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The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts



Workshop

DIY Framing for Artists

$95

with Joy Wolfe

Calendar Oct 11, 2025 at 10 am

This class includes a lecture and hands-on workshop. Joy’s lecture will discuss how to present your art professionally on an artist’s budget, designing an efficient workspace, and the basic tools of the trade needed to repurpose and craft beautiful one-of-a-kind frames. She will give a demonstration on constructing a frame, glass cutting, and assembling a framed piece of art with basic framing tools. You will walk away with a list of tools and knowledge to create your own winning combinations.

Basic Drawing Workshop

$250

with Kenneth Schweiger

Calendar Oct 13, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Experience our full-time program in a week-long workshop.

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.

Life Drawing Workshop

$275

with Laura Tundel

Calendar Oct 13, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

Experience our full-time program in a week-long workshop.

Life drawing is at the core of any serious program of fine arts. In the class, students draw from the figure in pencil. Each drawing is created over a period of several sessions, developing the student's eye for accurate proportions, gesture and anatomy.

Fall Color Workshop

$250

with Bridget Ertelt

Calendar Oct 18, 2025 at 9:30 am

Autumn is one of the best times to be out on location studying the landscape as it becomes saturated in color! This fall, Bridget is offering a weekend workshop for students to study the landscape "en plein air." There will be a lecture/demo both mornings where Bridget will talk about seeing color as value, mixing color and a discussion on how to evaluate color intensity based on the effect of light. In the afternoons, Bridget will work with students at their easels. Students of all skill levels are welcome to participate in this workshop, though some experience painting in oil will be helpful for this class. 

Full Course

Artificial Lighting for Painting

$250

with David Ginsberg

Calendar Nov 14, 2025 at 9 am

This two-day workshop includes a lecture and demonstration on the use of controlled lighting for a consistent light source resembling natural light. The hands-on portion of the workshop will be a day and a half of working together on still-life setups using various artificial lighting techniques. We will go through a series of steps that will demonstrate some of the various lighting options, as well as using light and shadow as part of the compositional element. Once a satisfactory setup has been established with both the still life and the lighting, participants will be given the option to paint a color sketch of the still life from their setup or continue by working with different light and or setups. If painting, this will enable you to work through the process of painting with and from artificial light.

Watercolor Florals

$300

with Louise Gillis

Calendar Nov 28, 2025 at 9:30 am

Paint the beauty of flowers!

Set up a floral still life with real flowers. A light pencil sketch on watercolor paper will be done before painting. We will then begin watercoloring starting with watercolor glazes. Emphasis will be on light/dark values, warm/ cool colors, and harmony of color. There will be lots of instructor help and demonstrations. Compositions will be discussed, and students will set up their own floral still lifes. Supply list will be sent upon registration.

Watercolor Portrait Workshop

$200

with Louise Gillis

Calendar Dec 26, 2025 at 12:30 pm

With a live model

During the first session an accurate portrait drawing will be done. The remaining sessions will be applying watercolor to the portrait drawing. There will be instructor demonstrations on the progression of the painting. We will discuss warm/cool colors and light/dark values. The model will keep the same pose throughout the class. Supply list will be sent upon registration.





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