There’s nothing quite like the show nature puts on in summer, with flowers blooming in a joyful riot of new colors each week! This painting class is mixed media and mixed level: you are welcome and welcome to use oils, acrylic, gouache, or watercolor – or swap around week to week. We’ll bring in fresh flowers from the garden and our favorite photos, and learn strategies about painting from life and from references.  We will learn color theory, mixing, and elements of composition and apply it all to a bounty of blooms.

Since this class is a mix of different paint media, each student will be responsible for bringing the supplies they need for their paint of choice.

For example, if you’d like to work with watercolors and inks, you’ll need to bring your watercolor paints, some brushes, a pad of paper, ink pens, a pencil to sketch, etc. If you’re working with oils or acrylic, please bring your paints, palette, brushes, and a couple canvases or a pad of canvas paper or prepared boards.

The number of paintings depends entirely on each person’s mood and speed each day; however, I’d recommend having enough paper/canvases to paint on about 1-2 per class, in case things get wet and you want to hop over onto a new painting while waiting for one to dry. So for the five weeks, a supply of between 5 and 10 surfaces of different sizes.