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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]