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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

Paint Your Heart Out: Impressionist Flowers with Gayle Levee

Cheekwood 1200 Forest Park Drive, Nashville, TN

Gayle Levee Saturday, April 4th, 2020 Impressionist Flowers     Description:  Quickly painted close-ups of flowers in the garden capturing the changing outdoor light and the brilliance of color. Time: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Fee: $70    Non-member Fee:  $90 To Register, go to: Impressionist Flowers Location:  Cheekwood  (1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Creating Depth with Edges and Color in your Landscapes with Pam Padgett

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Pam Padgett  Thursday, April 16th, 2020 Creating Depth With Edges and Color in Your Landscapes     Description: We will work at creating strength and dimension in your plein air studies. We will be outside (weather permitting) or on the porches. Time: 9:30 am-3:00pm Member fee: $70     Non-member Fee: $90 To Register, go […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Painting Florals and Still Life Outside with Brenda Coldwell

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Brenda Coldwell Saturday, April 18th, 2020 Painting Florals and Still Life Outside     Description:  Still Life and Floral Arrangements will be set up outside on the porch at the studio. There will be a brief discussion of how the light affects the subjects and then a demonstration. Afterwards, everyone will set up and paint […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Shifting Warm and Cool Values in the Landscape with Paula Frizbe

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Paula Frizbe Saturday, April 18th, 2020 Shifting Warm and Cool Values in the Landscape     Description: We will be working en plein air in the front of OnTrack, to learn better how to think about warm and cool values as they relate to landscape painting.   Time:  12 noon to 5 pm Member Fee: […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Promoting your Artwork in a Changing Environment with Kim Barrick, Andrea Jones, Karen Philpott

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Kim Barrick, Andrea Jones, Karen Philpott   Sunday, April 19th, 2020 Promoting Your Artwork in a Changing Environment     Description: Panel Discussion on marketing and promoting artwork in a changing environment. Topics will include gallery representation, social media, online and grass roots efforts to create sales in 2020 and beyond.  Time: 1pm – 4 […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Open Discussion and Questions/Paint Along with Roger Dale Brown and Beverly Ford Evans

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Beverly Ford Evans and Roger Dale Brown Open Discussion, Any Topic or Questions/Paint Along with Roger     Description:  Open Discussion- with both Beverly and Roger on any topic, any questions. To be prepared, create your questions before you come.  The Paint Along- students and Roger will paint the same image. […]

$50.00 – $110.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Better Designs = Stronger Paintings with Dawn Whitelaw

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Dawn Whitelaw Saturday, April 25, 2020 Better Designs  =   Stronger Paintings   Description: New ways to approach the design of a painting to make the painting process easier and the resulting painting more powerful. Power point, demo, lots of hands-on practice and one on one help. We will take our sketchbooks outdoors if weather […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Human Gesture Painting/Drawing with Marjorie Hicks

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Marjorie Hicks Sunday, April 26th, 2020 Human Gesture Painting/Drawing     Description:  In this workshop, our group will be using reference photos shown via a projector.  Artists may choose to paint using their preferred medium.  Or, simply bring your sketch pad! We’ll paint tonally with grays only:  light, middle and dark. We will zero in […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Fun with Gouache! with Trey Finney

Bluebird Hill, 2864 Ernest Hawkins Rd, Santa Fe, TN 2864 Ernest Hawkins Rd, Santa Fe, Tennessee

Trey Finney Monday, April 27th, 2020 Fun with Gouache!     Description: Gouache is great for Plein Air, travel, preliminary sketching, quick color and value notes, or taking it all the way to a finished product. The paints are fast drying and an inexpensive alternative to painting with oils, whether in the studio or on […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Modern Impressionism in Miniature Still Life with Ingrid Derrickson

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Ingrid Derrickson Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 Modern Impressionism in Miniature Still Life     Description: Small Impressions...painting miniature still lifes in oil or acrylic. This class will enhance your abilities to express color, encourage daily painting habits, create expressive little gems abstracted in light and shadow. Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Member Fee: $70        Non-member […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Drawing Your Way to Better Landscapes with Mike Sowers and Ed Routon

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Mike Sowers and Ed Routon Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 Drawing Your Way to Better Landscapes     It is said of painting that Value does all the work while Color gets all the credit. Description:  The class will include sound theory plus useful tools and techniques to strengthen your landscape drawings, which will yield improved results […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out: A Panel on Panels with Erin Martin, Kevin Menck, Dawn Whitelaw

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Erin Martin, Kevin Menck, Dawn Whitelaw Friday, May 1st, 2020 A Panel on Panels     Description: An evening discussing surfaces and what they can do for your painting. From mounted canvas and linen, to priming hardboard your own with gesso and pumice, slick sealed woods, craft paper... there’s a surface for every painter. It’s […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Speedy Sunset Chasing with Erin Martin

Edwin Warner Park...TBD Nashville, TN

Erin Martin Saturday May 2nd, 2020 (Rain Date May 5th) Speedy Sunset Chasing     Description:  Chasing first light and last light is one of my favorite plein air practices. This will be the zippiest workshop ever. We'll gather for a  quick pow-wow about what materials and methods have served me well in the hunt, […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Florals with Attitude! with Diane May

Diane May Studio 228 Ensworth Pl, Nashville, TN

Diane May Sunday, May 3, 2020 Florals with Attitude!     Description: Learn how to energize your floral paintings with dynamic gestures from block-in to finish. Students may paint an outdoor floral still life or paint flowers in the garden (in case of rain in upstairs studio)  Time:  9:00 am to 4:00 pm – 9-1 […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Captivated by Wildflowers in the Landscape with Karen Philpott

Cheekwood 1200 Forest Park Drive, Nashville, TN

Karen Philpott Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Captivated by Wildflowers in the Landscape      Description: Join Karen as she demonstrates in Plein Air how to define a composition from a complex scene and capture wildflowers in the landscape. From interiors to broad sweeps of color, wildflowers bring dramatic interest and emotion to the painted landscape. […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Simplifying The Landscape with Kevin Menck

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!! PLEASE CONTACT RACHEL BLAIR: chestnutnews2@gmail.com    TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST Kevin Menck Thursday, May 7th, 2020 Simplifying The Landscape Description: This workshop will focus on the fundamentals of basic landscape painting. There will be an emphasis on value, temperature and being able to see and define big shapes […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out Reopens!!

SEE WORKSHOP LISTINGS BELOW  (September-November) Many thanks to a host of talented Chestnut Members who have created a fabulous offering of instruction. There are 15 workshops to choose from this year, from September 22-November 14, 2020.  Tickets are on a first-come, first-serve basis and you may take as many workshops as you like. We opened the […]

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 […]

“Contagious Plein Air!” with Kathie Odom (Chestnut Group Hosted)

Workshop Dates:  June 10-12, 2020 $465 Non-member Price/$400  Member Price *YOU MUST BE SIGNED IN TO GET TO THE MEMBER PRICE* You have the option to pay in full or make a $150 deposit. If you choose the deposit option the process will show your total amount, deposit amount, and balance. Your credit card or […]

$465.00

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 […]

“Speaking for the Trees” Chestnut Group 2020 Partnership Project

Gordon Jewish Community Center 801 Percy Warner Blvd, Nashville, TN

The Chestnuts are partnering with the Nashville Tree Conservation Corps (NTCC) on a Exhibit and Sale at the Gordon Jewish Community Center (GJCC) for the month of September 2020. Sixty paintings to be displayed and all will be for sale to benefit efforts to preserve our urban tree canopy.

Paint Your Heart Out: Human Gesture Painting/Drawing with Marjorie Hicks *SOLD OUT*

Zoom

 WORKSHOP WILL BE CONDUCTED USING ZOOM  THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!! PLEASE CONTACT RACHEL BLAIR: chestnutnews2@gmail.com TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST Marjorie Hicks Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 Human Gesture Painting/Drawing   Description:  In this workshop, our group will be using reference photos shown via a projector.  Artists may choose to paint using their preferred […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Promoting your Artwork in a Changing Environment with Kim Barrick, Andrea Jones, Karen Philpott

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Kim Barrick, Andrea Jones, Karen Philpott   Sunday, September 13th, 2020 Promoting your Artwork in a Changing Environment    Description: Panel Discussion on marketing and promoting artwork in a changing environment. Topics will include gallery representation, social media, online and grass roots efforts to create sales in 2020 and beyond.  Time: 1pm – 4 pm […]

$75.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Captivated by Wildflowers in the Landscape with Karen Philpott

Warner Park, Butler Field

Karen Philpott Monday, September 14th, 2020 Captivated by Wildflowers in the Landscape   Description: Join Karen as she demonstrates in Plein Air how to define a composition from a complex scene and capture wildflowers in the landscape. From interiors to broad sweeps of color, wildflowers bring dramatic interest and emotion to the painted landscape. Two […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Creating Depth with Edges and Color in your Landscapes with Pam Padgett *SOLD OUT*

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!! PLEASE CONTACT RACHEL BLAIR: chestnutnews2@gmail.com TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST Pam Padgett  Monday, September 21, 2020 Creating Depth With Edges and Color in Your Landscapes   Description: We will work at creating strength and dimension in your plein air studies. We will be outside (weather permitting) or on the […]

$90.00

PYHO: Open Discussion, Any Topic or Questions/Paint Along with Beverly Ford Evans and Roger Dale Brown

Warehouse 521 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN

Beverly Ford Evans and Roger Dale Brown Sunday, September 27, 2020 Open Discussion, Any Topic or Questions/Paint Along with Roger   Description:  Open Discussion- with both Beverly and Roger on any topic, any questions. To be prepared, create them before you come.  The Paint Along- students and Roger will paint the same image. He will first […]

$50.00 – $110.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Shifting Warm and Cool Values in the Landscape with Paula Frizbe

OnTrack Studios 1978 Wilson Pike, Franklin, TN

Paula Frizbe Monday, September 28th, 2020 Shifting Warm and Cool Values in the Landscape   Description: We will be working en plein air in the front of OnTrack, to learn better how to think about warm and cool values as they relate to landscape painting.   Time:  12 noon to 5 pm Member Fee:   […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Florals with Attitude! with Diane May *Canceled*

Diane May Studio 228 Ensworth Pl, Nashville, TN

We are sorry to announcement that this workshop has been canceled. Refunds are being issued to ticket holders. Diane May Sunday, October 4th, 2020 Florals with Attitude!     Description: Learn how to energize your floral paintings with dynamic gestures from block-in to finish. Students may paint an outdoor floral still life or paint flowers […]

$90.00

Paint Your Heart Out: Fun with Gouache! with Trey Finney

Bluebird Hill, 2864 Ernest Hawkins Rd, Santa Fe, TN 2864 Ernest Hawkins Rd, Santa Fe, Tennessee

Trey Finney Monday, October 5th, 2020 Fun with Gouache!   Description: Gouache is great for Plein Air, travel, preliminary sketching, quick color and value notes, or taking it all the way to a finished product. The paints are fast drying and an inexpensive alternative to painting with oils, whether in the studio or on location. […]

$90.00

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