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Know the basics, but want to learn more about painting with watercolors? With this three-week course, in-depth watercolor painting techniques will be explored that will aid students in developing more realistic and vibrant paintings. Insight into how each color reacts with one another will be reviewed, along with ways of creating contrast, light, and depth within a painting. With the help of the instructor, students will apply these new techniques by creating a small watercolor painting of a nature scene or object.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a painted picture is even better! This workshop will walk students through the process of making a painting from an image of their choice, depicting a memory or experience they would love to immortalize on a canvas. Using acrylic paint, students will gain experience and receive guidance through the technical process, the practice of decision making in painting, and how to elevate a painting to more than just "a painting of a picture" but rather, a memory that lives on.

Learn how to combine both watercolor paints and embroidery to create a beautiful work of art! In this class, students will learn both the basics of watercolor paints and application, plus simple embroidery stitches and techniques to create detailed floral designs on canvas. By the end of class, students will have a completed embroidery hoop to display all summer long and gain new knowledge of both mediums.

This class will offer students a relaxing experience celebrating botanical designs through acrylic paint, leaving at the end of class with a beautiful botanical painting they may enjoy as decoration, give as a beautiful gift, or simply paint to practice some mindfulness and appreciation of nature and it's design! Botanicals of all kind are enjoyable, and this class will introduce students to brush and material applications, design decisions, and visual tools to easily and accessibly make satisfying and beautiful botanical paintings.