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Stan Kurth-The Intuitive Painting Mindset
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISeptember 9-11, 2026 You’ll create paintings from arbitrary design elements and bring them to completion using principles of design. The goal is to develop a painting that aligns with your personal aesthetic—whether representational or nonobjective. The only criteria: no reference, and a willingness to let the process guide the outcome. The cost of this workshop [...]
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MaryBeth Karaus- Flowers in a Simple Still Life
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISeptember 15-17, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM Day one: Dive deep into the essence of flowers by creating small, focused studies of flowers. We'll break down complex shapes and values to their purest forms. Days two and three: Build a strong foundation in still life composition by arranging a simple yet compelling composition. The [...]
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Dan Young-Bringing Nature into the Studio
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISeptember 15-17, 2026 The emphasis of the class will focus on choosing good reference material and building your confidence to make changes to those choices to make stronger painting. I will give you the tools to make paintings and not just copies of your photographs. The cost of this workshop is $625. To find a [...]
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Joe Paquet – “Exploring the Prismatic Palette”
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJoe Paquet-Exploring the Prismatic Palette September 23-26, 2026 This 4-Day Plein Air Workshop will begin with a morning lecture highlighting how to freeze an effect of light and explain how color is affected prismatically by atmosphere and the angle of the sun. I will demonstrate in the afternoon to show how the principles are applied. [...]
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Joe Paquet-Exploring the Prismatic Palette
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJoe Paquet-Exploring the Prismatic Palette September 23-26, 2026 This 4-Day Plein Air Workshop will begin with a morning lecture highlighting how to freeze an effect of light and explain how color is affected prismatically by atmosphere and the angle of the sun. I will demonstrate in the afternoon to show how the principles are applied. [...]
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Douglas Fryer-Painting With Purpose: Reimagining the Landscape
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 6-9, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM Through lectures, discussion and demonstrations, Douglas will address the many elements of engaging landscape painting. The workshop will reinforce an understanding of composition and form and will also explore methods to break up and strip down the subject, then reconstruct it in new and surprising ways. The [...]
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Richard Jordan Plein Air-Character of Trees Continues
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 13-15, 2026 I will share practical lessons to paint trees in a believable way while keeping their poetic quality. If the trees in your paintings lack structure, volume and a sense of reality, this workshop can help give you the tools to paint trees with visual truth but without the fussy detail. The cost [...]
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Patrick Lee-Simplify Your Process: Improve your Painting & Find Your Voice
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 20-22, 9 AM - 4 PM Get the most out of your studio time by keeping things simple, to-the-point, and powerful. Your ability to analyze visual data, break it down to its basic components, and record it, is the key to your development as a visual artist. Attendees may use oils or acrylics. The [...]
$600
