Classes
& Services

 
 
 

Looking for a workshop, or some private instruction? Or perhaps you'd like to participate in a critique session? This is the place to immerse yourself in the magical feeling of making art, whether to learn a new skill, or to make art for the first time in your life.

Our talented artists possess a wealth of experience to share through innovative and inspiring workshops, one-on-one lessons and many other in-person and online services in a wide variety of media. These opportunities to learn with the pros attract participants from around the world.

 

Painting, Collage, Drawing, Monoprinting, Coaching
with Leslie Allen

Lessons, workshops and coaching for artists of all skill levels.  Focus areas: Techniques, media, materials; Design elements & principles; Color mixing & theory basics; Creativity, imagination, experimentation; Critiques, demonstrations, personalized challenges, encouragement, inspiration, camaraderie and fun! 

 

Beginning Mixed Media: Let’s Start with Cards
with Ann Brinkley

415.652.1112

In Ann’s one day collage workshop, you will make custom mixed media greeting cards which you can take home to make photo multiples. You will learn the basics of collage and abstract art that is not only gorgeous enough to frame, but sparks joy which you will find contagious!

 

Art Making Workshops
with Suzie Buchholz

415-312-9500

Join Suzie for her long running “Creative Kickstarter” abstract painting workshop series, where you’ll experiment with acrylic and oil painting techniques, tools of the trade, oil sticks and other mark making methods, as well as painterly approaches to color and texture.

 

Mixed Media & Design Workshops
with Rachel Davis

415.225.3159

Rachel offers live Mixed Media workshops with tons of individual attention. Students learn about composition and design through play, and go home with three completed works of art.

Rachel also offers an online Botanical Gelli class inspired by her decades long practice of Ikebana (Japanese Flower arranging).

 

Basketry Workshops
with Emily Dvorin

Emily gives private basketry workshops for 1 to 10 people, arranged according to the student’s schedule. All techniques and three-dimensional sculpture are covered, including twining, coiling, random weave and “wacky” basketry.

 

Collage & Mixed Media Workshops
with Bibby Gignilliat

Bibby offers on-line and in-person mixed media classes that explore freedom and flow with collage.

 

Image Transfer Workshop
with Margot Hartford

Margot offers a one-day workshop that introduces students to a very clever and simple transfer technique. You will learn to transfer your images onto a few different surfaces by using a special printable clear acetate and a medium made just for this process. 

 

Mixed Media, Collage & Beeswax Workshops
with Karen Meadows

Karen offers mixed media with wax workshops. Learn how to dye and monoprint stunning transparent papers, and collage onto panels. She also has an online course.

 

Monoprint Workshops
with Cindy Miracle


Critique & Curation
with Georgette Osserman


Collage Mixed Media — Express Your Intuition Through Art
with Delisa Sage

A workshop includes a full day of painting, stenciling, stamping, and more fun techniques to create your own mixed media art. I will provide all materials needed for the day!

 

Portraits, Artwork Capture & Web Design
with Dana Spaeth

415.595.8184


Mixed Media Workshop: Developing an Eye for Your Art
with Gordon Studer

Unveiling Composition: Join us for a transformative four-day workshop designed to elevate your artistic vision, guiding you in dynamic composition, mixed media techniques, and mastering color and value. Open to artists at any level, this workshop will help you sharpen your eye, embrace expressive mark-making, and finish your work with newfound confidence and satisfaction.

 

Cyanotype & Block Printing Workshops
with Amy Torgeson

Amy teaches hand block printing — a fun and versatile method for creating fine art prints, repeat patterns, and collage materials for mixed media.

 

Critique
with Louise Victor

Louise works with artists of all levels — beginning to advanced. She shares her expertise on mosaics, paint handling, color theory, compositional devices and other techniques, and also offers critiques.

 

Oil & Cold Wax Medium
with Linda Wegmann

Cold wax is a medium that adds body, transparency and depth to oil paint, while speeding up drying time and increasing the paint’s workability. It also combines readily with other mediums such as dry pigment, powdered charcoal, marble dust, graphite and oil sticks. You’ll learn layering, manipulations with tools, mark making and the medium’s ease and propensity to conceal and reveal create a sense of history, drying to a beautiful matte finish.