Learn the basics of painting in either oil or acrylic. This course will cover composition, color, and light while developing an intuitive, curiosity-based approach to expression. Each class begins with a short lesson on a particular point, after which students will paint together in our bunkhouse while receiving expert feedback. Students will have the opportunity to work from a photograph, the mind's eye or a still life throughout the course.

At the end of the course, students can expect to have a sample of test paintings exhibiting a range of methods and techniques.

This course offers painters with a practice to improve their skill through critique and insight. Each week begins with a critique that focuses on light, composition and color and then opens to painting with deep, thoughtful feedback from Stephanie. This course can be taken again and again.

Students bring their own supplies.

This course is located in our cheerful, yellow historic bunkhouse which once housed the individuals who built the railroad tracks.

Flip a switch and the entire world becomes the world of your imagination. Bring painting materials along for the journey and you are on your way to developing and refining a truly unique body of work.

This dynamic painting class invites students to “flip the switch” and explore authentic expression by responding intuitively to visual stimuli with a variety of media. Students will learn to see with curiosity, whether seeking purely abstract or more representational outcomes.

Rather than focusing on traditional rendering techniques, this course emphasizes process, experimentation, and the merging of the imagination with the visual world around us. Students will build a personalized “mark-making toolbox” through exercises in line, rhythm, pressure, scumbling, material exploration and more. Over time, they will learn how to trust their instincts, develop visual sensitivity, and cultivate a uniquely personal, embodied creative practice with endless, increasingly meaningful, possibilities.

Open to all levels. Skills for success include curiosity and a willingness to explore.

This is a mixed media class: oil, acrylic, wax pencils, oil sticks, pastels, charcoal are some of the possibilities. Painting on paper is encouraged as an affordable way to experiment. Canvas and panel is perfectly acceptable also.

Learn the basics of oil painting in just a few weeks. This course will explore, light, color, tone and composition and various styles of painting. Students will experiment with brush strokes and color mixing to create small and medium sized works.

In this class we experiment with various ways to work with both charcoal and ink wash to create beautiful and harmonious landscape compositions without the use of color. 

Christine will send a list of supplies to bring prior to the start of the course.

Flip a switch and the entire world becomes the world of your imagination. In this course the emphasis is on interacting with the seen world, seeing what YOU see and interacting with it. Develop the process and allow yourself to see what you see AS you draw or paint and build your own personal LANGUAGE that comes out of living in the moment of your creations. It’s not simply about what you want to say but also about what is the work saying? Can you listen to its voice while you are working on it? Whatever materials you bring along for the journey are fair game. This class emphasizes process, experimentation, and the merging of the imagination with the visual world around us. You will build a personalized “mark and color toolbox” through exercises in line, rhythm, pressure, material exploration and more. Over time, you will learn how to trust your instincts, develop visual sensitivity, and cultivate a uniquely personal, meaningful practice..This class is for students who are ready to discover the core of their creativity and ready to develop a truly unique body of work.Open to all levels. Skills for success include curiosity and a willingness to explore.This is a mixed media class: oil, acrylic, wax pencils, oil sticks, pastels, charcoal are some of the possibilities. Painting on paper is encouraged as an affordable way to experiment. Canvas and panel and other materials are acceptable also.

This class skips Thanksgiving week