Art Workshops, Retreats & Tours

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

Year-round
​​​​​Private Online Lessons $65.00/ week
with Kristen Olson Stone
I offer instruction for painting with traditional oils, water mixable oils, acrylic, gouache and watercolor. I help with drawing and design, color mixing, techniques specific to each medium, brushwork, materials and so much more. Do you want to capture your latest adventure? Tell a story with a painting? Complete a commission? Through weekly guidance I can help:). You can email me jpegs of your artwork as well as other art related questions.  In between our pre-scheduled calls I can help you via email.​
​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.
Ongoing
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

May 2022
Landscape Painting Workshops
with David Dunlop

Live Online

2 Tuesdays, May 10 & 31, 11 am EST
2 Saturdays, May 14 & 28, 11 am EST 

Misty Bucolic Landscape Workshop
May 25, 1 pm EST

In Person Landscape Painting Workshop:
Earth, Water and Sky
May 19-22
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Fabric of an Island ~ Drawing & Painting on the Isle of Iona
Wild at Art Scotland
Iona is a special place. It has been described as a thin place. A place where some people feel an otherness. Being on an island allows you to think and realise ideas away from other distractions. Scottish artist Janet Melrose often spends time on Iona and invites you to join her for a week of creating on this art retreat in the place that has inspired artists and travelers from all over the world for centuries.
May 6-13, 2022
Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland/ UK
​Spring Watercolor Painting Workshop (May-June)
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. Students will paint utilizing images from master to contemporary artworks, or nature/animal inspired pictures. Begin your creative journey using nature & senses to paint/express with watercolor techniques.
Students will also explore fundamentals of drawing & painting through the practice of keeping a sketchbook.
Course focus: color/value usage, composition, painting techniques
Age 13+ & all levels are welcome!
5 Saturdays
May 7, 14, June 4, 11, 18 
@ 11am-1pm/PST
Zoom Sessions
​Sculpture Workshop with Arnhild KART
Schola Artis Pro Vobis
Sculpture course with wire and paper maché.
Short introduction to artistic anatomy, construction of anatomic skeleton, sculpture modelling with paper and glue, different types of final treatments.
Enjoy your art retreat in an astonishing 1000 year old Giomici’s Castle.
May 14-20, 2022
September 10-16, 2022
October 8-14, 2022
Umbria, Italy
Painting and Photography in Santa Fe and Taos
Study plein air painting and photography with Tim Deibler. Tim is a master plein air painter and expert and working from photographic reference as well. Plan on bringing back some completed works, oil studies and fantastic photos you will work from at home.
May 16-22, 2022
Santa Fe, New Mexico
​Clay and Abstract Painting in the Sierra's
3 DAYS of intuitive-gestural abstract PAINTING
2 DAYS of wheel, slab work, and raku POTTERY
Hosted by QUYLE KILNS, located by the beautiful historic town of MURPHYS, California.
Enjoy wine tasting, hiking, kayaking Big Trees State Park, and so much more.
AMANDA SEDGWICK MAULE
Amanda’s work ranges from functional to sculptural. She is experienced in a wide variety of techniques and styles. Amanda shares her passion of learning and ceramics with her new and experienced students. INSTAGRAM: @amandasedgwick
FEE: $600.00
To sign up, please email theresa@viadesign.com.
May 18-22
MURPHYS, California
​Figures in the Landscape
The Art Guild
Come learn from Artist Robert Simone, who was recently in American Art Collectors Magazine, May 2022 edition for his plein air painting, Bringing in the Day.
We are offering a 3-day plein air to studio workshop. A day will be spent painting small scale figure sketches and gathering photo references on location. Then we will spend two days in the studio creating a more developed work based on those references. Participants can expect to learn techniques for capturing the gestures and the likeness of small-scale figures. There will be demonstrations and individual instruction at your easel. Emphasis will be placed on coming up with good ideas, solid painting principles and good clean fun!
Friday, May 20 - Sunday, May 22
10am-4pm
The Art Guild of Port Washington/Manhasset
200 Port Washington Blvd
Manhasset, NY

June 2022

Fresco Workshop with Elvio MARCHIONNI
Schola Artis Pro Vobis
Introduction to fresco technique and materials.
June 4-11, 2022
June 20-27, 2022
Umbria, Italy
Plein Air Workshop - Beartooth Mountains, Montana
with Ned Mueller
This is one of the most beautiful and accessible alpine scenery in the country!
Landscape painting is mostly about learning how to see; how to interpret, compare and edit the shapes and colors of the scene we choose to paint. We will try to see things less literally, in more of an “Abstract” way. In other words, to not see so literally but to see more as an interesting and beautiful arrangement of shapes and colors. This is to see them more as an artist and it then opens up a whole lot more possibilities for things to paint and also helps us find our own voice.
I will give daily demos and critiques to everyone. We will work hard and have a good time doing it! 
June 13-17, 2022
Cooke City, Montana
​Eat Paint Live
​Cotswolds Sketching Retreat
Famous for its idyllic towns and villages, its castles and palaces and soft rolling landscapes, The Cotswolds is one of England’s most picturesque areas. This small-group art retreat includes accommodation at a Cotswolds country cottage and farm, plus 4 days and nights of sketching excursions to Oxford, Blenheim Palace and more.
June 20-24, 2022
Middle Stanley Farm, The Cotswolds, England
Atelier Provence and Barcelona Art Tour 2022
hosted by Walk the Arts
A seven-day plein air painting workshop in the Alpes de Haute Provence followed by a four-day art history tour in Barcelona. A unique learning experience open to artists of all levels and all media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). Paint a varied range of subjects, from lavender and poppy fields to ochre cliffs and beautiful mountain scenery, visit Barcelona’s great art museums and architecture, and enjoy famous Provencal and Catalan cuisine. The price per person is CAD 3875 (around US$3100).
June 25 - July 6, 2022
Alpes de Haute Provence, France and Barcelona, Spain

July 2022
​Studio Italia
hosted by Walk the Arts
A thought-provoking and inspirational art workshop open to artists of all levels and all media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). Nine full days of plein air painting, art history/art theory lectures, touring, and gourmet cuisine in the most beautiful area of Tuscany. Cost of CAD 3475 (around US$ 2800) includes instruction, 9-night double accommodation, all meals except two lunches, transportation to all painting sites (Montepulciano, Cortona, Pienza, etc.) train ticket to Florence, and a guided tour to the Uffizi Museum.
July 10-19, 2022
Lucignano, Tuscany
Art Retreat Guanajuato
6-Day/6-Nights Almost-All-Inclusive Three Art Workshops on One Mexican Terraza, Guanajuato, Mexico:
PAPER MACHE with Marti McGinnis
PRINTMAKING with Hugo Anaya
URBAN SKETCHING with Meagan Burns
Accommodations, breakfast, happy hours with apps, one lunch and all workshop classes and materials included
July 19-24, 2022
Guanajuato, Mexico

August 2022
​Summer Watercolor Painting Workshop (Aug)
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. Students will paint utilizing images from master to contemporary artworks, or nature/animal inspired pictures. Begin your creative journey using nature & senses to paint/express with watercolor techniques.
Students will also explore fundamentals of drawing & painting through the practice of keeping a sketchbook.
Course focus: color/value usage, composition, painting techniques
Age 13+ & all levels are welcome!
5 Mondays 
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 
@ 9am-11am/PST
Zoom Sessions
​Painting on the Coast of Maine
with Sharon Rusch Shaver
Adventure-Artists are painting on the Coast of the United States this summer! This exciting painting and writing opportunity includes instruction and demos of Plein air painting techniques with award winning Artist Sharon Rusch Shaver in inspiring nautical surroundings. Comfortable en-suite accommodations with balcony views of the harbor, all ground transfers, airport pickup and return, and to painting sites. $2,950, book now for early bird discount! $450 holds your spot. Join us on this next exciting adventure for artists!
August 8-12, 2022
Rockport, Maine

September 2022
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 Fridays
September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 
@ 9am-11am/PST
Zoom Sessions
​Open Air Fundamentals
hosted by Etruscan Places
The challenges of open air painting require a specific technical approach. In this core program we introduce our method combining lectures, exercises & demonstrations that aim to teach participants to compose, develop and complete a painting in one session. Two instructors will work directly with participants. Sessions supported by a Siena museum visit, slide shows analyzing masterworks in the history of landscape painting and painting technique. Fees include materials, surfaces, equipment, meals, accommodation, field trips, local transport.
September 3-10, 2022
Buonconvento, Tuscany ITALY
Watercolor Workshop with Mariette EGRETEAU
Schola Artis Pro Vobis
Introduction to the different watercolor techniques.
Enjoy your art retreat in an astonishing 1000 year old Giomici’s Castle.
September 10-16, 2022
October 22-28, 2022
Umbria, Italy
2022 Tile Making in Tuscany!
Learn the art of tile making in Italy while enjoying the Tuscan lifestyle. Ceramic artist, Brenda McMahon teaches the 13-day workshop at La Meridiana International School of Ceramics just south of Florence. You will be guided through various tile making techniques and then learn how to create a painterly surfaces on your artwork. Workshop includes all materials, firings, meals, housing and 2 day trips. The workshop is open to students of all levels.
September 11-24, 2022
LA MERIDIANA
International Centre of Ceramics in Tuscany
Firenze, Italy
Plein Air Painting Workshop in Cinque Terre, Italy 
with Brian Murphy
Join artist and teacher Brian Murphy and discover the light the Cinque Terre landscape and seascapes provide while learning how to capture that light on your canvas!
Plein air painting is the best way to advance skills and painting ability. In this workshop, Brian will teach how to create light-filled paintings while loosening up technique, all with a limited palette. Part of each day he will instruct one-on-one with every student as they paint the magnificent views followed with daily critiques and discussions about the works.
September 17-24, 2022
Cinque Terre, Italy
Capturing the Magic of Tuscany
with Yuki Hall, TWSA, OWS, WPA
Join me for a magical painting and sketching vacation workshop in Florence & Trequanda, Italy. September 22 ~ 30, 2022, with Yuki Hall, TWSA, OWS, WPA. We will immerse ourselves in Renaissance history, Art, Culture, plenty of sketching & painting, Amazing food & wine and fellowship.
September 22-30, 2022
Florence, Trequenda, Italy
New Hope Arts and Crafts Festival
Join our celebration of the 28th annual New Hope Arts and Crafts Festival. A premier arts and crafts festival in the arts mecca of New Hope PA with over 160 vendors and 8000 people over two days.
This is a juried festival with 8 categories and cash prizes.
September 24th and 25th, 2022
New Hope Solebury H.S.
180 West Bridge Street
New Hope, PA 18938

October 2022
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
​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

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 

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 
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