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Discover your inner artist and explore the vibrant world of painting with a variety of classes in San Francisco. From watercolor techniques to oil painting masterpieces, unlock your creativity and gain valuable skills to create beautiful artwork.

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Cherry

Painting & Vino @ 2455 3rd St, San Francisco, CA

Come on out to spend some quality creative time with the Master Artist for step-by-step Instruction to create this spring blossom, "Cherry Blossoms". What better way to celebrate the weekend than with Painting & Vino. Your best choice for Paint and Sip classes! This painting can be any background color to match your home decor. We encourage artistic freedom! You can alter the painting to fit your style and use any of our colors. Note: ...

(11) Intermediate 21 and older
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Painting & Brews - City Sunset

Painting & Vino @ 912 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA

Spend some quality creative time with the Master Artist for step-by-step Instruction on how paint this bold urban skyline painting, "City Sunset". What better way to make it through the week than with Painting & Vino. Your best choice for Paint and Sip classes! We encourage artistic freedom! You can alter the painting to fit your style and use any of our colors. Please Note: Check-in begins 15 minutes before the event start time. Give...

(11) Intermediate 21 and older
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Mark Making Workshop (Online)

Living Your Wild Creativity

LET LOOSE! GET WILD! This workshop will change your art! You will experience and explore, delve and create, and find your way with confidence and boldness to express what is uniquely you. In this class you will be guided in the learning process through creative exercises. You will also have time for your own personal desires in painting. (Pacific Time) via Zoom) Mark Making is my specialty and passion! I will show you: Ways to find your...

All levels 18 and older
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Cherry Blossoms

Painting & Vino

This is a "Live Online Event", instructed by our Mater Artist. She will guide you step-by-step through the process of re-creating this beautiful painting, while using acrylic paints on a 16x20 canvas. Join her live for an interactive experience while enjoying all the comforts of your home.  This event is good for ages 13+, so feel free to invite your entire household to participate. Materials: Canvas - Choose any size (Instructors will...

(11) Intermediate 13 and older
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Online Rock It! Dot Painting Mandalas

Dragonfly Designs @ Online Class, Online, CA

To put it simply, this project rocks! In this class, students will learn how to create beautiful Mandala stones that appear incredibly intricate, but are achievable through the technique of dot painting. Believed to be a source of meditation and relaxation, artists will find their center as their own Mandala comes to life on this unique canvas. Projects Rock Mandala Dot Årt Painting  Canvas Mandala Dot Årt Painting Shipping Shipping...

(5) All levels 8 and older
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$175

5 sessions

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Beginner Watercolor - Flowers

Dragonfly Designs

Guests will learn valuable techniques in working with the beautiful medium of watercolor. They’ll develop their brushwork to create gradient, texture, shadows, and movement. Guided by our Art Instructor, guests will be amazed at their skill progression and the resulting masterpiece! Note: This is a Virtual Camp with LIVE instruction on Zoom that you attend from the comfort of your home. You will receive your materials kit 1 – 5 days before...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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Play, Explore, Trust Yourself: Abstract Art Course

Living Your Wild Creativity @ 4404 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA

This Class will ground you with good fundamentals for creating your own Abstract Art Practice. We will also spend the time establishing trust in your own tuititive process for expressing your heart’s desire. This is a classroom settting with talks, slide shows, videos and exercises to build a great foundation. All levels welcome and especially good for anyone new to Abstract Art.  We will cover: Understanding Abstract Art and what an artist...

Beginner 18 and older
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$150
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Ignite Your Wild Creativity: Creating Abstract Painting

Living Your Wild Creativity @ 4404 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA

LET LOOSE!  GET WILD! Bring a handful of unfinished or unresolved paintings that may have you asking what next?  It is more of a one on one independent work where we will review what you are doing and move your paintings to a new level where you enliven them and restart the conversation.   In this process, you will gain courage, build trust in your own artistic choices, and grow your skills of making dynamic paintings.  Materials...

All levels 18 and older
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$300
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Online Painting with Aziza Balle

Institute for Art and Living

Online Painting is a way to sustain a home painting practice with the support of a virtual community of process painters from around the world.  Join a growing community of painters who value the powerful practice of process painting as a tool for their ongoing creative development and personal growth. You'll receive personal attention from Stewart Cubley or another Painting Experience facilitator. Magic happens at a Painting Experience workshop...

All levels 13 and older
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Online Painting with Annie Rousseau

Institute for Art and Living

Online Painting is a way to sustain a home painting practice with the support of a virtual community of process painters from around the world.  Join a growing community of painters who value the powerful practice of process painting as a tool for their ongoing creative development and personal growth. You'll receive personal attention from our Painting Experience facilitator. Magic happens at a Painting Experience workshop, but it's easy...

All levels 13 and older
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Community Nights: Art for All

Living Your Wild Creativity @ 4404 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA

Each class is open to everyone from ages 16 to 96 where you will get to create and learn and have something to take home as well.  ALL LEVELS WELCOME. So, if you are new to the neighborhood, would like to create and share with others, this is a perfect place to be. Bring your curiosity, your joy, your willingness to try something new!  Materials fee: $5 each class, paid to the instructor. Please Note: The school will send out a map,...

All levels 16 and older
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Go Wild! African Animals in Mixed Media

Richmond Art Center @ 23 Maine Ave, Richmond, CA

Embark on a creative journey at Richmond Art Center, exploring African wildlife through vibrant mixed media. From leopards to giraffes, unleash your artistic vision using colored pencils, pastels, watercolor, and more. No prior drawing experience needed—just bring your enthusiasm and join us for two days of immersive artistry.

(13) All levels 16 and older
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$240

6 sessions

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Art Journaling for Teens

Richmond Art Center

In this class young artists will begin to fill the pages of their art journals with fun projects using watercolors, colored pencils, ink, marker, paint, folded paper, and found objects. Sign up for one class or as many as you like!  Classes will include illustrating animal self-portraits, adding dimension to illustrations with cut-paper inserts, making DIY stencils, pop-up book and folding techniques, lettering basics, texture-making with...

(13) All levels 12 - 17 years old
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Introduction to Image Making in Glass

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.

(13) Beginner 17 and older
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$285

3 sessions

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Portrait Workshop

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.

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$320

5 sessions

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Intermediate/Advanced Landscape Painting in Oils

Richmond Art Center

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...

(13) Advanced 16 - 18 years old
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Botanical Expressions in Pastel and Mixed Media

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!...

(13) Beginner 16 and older
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$240

6 sessions

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Botanical Nature Printing

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...

(13) Beginner 14 and older
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$160

4 sessions

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Express your Wild Creativity: 4-day Abstract Art

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...

All levels 18 and older
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$950

4 sessions

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Building a Painting with Stencils, Frisket and Tape

Living Your Wild Creativity

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...

All levels 18 and older
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