AAG hosts a multitude of workshops every year.  Artists are selected for the innovtive approach, mastery of skill and overall experience they bring to the classroom.  Workshops are continually being added.  Be sure to check back regularly and sign up early as classes fill up!

2025 Workshops

Small Birds in Acrylic with Lynn Smith

Saturday, April 19th
10am to 1pm

We will explore characteristics of our bird subjects, background possibilities, and color.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, April 25th, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

Explosive Color Portraits with Jerry Salinas

Saturday May 3rd
10 am to 2 pm

If you have ever painted from a photo and learned how limiting that reference is, this workshop will help you get past that problem!

Sky and Waterscapes with Carol Bendell

Saturday, May 10th
10am to 3pm

 Learn to create sunset reflections on the water, appearance of movement of waves and exciting cloud patterns.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, May 23rd, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

Charcoal Drawing with Mike Garcia

Saturday, May 31, 2025
10 am to 2 pm

This class will cover techniques and concepts to generate expressive, atmospheric charcoal portraits.

Assemblage Shrine Workshop with Cynthia Dunn-Selph

Sunday, June 1st
Noon to 4pm

Create an assemblage shrine to honor a person, place, or event, or something just for fun using a cigar box, paint, papers, and ephemera.

Landscape Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Saturday June 7th
9am to 3pm

Students will learn the principles of creating depth-filled atmospheric landscape paintings.

Intermediate Figure Drawing with Amber Victoria

Saturday, June 14th 
10:30 am to 3:30 pm

Let’s discover how to use different methods, processes, thoughts and techniques in drawing the figure with charcoals and pencil.

Mano-a-Mono: Mono-Printing with Joe Ray

Saturday, June 21st
10 am to 2 pm

This mono-print printmaking class focuses on stencils and textures which are created, inked, and transferred on to paper.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, June 27th, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

Basic Perspective and Elements of Light with Dave Wingert

Sunday, June 29th
Noon to 3pm

We will explore 3 major types of vanishing points that will lend the artist a more realistic and precise representation of distance and scale in their art.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, July 25th, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

Long Pose Figure Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Saturday, August 9th
9:30am to 1:30pm

This workshop explores the steps necessary to complete a color study in a standard open studio session of two to three hours.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, August 22nd, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, September 26th, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

Fourth-Friday Figure Drawing & Painting with Edward Sprafkin

Friday, October 24th, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm

participants will learn practical approaches to figure drawing while honing their observational skills and receiving instructor feedback throughout each class.

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