CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR PAINTERS:

Spring and Early Summer 2025:

Spring Flower Painting Challenge — Begins April 1!

SPRING FLOWER PAINTING CHALLENGE: AN ONLINE STUDIO CLASS

6 weeks—April 1- May 13

Tuesdays, 10:30am - 1 pm, Pacific Time, live on zoom.

4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6

Class meets every week and is recorded.

Each class has a 24/7 online forum which remains active for 6 weeks after the class, so you can continue to easily build on the community and momentum generated!

$450

enrollment is open now at the link below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-flower-painting-challenge-a-quick-study-intensive-tickets-1266492917409?aff=oddtdtcreator

this is a popular class, and offered only once a year at this point, space is limited to 20 artists, grab a spot early! scroll down for a full description.

The very beginnings of spring are beginning to stir in my garden in the woods, and so that means it is time to begin to draw and paint this year’s growth.

This class will take us from the very beginnings of Spring blooming season into the beginnings of summer season.  Flowers are up there with flowing water in clouds as difficult and alluring subjects for the painter-- so immediate, so fleeting, so vivid and complex.

We will focus on drawing, painting, and taking notes about the fragile beauty, complexity, and wonderful luminosity of flowers, from direct observation, pencil or brush in hand.  Simple compositions that build sturdy containers for sensitive observation wil be encouraged.

We will focus on poetry, but take our cues from direct observation as much as possible.  in exercises, we will also work from drawings, from our own photos, and from master works by painters contemporary and historical.

each student will be challenged to contribute 3-6 drawings and paintings to the online classroom each week!  this is a STUDIO class!  you will make starts!  finishes, should they happen, will take care of themselves!

there will be a period of one hour each day during class, which will be recorded, whe artists will be working in class for at 40 minutes after the intructor begins the work period with his 20 minute live demo.

 shake off winter’s dust, exhale what you just read in the news with a sharp breath, and train your eyes on the light somewhere close at hand.

 You will gain valuable painting mileage and take some risks in your personal language and paint handling as you attempt to ensnare some light and affix some wonder to a canvas.  And, should all that go poorly, and it often does, well, then you’ve managed to spend some time with the incredible flowers and their resilience.

Oakland Studio 34 b, oil on linen on panel, 8x14, 2019, framed, available