Painting classes & workshops
in gouache, oil and urban sketching
in Delaware and Southeastern PA
Expand your artistic adventure to new mediums and improve your
skill level with friendly, informative workshops and classes.
Upcoming workshops & classes
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Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache – Jester Artspace Workshop, Jan 18 & 25, 2025
Read more: Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache – Jester Artspace Workshop, Jan 18 & 25, 2025Saturday January 18th & Saturday, January 25th, 2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Presented by Jester Artspace. The class will include instruction in creating a composition, transferring photographic reference to your paper using a grid, blocking your painting, painting gouache in layers, adding details, techniques for indicating foliage and other textures. You will also learn…
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Still Life Painting with Gouache, an 8 week class at the Wallingford, PA Community Arts Center, 1/8/25-2/26/25
Read more: Still Life Painting with Gouache, an 8 week class at the Wallingford, PA Community Arts Center, 1/8/25-2/26/25Wednesdays, 1:00-4:00pm A class in painting still life in gouache, open to all levels, beginners or experienced. Classical still life techniques will be taught using gouache, a versatile and fun to work with medium that allows working from dark to light, like oil, but thins and cleans up with water like watercolor. Topics will include,…
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Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache – 10 week class at the Delaware Art Museum, 1/14 – 3/19/2025
Read more: Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache – 10 week class at the Delaware Art Museum, 1/14 – 3/19/2025Gouache is a fun and easy to use water based medium that dries quickly to a beautiful matte finish. It is an opaque version of watercolor. Unlike transparent watercolor, gouache allows for painting light colors over dark, providing greater freedom in how a painting is created. The class will include instruction in choosing a composition,…
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Sketching and Painting Architecture in Ink & Watercolor, 10 week class at the Delaware Art Museum – 1/16 – 3/20/2025
Read more: Sketching and Painting Architecture in Ink & Watercolor, 10 week class at the Delaware Art Museum – 1/16 – 3/20/2025Offered by the Delaware Art Museum Thursdays, January 16 – March 20, 20205; 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Enjoy the fun of sketching buildings and urban scenes with ink and watercolor — a technique that encompasses the visual appeal of both drawing and painting. Topics will include choosing a subject, creating a composition, taking both…
Past workshops & classes
Here are some previous class and workshop listings to give you an idea of what may be coming up here in the future.
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Past Demo: Free Gouache Painting Demo, Swarthmore, PA – Saturday, September 28, 2024
Read more: Past Demo: Free Gouache Painting Demo, Swarthmore, PA – Saturday, September 28, 2024As part of the Wallingford Community Arts Center’s Fine arts and Crafts Festival in Swarthmore, PA, I will be doing a gouache painting demo in the Community Arts Center’s booth,…
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Past Demo: Free Plein Air Gouache Painting and Urban Sketching Demos, Oct 5th, 2024
Read more: Past Demo: Free Plein Air Gouache Painting and Urban Sketching Demos, Oct 5th, 2024As part of the Jester Artspace housewarming and ribbon cutting, I will be doing free demos of Plein Air Painting in Gouache and Urban Sketching in Ink and Watercolor on…
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Past Workshop: <span>Fall Plein Air Painting in Gouache, 2 afternoon workshop – Jester Artspace, Oct 19 and 26, 2024</span>
Read more: Past Workshop: <span>Fall Plein Air Painting in Gouache, 2 afternoon workshop – Jester Artspace, Oct 19 and 26, 2024</span>Saturday October 19, and Saturday, October 26, 2024 – 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Rain Date: Saturday, November 1, 2024) Presented by Jester Artspace Two fun Fall afternoonss exploring plein…
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Past Class Sketching in Ink and Watercolor, 6 week class in Wallingford, PA, 9/11-10/16/2024
Read more: Past Class Sketching in Ink and Watercolor, 6 week class in Wallingford, PA, 9/11-10/16/2024Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Wed Enjoy the fun of sketching with ink and watercolor — a technique that encompasses the visual appeal of both drawing and painting. The…
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Past Class: Drawing – at the Delaware Art Museum, September 10 – November 12, 2024
Read more: Past Class: Drawing – at the Delaware Art Museum, September 10 – November 12, 2024This relaxed, fun class will help you improve your drawing skills and learn to draw what you see more accurately. Practice basic drawing techniques and explore more advanced concepts presented…
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Past Class: Sketching and Painting Architecture in Ink & Watercolor, September 12 – November 21, 2024 at the Delaware Art Museum
Read more: Past Class: Sketching and Painting Architecture in Ink & Watercolor, September 12 – November 21, 2024 at the Delaware Art MuseumOffered by the Delaware Art Museum Thursdays, September 12 – November 21, 2024, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Enjoy the fun of sketching buildings and urban scenes with ink and…
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Past Class: Plein Air Painting in Gouache – 6 week class in PA, June 19 – July 24, 2024
Read more: Past Class: Plein Air Painting in Gouache – 6 week class in PA, June 19 – July 24, 2024Wednesdays, June 19 – July 24, 2024, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Enjoy the fun of painting “en plein air” — painting directly from nature on location using gouache (opaque…
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Past Workshop: Plein Air Painting in Gouache – 2 morning workshop – Jester Artspace, July 20-21, 2024
Read more: Past Workshop: Plein Air Painting in Gouache – 2 morning workshop – Jester Artspace, July 20-21, 2024Saturday and Sunday, July 20 – 21, 9:30am-12:30pm. Presented by Jester Artspace Two fun mornings exploring plein air painting in gouache (opaque watercolor). Beginners can learn the fundamentals of plein…
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Past Class: Landscape Painting from Photographs with Water Mixable Oil, Delaware Art Museum, June 18 – July 23, 2024
Read more: Past Class: Landscape Painting from Photographs with Water Mixable Oil, Delaware Art Museum, June 18 – July 23, 2024TUESDAY EVENINGS, Jun 18 – Jul 23, 6:00 – 9 :00 PM Presented by the Delaware Art Museum Enjoy the fun of landscape painting in oil with the convenience of…
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Past Class: Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache, May 1- June 5, 2024
Read more: Past Class: Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache, May 1- June 5, 2024Wednesdays, May 1, to June 5, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Community Arts Center of Wallingford, PA A full six-week course in landscape painting in gouache, using photographs as a…
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