Chasing Clouds: Bringing Skies to Life on Canvas
with Edward Sprafkin
Friday, February 6, 2026
10 am to 2 pm
$50 Members/$60 Non-Members
Tired of painting flat, boring blue skies? In this fun, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn simple tricks to bring your skies to life. We’ll play with values, color shifts, and brushwork to create depth and atmosphere, and paint clouds that truly seem to float. You’ll leave with the know-how to make every sky in your paintings pop with personality. Participants will work from their photo references or those supplied by the instructor. Open to gouache, acrylic, and oil.
Edward Sprafkin is an impressionistic painter whose favorite subjects include landscapes, portraits, and figures. He strives to create a great sense of depth, mood, and atmosphere in his paintings, regardless of their scale.
Edward teaches at the Scottsdale Artists’ School, the Arizona Artist’s Guild, and numerous art clubs and associations throughout the Phoenix Valley.
Edward Sprafkin’s work has been featured in American Artist Magazine, juried, and shown from coast to coast, including the Salmagundi Club in NYC and private collections throughout the United States and abroad, and is currently an Acrylic Live 2026 faculty member hosted by Eric Rhodes, publisher of Plein Air Magazine and other fine art publications.
