Art Workshops, Retreats & Tours

Note: The events listed here are subject to change without notice.  

Year-round
Join The Club!! 
​I've created a brand new art club, for 1 low price you can get 1 new video painting lesson per month + 3 pre-recorded video lessons + pdfs, reference photos, design diagrams and bonus lessons throughout the year.​​
​Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops and Classes with Judy Mudd
Paint-along, ask questions and review during workshops. Reference materials, including drawing guides, reference photos, and palette colors are provided prior to class. After the workshop, a session video is provided to registered students to download and review again and again. Can't attend live? You can still register, receive the materials and recording to paint on your own.
​V.I.E.W. Painting Academy
(Virtual Interactive Escapade Workshops)
hosted by French Escapade, LLC
Paint step-by-step live with International acclaimed artists in small groups. 
Personalized lived feedback / All documents sent in advance / 2 to 3 days workshops /Get  recordings of class to download and keep for ever / Over 30 instructors available
online
Ongoing Wednesday Painting Class
hosted by Ned Mueller
This ongoing class is designed to help each individual with the information and process to take your work to a higher level. For the most part we will be using photos to work from and learning not to just copy, but to interpret!  I will be giving demos and presentations of the process I use to create a better work of art by learning and applying the elements and principles of design. It is our job to employ these elements and principles to make our paintings more compelling and interesting. I hope you can join us.
Weekly,
​Every Wednesday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Online
Live, Online Watercolor Workshops
with Cindy Welch
Interactive, live classes with demos recorded to view again and again. Reference photo, drawing, and supply list provided before class. 6 week sessions on a variety of subjects including landscapes, floral, still life, and animals. Learn about color mixing, values, composition, and more. Fun, stress free instruction concluding with a personal critique.
2022 Art Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bluebird Studios offers the perfect place to bring creatives together in the heart of the American West located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the desert and mountains meet. We are located just 7 miles from the historic Santa Fe Plaza, yet in a country setting of horse ranches and open space. The studio is tucked into the southern edge of the Sangre de Cristo mountains on a sheltered 9-acre horse ranch of rolling hills, arroyos (dry river beds) that are dotted with pinion, juniper, chamisa, and sagebrush just off the Old Santa Fe Trail.
April, May, August, September and October 2022
8 Joy Lane
Santa Fe, New Mexico
​Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops & En Plein Air with Theresa Goesling
Step-by-Step paint along online. 
Free to ask questions and receive critiques during the workshops. 
With your registration you are provided: supply list (FREE) Daniel Smith Dot card, lesson PDF with drawing, reference photos and a session video to download & replay. 
Can't attend live? 
You can still register, receive the materials and recording to paint on your own.
Online/Zoom
En plein air locations: Spain, Pasadena, SW France, Palm Desert

October 2022
​Studio Italia - Art Workshop in Tuscany
hosted by Walk the Arts
This unique 9-day art workshop in Italy offered since 1997 combines plein air landscape painting, art history/theory lectures, touring, and gastronomy in the most beautiful area of Tuscany. Open to all levels and mediums (oils, acrylics, watercolors). As one of our former participants said, we offer “artistic growth, breathtaking beauty, delicious food, and new friendships”. One place left.
October 1-10, 2022
Lucignano, Tuscany
Painting Landscapes Workshop (Fall 2022) 
with Mary Lin Watanabe
This is an online workshop via Zoom similar to a “live-class” platform. As with in-person classes, painting & drawing sessions are experiential learning classes. Be inspired by nature! Begin your creative journey using your collection of landscape/seascape OR favorite painting to uncover your unique art style. Students will also explore fundamentals of drawing & painting through the practice of keeping a sketchbook.
Course focus: visual perspective, color concepts, composition, painting in layers.
Age 13+ & all experience levels are welcome!
5 Mondays
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 
@ 9am-11am/PST
Zoom Sessions
​Zoom Watercolor Class
with Nan Rumpf
We will be studying the following subjects:
Mixing interesting greys, repetition with variation (rhythm), geometrics and glazing, color and emotion, painting with a large flat brush, gradation, watercolor and ink, painting without a brush.
I will be providing demos, email handouts, and an optional critique.
This series of eight classes costs $250.
Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:30 P.M.
(Eastern time USA)
October 5, 12, 19, 26
November 2, 9, 16, 30 (no class Thanksgiving week)
​Advanced Plein Air Painting
hosted by Etruscan Places​
Our Advanced Seminar will offer experienced painters the opportunity to work intensively without the disruption of movements in splendid isolation. Participants may develop longer term and larger scale works if desired. Experts in the field of early open air painting instructors, Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson, will be present full time. Critiques will be held daily. Slide shows on issues relevant to landscape painting will be held two evenings. Fees include most materials, surfaces and equipment, accommodations, all meals, field trip, local transportation. Reduced fees for extended stays.
October 8-15, 2022
Buonconvento Tuscany ITALY
​An enchanted vacation and watercolor workshop in Mexico!
with Carol Newsom
All inclusive week of painting in the heart of Mexico! Includes a four day Watercolor Workshop (9:30-11-30 plein air, 1 - 2:30 in studio) and plein air painting in the town of Tequis. Private car to and from the airport. Stay in one of two private villas, All breakfasts and lunches included (private chef). Cooking class, morning yoga, Craft tour and shopping. Otional massages and mine tours. Space limited to 10 people.
October 22-29, 2022
Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, Mexico

November 2022
​Painting with Acrylic & Oil Workshop 
with Mary Lin Watanabe
This is an online workshop via Zoom similar to a “live-class” platform. As with in-person classes, painting & drawing sessions are experiential learning classes. Be inspired by nature! Begin your creative journey using your favorite images OR borrow from the masters for inspiration. In this workshop, students will learn the concepts of painting in layers. Students will also create studies via art journaling.
Course focus: visual perspective, color concepts, composition, painting in layers.
Age 13+ & all experience levels are welcome!
5 Mondays 
November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5
@ 9am-11am/PST
Zoom Sessions 
​1 Day Watercolour Workshop in Hobart with Cheryl Bruce
In this workshop we will be exploring dramatic skies, clouds and seascape in a loose, colourful and impressionistic style of watercolour painting. We will also paint a floral painting or still life scene to practise a wide variety of techniques.
This workshop is suitable for beginners to intermediate painters but having some experience with watercolour will allow you to get the most out of it.
Saturday 19th November 2022, 9.30-4pm
The Art Room, Kickstart Art Centre
1831 South Building, St Johns Park
St Johns Avenue, New Town
Tasmania, Australia

January 2023
​Painting with Acrylic & Oil Workshop (2023)
with Mary Lin Watanabe
This is an online workshop via Zoom similar to a “live-class” platform. As with in-person classes, painting & drawing sessions are experiential learning classes. Be inspired by nature! Begin your creative journey using your favorite images OR borrow from the masters for inspiration. In this workshop, students will learn the concepts of painting in layers. Students will also create studies via art journaling.
Course focus: visual perspective, color concepts, composition, painting in layers.
Age 13+ & all experience levels are welcome!
5 Fridays
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3
@ 9am-11am/PST
Zoom Sessions 
Jean Pederson - Seductive Surfaces with Watermedia
hosted by Gold Coast Watercolor Society
This course will open the door into the exploration of various combinations of mixed media with an emphasis on water soluble paints and mediums. You will be encouraged to take risks and work beyond your traditional practice in pursuit of your own personal language. We will be mixing it up by exploring how everything from gesso, acrylics, inks, and mark making tools, collage and much more will be explored. These Techniques can be applied to a variety of subject matter and styles and surfaces to create your own unique artistic statement.
Emphasis will be placed on design, personal style, and class work will be part of the course. Jean will focus on still life, abstract and landscape subjects.
January 17, 18, 19, 20, 2023
4 days - In Person
9:30am to 4:30pm
Artserve, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
​Cold Wax and Oil Workshop
with Anne Hebebrand
Join artist Anne Hebebrand for a 5 day long cold wax medium and oil workshop in Todos Santos. Learn how to build a textured and vibrant paint surface using cold wax, oil and pigment sticks. An hour away from Cabo San Lucas in Baja California, Mexico, Todos Santos is a vibrant small town full of restaurants, galleries, yoga studios and wonderful beaches. Be inspired by the colors of Todos Santos to explore your art and connect with yourself and others.
January 23-27, 2023
Barro Sur
Todos Santos, Mexico

February 2023
Studio Colombia Art & Eat
hosted by Walk the Arts
Join our eight-night art workshop and experience the stunning Caribbean coast from Puerto Colombia (Barranquilla) to Cartagena. Learn the fundamentals of perspective drawing and watercolors and have a taste of Colombian Caribbean food and culture. After an art class, try a "mojarra con arroz con coco" with a cold Colombian beer or an "aguardiente". Paint on the beach, enjoy a street food tour, attend cooking demonstrations by local chefs and visit food markets. The perfect winter getaway!
February 14-22, 2023
Cartagena, Colombia, South America

March 2023
Renaissance Techniques for Contemporary Artists - 8 Week Intensive Workshop
Atelier Neo Medici
Based on the pictorial techniques of Flemish and Italian painters of the Renaissance, combining tempera and oil emulsions to reach an extremely high level detail, luminosity and color.
The Painting and Drawing Workshop is open to both beginners and professionals.
March 6 - April 27, 2023
Monflanquin, France

April 2023
​Pen and Watercolor in Tuscany
with Ann Thomas
An 8 day workshop capturing the ambience of Tuscany. Let me share with you how I record wonderful memories sketching in pen and ink and watercolor; the beautiful, sensitive lines of an old building, the energy of a street scene, or a simple shuttered window with flowers. Learn to zoom in on the important elements when working in the field to create interesting compositions and lasting memories with texture and rich washes of color!
April 19-26, 2023
Cortona, Italy with visits to Pienza, Montepulciano and Val di Chiana

May 2023
​Plein Air Painting & Sketching in ATHENS & CRETE, GREECE
Join Alan Flattmann for twelve days of plein air painting, sketching, and touring in Athens and the beautiful island of Crete. Along the way, enjoy delicious Greek cuisine, delightful wines, and the camaraderie of fellow artists.
The itinerary in Athens includes a private tour of Acropolis and the museum of Acropolis, a day trip on a highspeed boat to the island of Hydra, and a day of sketching in the historic Plaka. 
In Crete, the itinerary will include painting the old harbors, a day trip to the mountain village of Anogia, a day trip by boat to the remote village of Agia Roumeli, and painting in the Monastery of Agia Triada.
May 1-12, 2023
​Athens & Crete, Greece
Painting Workshop with Keith Wicks Troo France
Small Limited enrollment 7 nights Troo France stay in the Beautiful Le Chateau De La Voute . farm to table traditional dinners. 5 days of plein air painting in the lovely countryside with views of the River Loir from the Charming Chateau. a Troglodyte village hidden away. excursions best local markets, wineries & Landmarks. Early bird 200 euro discount before Jan 27th. 20% discount non-painting participants.
May 27 - June 3, 2023
Le Chateau De La Voute, Troo France

July 2023
Watercolor Workshop in Paros Island, Greece
Join George Politis AWS in the dream island of PAROS, Greece for a journey of exploration and creativity.
Working in small and large format, we'll be painting in watercolor and other watermedia practicing various techniques and most important... learning to see and find a subject (often far from the obvious). This workshop aims to boost the creativity by new inspirational ideas, winning techniques for an once-in-a-lifetime experience.
We will paint in Studio (hotel) and also in various places in this majestic island!
Also... great food (local gastronomy) and wine to make this artistic journey even more enjoyable...
July 7-14, 2023
Paros Island, Greece
Studio Italia 2023 - Art Workshop in Tuscany
hosted by Walk the Arts
This unique 9-day art workshop in Italy offered since 1997 combines plein air landscape painting, art history/theory lectures, touring, and gastronomy in the most beautiful area of Tuscany. Open to all levels and mediums (oils, acrylics, watercolors). As one of our former participants said, we offer “artistic growth, breathtaking beauty, delicious food, and new friendships”. 
July 9-18, 2023
Lucignano, Tuscany

August 2023
Watercolor Workshop in Santorini, Greece
Join George Politis AWS in the dream island of SANTORINI, Greece for a journey of exploration and creativity.
Working in small and large format, we'll be painting in watercolour and other watermedia practicing several techniques and most important... learning to see and find a subject (often far from the obvious). This workshop aims to boost the creativity by new inspirational ideas, winning techniques for an once-in-a-lifetime experience.
We will paint in Studio (hotel) and also in various places in this majestic island!
August 19-26, 2023
Santorini, Greece
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