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Paint Your Heart Out: Brushwork – Making Your Mark

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Pam Padgett Brushwork - Making Your Mark Description:  Techniques for creating a variety of brush marks and impressions to improve edges, atmosphere and interest within your landscapes. Time: 9am-3pm Member Fee: $75 Non-Member Fee: $90 Location: OnTrack Studios, 1978 Wilson Pike Franklin, TN 37067 Type of Workshop: Full day Student Levels […]

$90

Paint Your Heart Out: Fundamentals and Solid Foundations for Effective Landscape Painting

Anne Christensen’s home 3375 Bailey Road, Franklin, TN

Thursday, October 18, 2018 Kevin Menck Fundamentals and Solid Foundations for Effective Landscape Painting Description: Workshop will focus on simplifying shapes and seeing masses in the landscape and being able to establish correct value and temperature in paintings. Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Member Fee: $75 Non-Member Fee: $90 Location: Anne Christeson’s Farm – 3375 Bailey Rd., Franklin, […]

$90

Paint Your Heart Out: The Fixer Upper

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Friday, October 19, 2018 Dawn Whitelaw The Fixer Upper Description: The class offers the opportunity to learn from mistakes. Participants are asked to bring in 5-6 Plein Air sketches or small studio pieces that did not quite work or need some improvement. In class, we will explore ways to improve the paintings and will actually […]

$90

“Making Art Outdoors”

Instructor Name: John P. Lasater IV Workshop Dates: October 25-27-2018 "Making Art Outdoors" Please go to link below to see a short youtube video by John that offers a brief description of his workshop. This year alone John has won: 2018 “2ND PLACE”, Door County Plein Air Festival, Wisconsin (Judge: C.W. Mundy) 2018 Master Class […]

Paint Your Heart Out: How to Improve your Painting with Procreate App

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Saturday, November 3, 2018 Mike Sowers How to Improve your Painting with Procreate App Description:  We will explore the various ways to manipulate images of reference photos as well as paintings in process using an IPad Pro with pencil and the versatile and feature rich app for Procreate Time: 9:30am-1 pm Member Fee: $50 Non-Member: […]

$65

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast: Plein air Workshop with Lori Putnam (member hosted workshop)

Instructor Name: Lori Putnam Workshop Dates: March 12th-14th, 2019 3 Day Plein air workshop is in conjunction with the Englewood Arts Center at Ringling College of Art and Design. The workshop will be held at the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast. Workshop includes lectures and demonstrations; individual painting time; personalized instruction (perfect for advanced […]

Scottsdale: Plein air to Studio, Making Your Studies Work for You with Lori Putnam (member hosted workshop)

Instructor Name: Lori Putnam Workshop Dates: March 18th-21st, 2019 4 Day Plein air Workshop This workshop is a combination plein air and studio workshop. Students will begin on location outdoors making sketches and studies, grasping excitement, and capturing ideas. These sketches will then be used as inspirational resource materials for more-complete, slightly larger, studio pieces […]

Plein Air Workshop with Tiffany Foss (member-led workshop)

Please join Tiffany Foss for a Plein Air Workshop. The workshop is hosted by Gallery 202. Tiffany will demonstrate the process and help guide each painter while painting on location in the Franklin TN area. Topics will include values, color, edgework, unique voice, drawing/scale, composition and more. The workshop will happen rain or shine. Max […]

Rosemary & Co. Master Workshop with Lori Putnam (member hosted workshop)

Instructor Name: Lori Putnam Workshop Dates: June 5th-9th, 2019 5-day Plein air workshop hosted by Rosemary & Co. Brushes. Limited spaces. Throughout the 5 days we will travel each day to different painting spots on the East Coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby, Runswick Bay and Staithes. There will plenty of variety of painting subjects! Head […]

Elements of Landscape: Still Water with Karen Philpott

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

This 4 Fridays, in-studio workshop is for beginning to intermediate students of the landscape.  Over the course of four days students will gain an in-depth experience of painting still water reflections. Learn to train your eye to see the values, study edges in painting water reflections and what lies beneath the surface as well has […]

Seth Haverkamp: How to Create Magical Portraits from Life

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Instructor Name: Seth Haverkamp Workshop Dates: September 26-28 This workshop will concentrate on not only capturing a likeness through large shapes, but will also explore approaches that add dimension and energy to the painting by using a step-by-step approach. The complexities of painting an interesting portrait are simplified to the very basics. By breaking down […]

Raise Your Painting IQ with Paula Frizbe

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Instructor Name: Paula Frizbe Workshop Dates: Six Monday's in October & November Want to paint better landscapes? We will be covering Composition, Value, and Color in depth. How do these three improve your painting IQ? Learn to use greys and vibrant color together. Learn to focus your painting on what is most important. Workshop Location: On […]

Elements of the Landscape with Karen Philpott

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Instructor Name: Karen Philpott Workshop Dates: Friday, October 11, Friday, November 15 and Friday, December 6 This fall I am offering three Friday's of intermediate level, Landscape instruction. This intensive workshop brings all the elements of successful landscape painting together. Focus will be on composition to brushwork. Three Friday classes are offered... take one or […]

3 Part – 2 Day Studio Workshop Painting Boats & Barns

Roger Dale Brown Studio 2256 Hillsboro Rd, Franklin, TN

Roger Dale Brown Workshop Workshop Dates: Jan 4/5 - Feb 1/2 - Feb 29/March 1 This class will be a total of 6 days held over three weekends in Roger’s studio in Franklin, TN. Due to the small class size, each student will get a lot of individual instruction and inspiring group discussions. Session 1 […]

Unleashing Procreate for Painters with Mike Sowers

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Instructor Name: Mike Sowers Workshop Dates: Feb 8, 2020; 9:30-3:30 Procreate is an incredibly powerful app that can provide significant benefit to users. The morning session of the workshop will be devoted to understanding how to use the brushes, layers, grids and palette of the software. The afternoon session will cover creating, editing, preparing and […]

Painting The Landscape with Pamela Padgett- Session 2 Monday paint Club

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Pam Padgett Session 2- Monday Paint Club 9:30am - 3:00pm Mondays February 10, 17, 24, (off March 2) March 9th $325. The Focus of Session 2 will be on creating strong landscape paintings from photos or your ipad/laptop images. We will challenge ourselves to work on strong foundational elements-line,shape,value,color harmony,composition. My goal is to help […]

Color Intensive with Dawn Whitelaw

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Learn all colors that your palette can create. Sharpen your ability to see colors in all of their vibrancy and subtleties. Then learn how to implement the two through color studies. Suitable for all levels Workshop Location: Warehouse 521

Plein Air Ireland 2020 with Sharon Rusch Shaver

June 7-June 16, 2020 Join award winning Chestnut Group member Sharon Rusch Shaver on her next exciting adventure for artists to the Dingle Peninsula of Ireland. Painting daily in your chosen medium: oil; watercolor; pastel; pen and ink artists as well as photographers will find plenty of inspiration where the sea defines daily life and […]

Painting The Poetic Landscape with Barbara Jaenicke @ OnTrack Studios

On Track Studios (1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN  37064)

Instructor Name: Barbara Jaenicke Workshop Dates: June 25-27 "Painting The Poetic Landscape" is Barbara's basic workshop that offers a broad overview of her approach to painting and covers value, color temperature, chroma, composition, editing, and mark making (how to make every stroke of pigment count). Each day will begin with a demonstration followed by plenty […]

2021 4-Week Monday Paint Club with Pamela Padgett

On Track Studios (1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN  37064)

Workshop Dates: Mondays Jan 4, 11, 18, 25th Session 1 -Composition, Foundations and Color Harmony 8 Student Class $280 per 4 week session. Workshop Location: On Track Studios Workshop URL: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094fafaa22a4f58-pampadgettmonday

2021 Session 2 Monday Paint Club with Pamela Padgett CANCELED!!

On Track Studios (1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN  37064)

Instructor Name: Pamela Padgett Workshop Dates: Mondays February 8, 15, 22, March 1st Session 2 Freestyle Paint! Bring Images that you've been wanting to paint and we will break down the compositional strengths and learn to analyze what makes a solid painting. Limited to 8 students $280 per 4 week session. Workshop Location: On Track […]

Paint Your Heart Out with Brigitte Hubbard- Plein Air Painting 101: Getting Started

On Track Studios (1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN  37064)

Plein Air Painting 101: Getting Started Never painted outside, or new to painting outside? No problem! Come join other newcomers to take the courageous leap into painting in the great outdoors! Welcome to Plein Air 101, where we will spend a fun day of learning all about plein air painting. We will cover everything from […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out with Todd Saal – Impressionistic Landscapes with Watercolor

Paint Your Heart Out - Impressionistic Landscapes with Watercolor with Todd Saal Saturday, May 1, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - please bring our lunch and a water bottle This workshop will focus on interpreting the landscape while painting outdoors using watercolor. We’ll explore different approaches to create more narrative and expressive paintings. Todd […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out – Learning from Critiques with Kim Barrick

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Learning from Critiques with Kim Barrick Join award winning artist Kim Barrick, founder of The Chestnut Group, for this 1/2 day workshop designed to elevate your artwork through the process of critique. Good critiques provide artists inspiration to create better work. This class will be helpful to all levels, especially artists terrified to show their […]

$50.00

Paint Your Heart Out with Pam Padgett – Masses and Mark Making

On Track Studios (1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN  37064)

Masses and Mark Making with Pam Padgett NEW DATE: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - please bring your lunch and a water bottle Skill level: intermediate Instructor: Pam Padgett OnTrack Studios Class size: 10

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out with Robert Blake – The Quick Oil Sketch

The Quick Oil Sketch with Robert Blake Friday, May 21, 2021 9:30 a.m to 4:00 p.m. - please bring your lunch and a water bottle Skill level: All levels welcome Instructor: Robert Blake Location: Radnor Lake Class size: 12

$75.00

Sketch to Studio with Dawn Whitelaw

On Track Studios (1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN  37064)

Instructor Name: Dawn Whitelaw Workshop Dates: June 24-26, 2021 Students will paint "grocery bag sketches" on Kraft paper and bring these sketches into the studio to create a larger paintings using the small sketch as reference. Employing the practice of creating small sketches to inform your larger studio pieces is a sure path to artistic […]

Paint Your Heart Out with Lori Putnam – Capturing the Spirit of Nature Outdoors

Putnam Fine Arts Studio 1225 Breeden Rd, Charlotte, TN

Capturing the Spirit of Nature Outdoors Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Instructor: Lori Putnam, LoriPutnam.com Putnam Fine Art Studio 1225 Breeden Rd Charlotte, TN 37036 Price: $150 member / $175 non-member Max: 15 Recommended Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced. (https://loriputnam.com/painting-skills-levels) Class description:  This workshop will focus on finding and painting the […]

$150.00

Paint Your Heart Out with Brigitte Hubbard – Plein Air 101

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Plein Air Painting 101: Getting Started Date: Thursday, September 30, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Instructor: Brigitte Hubbard, BrigitteHubbard.com OnTrack Studios, 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN 37067 Price: $110 member / $130 non-member Max: 12 Skill level: Beginner Class description: Never painted outside, or new to painting outside? No problem! Come join other newcomers […]

$110.00

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