In this class, we will focus on refreshing our skills in composition, perspective and using a wide range of imaging and expression of a scene – how to simplify the details. Mary Ann’s sketching recipes…
This class focuses on accessing personal expression in abstraction and understanding how to use visual language to create work that expresses your unique voice. You’ll be introduced to starting a painting…
A thought-provoking and inspirational art workshop open to artists of all levels and media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). Join us for 9 full days of plein air painting, art history/theory lectures,…
Learn to draw natural objects from observation. Develop systematic and reliable approaches to representing three-dimensional forms, based on an understanding of value, proportion, scale, light direction,…
Take your work to the next level under the guidance of artist/critic/mentor Kassem Amoudi in this live Zoom class. Expert instruction and advice will push you to explore new possibilities and work more…
This course is for students who have old or new paintings that for whatever reason do not work. Problem areas, mistakes, oops moments, or whatever you’re struggling with will be looked at, analyzed and…
Painting from source material within your own mind offers a fertile ground for personal, surreal, abstract, and whimsical work without being tied to observable subject matter. Develop your painting practice…
Paint on location at beautiful Ardrossan Estate, the 800-acre family seat of the Montgomery/Scott/Wheeler extended family, made famous in the movie The Philadelphia Story, with Kathryn Hepburn, Cary Grant…
Held in at 6300ft elevation at a Unesco Heritage site, voted the “Worlds Prettiest City and “The World’s Best Small City” year after year by Conde Nast and other travel magazines. All…
Life Drawing, also known as Figure Drawing, is the practice of drawing in order to study the human figure. If you look at historic artwork, you’ll find many nude drawings and paintings. These are considered…
