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Diane Hamel-Beyond Words-An Icon Writing Workshop
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 13 - 17, 9 AM - 4 PM Come and spend a week with Diane Hamel at the Franciscan Life Process Center in prayerful contemplation as she leads participants in painting an icon of St. Mary of Egypt. Beginner to Advanced accepted. The cost of this workshop is $650. To find a complete listing [...]
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Carole Wilson-WATERCOLOR COLLAGE WORKSHOP
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 16 & 17, 9 AM - 4 PM The marriage of watercolor and collage creates a beautiful and “unique medium.” Watercolor’s fluidity and transparency provide the foundation for our painting … and then… we add the texture and vibrancy of Collage materials to enhance our painting. The cost of this workshop is $285. To [...]
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Judith Tummino-Finding the Abstract in Nature
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 21 & 22, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM This class focuses on the simplification of form to create a beautiful and energetic abstract painting. Drawing from photo references on the first day and painting en plein air the second day, the student will learn to find the "bones" of the landscape. The cost [...]
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William Mancuso-Sketching: Keeping it Simple & Small
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 5 & 6, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM I approach Sketching as a conversation between the Sketcher and the Sketched, and the resulting visual image is simply a record of that particular moment and your experience. No tricks, no filters, just you paying attention with a pen and leaving a map of the [...]
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Eric Michaels-Pulling your Paintings Together in Watercolor
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 28 & 29, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM We will explore the utilization of light and dark values, warm and cool colors, soft and hard edges, areas of detail and rest, and more. All of these create depth and realism, guide the viewer’s eye and enhance the visual impact. The cost of this [...]
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Phil Starke-Mixing Color to Suggest Light and Form
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 23-26, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM Unlock the power of color to create light, depth, and three-dimensional form in your paintings. This class focuses on the essential skills of color mixing as a means to capture atmosphere, model form, and direct the viewers eye. The cost of this workshop is $700. To find [...]
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Barbara Schilling-Be Bold!
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 30 - July 1, 9 AM - 4 PM Creating a successful painting is about more than just utilizing skills. A painting should be more than just a representation of a subject. No matter how skillfully executed, without passion and energy your work will not hold a viewers attention. Find out how. The cost [...]
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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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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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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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Barbara Schilling-Creating Depth in Your Landscape Paintings
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISeptember 9 & 10, 9 AM - 4 PM This is a hands-on workshop designed to help artists build convincing, atmospheric space in their work. Participants explore how color temperature, saturation, value, and contrast shift as forms recede, and learn why yellow and red fall away in the distance, leaving blue as the farthest visible [...]
$285
