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Create thick impasto style paintings in acrylic and acrylic mediums. Explore painting with palette knives, direct painting, and wet of wet techniques.    Suggested materials: Canvas or panel  Palette knife Optional: Acrylic media: molding paste, pumice gel   Heavy body acrylic paints, medium  Large acrylic brushes...

If you love color and like experimenting with watercolor, this is the workshop for you. Start your painting by creating a ground through splashing, dripping, and manipulating the paint. Then paint your own subject matter on top using overlapping images and transparencies that interact with and highlight your ground. You will discover intriguing effects...

In this paint big workshop, we will explore working on unstretched primed canvas and unstretched unprimed canvas. We will paint on the floor, on the wall, and outdoors as each artist will do what works for them.  This is a great chance to push your boundaries and experiment with working at a size you have not done before.  Two days will...

In this mixed media workshop, you will explore different ways to put various materials including collage into paintings. This class is about pushing your limits on the way to express yourself  with mixed media.  Two days will give us time to make your own collage papers and work on several pieces.  All levels welcome. The class is limited...

Explore your original vision! Students may bring painting materials they are comfortable with. If using oils, please use solvent-free alternatives for in class sessions. Hay instrucción está disponsible en Español. Experience Level: Intermediate through Advanced

Create paintings in oil using chiaroscuro and glazing techniques. Explore dramatic values in composition and create luminous, dimensional color.    Suggested materials: Oil paints Solvent-substitute Linseed oil Canvas or panel Brushes Experience Level: All levels, some painting experience recommended.

Each month is a different exploration of one of the fundamentals of abstract art.  We meet as a group, check-in, discuss the topic of the day, explore the topic through guided exercises and then have free time to paint and receive one-on-one support.  A great way to meet artists from all over.  Small class size. No experience necessary. Safe...

Build on your knowledge from the Beginning Watercolor class with guided painting exercises, and drawing tips and more.  Prerequisite: Working knowledge is required. Students should have taken a beginning watercolor class or equivalent. Experience Level: Beginner

Learn oil painting techniques by painting realistic still life- a great introduction to oil paint for beginning painters as well as intermediate painters wanting to hone their skills. Explore the versatility of oil paint as we cover the materials, explore value, brush handling, color and composition. While the focus is on oils, students may work in...

Participants will learn the basic techniques of oil painting from an experienced urban landscape painter. They will practice mixing colors; learning color theory as they try out using different pigments. They will learn about qualities of transparency, different combinations of medium, and non-toxic alternative mediums. Participants will create several...

Have that same fun, creative experience you get with Erin at a Painting & Vino event while in the comfort of your own home! Painting & Vino's "Live Online Events" are the perfect solution when you can't go out. You'll receive Step-By-Step Instructions in the comfort of your own home via phone or laptop with a Webcam. You will be sent a link...

This course will help art lovers master various methods of oil and acrylic painting, and develop a personal unique style! We will work on painting nature: landscape composition, clouds, waves, waterfalls, trees, sun spots; learn to represent texture of various objects; we will practice expressing character and emotions in portraits, set up the mood...