2026
Benton Center LBCC 2026
Landscape Collage: Exploring Nature through Layers
WINTER term 2026
8 weeks
Wednesdays, 1-3 pm
Class size limit: 10 (FULL)
Discover the beauty of nature through the art of collage. Using hand-painted papers along with repurposed drawings and paintings, students will learn to create vibrant, one-of-a-kind landscapes inspired by their own photographs. Weekly discussions will explore how the principles of design can strengthen composition, guiding students in building depth from foreground to background and crafting scenes that are both dynamic and harmonious. Open to all levels, this class encourages experimentation, creativity, and a renewed perspective on the natural world.
Expressive Charcoal
FALL term 2026
8 weeks
Tuesdays, 12:30-3:00pm
Class size limit: 10
Explore the dramatic and diverse medium of charcoal to create a painterly effect using the additive and subtractive method. We’ll use a variety of mark-making techniques, tools and tips, and learn how to see shapes rather than contours to create a full range of values. Students will work from black/white images for inspiration. Individual attention will be emphasized.
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SITKA CENTER 2026
Sitka Center for Arts and Ecology
The Weather Journal - 3 day workshop
July 27-29, 2026
Look Up! It is intrinsic to our nature to pay attention to daily and seasonal climate shifts that happen in our environment. We see, feel, hear, sense and smell a change in the air.
Explore a wide variety of painting and drawing techniques to capture these weather patterns in a Weather Journal. Layers of watercolor, acrylic, graphite, and mark-making tools can quickly communicate the feel of the wind, clouds, storms, hot days, dark and smoky skies. We will be working both outdoors and in the studio. Students will build a foundation for a continued practice and create a collection of various weather examples to use as references.
Sitka Center takes the necessary steps to ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff. Updates and registration information will be posted directly through their website.
CAC (Creative Arts Community)
Menucha Retreat Center in the Columbia Gorge
Shifting Lines: A Creative Path to Abstract Drawing
5 day workshop
August 2-8, 2026
Discover new ways of seeing and creating as we use Menucha’s landscape as inspiration for abstract expression. Through guided prompts and experimental methods, you’ll explore how to transform a variety of sketches into one cohesive drawing, layering mixed media to build depth, texture, and meaning. Together we’ll balance the real with the imagined, working intuitively to uncover unexpected directions in your art. Along the way, we’ll apply principles of design to strengthen and refine composition. This workshop welcomes anyone eager to deepen their creative process and expand their artistic voice.
See CAC website for information and registration
visit my page on Menucha here
Menucha Retreat Center in the Columbia Gorge
Shifting Lines: A Creative Path to Abstract Drawing
5 day workshop
August 2-8, 2026
Discover new ways of seeing and creating as we use Menucha’s landscape as inspiration for abstract expression. Through guided prompts and experimental methods, you’ll explore how to transform a variety of sketches into one cohesive drawing, layering mixed media to build depth, texture, and meaning. Together we’ll balance the real with the imagined, working intuitively to uncover unexpected directions in your art. Along the way, we’ll apply principles of design to strengthen and refine composition. This workshop welcomes anyone eager to deepen their creative process and expand their artistic voice.
See CAC website for information and registration
visit my page on Menucha here
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