Art
David Dibble-VALUE AND COLOR: Foundations and explorations
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 17-19, 9 AM - 4 PM This is the college course you always wished you had taken! Unlike the typical workshop you won't spend days on finishing one painting, but rather you'll study principles and work through visual exercises and painting studies which will change both your observational and studio practice. The cost of [...]
M. Joy Lemon-Waxing your Watercolor Paintings
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 29 & 30, 2024, 9 AM - 4 PM Join us for this special workshop as we walk through the methods used to prep your panel, seal your artwork, and attach hardware while also creating the fantastic work to showcase, and when finished, you will have created something fantastic to display or to sell [...]
Margo Burian-Acrylic Sessions Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMarch 3, 10, 17 and 24, 9 AM - 12 PM Students will learn about materials, a variety of painting techniques, and methods of working, both during class and through optional homework assignments. This class is suitable for beginners-intermediate painters. The cost of this workshop is $275. To find a complete listing of this workshop [...]
Eric Michaels- Winter Scenes: the Advantages of Watercolor
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIEric Michaels-Painting Winter Scenes: the Advantages of Watercolor March 6 & 7, 2025 In this workshop, we will explore those properties, with an emphasis on using the white of the paper to advantage, and ways to achieve transparency and light, a variety of edges, atmospheric affects and appropriate winter colors. The cost of this [...]
Margo Burian-Acrylic Sessions Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMarch 3, 10, 17 and 24, 9 AM - 12 PM Students will learn about materials, a variety of painting techniques, and methods of working, both during class and through optional homework assignments. This class is suitable for beginners-intermediate painters. The cost of this workshop is $275. To find a complete listing of this workshop [...]
Diane Hamel-Beyond Words – An Icon Writing Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMarch 10-14, 9 AM - 5 PM Participants will learn about and complete an icon of the holy “Prophet Elijah” in acrylic paint on a prepared wood panel. Diane will gently lead students through a step-by-step process using demonstration and instruction. All supplies will be provided and are included in the cost of the workshop. [...]
Margo Burian-Acrylic Sessions Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMarch 3, 10, 17 and 24, 9 AM - 12 PM Students will learn about materials, a variety of painting techniques, and methods of working, both during class and through optional homework assignments. This class is suitable for beginners-intermediate painters. The cost of this workshop is $275. To find a complete listing of this workshop [...]
Margo Burian-Acrylic Sessions Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMarch 3, 10, 17 and 24, 9 AM - 12 PM Students will learn about materials, a variety of painting techniques, and methods of working, both during class and through optional homework assignments. This class is suitable for beginners-intermediate painters. The cost of this workshop is $275. To find a complete listing of this workshop [...]
Margo Burian-Oil Painting – Nuts, Bolts and Bold Moves
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 3 & 4, 9 AM - 4 PM We’ll start by experimenting with color mixing, mediums and using mark making techniques before moving into Alla Prima Painting techniques. Sketches and photographic reference can serve as a launching point for strong compositions, graphic narratives and work that is expressly unique. The cost of this workshop [...]
Kathleen Kalinowski-Painting the Landscape with Soft Pastel
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 3 & 4, 9 AM 4 PM We will explore several surface choices, how to chose the right type of pastel at the right time, techniques for starting, layering, and blending in a painterly manner, lessons on small value and color studies, how using color temperature can give the artwork variety and luminosity. The cost of [...]
Barbara Schilling-Energize your Paintings with Textures and Design
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2025 from 1PM - 5 PM Learn ways to create paintings that connect with people on an emotional level. In this 4-week workshop I will talk about how composition and design can tell a story (even with ordinary subject matter). How to use color to create moods, textures that [...]
Ralph M. Annunziata-‘exploringColor(orNot)’
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 8 - 10, 9 AM - 4 PM it all seems to make sense but let’s step back a bit & consider a 'cross-like' [vertical & horizontal] configuration & thereIN what we have been provided is a ‘lightSource'_a prism so to speak - from above, from below & side to side - or even [...]