Destination: Art Classes & Workshops
Destination: Art offers a variety of art classes and workshops to provide our community with quality instruction,
a comfortable environment and support to improve their technique and knowledge. Destination: Art continues
to hold classes in pastel, oil painting, watercolor, mixed media, and drawing. Our instructors are award winning artists,
and our classes are kept small, granting students the best learning opportunity. Please revisit this page each month to see what classes and
workshops are scheduled. If there is an art skill you wish to learn and you don't see it here, please email us to let us know.
LocalArtists@destination-art.net
Please be aware of the Destination: Art Program Registration and Cancellation Policies
Paint-Ins
Come join us for a day of uninstructed painting. Everyone works on their own projects with their own supplies. A great time of mutual encouragement and camaraderie.
Tuesdays, 10 AM – 3PM. Drop in, no registration, $15 each or $10 for Associate artists.
The Magic of Granulating Watercolors
Joe Cibere
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Watercolor
Workshop
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Sat, April 26, 2025
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$75.00
It's so fun to paint with one tube of paint and get so many colors! You don't have to paint those beautiful granulating effects because this granulating watercolor will do it for you. Learn how to use these beautiful ...
Elements of the Landscape: A Watercolor Journey - Boats and Water
Fatemeh "Aya" Kian
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Watercolor
Workshop
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Wed, April 30, 2025
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$65.00
*Week 4: Boats and Water
Learn how to paint reflections, ripples, and movement in water, adding a dynamic element to your landscapes. This session also covers the structure of boats, their placement in water, and how ...
Elements of the Landscape: A Watercolor Journey - Buildings in Landscape
Fatemeh "Aya" Kian
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Watercolor
Workshop
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Wed, May 07, 2025
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$65.00
*Week 5: Buildings in Landscape
Buildings bring human presence into landscapes, whether it's a cozy cottage, a rustic barn, or a countryside home nestled in nature. This session focuses on perspective, architectural ...
Assemblage and Retablos – Series III, Class #2
Lynn Mikami
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Mixed Media
Workshop
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Sat, May 10, 2025
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$50.00
If you are feeling stuck, unmotivated, bored or just want to play, explore and learn a little, these classes may be for you. Beginners as well as experienced artists are welcome! Destination Art is presenting an ongoing ...
Elements of the Landscape: A Watercolor Journey - Q&A and Final Touches
Fatemeh "Aya" Kian
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Watercolor
Workshop
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Wed, May 14, 2025
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$65.00
*Week 6: Q&A and Final Touches-
The final session is an open studio-style class where you can ask questions, refine techniques, and put the finishing touches on your projects. Get personalized feedback and apply what ...
Capturing Light and Shadow in Plein Air Watercolor
Geoff Allen
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Watercolor (other paint mediums welcome)
Workshop
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May 15–16, 2025
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$365.00
The goal of the workshop is to review techniques and procedures of improving your plein air painting by focusing on visualization, simplification, and editing while accentuating expression, mood, and atmosphere. No ...
Sketching Your Travels with Pen and Black Markers
Mike Ishikawa
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Pen and Ink
Workshop
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Sat, May 17, 2025
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$100.00
This is a follow up to Mike's sketching workshop in January, though you do not have to have taken the first class to take this one. During the first class, everyone completed 12 pen and ink sketches during the 6 hour ...
Creative Conversation presents: Green/Blue Living
Terri Harkins
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Event
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Sun, May 18, 2025
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$25.00
Curate your kitchen, pantry, and purchasing habits for easy transitioning into whole food cooking without remodeling your kitchen. Realtor Terri Harkins, having seen hundreds of kitchens while battling an incurable ...
Expressions in Light- The Beauty of Pastel
Teresa Saia-Morell
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Pastel
Workshop
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June 6–8, 2025
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$450.00
IN THIS WORKSHOP TERESA WILL HELP YOU TAKE YOUR LANDSCAPES TO A POWERFUL NEW LEVEL. THE WORKSHOP WILL DEMONSTRATE TERESA’S LOVE FOR LIGHT AND MOOD WITH THE OVERALL FOCUS: TO BUILD A BETTER LANDSCAPE.
This workshop ...
REPEAT-- Assemblage and Retablos – Series III, Class #2
Lynn Mikami
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Mixed Media
Workshop
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Sun, June 15, 2025
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$50.00
If you are feeling stuck, unmotivated, bored or just want to play, explore and learn a little, these classes may be for you. Beginners as well as experienced artists are welcome! Destination Art is presenting an ongoing ...
2-Day Pastels and Procreate Workshop with OTTO STÜRCKE
Otto Sturcke
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Pastel
Workshop
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June 20–21, 2025
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$265.00
Pastels and Procreate
For years, Procreate, the digital painting and drawing app, has proven useful as a valid teaching tool that helps students understand the importance of value and color relationships. In this 2-Day ...
Practical Color in Beeswax Collage
Dina Wakley
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Mixed Media
Workshop
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July 12–13, 2025
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$250.00
Join me for a 2-day workshop where we brainstorm and create effective color schemes with our favorite
colors and motifs. Next we’ll create many printed and painted papers to use for layers in our work. Then we’ll
take ...
Pastel Innovations Plus with Dawn Emerson
Dawn Emerson
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Pastel/Mixed Medium
Workshop
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July 18–20, 2025
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$485.00
Based on Dawn's book, "Pastel Innovations", this class is a fast and fun paced launch into using
PanPastels* and soft stick pastels with mixed media. Many approaches Dawn has developed since
the 2017 publication of ...
Elements of the Landscape: A Watercolor Journey - Trees and Foliage
Fatemeh "Aya" Kian
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Watercolor
Workshop
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Wed, April 23, 2025
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$65.00
*Week 3: Trees and Foliage
Explore the diversity of trees and foliage, from distant forests to intricate branches in the foreground. You'll experiment with brush techniques for watercolor leaves, trunks, and shadows, ...