Workshops & Skill Building Classes
If you’re looking to explore more in depth themes and skills in painting or looking for casual crafty day, these are the courseS for you.
Advance your skills and have some fun!
Acrylic Landscape Painting Workshop
In this workshop series you'll learn how to breakdown a landscape painting from a reference image, while picking up basic painting skills and techniques. Both beginners and intermediate level painters are welcome as we explore fundamental concepts for creating your own masterpieces.
Students can expect to finish a painting within the allotted time if working with a smaller canvas size or bring a larger canvas each session to continually work on and get assistance with.
Artist and Breeze & Branch owner Liesl Meissner will be painting along with you, providing live instructional demos, answering group questions and offer one-on-one guidance.
You’ll receive informational handouts on landscape paintings basics, and receive customized help on how to tackle your own images.
T-Shirt Painting
In this class you'll receive a demonstration for painting on cotton t-shirts, pick up some handy tricks, and get hands on guidance for bringing your hand-painted t-shirt dreams to life.
Lazy Macramé: A Crash Course in Creating Simple Fiber Art
The class includes instructions for how to make basic macrame knots, easy tassels, macrame leaves/feathers, how to dip dye - all that can be combined to make your own beautiful wall hangings or plant hangers.
Intro to Block Printing
In this class will discuss the basics of block prints, from how to carve your blocks, the different types of materials used in printing, and what inks are best suited for what projects.
Floral Still Life Painting Workshop
This is an intermediate level painting session with Artist and Breeze & Branch owner Liesl Meissner. Your Instructor be painting along with acrylics, providing live instructional demos, answering group questions and offer one-on-one guidance as needed.
Van Gogh-For-it Workshop
Learn from the master of impressionism to paint your own masterpiece with step-by-step instruction, no experience needed!
We'll learn how to layer paint using shortened brush strokes to mimic Van Gogh, and discuss how to translate the style into your own works.
Paint your own original or copy one of Van Gogh’s Classic works!
Pet Portrait Painting
Learn to paint your own pet portrait on a 11 x 14 sketched canvas with step-by-step instruction, no experience needed!
Your instructor will be sketching out your pet on to the canvas prior to the class, and will guide you through how to layer in depth and texture to capture all of your pet’s personality.
Abstract Painting Workshop
Both beginners and intermediate level painters are welcome as we explore fundamental concepts for creating your own abstract masterpieces. We’ll discuss the importance of texture, color balance, and brushwork in how to convey imagery and emotion.