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-CANCELLED
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 [...]
Mary Jane Pories-Reclaim Your Painting
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 3 & 4, 9 AM - 4 PM We all love the idea of a do-over. This 2-day workshop will give you and your paintings a second chance. To get the most out of the experience, you are encouraged to bring in at least 3-5 paintings that “just don’t work.” The cost of this [...]
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 [...]
Karen Wilharm – Painting the Portrait in Pastel
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 8, 9 and 10, 2025 In this 3-day workshop, Karen will explain her process along with the concepts of proportion, light on form and color theory as they apply to the portrait. Her intention is to create a strong illusion of three-dimensional space and an unmistakable likeness with her subjects. The cost of this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Catherine Tonning-Popowich-“Mono printing With A Gelli Plate”
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MICatherine Tonning-Popowich-Mono printing With A Gelli Plate April 24 & 25, 2025, 9 AM - 4 PM Students will learn mono printing using Gelli Plates, This is a hands on class where we apply acrylic paint on the plate, make impressions in the paint with various objects such as stamps, stencils, natural materials with textures [...]
Carole Wilson – “Watercolor Collage Workshop”
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MICarole Wilson-WATERCOLOR COLLAGE WORKSHOP April 24 & 25, 2025 In this workshop, watercolor will provide the foundation for the painting...and... adding a variety of collage materials will contribute texture and vibrancy. Some experience with watercolor and collage will be helpful, but is not necessary. Beginners are welcome! The cost of this workshop is $250. To [...]
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 [...]
M. Joy Lemon-Scumbling and Glazing in Oil
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 1 PM - 5 PM Scumbling was traditionally used to paint light over dark with an opaque, broken application of paint in order to bring the lights forward visually and also build up interesting texture. Glazing was used to add darker value and color over lights. We will [...]