Next Session: 8/18/26 -9/15/26
*New Day* Tuesdays 6:00-8:00
$139 5 weeks
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Event Category: Lessons
Art lessons of all types, oil painting, Acrylic painting, Life Drawing,Pastels, watercolor, drawing, classes for children and adults.
Chinese Lingnon School Watercolor Workshop With Jane Grace Taylor
Ages Teen to Adult
Cost: $40 without supplies & $50 with supplies
Date: May 16th Sunday 2:00-5:00
Subject: Chinese Bamboo
Chinese brush workshop learn the ancient techniques of Chinese brush starting with bamboo-one of the “four gentlemen “ of Chinese brush painting, it will add spontaneity to your Watercolors Jane grace Taylor has studied with numerous eastern teachers and has won national awards
Emphasizes and helps nurture spontaneity
and free flowing brush strokes
Jane grace Taylor MFA
Jane grace Taylor MFA
- Watercolors
- Chinese brushes of various sizes
- A white towel or felt that can get paint on it
- Chinese ink
- A spray bottle
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Chinese “Ling non” school watercolors
This style encourages the student to paint freely and expressively.
The class is designed to help you work more spontaneously.
The “rice”or cotton paper used in the class is made to be brushed quickly.
You will learn techniques meant to make the maximum statement, with a minimum of brush strokes.
Use colors /paper you have, or check materials list below:
Chinese chip colors are available through oriental art supply, Holbein are the closest in tube colors.
-A felt blanket , old linen tablecloth or towel
-Two water buckets
-A palette for mixing colors
-Small spray bottles for water and paint
-I use sable brushes- small 6
medium 10-and large. Kosinski sable are best
for western watercolor paper.
-Water buckets -2
-Paper towels
-I use Gemini, Fabriano or Waterford paper ,cold press 140 or 200 lb
-Sumi e rice paper or double shuen (xuan) (oriental art supply OAS.com)
- Holbein colors work best:suggested colors
- Chinese White
- Chinese ink
- imidazolone lemon yellow
- Royal Blue
- quinocridone Red
- yellow ochre
- Burnt Sienna
- Vermillion
- viridian
Other Options:
- Opera
- peacock blue
- compose green No.1
- sap green
- mineral violet
- cobalt violet light
- raw sienna
- peach black
Materials List:
- Sumi e rice paper or double shuen (oriental art supply) (The Art Stop) has a few rolls of sugi gama
- -Water soluble Chinese ink (“The Art Stop” sells this in a bottle)
- -Bamboo brushes ,small medium and large –
- newsprint-Any watercolors (EXCEPT Cotman -this paint often has weak pigment )
- Any watercolors (EXCEPT Cotman – This is student-grade paint and you need artist grade). Chinese chip colors are available through Oriental Art Supply.
- Meanwhile, Holbein are the closest in tube colors.
- A felt blanket, an old linen tablecloth, or a white towel.
- A palette for mixing colors
- Two water buckets one for clean one for dirty water
- Small spray bottle for water, one for paint
Drawing 101
Thursday: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Teen to Adult
Cost: $129 for 7 Weeks
Next Session: July 25th- Sept 12th Skip 8/22
Can’t draw but want to? Can draw but want to get better? In this class you will use pencil, charcoal, and pastel to learn basic forms, one and two point perspective, negative space, tonal value and proportion. Use these fundamentals to draw anything. Drawing accurately is the basis for all other fine art mediums. You need to be able to accurately sketch out your canvas or paper before going on the next step.
- Materials List:
- Drawing pad w/perforated top 9 x 12 or 11 X 14
- hake brush
- 4 graphite drawing pencils, hard, med & soft
- metal sharpener
- pink pearl eraser
- kneaded eraser
- blending tortillons
- Vine Charcoal
- Kits are available for purchase with portfolio bag
Learn & Have Fun W/Manga
Wednesday 6:00-7:30 8 Weeks
$169 Ages 12+
June 3rd-July 29th, skip 7/8
Learn to create and elevate your own original characters with illustrator Jocelyn Seib. Understand the process of developing a unique character and their environment in this fun-filled course. Enjoy viewing behind-the-scenes work from masters, and taking inspiration both from them and each other as your character designing abilities flourish, side by side.
Supplies:
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A drawing tablet and software (Optional)
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Sketchbook (7”x10” or bigger)
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Graphite Pencils
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Pen Liner Set
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White Plastic Eraser
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Your preferred coloring medium (pencils, markers, watercolor, etc.)
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Kneaded Eraser (recommended)
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Ruler (recommended)
Limited palette- Lighthouse Landscape w/Paul Allen Taylor
Instructor Paul Allen Taylor
Watercolor Workshop – Paul Allen Taylor
September 27th 2025, 9:30-4:30
Cost $80
In this workshop, students will paint an 11 x 15 landscape guided by this
value sketch. When working with value (the light and dark of color) one can
better clarify the shapes and important parts of a painting. (Color does not
yield value) Using a limited palette of Red Yellow and Blue abbreviates the
mixing of colors. The color names are Aliz. Crimson, Cad Yellow Medium
and Ultra Marine Blue.
The workshop opens with a brief plan discussion of the painting approach
and color choices. (As Paul has not painted this subject, he will talk about
options to consider when beginning a painting). Afterward, Paul guides you
in the drawing process until we are certain it’s ready for painting. After a
lunch break, we will all paint together in the afternoon. Paul will explain
and demonstrate his damp paper method as well. During the painting
process, he will stop, you work and then he continues and so on.
See the supplies list for specific items.
Watercolor supplies – Limited palette- Lighthouse Landscape
- Watercolor paper: Arches 140 lb Cold Pressed. Buy a full sheet 22 x 30 and cut it into quarters. Bring two for class, (one as a spare)
- PAINT: Bring tubes of paint, not pans or dried out paint. This is most important . We will use three colors. Alizarin Crimson, Ultra Marine Blue and Cad Yellow Medium
- BRUSHES: FLATS: ½”, ¾”, 1” ROUNDS: #6, #8, and #4 Liner brush.
- Others will be available as necessary.
- Note about purchasing brushes: Flat brushes are best when the length and width are equal (Bright). Longer brush hairs are too floppy when wet. Preferable brands are Richeson, Winsor Newton, and Princeton.
- PALETTE: For this class a white ceramic plate will suffice foregoing a palette. Plates can be found at a dollar store or thrift shops. It’s important to have a generous mixing area.
- Bring your own palette if you have one.
- PAPER SUPPORT PANEL: (Very important) 16” x 23”. Nonabsorbent. The best materials are Plexiglas or sealed wood. Another option is a 16 x 23 painting panel for oils without canvas. (Do not bring a Masonite drawing board, foam core, or anything else that is not 12 x 16.) Paul will have one you can borrow but it’s a good thing to have one of your own.
- CLIPS: Four (4) “Bulldog” clips or large stationary clips. No tape is necessary
- DRAWING PAPER: Anything equal or larger than 11 x 15 for the preliminary drawing phase.
- This can be bond paper 11 x 17 for example. The initial drawing will be on this paper before
- transferring it to the watercolor paper.
OTHER HANDY THINGS :
- Paper towels
- Clean hand towel
- Cellulose sponge
- 2H pencil
- Soft eraser
- Two plastic water containers
- Small spritzer bottle
- Some type of brush for dusting off erasures.
- A wide foam brush