May 1st
12–1pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
Discover the vibrant world of San Francisco's art scene with a variety of painting classes, where aspiring artists can explore different techniques, styles, and mediums to create their own masterpieces.
Unfortunately, no classes in-person in San Francisco have spots left, but 7 classes live online are available.
Pastimes for a Lifetime @ Live Online via Zoom
Discover the world of oil pastels with this online art course. Unleash your creativity as you learn color theory, blending techniques, and how to create stunning works of art that resemble oil paintings. Perfect for beginners looking for a mess-free and vibrant medium.
May 1st
12–1pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 1st
1–2pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 1st
2–3pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 2nd
5:30–6:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 4th
11:30am–12:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
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92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Discover the beauty of watercolor landscapes with artist Zach Seeger as he guides you through advanced techniques to create stunning reflections, lush forests, and captivating skies. Enhance your painting skills and explore the rich medium of watercolor in this immersive course.
Jun 3rd
7–9:30pm EDT
Meets 5 Times
Pastimes for a Lifetime @ Live Online via Zoom
Explore the delicate and versatile world of chalk pastels with an intermediate-level class that combines art and science. Discover the history and chemistry of pigments while learning to mix and apply chalk pastels for various subject matters. Perfect for the artist who enjoys getting their hands dirty.
Apr 30th
3–4pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 1st
12–1pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 1st
1–2pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
May 1st
2–3pm PDT
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May 2nd
5:30–6:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
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92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Unlock the secrets of capturing the essence of a model through anatomy, proportion, and color-mixing. Embrace the challenge of painting different views of the head with live models, as you explore the art of portrait painting. Join us on this artistic journey and bring your portraits to life.
May 22nd
10am–12:30pm EDT
Meets 7 Times
May 22nd
1–3:30pm EDT
Meets 7 Times
92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Unlock the vibrant world of soft pastels in this online course. Discover color theory and enhance your drawing skills as you explore classic still-lifes, figures, and photographs. Receive individual feedback and guidance from instructor Eva Nikolova along the way.
May 23rd
10:30am–1pm EDT
Meets 6 Times
The Art Studio NY @ Online Classroom
Explore the world of soft pastel painting and nurture your creativity with inspiring art lessons for all ages and levels. Discover endless techniques, from color blending to expressive mark making, in a supportive online art class. Tap into your inner artist and join a community of like-minded individuals in this engaging LIVE experience.
Apr 29th
8:15–9:15pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Jun 3rd
8:15–9:15pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Jul 8th
8:15–9:15pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Aug 5th
8:15–9:15pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Prima Materia Institute @ Virtual Classroom
Discover the art of painting flowers adorned with glistening morning dew in this four-part class. Whether it's a tulip, rose, poppy, or morning glory, you'll learn techniques to bring your favorite blooms to life with realistic raindrops. Perfect for beginners and returning students looking to elevate their painting skills to new heights.
May 13th
5:30–7pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Try your hand at making your art in glass. We will explore a variety of ways of adding images to glass through painting and printmaking processes. In addition to making technique test pieces, you will complete the class with an individually designed project. This class is a great introduction to working in cold glass, and no prior experience is required.
IGNITE YOUR WILD CREATIVITY! CREATING ABSTRACT PAINTINGS WITH PASSION! BUILDING A PAINTING: LAYERING WITH STENCILS, FRISKET AND TAPE DAYLONG WORKSHOP This is the first of two exciting day-long workshops since COVID began. You will learn abstract acrylic painting techniques by building a painting with stencils, frisket and tape. This workshop is offered in studio and LIVE online via zoom. You will get lots of experience trying new things...
Richmond Art Center @ 23 Maine Ave, Richmond, CA
Refine your painting skills by learning how to enhance photo references in this comprehensive class. Explore techniques to bring life to your landscapes and master the art of painting from photos. Open to all painting media, this course will transform your artwork beyond mere copies.
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Learn to make a complete painting from the figure in gouache or acrylic paint. Focus is on pictorial development using live models. Some figure drawing experience preferred. Ages 18 & up welcome. Model fee included. Fee includes modeling fees. Required supplies for this program: 1. Paints if using gouache: Any brand gouache tube colors will do. A cool and a warm of each primary hue is a good rule. Winsor-Newton Permanent White gouache, large...
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Spend Spring painting au plein air at several beautiful Richmond, El Cerrito and Berkeley outdoor locations. Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced painting student, you'll enjoy discovering beginner-friendly painting spots, and improving your technique in the company of new friends. You'll receive as much or as little feedback as you want. Use the media of your choice. We'll spend two weeks at each painting location so that students...
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Does the ambiguity of abstraction intimidate you? This class guides participants in understanding their aesthetic interests while transforming them into a unique style. In an open studio format students are encouraged to experiment and develop their artistic intent. Students will have one on one time to discuss their ideas, objectives, challenges, etc. with the instructor. This class is similar to a group study in abstract/ non-objective...
Art School of SF Bay @ 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
Develop your portrait painting skills under the guidance of experienced instructors and immerse yourself in a hands-on workshop that will explore the challenge of bringing faces to life on canvas.
This class focuses on light and color to capture the essence of place in a landscape painting. A simple palette for understanding color mixing is central to create atmosphere and a sense of distance. This class will give you the necessary foundation to create vibrant scenes that tell a story. Demonstrations in color theory and composition are provided to create a dramatic painting. For intermediate to advanced students with oil paints. Materials...
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Let’s loosen up with bold and beautiful Pastels and discover the versatility of this age-old medium! I will show you techniques in layering, blending, and adding texture by using some unconventional tools to add marks and mayhem such as a brayer, stencils, torn paper, and much more! We will experiment with adding inks and other matte mediums to our backgrounds and will use botanical subjects such as flowers and plants to bring our musings to life!...
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Explore the beauty of natural habitats through the art of Pastels in a dynamic and engaging way. Unleash your creativity and learn to paint landscapes with various media, adding depth and texture to your artwork. Join us for an enriching artistic journey at the Richmond Art Center.
Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA
Taking advantage of the spring bloom, participants are invited to explore the botanical world of the region through the art of sun printing. Students will create a variety of sun prints from leaves, flowers and other natural materials. This class is suitable for beginners, with no artistic background. El instructor habla español. What To Bring (Materials list) : Water based paper (200 gsm) Plants of their choice Plastic folder Pencil...
Living Your Wild Creativity @ 4404 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA
Express your Wild Creativity: 4-day Abstract Art Intensive “Cut Loose! Get Bold! Find Your Marks!” Go wild with us! Bring your courage, your curiosity, your love of creating for this 4-day intensive abstract acrylic workshop. This workshop is chock full of learning, exploring, delving, trusting, getting wildly creative. You will be guided in a series of structured loosening up exercises, using acrylic paint and a variety of drawing...
Living Your Wild Creativity @ 4404 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA
This is not a workshop for beginners. Participants will bring all their own equipment, paints and canvas. Studio will provide buckets, some house paints, some large tools, misc paints.
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