Franciscan Life Process Center Kathleen Bechtel, Art Director
Aimee Einfeld-Gelli Plate Printmaking: An Introduction – Afternoon Session
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIAimee Einfeld-Gelli Plate Printmaking: An Introduction April 19, 1 PM - 4 PM Create beautiful monotypes without a press! The Gelli plate is a relatively new and inexpensive tool that allows artists to make fine art quality prints with materials you probably have in your studio. The cost of this workshop is $75. To find [...]
M. Joy Lemon-Classical Drawing Training
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIM. Joy Lemon-Classical Drawing Training April 8, 15, 22, 29 @ 1PM-5PM This workshop is a four week, every Monday (April 8, 15, 22 and 29) afternoon session from 1 PM - 5 PM, where M. Joy Lemon will teach a new concept, you will get a chance to go home and create something [...]
Santillanes-Studio Workshop Landscape Painting – Capturing the Atmosphere
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIApril 25 @ 9 AM - April 27 @ 4 PM Artists will learn to analyze the information from their reference material, interpreting color and value relationships in order to create depth in a landscape painting. This workshop is for all skill levels. The cost of this workshop is $600. To find a complete listing [...]
Robin Poteet-Explore! Surfaces, Textures & Techniques in Watercolor – Cancelled
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOver time, our painting process can become predictable. Same paper. Same brushes. Same techniques. This workshop will shake up your routine, and help you make creative strides by experimenting and seeing your work in new ways! The cost of this workshop is $575. To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/robin-poteet-explore-surfaces-textures-techniques-in-watercolor-3-day-tickets-656780517207?aff=oddtdtcreator
Santillanes-Studio Workshop Landscape Painting – Capturing the Atmosphere
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISantillanes-Studio Workshop Landscape Painting - Capturing the Atmosphere April 25-27, 9 AM - 4 PM This 3-day workshop is for all levels and will focus on designing a studio painting from previous plein air studies or photos. Artists will learn to analyze the information from their reference material, interpreting color and value relationships in order [...]
M. Joy Lemon-Classical Drawing Training
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIM. Joy Lemon-Classical Drawing Training April 8, 15, 22, 29 @ 1PM-5PM This workshop is a four week, every Monday (April 8, 15, 22 and 29) afternoon session from 1 PM - 5 PM, where M. Joy Lemon will teach a new concept, you will get a chance to go home and create something [...]
Kathleen Conover-Paint. . .Collage. . .Paint! -Cancelled
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 6-9, 2024 This is a comprehensive, mixed watermedia class that starts with painting your own, full spectrum, fade proof, collage papers on day one. Unique techniques will be shared for stamp making, printing, mark-making, rubbings, layering, etc. to embellish your collage papers. Special attention will be given to design and composition … that elusive [...]
Kathleen Kalinowski-Painting the Spring Landscape with Pastel
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 9 & 10, 2024 We will learn about using the sanded surface, how to chose the right type of pastel at the right time, techniques for starting, layering, and blending in a painterly manner. We will learn how to create dynamic compositions with photo references while understanding value, and color temperature. The cost of [...]
Zin Lim-Figure Drawing Workshop – Cancelled
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 15 @ 9 AM - May 17 @ 4 PM Through lectures, presentations, and multiple demos from model, you will learn how to create figure drawings with emotion, rhythm, movement, and your own personal touch. This workshop is for students of all levels. The cost of this workshop is $650. To find a complete [...]
Laura Robb-Creating Dynamic Floral Compositions in Oil
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIMay 21 @ 9 AM - May 23 @ 1 PM We will be working with flowers and still life objects to explore and build on the principles of harmony, color balance, edges and contrast with particular emphasis on establishing and maintaining a strong center of interest. The cost of this workshop is $625. To [...]
Barbara Schilling- 4 Keys to Color Success in Your Paintings
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIBarbara Schilling-4 Keys to Color Success in Your Paintings-4 Mondays June 3, 10, 17, 24 This workshop is a four-week, every Monday (June 3,10,17,24) afternoon session from 1 PM – 5 PM, where Barbara Schilling will teach a new concept, you will get a chance to go home and create something from that training and [...]
David R. Smith-Outdoor Watercolor Journey – Canceled
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 5 @ 9 AM - June 8 @ 4 PM David will demonstrate "wet-on-wet," "spattering," "spraying," how to link shapes in a composition based on values, while also learning about edge quality of shapes, the importance of different consistencies of paint, and the different moisture qualities of paper. The cost of this workshop is [...]