Drawing Without Fear with Peggy Sands
December 5 - 9, 2011, March 19 - 23, 2012
TUITION: $ 495

Taught with patience, humor, and the practical goal that you will be able to enjoy drawing for the rest of your life, this course is designed for absolute beginners and those who wish to refresh their drawing skills. Guiding you toward your own personal style, the class explores five key techniques of drawing .... Click date of workshop for more information

A Painting a Day "Alla Prima Painting" with Abbey Ryan
Jan 9 - 13, 2012, June 4 - 8, 2012
TUITION: $ 750

This workshop will reflect Abbey's daily painting studio practice by focusing on alla prima still life painting. Working from observation, this workshop will emphasize paying attention (seeing) and curious inquiry (visual thinking). Abbey will demonstrate and the majority of each day will be one-on-one... Click date of workshop for more information.

Alla Prima Figure Painting with David Shevlino
Feb 27-Mar 2, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

This class is about painting the figure alla prima (wet into wet) and the techniques used to create a fresh, direct response to our subjects. Learn how to interpret and simplify their subject by seeing it as a series of basic shapes and forms as described by simple masses of color/ light and shadow...
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Creating Intimacy with Tracey Frugoli
March 5 - 9, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

Inspired by light and beauty, Frugoli most identifies with the American Impressionists. Unapologetically eschewing novelty and shock in favor of authenticity, she views the painting process as a humbling endeavor that seeks to reflect, and thereby enhance the most noble of our ideals... Click date of workshop for more information

Painting Still Life in Oil with Jim Todd
March 12 - 16, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

The workshop will cover traditional oil painting techniques as they apply to painting still-life's in the Trompe l'oeil tradition. The workshop will cover all the aspects of creating a still-life, including selecting items, composition, photography, lighting, color theory, perspective, and various textures... Click date of workshop for more information

Shimmer & Glow Pastels with Polly Cullen
March 19 - 23, 2012
TUITION: $ 450

Pastels are a rich, nearly pure pigment which creates miniature prisms on the surface that shimmer and glow. To build exciting as well as subtle colors, students will explore various processes of layering using different papers and discovering the magic of simple, bold, often surprising watercolor... Click date of workshop for more information

Still Life to Landscape with Jeanette LeGrue
March 26 - 30, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

Join award-winning artist and gifted teacher Jeanette Le Grue for this 5-day workshop (3 days still life, 2 days plein air). The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and practice principles and techniques that will enable you to become a better plein air painter... Click date of workshop for more information

Paper Paintings with Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson
April 20 - 22, 2012
TUITION: $ 350

Paper Paintings is an intense workshop in which students are taught a unique figurative collage technique. Working with photographic reference, students will explore drawing, composition, proportion, value, color and collage application... Click date of workshop for more information

Pochade Sketching with Kath Macaulay
April 23 - 25, 2012
TUITION: $ 350

Is getting started scary? Does carrying everything keep you from painting/sketching? Whether you're a raw beginner or a professional, Pocket Sketching is for you. When you're working, everything fits in your 'personal space'. In a café, on the subway, on a horse, who's to notice but you? ... 
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Understanding Color with Gretchen Lopez
April 19 - 22, 2012
TUITION: $ 450

A simple, foolproof method for understanding and utilizing color to create beautiful and harmonious paintings. Color harmonies will be explored... Students will experience the joy of color and how it can be used to the fullest when applied to various subject matter...
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Zen Calligraphy "The Creativity of Non-Doing" with Alok Hsu Kwang-Han
April 21 & 22, 2012
TUITION: $ 375

This workshops is for artists and non-artists alike, anyone drawn to the adventure of being intimate with the unknown. A great intelligence, good humor and creativity all exist outside the boundaries of what we know, and when we open ourselves they come to find us... 
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Painting the Landscape with Michael Workman
April 23 - 27, 2012
TUITION: $ 850

For Michael Workman, the act of painting usually starts with an emotional response to the landscape and is ultimately completed by the viewers through their emotional responses to the painting. A delicate balance is achieved in his paintings between realism and abstraction... Click date of workshop for more information.

The World of Encaustics with Cathrine Nash of R & F Paints
April 26 - 29, 2012
TUITION: $ 675

This comprehensive encaustic workshop gives participants a thorough introduction to painting with hot pigmented wax. Artists with backgrounds in almost any medium will find these workshops are an exciting way to expand their visual vocabulary...
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The Creative Still Life with Clinton Hobart
April 30 - May 4, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

In this class we will cover every topic a student needs to enjoy the painting process. We begin with canvas and brush selection, toning or not toning the canvas, and palette choices. Further topics covered are: how to set up the painting, composition, what to paint first, color coordination and harmony...
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Colored Pencil Magic with Richard Drayton
May 7 - 11, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

This workshops is for artists and non-artists alike, anyone drawn to the adventure of being intimate with the unknown. A great intelligence, good humor and creativity all exist outside the boundaries of what we know, and when we open ourselves they come to find us... 
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Texture-Color-Feeling with Jan Sitts
May 9 - 12 2012, Nov 6 - 9 2012
TUITION: $ 500

Jan Sitts' experience and enthusiasm create an atmosphere of fun and spontaneity inspiring new directions and discovery through innovative combinations of design and materials.

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A Painting a Day with Carol Marine
May 14 - 18 2012
TUITION: $ 575

Whether you are painting for a living or hobby, painting small and often is a powerful way to rapidly improve your skills. There is a fast growing group of people called daily painters who do small paintings every day, post photographs of their paintings on a blog, and then sell them through eBay with a usual starting price of $100... Click date of workshop for more information

Luminous Oils with Brian Davis
May 21 - 25, 2012, September 24 - 28, 2012
TUITION: $ 600

Brian Davis will demonstrate and teach the process that has made him one of the most popular floral painters today. Experienced students may complete a painting during the workshop, less experienced artists will have learned all the techniques that Brian will be demonstrating and so can finish the painting they have started on their own... Click date of workshop for more information

Painting Without Fear with Vince Fazio
June 11 - 15, 2012
TUITION: $ 600 (all materials included)

This workshop will give you a "virtual toolbox" of basic techniques and familiarity with the materials for painting with oils and acrylics. We will explore still-life and landscape painting directly and ways to use photography as a creative tool. Lots of individual attention provided... 
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Rediscover the Joy of Creativity with Larisa Aukon
June 11 - 15, 2012
TUITION: $ 575

Both studio and nearby plein air locations in Sedona will help to enhance the learning process. Each class begins with a short talk and demonstration and ends with the group discussion. You will learn about principles of composition through an exciting process where painting starts with the idea and gradually unfolds into a work of art. ...Click date of workshop for more information.

Watercolor Inside & Out with Charles Reid
November 12 - 16, 2012
TUITION: $ 775

Learning to simplify and avoid overworking are the goals of the class. I use the same approach for figures, still-life and landscapes. First we'll use contour drawing, helping students to concentrate on interconnecting shapes rather than on isolated objects. Next we'll practice "direct painting"...
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The Egg Tempera Portrait with Koo Schadler
Nov 12 – 16, 2012
Tuition $575

Egg tempera is known for its luminosity, making it an ideal medium for rendering the human face. We will begin with a photography session. You will learn how to light and pose a model, to create visually strong photographs that already look like beautifully designed paintings. You spend the remainder of the week developing... Click date of workshop for more information