Classes and Workshops

Amazon Social vouchers for these classes only.

Come join me for some plein air adventure. There is unpredictable weather and unpredictable surprises! We will venture to a new landscape each session which will provide new opportunities. What I love about plein air painting is taking in the sights, sounds, smells, and the challenge to capture the light and sense of time/place. Nature is the best teacher for learning to see and understand landscape. Learning in nature makes for better studio paintings!  I will teach you what I have learned from different teachers and personal experience.

I will demo and offer individual help. I will help equip you with the tools needed to paint outside. In all sessions the elements that make a good painting will be emphasized.

Call me if you have any questions.

Cost: 30.00/ class or 4 classes/110.00

Please RSVP by emailing or calling. 

If there is bad weather I will have the class in my studio, in the Northrup King Building. (a little rain is not bad weather!) 

May 23, Thursday, 1:30-4:30 pm, Wayzata, meet by the beach.

May 30, Thursday, 1:30-4:30 pm, Minnetonka Mills Area, Meet at park area on Hwy 5 - West of 169, 2 blocks past dairy queen on the North side, There is a parking lot.

June 6, Thursday, 5:30-8:30, Kenilworth Lagoon

July 2, Tuesday, 10-1:00 pm, Linden Hills Neighborhood, Meet at the Great Harvest Bakery.

July 9, Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 pm, Lake Harriet, meet at covered tables right side of band shell

July 16, Tuesday, 9:30-12:30 pm, Lake of the Isles, Meet at Lake of the Isles Parkway and Newton  Ave. (meet by the water)

July 30, Tuesday, 6:00 untill dark, Medicine Lake, meet on West Medicine Lake road parking lot by the bridge.

August 13, Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 pm, Medicine Lake, meet on West Medicine Lake road parking lot by the bridge.

August 15, Thursday, 2-5 pm, European looking alley, across from Loring Park, meet at alley next to Lurcat. (Option to paint in Loring Park)

September 17, Tuesday, 2-5 pm, Kenilworth lagoon 

September 17, Tuesday, 5:30-8:30, Kenilworth Lagoon ( take both classes Sept 17th for 50.00)

Come join me for  plein air adventure at Full Circle Retreat in Viroqua, Wisconsin. We will stay in a farm house nestled in a valley surrounded by bluffs, woods, prairie, gardens, and a spring fed trout stream. Sunrises and sunsets are right outside the door. It's an ideal place for painting! 

We will have scheduled paint times, lecture, sharing, and free time. We will do a series of prochades (small paintings) learning to capture the light and color of a scene. I will share my approach to this challenge to help you be successful. My goal is to help each of you gain techniques and inspiration to nudge you forward in your own personal growth. I will share my experience and insights gained in my artistic journey.  I will demo and offer individual help. Beginners are welcome. 

Nature is the best teacher for painting landscape. Several days devoted to painting is a gift and sure to make a difference for each of you! 

Price includes dinner on the day we arrive. Together we will arrange other meals and car pools. 

(A non painting friend can come for 325.00 if there is room.)

A non refundable deposit of 150.00 is due by May 20th. The balance is due on June 15th.

Photo taken by Christine Peters.