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Beginning Experimental Painting

Have you ever wanted to see the range of things you can do with your paints?  The possibilities will open you up and get you out of any rut. From learning about traditional oil mediums to thick clear layers of glossy acrylics we will try it all.   We pour, brush, scoop, squeegee and soak. Many of the processes are completely unpredictable and surprising. Even if you only plan to paint traditionally this will show you ways to use your materials that you never dreamt of. ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED.

10/25/2025, 10am-6pm.  

$134 plus $40 material fee


Expressive Bay Area Figure Painting in Oil

Do you love the idea of painting the figure but are intimidated to try because you haven’t drawn before?  Or do you like to paint and draw the figure but wish your work didn’t look like stiff figure studies. Either way this class is for you. We will start with extensive rapid drawing and painting exercises on integrating the figure into a whole composition. The next seven hours will develop one large stretched canvas into a visual experience where you will continually revise your entire painting until the whole comes together.  In the end you may not have a carefully proportioned model but you will have a canvas where all the parts work visually together in shape and color.  We will be using Richard Diebenkorn and others for artistic examples.  Rapid course corrections, intuition, and lack of preciousness will be encouraged as well as very intense looking. Includes all oil paint, large stretched canvas, and model fee.  Bring whatever brushes you already own. ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED.

11/1/2025  10am-6pm

$134 plus $100 model and materials fee  


Real Color in Practice

Usually color is taught as “Color Theory” which involves tediously painting in hundreds of little squares or placing pre-colored papers next to each other.  After doing these exercises you still don’t know what to do in your real life painting. This workshop is focused on actually using color on your painting and understanding how it works in a way you can use right away.  First we will understand how to create and see color using a limited palette which will teach you how to mix and see subtle colors much more effectively. Then, studying particular masters, we will unlock the color harmony in their work so that you can reproduce it in a work of your own.  In the end you will have at least two paintings to take home that you can use to find your own individual palette. We will be using oil paint and canvas which is provided for you, please bring your own brushes and palette knives if you have them. ALL SUPPLIES INCLUDED.

11/8/2025  10am-6pm

$134 plus $40 materials fee 



Figure in Proportion: the Intuitive Approach

Many people think that if they can’t draw in proportion they are “not talented” and have no business doing art.  Nothing could be further from the truth. If you are not suited to careful measuring and painstaking draftsmanship you are not alone.  This has nothing to do with whether or not you are “talented” or whether or not you should try making art. This workshop will teach even the most drafting averse person how to get proportion without sacrificing the real value of the artwork, which is to learn to be comfortable with your own set of “talents”.  Some people never can make precise measurements, but they can still draw in proportion through an intuitive quick approach. ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED.

11/15/2025, 10am-2pm

$68 plus $30 model and materials fee






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