PAINTING & DRAWING

Join us for an engaging exploration of the artistic synthesis between two distinct art forms: photography and painting. Discover transfer techniques that integrate photographic images and text directly...

Put your imagination to the test in this expressive workshop for painters and printmakers alike in which we create new works using gouache and collage. Gouache is a magnificent, water- based paint used...

Master two of the most difficult elements of painting—color and light. By breaking down color into its building blocks of hue, value and saturation, we simplify these complex and sometimes daunting aspects...

Expand your ability to translate the three-dimensional world through painting on a two-dimensional canvas when we explore the process of observation that allows us to truly see and ingest forms, shapes...

Achieve the transparency and immediacy unique to watercolor painting in a fun and accessible introductory workshop that incorporates a series of simple studio exercises encouraging students to explore...

Uncover broader means and strategies in drawing while delving into the possibilities of the medium in this layered workshop. Students create dynamic, two-dimensional works on paper while investigating...

Engage in the critical dialogue and individual instructor critiques that are fundamental to honing your work and deepening your understanding of contemporary art practice. In this workshop, you produce...

Find new ways to capture and print a photograph, redefining what photography can be. This workshop focuses on the hybrid of analog and digital art processes to add materiality to an image with traditional...

Challenge unfamiliarity in portraiture, landscape, interiors and still life in an engaging and contemplative workshop that expands the language of texture through drawing. Students rework methodologies,...

Unearth the essence and details of nature through painting in watercolor. From big vistas to nearby natural environments, Anderson Ranch provides a varied palette of vantage points from which students...

Ignite your creative juices in a weeklong workshop that pairs engaging demonstrations of two-dimensional mixed-media techniques with dynamic exercises to get you out of your artistic comfort zone. We work...

This workshop explores the beauty of working with wax to inherently allow the artist to build up luminous layers while incorporating photographic imagery, found objects, paint and transfer processes. Students...

PORTFOLIO REVIEW REQUIRED. Explore the strengths and limitations of your current work and practice in order to re-energize them in this one-week, advanced painting and critique workshop—the last in this...

Ignite your creative juices in a weeklong workshop that pairs engaging demonstrations of two-dimensional mixed-media techniques with dynamic exercises to get you out of your artistic comfort zone. We work...

8 am – 12 pm, Monday – Tuesday Supported by: Janice and Philip Beck  Take an exciting step back into art history, and explore one of the founding institutions of experimental liberal arts...

Develop and sustain direction and momentum within the personal studio practice in this advanced studio workshop. We place particular emphasis on workshop dialogue that focuses on conceptual strategies,...

Participate in the engaging dialogue and purposeful studio practice that increase the understanding of how your work is communicating to your audience. This two-week workshop consists of intensive studio...

Setting your artistic exploration free starts with understanding the architecture that makes up the grounds of a painting, whether you are working figuratively, representationally or abstractly. In this...

Broaden your painting language by examining the conditions contained within abstraction that combine psychology and philosophy. This workshop asks you to dig deep, and explore the creation of a non-objective...

Tap into your unique way of seeing the world, and apply your joy of painting through fun and unexpected prompts. In this beginning acrylic painting workshop, students solve visual problems, find their...

Combine your passion for drawing and painting with traditional Asian brush painting and calligraphy in this one-of-a-kind workshop. Using sumi ink and brush on paper while referencing traditional Asian...

Hone your skills and delve into the rich meaning contained within portraiture during this exciting workshop designed for painters of all levels. Through the use of photos, students experiment with light,...

Explore the rich overlap between figuration and abstraction with a particular focus on materiality in this compelling painting workshop. We look at the history of gestures and automatism in paint and how...

Develop a powerfully expressive visual vocabulary, and ultimately a dynamic and impactful painting, in this inquisitive look at the luminous language of color. We explore how color lends singular presence,...

Experience summer in full bloom as you embark on painting outdoors in the Colorado landscape. We practice drawing not only on its own, but as the structure for our plein air paintings. In addition to painting...

Discover oil paint’s ability to harness light, shade and luminous color through the techniques of the masters. In this compelling workshop, we experiment with various styles and schools of painting...

Unleash the emotional power of color in this five-day course that encourages you to expand your ability to incorporate a unique visual vocabulary into your artistic practice. Van Gogh deeply believed that...

Challenge convention and broaden the spectrum of materials used to make your work in this provocative workshop—one that encourages you to see existing elements with new potential for content and form....

Delve into the foundational drawing techniques that are so often the base for any work of art. Whether you’re a seasoned painter or a beginning sculptor, drawing can be one of the most useful mediums...

This workshop is designed for two types of artists: the photographer who wants to involve a hand process and the painter who wants to involve digital media. Students are asked to find, deepen and clarify...

Immerse yourself in the fundamentals of oils in a comprehensive workshop aimed at artists who are just beginning their pursuit of painting. Working primarily from observation, we investigate the relationship...

Open up your practice and push yourself to experiment in this highly engaging advanced painting workshop. Driven by risk-taking and chance, students work intuitively within a rigorous conceptual structure...

Identify and explore new opportunities within your work during this intensive two-week painting course in which students are encouraged to pursue a multi-work project. By examining the differences between...