Workshops & Classes

Explore the vivid color and expressive potential of soft pastel while creating a rich landscape drawing. Students will learn basic pastel techniques such as layering color, blending, a variety of mark-making, and the tools for capturing light and atmosphere. This workshop is designed for all levels, no prior experience necessary! See list below for supplies students should bring. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee. Please click here for more details.

Term: Fall 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 11/15

Color can be expressive, emotional, and atmospheric—but its true power comes from a strong understanding of value. Explore how light, dark, contrast, and tonal relationships work within a vibrant color palette to create depth, movement, structure, and visual harmony in abstract painting. Through guided exercises, demonstrations, and studio practice, students will discover how color and value interact to shape mood, atmosphere, and spatial relationships while developing a more confident and intentional approach to painting. Explore dynamic composition, layering, transparency, expressive brushwork, mark-making, paint consistency, and the use of mediums to create rich, luminous surfaces. Exercises throughout the day build toward one finished abstract painting. Ideal for painters interested in abstraction, color theory, or strengthening their understanding of how value and color work together to create compelling contemporary paintings. See list below for materials students should bring

Term: Fall 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 12/5

Develop your observational drawing skills by drawing from a live clothed model in a relaxed, supportive studio space! Students will learn about proportion, gestural drawing, value, and line to create a series of figure drawings. See list below for materials students should bring to the workshop. Perfect for all levels. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee. Please click here for more details.

Term: Fall 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 12/6