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Kathleen Conover-PAINTING FROM THE RIGHT (AND LEFT) SIDE OF THE BRAIN
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 6-8, 9 AM - 4 PM The best paintings aren’t always planned, and they aren’t totally intuitive. They are a marriage of intent, basic design skills, and freely expressing our personal interpretation of the world. The cost of this workshop is $600. To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kathleen-conover-painting-from-the-right-and-left-side-of-the-brain-tickets-1070948960169?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Robin Cole-Natural Harmony: The Limited Palette
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIRobin Cole-Natural Harmony: The Limited Palette July 7-9, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop offers a deep dive into the benefits of working with a limited palette consisting of one pigment from each primary color family (yellow, red, blue) plus white. This simplified approach is one of creative constraints that trains the mind [...]
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The Wild West
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 13-17, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Explore the challenges of the untamed West of the late 1800s! Gain skills by working with animals, learning archery, foraging for food, and making root beer, as well as creating art, music and playing games popular in the pioneer days! • $250 per child • $600 per child/ [...]
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Jon Redmond-Finding Perfect Balance
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 14-16, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop will help you gain the ability to push your paintings in opposing directions, introducing chaos and control into the act of painting. Loss of control is often necessary to push one’s paintings out of their comfort zone, focused critical correction can pull it all together. The [...]
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Telagio Baptista-The Magic of Watercolor
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 14-16, 9 AM - 4 PM You will learn how to make a striking painting that employs a single-color, discovering simplicity with a 3-color palette, and fearless landscape or floral painting. Telagio will demo everyday and provide handouts to you, and provide one on one support. The cost of this workshop is $620. To [...]
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In the Footsteps of St. Francis
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIIn the Footsteps of St. Francis July 20-24, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00p.m. Come to learn how St. Francis praised and gave glory to God in all his daily works. Through working with the animals, cooking in the kitchen, making music, creating art and playing games with one another, children will experience creativity and gain practical [...]
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Crafty Creations
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MICrafty Creations July 27-31, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Kids will explore the amazing world God crafted by using natural elements—like leaves, stones, and flowers to inspire their own masterpieces. Each project helps them notice, appreciate, and create with the wonders God has made. • $250 per child • $600 per child/ if signed up [...]
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Julie Tibus-Explore Cold Wax and Oil Paint
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 28 & 29, 9 AM - 4 PM Explore the fascinating medium of cold wax! Discover its unique buttery texture as we experiment with oil paint, graphite, and oil sticks. You'll create four small abstract artworks throughout the day using tools like stencils, spatulas, and brayers. The cost of this workshop is $285. To [...]
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Kyle Ma-Landscape Painting Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 28-31, 9 AM - 4 PM Students will also learn how to apply the fundamentals of painting, such as drawing, values, color, and edges to painting a landscape. Having solid fundamentals will give the students confidence in being able to paint whatever scene they are presented with well. The cost of this workshop is [...]
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Mary Qian-Costumed Figure Painting
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIAugust 11-13, 9 AM - 4 PM The goal of the class is to teach using value, color and edge as 3 essential tools to create naturalistic human portraits. The class will use one setup for the entire workshop. To focus on value, colors and edge each 3 days, to create realistic portraits and figures. [...]
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David R. Smith-Fresh and Exciting Watercolors
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIAugust 11-13, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop will save you countless hours of trial & error by demonstrating approaches in an easily understood manner that will open new doors of discovery and creativity. Participants will be provided reference photos, drawing guides, and step-by-step instruction through all stages of the painting process. The [...]
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Terry Miura-Oh My Gouache! 7 Things You Must Do To Tame The BEAST!
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIAugust 25-27, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM In this workshop, I will break down the unique quirks and characteristics of the medium and explain why it's so difficult to control. And then, I will show you exactly what you need to do overcome these annoying obstacles so that we can tame the beast. The [...]
$625
