Events for Friday, May 9 - Saturday, April 5

“Colorful Seascapes” Pastel Workshop with pastel artist Tetyana Aleksenko. 

Painting With Color and Fire

July 18-19 from 9 am to 5 pm

 This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of working with encaustics. We will go over tools and materials, safety, history, and different techniques. You’ll learn what you need to set up an encaustic art studio at home. Two different approaches of this exciting form of art will be explored; photo encaustic and encaustic collage.  All materials are included (except your images.)

You're Invited to the Soap Flowers Bouquet Craft Workshop

Join us for a creative and fun crafting session. Unleash your creativity and learn how to create soap flower bouquets. This session is perfect for anyone looking to explore their artistic side and spend time in good company. 

Date: August 10, Saturday

Time: 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Activities include:

Guidance:  

All materials provided

You will be able to create your own soap flower and compose a soap flower bouquet with decorations of your choice. Explore your creativity with us! 

Don't miss out on this opportunity to create something wonderful and connect with fellow craft enthusiasts. We look forward to crafting with you!

"Creek and Forest" Landscape Oil Painting Workshop with awards winner artist Al Slavin

OIL PAINTING workshop for beginners, semiprofessionals, and professional artists.

Wednesday-Friday,  September 11-13,  from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

A free days workshop with Al Slavin where we will learn how to use dynamic light in your landscape paintings to create an emotional bond with your viewer. We will focus on clouds and trees to showcase the light. Also emphasized: color theory, values, design and composition, the use of mediums and techniques.

The paintings of Al Slavin call to mind magical memories and the promise of a beautiful future. He has the unique ability to capture with brushstrokes all that is good and right with the world and condense it into mystical scenes of enchanted light. Al Slavin moved to Homer, Alaska when he was 14 years old and he was so moved by the raw beauty of the place that it moved him to express it through paint. He still draws on those feelings when he needs inspiration for a painting or has a little painter's block. Al has been studying color theory, painting techniques, learning how to use mediums, and experimenting with substrates for about 40 years. In his paintings, Al tries to express emotions through good light and beautifully rendered scenes with rich colors. Most of Al Slavin's artwork is from his imagination, pulled from his many experiences from the many different places he has lived throughout his life.

“Cute Squirrel” Pastel Workshop with pastel artist Tetyana Aleksenko. 

Sunday, September 29, 2024, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. 

During a one-day workshop with Tetyana Aleksenko, we will learn how to create beautiful squirrel. Tetyana will demonstrate how to use a specific pastel paper, soft pastel colors, and create a cute animal. We will cover some basics of color theory and composition and teach about animal drawing techniques to paint realistic squirrels.  All supplies included.

“Using Design & Color in your Paintings” workshop with Award-winning artist June Dudley.

3 days, October 23-25 from 9:00 am to 4 pm

June will work with each person individually as well as with the group.  Each participant will be working from photographs, either their own or one of June’s.  She will bring her personal collection of photographs that she has painted from & that will make good paintings.  June will concentrate on color and design so landscapes and figurative pieces will all be acceptable subjects.  She will also address values, drawing, lighting, & other topics related to making great paintings.   She will critique your art and you can also bring a finished painting for a critique.  She takes each participant where they are and helps them to move up to the next level in their art.

Information about the artist: https://www.junedudley.com/

"Jellyfish" Pastel Workshop with Tetyana Aleksenko. In this workshop you will work on black pastel professional paper to achieve a very bright and colorful painting. Tetyana Aleksenko will teach you how to create see-through layers and a 3D effect of the jellyfish and how to balance well-defined and blurry areas of the painting. As always, all supplies included!

You're Invited to the Soap Flowers Bouquet Craft Workshop for Thanksgiving and Christmas 

Join us for a creative and fun crafting session. Unleash your creativity and learn how to create soap flower bouquets. This session is perfect for anyone looking to explore their artistic side and spend time in good company. 

Date: November 23, Saturday

Time: 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Activities include:

Guidance:  

All materials provided

You will be able to create your own soap flower and compose a soap flower bouquet with decorations of your choice. Explore your creativity with us! 

Don't miss out on this opportunity to create something wonderful and connect with fellow craft enthusiasts. We look forward to crafting with you!

"Winter Landscape" Oil Painting Workshop with awards winner artist Al Slavin

OIL PAINTING workshop for beginners, semiprofessionals, and professional artists.

Wednesday-Friday, December 11-13,  from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

A three days workshop with Al Slavin where we will learn how to use dynamic light in your landscape paintings to create an emotional bond with your viewer. We will focus on clouds and trees to showcase the light. Also emphasized: color theory, values, design and composition, the use of mediums and techniques.

The paintings of Al Slavin call to mind magical memories and the promise of a beautiful future. He has the unique ability to capture with brushstrokes all that is good and right with the world and condense it into mystical scenes of enchanted light. Al Slavin moved to Homer, Alaska when he was 14 years old and he was so moved by the raw beauty of the place that it moved him to express it through paint. He still draws on those feelings when he needs inspiration for a painting or has a little painter's block. Al has been studying color theory, painting techniques, learning how to use mediums, and experimenting with substrates for about 40 years. In his paintings, Al tries to express emotions through good light and beautifully rendered scenes with rich colors. Most of Al Slavin's artwork is from his imagination, pulled from his many experiences from the many different places he has lived throughout his life.

Oil Painting Workshop with Award winning artist T.W.’POPS’VANYA

 You will be given a comprehensive introduction to oils, a materials list, color theory, design, the basics of preparatory drawing to get the best workable image onto your canvas, and then how to finish a work and the art of having it framed correctly.

Painting Flower Expressive Portrait with Soft Pastel by Carolina Dalmas

1 day.
Duration: 5 hrs.
Skill level: beginners and above. The workshop will be taught with pastels, but the same concepts can be applied to oils or acrylics Skill level: beginners and above.
The workshop will be taught with pastels.

About the Workshop:

During this one-day intensive workshop, building blocks of line, value, color, composition, and edges will be covered, which will give the participant a deep understanding of each element. Each block will start with a presentation and a demonstration that will give the participants a clear and deep understanding of each step, followed by exercises. This way, on the first day the students will be building up the painting of a white flower step by step. 

If you looking for wonderful idea for Valentine's Day Evening, we happy to help you with great opportunity. 

Join us on February 14, from 6 pm to 8 pm and enjoy  VALENTINE'S DAY  CANDLE WORKSHOP in romantic atmosphere. 

We will teach you how to custom design & create your very own  soy-wax candles!

Workshop includes: 

 2 hours of instruction, Custom fragrance, features design.

Make two candles in signature vessels (great for couples). 

A special gift - a gnome for Valentine's Day.

Wine and Cheese complimentary from Degallery.

"Painting with Color and Fire" encaustics workshop by Jaimie Ladysh

March 1-2, from 9 am to 5 pm

 This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of working with encaustics. We will go over tools and materials, safety, history, and different techniques. You’ll learn what you need to set up an encaustic art studio at home. Two different approaches of this exciting form of art will be explored; photo encaustic and encaustic collage.  All materials are included (except your images.)

Workshop "Color Theory Color I - Learning about colors and pigments " with award-winning artist Carolina Dalmas

 Level: Beginners - intermediate

​ 1 days workshop.

Duration: 5 hrs.
Skill level: beginners and above.
The workshop will be taught acrylics or oils

 Learning about colors and pigments

This course will introduce the many basic concepts of color as we rethink our existing notions. Each class starts with a presentation followed by a hands-on exercise.

Students will use paint and collage to understand how color interacts.

Get to know your pigments, learn to work with a restricted palette to create color harmony, and implement the use of color schemes on small paintings.

PORTRAIT OF YOUR PET OR FAVORITE ANIMAL! with award winning artist Tatiana Roberts.

Sit down in front of a canvas pre-traced with your pet or any animal of your choice! I will share my knowledge and easy instructions on how to paint this portrait step by step. The class will be like filling in a coloring book, no drawing required. You will be provided with paints, brushes, easels and

everything else you will need to create your masterpiece and unleash your inner artist. 

Come, have fun, celebrate your pet and unleash your creativity! 

After registering, you will receive an email with instructions on where to send your photo and other important information. Please,
enter a valid email address so we can contact you! You will bring home a painted portrait of your favorite pet or maybe even two works! The second one will be a pleasant surprise that you will find out about if you have your last hour of free time!

Join our professional charcoal landscape drawing 2 day workshop with awards winning artist Al Slavin. We will create a landscape with great depth using a wide range of values from very light to extremely dark.  We will use different types of charcoal including white for highlights.  This will be an exercise of controlling lights and darks to create a 3 dimensional environment.  All skill levels are welcome.