NEW CLASSES
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Introduction to Plein Air Landscape Painting
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Learn to paint landscapes with expressive brushwork and color.
This 2 days workshop for all skill levels is an introduction to plein air painting with oils. The first day will take place indoors. The challenge with plein air painting is that there is so much visual information around you it is hard to simplify it down to a good design. In addition, with the light and atmosphere changing so quickly, it is a imperative to capture the light effect and leave it. In this class you will learn a traditional process for painting outdoors resulting in consistent success. You will learn how to quickly capture the character of the scene and simplify it to express your intention. We will do lots of studies on the aspects that make a painting great: composition, values, edges, color and perspective. Different motifs including clouds, vistas, water and wooded spaces will also be explored. On the second day, weather permitting, we will take our work outdoors and apply the concepts learned in the studio. Photo references and easels will be provided. Space is limited to 6 students.
Date: Apr 11, 2025, 9:00 AM – Apr 12, 2025, 4:30 PM
Time: 9:00 until 4:30 each day with a one hour lunch break.
Location: Huntsville, 813 Wellman Ave NE, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA
Fee: $350
Please Contact the Flourish Fine Art Gallery 256-656-4759 to register or click the button below.
Keys to Expressive Landscape Painting
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate -
only 2 spots left
Keys to Expressive Landscapes
March 28-29, 2025
9:00-4:30 (1 hour lunch)
$265 non-members, $245 members
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Location - Carnegie Visual Art Center, Decatur Alabama
Learn how to simplify complex Landscapes and improve your compositions while creating expressive paintings. We will produce 6 small paintings in this class!
Learn classical, academic methods of oil painting. Learn about materials, techniques, gray scales, color theory and color mixing, composition, and design. Photo references provided.
Space is limited to 10 students.
Expressive Portrait Drawing in Charcoal & Conté Workshop -August 2025
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Expand your skills and learn to draw the portrait! Charcoal and conté are fast, expressive, and forgiving media, perfect for exploring and learning about the face and head. The concepts and techniques used for charcoal and conté drawing go hand in hand with painting. Your painting skills will greatly benefit from your practice of drawing the portrait in charcoal and pencil.
Reference photographs will be provided.
Space is limited to 8 students.
Date: August 8,9, 2025
Time: 10 am - 4:00 pm 1 hour lunch break
Location: HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART
Please contact the museum for registration. Link not available yet.
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MASTER COLOR
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
I see artist having so much trouble seeing color and also mixing the color they want and knowing how to make colors. Let's fix that!
Add depth, subtly and creativity to your artworks by working with the color wheel and exploring color interactions. This class will help clarify the ideas of color theory and shed some light on color mixing. It will be taught in oils, but the concepts can be applied to any medium such as watercolor, acrylic or pastel. Create a solid foundation for your art with an exploration of the inner workings of color through color charts and references. Materials included.
SUPPLIES INCLUDED
- Worksheets and guidebook
- guided lessons, one on one instruction
-understand how to mix the color you are seeing
- understand warm and cool colors
- understand how to make your colors sing
Date: Sat. Feb 8, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Huntsville Museum of Art
Fee: $150 non members, $135 members
Limited to 12 seats
Still Life On the Next Level
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Want to improve your ability to produce consistently beautiful paintings? How to express with color, brushwork and sensitivity?
How to simplify complex flower shapes and improve your compositions. We will produce 4-6 paintings in this class!
Learn classical, academic methods of oil painting. Learn about materials, techniques, gray scales, color theory and color mixing, composition, and design. Photo references and still-life set-ups provided.
Date: Jan 31- Feb 1 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Huntsville Art Museum
Fee: $265 non members, $210 members
12 limited seats
Expressive Portrait Drawing in Charcoal & Conte Huntsville Museum of Art
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - sold out
Expand your skills and learn to draw the portrait! Charcoal and conte are fast, expressive, and forgiving media, perfect for exploring and learning about the face and head. The concepts and techniques used for charcoal and conte drawing go hand in hand with painting. Your painting skills will greatly benefit from your practice of drawing the portrait in charcoal and pencil. Reference photographs will be provided
Date: Nov 8 & 9, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
(one-hour lunch break)
Location: Huntsville Museum of Art
Fee: $160 members/$215 non-members of the HMA
(8 limited Space)
FLOWERS GALORE
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - WAIT LIST ONLY (please email me on class sign up if interested. I will have a second class if enough response.)
Flowers Galore
(Must have taken a previous workshop by myself or another instructor)
An all-day immersive learn how to paint complex flowers in oil.
-Paint beautiful expressive flowers
-We will do lots of little paintings of different flowers.
Date: Oct 19, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: My studio on Monte Sano
Fee: $135
(5 limited seats )
MASTER COLOR
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
I see artist having so much trouble seeing color and also mixing the color they want and knowing how to make colors. Let's fix that!
Add depth, subtly and creativity to your artworks by working with the color wheel and exploring color interactions. This class will help clarify the ideas of color theory and shed some light on color mixing. It will be taught in oils, but the concepts can be applied to any medium such as watercolor, acrylic or pastel. Create a solid foundation for your art with an exploration of the inner workings of color through color charts and references. Materials included. Space is limited to 6 students.
SUPPLIES INCLUDED
- Worksheets and guidebook
- guided lessons, one on one instruction
-understand how to mix the color you are seeing
- understand warm and cool colors
- understand how to make your colors sing
Date: Wed Sep 11, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: My studio on Monte Sano
Fee: $150
Beginning Drawing with the Buildings and Portrait to Improve our Skill
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate - openings
Learn to Draw!! Perspective, feeling, light and shadow, proportion.
Drawing buildings and the portrait trains your brain to draw with precision and elegance which can be applied to any artform or motif. This class allows students to explore different media graphite, charcoal and conté all grounded in the foundational skill of drawing. Photo references will be provided. Space is limited to 6 students.
Date: Aug 13, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 4:30
Location: My Studio
Fee: $ 135
Keys to Expressive Landscape Painting
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate - openings
Learn to paint landscapes with expressive brushwork and color.
Paint in the studio and en plein air. This class allows students to explore different motifs of the landscape including clouds, vistas, water and wooded spaces. Learn a consistent process for success: design, draw, values, colors, atmosphere and perspective. We will also take our work outdoors to paint en plein air to reinforce and expand the concepts learned in the studio depending on the weather. Photo references will be provided. Space is limited to 5 students.
Date: Aug 15-16, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 4:30
Location: My studio on Monte Sano
Fee: $295
Keys to Expressive Landscape Painting
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate - openings
Learn to paint landscapes with expressive brushwork and color.
Paint in the studio and en plein air. This class allows students to explore different motifs of the landscape including clouds, vistas, water and wooded spaces. Learn a consistent process for success: design, draw, values, colors, atmosphere and perspective. We will also take our work outdoors to paint en plein air to reinforce and expand the concepts learned in the studio. Photo references will be provided. Space is limited to 6 students.
Date: May 28-30 , 2024, 3 days
Time: 9:00 - 4:00
Location: My studio and a day of plein air on Monte Sano
Fee: $395
Beginning Drawing using the Figure/Portrait to Improve our Skill
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate - openings
Learn to Draw!! Perspective, feeling, light and shadow, proportion.
Drawing the portrait and figure trains your brain to draw with precision and elegance which can be applied to any artform or motif. This class allows students to explore different media graphite, charcoal and conté all grounded in the foundational skill of drawing. Photo references will be provided. Space is limited to 5 students.
Date: Friday, May 31
Time: 9:00 - 4:30
Location: My Studio
Fee: $ 135
One Day Still Life Oil Painting from Life
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - full
Spend the day painting a still life from life! Learn how to simplify complex flower shapes and improve your compositions. This is a perfect class to reboot your skills. We will work in the morning on drawing and color mixing and values then the afternoon painting the still life.
Space is strictly limited to 5 students. Please email for more information.
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm 1 hour lunch break
Location: Sara Beth Fair Studio
Fee: $135
Still Life Oil Painting
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - SOLD OUT
Note: 2 sessions for you to choose from!
Learn how to simplify complex flower shapes and improve your compositions. We will produce 4-6 paintings in this class!
Learn classical, academic methods of oil painting. Learn about materials, techniques, gray scales, color theory and color mixing, composition, and design. Photo references and still-life set-ups provided. Space is limited to 4 students. Please email for more information.
Session 1: Thursday & Friday | February 22nd & 23rd - SOLD OUT
OR
Session 2: Monday & Tuesday| February 26th & 27th - SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30 am - 4pm 1 hour lunch break
Location: Sara Beth Fair Studio
Fee: $225 For 1 session
Drawing Workshop -Feb 2024
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - SOLD OUT
Reserve your spot for a second session or your first all day intensive drawing immersion!
Join me to learn/improve how to see so you can draw quickly and accurately; learn how to correct your drawing and fundamentals that include perspective and process for consistency. We will work primarily with portraits and some architecture to improve your eye. Learn about proportion, feeling and perspective, also how to improve your drawing and how to give form through light and shadow. This all day workshop will give you confidence in all your art and jump start your painting abilities.
Bring your lunch and join me in my beautiful studio on Monte Sano Mtn. Easels will be provided. Space very limited to 4 students only.
To Register: Click button and I will send you payment and confirmation information as well as a supply list.
Date: Saturday | February 24th
Time: 9:30 am - 4pm 1 hour lunch break
Location Sara Beth Fair Studio
Fee: $110
Still Life Oil Painting
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - SOLD OUT
Learn how to simplify complex flower shapes and improve your compositions. We will produce 4-6 paintings in this class!
Learn classical, academic methods of oil painting. Learn about materials, techniques, gray scales, color theory and color mixing, composition, and design. Photo references and still-life set-ups provided. Space is limited to 8 students.
Date: Friday & Saturday | February 9th & 10th
Time: 10am-4pm (one-hour lunch break)
Location: Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street SW Huntsville, AL 35801
Fee: $145 members/$200 non-members of the HMA
Drawing Workshop -Feb 2024
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - SOLD OUT
Jump start your art with an all day drawing intensive!
Learn how to see so you can draw quickly and accurately; learn how to correct your drawing and fundamentals that include perspective and process for consistency. We will work primarily with portraits and some architecture to improve your eye. Learn about proportion, feeling and perspective, also how to improve your drawing and how to give form through light and shadow. This all day workshop will give you confidence in all your art and jump start your painting abilities.
Bring your lunch and join me in my beautiful studio on Monte Sano Mtn. Easels will be provided. Space very limited to 4 students only.
To Register: Click button and I will send you payment and confirmation information as well as a supply list.
Date: Saturday | February 3rd
Time: 10 am - 4:30pm 1 hour lunch break
Location Sara Beth Fair Studio
Fee: $110
Color Theory and Creativity
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced - SOLD OUT
Add depth, subtly and creativity to your artworks by working with the color wheel and exploring color interactions. This class will help clarify the ideas of color theory and shed some light on color mixing. It will be taught in oils, but the concepts can be applied to any medium such as watercolor, acrylic or pastel. Create a solid foundation for your art with an exploration of the inner workings of color through color charts and references. Materials included. Space is limited to 12 students.
Date: Saturday | January 27th
Time: 10am-4pm (one-hour lunch break)
Location: Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street SW Huntsville, AL 35801
Fee: $95 members/$150 non-members of the HMA