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

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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.


Exploring The Power of Color and Value Through Landscape
Dori Dewberry   |   Pastel
Workshop   |   Sat, December 07, 2024   |   $120.00
Join me for a one day pastel workshop where we take a deep dive into the vibrant world of color theory and the subtle nuances of value, all through the lens of landscape art.

What you’ll learn:
–Understand the ...


Art Journaling: 2025 Book of Wishes
Natalie Strong   |   Mixed Media
Workshop   |   Sat, December 14, 2024   |   $65.00
Rather than resolutions, which we all love to make and break, we'll explore activities, plans, ideals, and wishes that we hope to invite into our lives in 2025. We’ll cut a 4x4” book from hand-decorated cardstock, bind ...

The Fabric Journal: Textile Art and Storytelling
Beatriz Helton   |   Fiber Art
Workshop   |   January 11–12, 2025   |   $225.00
Unleash your creativity and transform fabric scraps into unique, mixed-media art books. In this engaging workshop, explore the intersection of textile art and storytelling.

Discover techniques:

Unfold creative ...


Flowers in Watercolor
Fatemeh "Aya" Kian   |   watercolor
Workshop   |   Jan 15–Feb 19, 2025   |   $360.00
This six-week watercolor painting class offers a focused exploration of floral art, with each session dedicated to mastering the details of a different flower. Students will learn key watercolor techniques such as ...

Learn to sketch with Pen, Ink and Tombow markers
Mike Ishikawa   |   Pen and Ink
Workshop   |   Sat, January 18, 2025   |   $100.00
This workshop is suited for beginners as well as seasoned sketchers. We will be drawing with pen and ink rolling writer pens, and Tombow markers. Tombows are brush shaped marker pens that will be used for shading and ...

Gelli Printing Series - Week One
Debbie Abshear   |   Gelli Printing
Workshop   |   Thu, March 06, 2025   |   $50.00
Come learn how to gelli print papers!
It is highly recommended that students sign up for all 4 classes. If you don’t have any prior experience with gel printing, the first class is a pre-requisite. The classes are ...


Pastel Innovations Plus with Dawn Emerson
Dawn Emerson   |   Pastel/Mixed Medium
Workshop   |   March 7–9, 2025   |   $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 the ...


Gelli Printing Series - Week Two
Debbie Abshear   |   Gelli Printing
Workshop   |   Thu, March 13, 2025   |   $50.00
Come learn how to gelli print papers!
It is highly recommended that students sign up for all 4 classes. If you don’t have any prior experience with gel printing, the first class is a pre-requisite. The classes are ...


Series III – Adding Dimension – Class #1 Building Unique and Complex Surfaces
Lynn Mikami   |   Mixed Media
Workshop   |   Sat, March 15, 2025   |   $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 ...


Gelli Printing Series - Week Three
Debbie Abshear   |   Gelli Printing
Workshop   |   Thu, March 20, 2025   |   $50.00
Come learn how to gelli print papers!
It is highly recommended that students sign up for all 4 classes. If you don’t have any prior experience with gel printing, the first class is a pre-requisite. The classes are ...


Gelli Printing Series - Week Four
Debbie Abshear   |   Gelli Printing
Workshop   |   Thu, March 27, 2025   |   $50.00
Come learn how to gelli print papers!
It is highly recommended that students sign up for all 4 classes. If you don’t have any prior experience with gel printing, the first class is a pre-requisite. The classes are ...


Negative Painting Watercolor Series
Carmen Daugherty   |   Watercolor
Workshop   |   Apr 3–May 1, 2025   |   $300.00
In this 5-week watercolor class, we will focus on painting trees, leaves and flowers in the
negative painting technique. You will be challenged to shift your perspective and concentrate
on the surrounding negative ...


REPEAT: Series III – Adding Dimension – Class #1 Building Unique and Complex Surfaces
Lynn Mikami   |   Mixed Media
Workshop   |   Sun, April 13, 2025   |   $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 ...


Capturing Light and Shadow in Plein Air Watercolor
Geoff Allen   |   Watercolor (other paint mediums welcome)
Workshop   |   May 15–16, 2025   |   $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 ...

Expressions in Light- The Beauty of Pastel
Teresa Saia-Morell   |   Pastel
Workshop   |   June 6–8, 2025   |   $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 ...


Practical Color in Beeswax Collage
Dina Wakley   |   Mixed Media
Workshop   |   July 12–13, 2025   |   $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 ...