January Creative Latte & Learn
2025-01-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
We start the 2025 Creative Latte & Learn series with an intro to calligraphy. My friend Shama Patel will help us get started using calligraphy markers.
Your ticket also gets you your choice of a latte, cold brew, ice tea (please specify sweet or unsweet) or bottled water. I’ll email you after you purchase your ticket to get your drink order.

Wednesday Open Art Journaling
2025-01-15 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-01-22 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-01-29 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-02-05 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-02-12 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-02-19 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-02-26 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:30 and 8 more dates
If you have a journal you’re working in, bring it with you…I also have starter kits here if you want to pick one up.
There is no instruction, just time to work on our journals! If you have some supplies you’d like to bring for a swap, that would be wonderful but not required.

2025 Vision Book
2025-01-17 11:30 - 13:30
At some point in life many of us have made a Vision Board of some kind. But this is more than a board…it’s a book!
The shiny new year awaits! Let’s set the tone for it by making an Accordion Vision Book. We’ll pick words that inspire and encourage each of us, and gather colors, images and quotes that reflect our own mission and goals. These can be personal or business goals, it’s totally up to you. We’ll collage them into the prepared Accordion Books. You are welcome to bring whatever you want to include in your book in addition to the studio supplies.
Your vision is bigger than a board…you can literally fill a book! But don’t worry, it’s a small book. Not trying to add pressure.

January Open Art Journaling
2025-01-18 13:30 - 15:00
The Monthly Saturday Open Art Journaling happens one Saturday every month. If you have a journal you’re working in, bring it with you…I also have starter kits and single art journals here if you want to pick one up.
There is no instruction, just time to work on our journals! If you have some supplies you’d like to bring for a swap, that would be wonderful but not required.
Did you know, you can purchase a pack of 10 Open Art Journaling sessions for $120? That’s like getting 2 free! You can use them anytime, and I’ll keep track with a punch card in the studio.

Abstract Winter Painting
2025-01-31 12:00 - 13:30
Instead of painting a “thing” we work with other art elements: colors, shapes, textures and patterns. It’s a great class for any level of experience, including absolute beginners, since you’ll work at your own pace. Grab a cup of inspiration from Good Company Cafe, just across the way, and join us in the studio!

Oil Painting 201
2025-02-05 13:00 - 14:00
This 4-part class will help youbecome more comfortable painting in oils. We will paint an animal (or pet) and learn about painting fur, textures and glazing. Each week we will practice basic techniques and put them to use in an animal painting. Class includes all materials. When you sign up you’ll have the chance to pick the photo you work on each week.

Week 1: Image selection, canvas prep and composition
Week 2: Image transfer, block in first layer of color
Week 3: Add more color layers and texture
Week 4 Add details and finish up

Artist Trading Cards Winter Make & Swap
2025-02-15 11:30 - 13:00
We meet, make as many 2.5×3.5 (the official size) Artist Trading Cards as we can in 1.5 hours, then swap or keep them. You can paint, draw, or do mixed media on your cards, which we will then trade with each other – or keep, whatever you choose!

February Open Art Journaling
2025-02-15 13:30 - 15:00

Abstract Bird Painting
2025-02-22 11:00 - 12:30
Instead of painting a realistic bird, we’ll paint an abstract bird by focusing on colors, shapes, textures and patterns. It’s a great class for any level of experience, including absolute beginners, since you’ll work at your own pace. Grab a cup of inspiration from Good Company Cafe, just across the way, and join us in the studio!

Somerset Challenge
2025-03-08 13:30 - 15:00
We’ll take one of the projects included in a Somerset Studio magazine and do it from start to finish – together! A week before each class I’ll send out 3 choices in my weekly letter. You get to vote on which project we do, and I’ll have all of the materials ready for us in the next scheduled class. If you are not already on the email list, click here to join.

March Creative Latte & Learn
2025-03-14 14:00 - 15:00
This month we look at using words in art. Whether you are an art journaler, mixed media, or other artist, there’s a tool that may be gathering dust in your toolbox or studio. WORDS. I’ve asked Susan Davis to share five easy starts for incorporating this sometimes overlooked tool in your work.

March Open Art Journaling
2025-03-15 13:30 - 15:00

Drawing Your Pet - 4 Week Class
2025-03-19 13:00 - 14:00
Each week we will build foundational drawing skills while learning best practices for tools and materials. Using graphite and charcoal, students will learn how to use lines, shading and create volume and depth. Part of the class will be spent working on a full drawing using the techniques as they are learned.
Please bring an 8.5×11 black and white print of the pet or animal you would like to draw.
I keep the class small so you get as much out of the class as possible.

Art Journaling 101
2025-03-22 14:00 - 16:00
If you have been wanting to try Art Journaling, this is for you! In this complete introduction to Art Journaling, you’ll learn some great techniques and have plenty of time to work in your journal. This is a 2-hour class.
Includes a mixed media, lay-flat journal, a deck of writing prompts, art supplies to use in the class and a “to-go bag to take home. You don’t need any experience with art journaling!

Abstract Landscape Painting
2025-03-28 11:30 - 13:00
Paint your favorite landscape in an abstract style. Bring a print out of an outdoor scene you really love, and we’ll start with that. It’s a great class for any level of experience, including absolute beginners, since you’ll work at your own pace. Grab a cup of inspiration from Good Company Cafe, just across the way, and join us in the studio!
