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6-Week Evening Painting Course - Lavender & Blue

  • Paris Academy for the Arts 402 Lee Street Paris, TN 38242 USA (map)


Erik Stonebraker will teach you step-by-step to make your own loose acrylic painting. You will end up with a beautiful 30x40 hydrangea lavender & blue painting to hang in your home or gift to someone special!

For teens and adults. No experience necessary. During this course, you will learn how to:

  • prep a canvas

  • paint an undercoat

  • paint a soft background with soft shadows

  • make objects set or rest on a surface

  • design & sketch in a vase

  • sketch in the “shapes” of hydrangeas

  • glaze

  • use MIXING WHITE and understand the difference between MIXING WHITE & TITANIUM WHITE

  • “soften” or “blurr-out” hedges

  • “gray-out” colors & why

  • know where the “light” is coming from and why you need to know

  • varnish a finished painting 

Please be sure to register and pay before class using the buttons below. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the instructor.

Fee: $195, includes supplies (please bring a hair dryer if you have one)

Supplies Included: paint brushes, paints, 30x40 canvas, glazing medium, professional instruction


Instructor: Erik Stonebraker

702-684-3684

*This course is limited to 10 people and registration ends on April 28th*