Perspective for Artists

On day one, students will learn how to recognize the components of a color and to mix paint to recreate that color.  Then on day two students will learn the basics of liner perspective and atmospheric perspective, which include the way color helps to create a sense of perspective.  During both days of this workshop,…

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Getting in Touch with Your Painting Skills

This is an opportunity to go beyond the mere application of paint on a canvas.  It is a class that addresses the beginner as well as the more seasoned painter.  This class is open to students working in acrylics and oils.  It will give you the tools you need to analyze and critique your artwork…

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Acrylic Painting for Beginners

This class is for beginner painters or those who have very little experience. Acrylics are a great medium for brand-new painters and professional artists alike. We will learn about equipment, basics of color theory, and techniques allowing students to complete a basic landscape painting. The painting process will be taught step-by-step. This painting class is…

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Advancing in Watercolor: Beach Fun

Learn about the enjoyment of watercolor painting and continue your journey of creation.  Discover the tips, techniques, colors, and composition needed to have a wonderful watercolor painting.  Each day the instructor will give detailed demonstrations of beach waves, sand dunes, beach umbrellas, sea grass, boats, seagulls as well as Funland and its rides.  She will…

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Abstract Acrylic Landscape

In this class you will learn the basics of acrylic painting and learn to paint intuitively — picking colors that speak to you. No painting experience is needed to create a colorful seascape. We will use a palette knife and a few brushes. If you have a palette knife and a favorite medium to large…

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Painting Workshop: Monet and Wolf Kahn

What do Monet and Kahn have in common?  Both were influenced by J.M.W. Turner and they were all interested in painting atmosphere.  Come experiment with techniques in acrylic paint to achieve these soft and misty looks in your work. 

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Beginner Oil Painting

You will learn how oil paint works, when to use oil vs. thinner, how to layer paintings and the basics of glazing, toning, and mixing color.  The instructor will provide the source photo and will work with each student individually and meet them at their current skill level. 

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