Yay! In-person workshops are back! Stay healthy and take care. Wishing you all the best! Happy Painting! ~ Patty

W I N T E R C L A S S E S :

Treat yourself to a beach party drawing a Beach Bungalow house with a variety of black ink lines and textures. With step-by-step instruction have fun drawing various pen lines to complete the house plus learn more about drawing landscape foliage. Then enjoy adding your own personal touches to your pen & ink drawing. Create a reference watercolor pencil chart and learn how easy watercolor pencils add color washes and splatter texture to ink drawings. All levels of drawing and painting experience are welcome. Please join us!

Enjoy a delightful day learning how watercolor pencils easily create fine lines and texture in paintings and sketchbooks. With step-by-step instruction learn dry and wet techniques, tonal foundation glazing and toothbrush texture. Create a color chart and do vase painting with your watercolor pencils. All levels of painting experience are welcome!

Enjoy a fun day creating a watercolor with watercolor pencil painting of an Orchid with step-by-step instruction. See how to combine three photos into one painting, You will learn how to paint delicate washes as well as fine details with watercolor pencils, soften edges, glaze luminous shadows, and mix a variety of greens for a foliage background. All levels of painting experience are welcome! Please join us!

Learn to create wonderful textures on oranges, tangelos and limes with watercolor, kosher salt and white acrylic paint. Join Patty for a very fun day with detailed step-by-step instructions and demonstrations. In addition, learn to paint glowing shadows and a wet-into-wet technique for soft cloth texture.  All levels of painting experience welcome! Please join us!

Step-by-step instruction to train your watercolor brushes! Practice exercises for these basic watercolor techniques: controlling water to paint flat and graded washes; masking fluid application; painting a background; and which brushes to use for each task. Great watercolor tips! All levels of experience welcome. Please join us! 

 Learn a wonderful new watercolor pencil technique to more easily apply composition “gold” leaf for a glowing background in your Iris painting! With step-by-step instruction, learn dry and wet application of watercolor pencil lines and washes to paint the Iris with luscious color. Learn how to mix wonderful earthy and bright green watercolor washes to paint the Iris leaves.  All levels of painting experience are welcome! Please join us!

In this watercolor workshop, participants will learn how to control water and pigment to achieve better results in their paintings. The workshop covers essential techniques such as painting a flat watercolor wash and painting the background around a shape protected with masking fluid. It also includes practice exercises on lifting techniques to lighten watercolor or rescue a shape in a painted area. Additional tips will be provided on using masking fluid effectively and caring for watercolor brushes, helping artists of all levels improve their watercolor skills.