No registration necessary! PAY only if you attend: cash, check or Venmo at the door, only $15 for 3 hours!

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Location: Old Hickory Art Center

Dates & Times: Thursdays, 10-1:00, Sep 3, 10, 17 and 24

Open studio class, created for students to work in their chosen medium in a large art center space. Standing easels, table easels, and flat workspace provided. Shawn’s comprehensive art education and experience provide you with one-on-one feedback and guidance.

Bring your own materials & plan for your artwork (oil, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, or collage) OR use your first class to consult with Shawn about options to fit your artmaking experience the best!

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Coming in October!

2-day workshop that is taught in two parts: On day one, we prepare materials and learn the fundamentals of painting outdoors. On day two, we meet out on location (a farm by the river) to practice what we learned, and to be guided by your instructor.

Will be listed on Eventbrite at 2 prices: bring your own materials or all materials provided

Next date & location to be announced…

This 3-hour workshop gives you direct experience using heavy bodied paints to create highly textured, wet-on-wet blended paintings. An exciting, fun, experimental method that’s great for loosening up and tapping into spontaneous creative energy and flow!

*Suitable for all levels. *All materials included!

Next date & location to be announced…

8 weeks of structured lessons that will give both beginner and intermediate students a broader understanding of materials, methods, and techniques. After teaching for over 40 years, Shawn knows how to keep you focused only on what’s “important”, rather than become overwhelmed by a topic that will keep you learning for a lifetime! Comprehensive, sequential lessons include compositional design, color mixing, color theory, and style.

Next date & location to be announced…

8 week course that begins with students creating their own color charts from their own paints to then use as the perfect “at a glance” guide for every painting. Of all tools used and taught by your instructor, Shawn claims this by far to be the most useful (by students who will JUST DO IT and USE IT. A lot to learn from this class regarding atmospheric painting, such as how time of day and weather conditions affect color, in addition to theory that explains how to deal with landscape visual space effectively - foreground, middle, and background, as well as 3-dimensional form in still life objects.

Next date to be announced…

This 3-hour workshop gives you experience using “Fauve” style, emphasizing painterly qualities & bold color over more realistic values. Everyone goes home with their own unique painting! *Suitable for all levels