WORKSHOPS
Lisa Miceli Stick and Ink Workshop
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Saturday
March 28, 2026
10 am - 4 pm​
In this workshop you will learn to use a sharpened stick (provided by the instructor) dipped in ink to create more free and spontaneous drawings, followed by a watercolor wash to add a colorful spontaneity and finish to the piece. Drawing and painting in this way allows more freedom and variety of marks as you create your composition, and it eliminates the tendency to overwork paintings. There will be instructor demos throughout the day and instruction to help students learn these expressive drawing and watercolor techniques. Lisa is a plein air painter and art teacher with a focus on expressionist watercolors and oils. She teaches both in studio and at plein air locations year round.
Still Life in Oils or Acrylics Workshop with Shauna Shane
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Saturday
April 18, 2026
10 am - 4 pm​
For beginner to intermediate artists. Shauna’s class will feature a narrated demo about choosing subject, seeing shadows, and using light/negative space, texture and composition. She will demonstrate blocking in the painting all the way to the finished painting from the reference photo. The reference material will be provided by Shauna from a photo taken in her studio so all participants will have the same view for light/shadows. Shauna has exhibited and received major awards in the last 7 years of Renaissance Pastel International Exhibits, and recent awards were received in the 2012 and 2013 Hudson Valley Artists Exhibit as well
as the Interior and Figure in Landscape exhibits at Lyme Art Association.