Create a vibrant still life in this guided acrylic painting workshop featuring a luminous cobalt blue bottle, fresh pink roses, delicate white blossoms, and a bright yellow lemon. Students will focus on loose, confident brushwork while learning how to suggest petals and foliage with bold color placement, capture reflected light, and create the illusion of water inside the bottle. This class encourages expressive painting rather than strict detail, making it welcoming for both beginners and more experienced artists. By the end of the session, each participant will complete a colorful 10” x 20” still life painting. All materials are provided, including a template to ensure accurate bottle proportions.
 
Location: Jupiter, Florida
Instructor: Cherie Blickenstaff
Cost: $65
Sponsor: The New Studio for the Visual Arts
Website, email, 561-295-5712

Join professional painters John Ball and Mark Baral for Color and Light in the Landscape, an Artist’s Connection Event at the Brush and Sketch Studio in Pensacola, FL. Through demonstrations, discussion, and critique, the artists will explore how light and color shape the landscape, how figures can strengthen a landscape composition, and how studio paintings are developed from plein air sketches and studies. Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own landscape sketches for thoughtful feedback and problem solving. This welcoming event is designed to help artists gain practical insight, fresh ideas, and meaningful connections with fellow painters.
 
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Instructor: John Ball & Mark Baral
Cost: $525
Sponsor: The Brush and Sketch Studio
Website, email, 850 741-8788 or 850 380-9087