In session currently through July 22nd

8 weeks of 3-hour open studio painting sessions at Centennial Art Center. A class created for intermediate and advanced students who are already experienced with basic concepts of painting, where they can further explore and improve their skills. Students will focus on self-guided projects with regular one-on-one feedback sessions with instructor. This class will help experienced painting students deepen and broaden their comprehensive knowledge.

This 2.30-hour workshop at Old Hickory Art Center gives you direct experience using heavy bodied paints to create highly textured, wet-on-wet blended paintings. An exciting, fun, experimental method that’s great for loosening up and tapping into spontaneous creative energy and flow! *Suitable for all levels. *All materials included!

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8 weeks of structured lessons that will give both beginner and intermediate students a broader understanding of materials, methods, and techniques. After teaching for over 40 years, Shawn knows how to keep you focused only on what’s “important”, rather than become overwhelmed by a topic that will keep you learning for a lifetime! Comprehensive, sequential lessons include compositional design, color mixing, color theory, and style.

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8 week course that begins with students creating their own color charts from their own paints to then use as the perfect “at a glance” guide for every painting. Of all tools used and taught by your instructor, Shawn claims this by far to be the most useful (by students who will JUST DO IT and USE IT. A lot to learn from this class regarding atmospheric painting, such as how time of day and weather conditions affect color, in addition to theory that explains how to deal with landscape visual space effectively - foreground, middle, and background, as well as 3-dimensional form in still life objects.

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This 3-hour workshop at Old Hickory Art Center teaches you how to use pastels the way they were intended… to get brilliant results! Appropriate for beginners and advanced students alike, as we go step-by-step and receive plenty of individual guidance. *Suitable for all levels *All materials included!

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This 3-hour workshop at Old Hickory Art Center gives you experience using “Fauve” style, emphasizing painterly qualities & bold color over more realistic values. Everyone goes home with their own unique painting! *Suitable for all levels