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photography by Catherine Roberts Leach
digital art by Sara Slee Brown
Art Workshops & Retreats
Join fellow art lovers, travel to inspiring destinations, and tap into your creativity …
Judy Mudd Watercolor Workshops
Online Zoom Workshops!Learn this beautiful medium of watercolor from home! Follow Judy, step-by-step, through artistic concept, composition, drawing details, warm-up painting techniques, color mixing and the entire painting process to complete your paintings. Reference photos, drawing guides are provided prior to the workshops. Session recordings are downloadable to keep. Workshops are filled with Q&A, discussion and pauses to review individual student work. All student levels welcome.
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Art Journaling Workshop Oaxaca to Puebla: watercolor, mixed media/collage, ephemera hunt
Oaxaca & Puebla, Mexico (May 23 - June 2, 2025)Join Pedro Cruz Pacheco & Corrie McCluskey for art journaling, watercolor painting, and mixed media/collage along with cultural immersion in magical Oaxaca, with its soulful art scene, indigenous culture, and rich culinary and artisanal traditions! We'll enjoy visits to ancient ruins and artisan villages for weaving, papermaking, and red clay. Then, a weekend escape to beautiful Puebla to search for vintage ephemera that we'll collage.
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Paint Italy! - Pastel With Marla Baggetta
Florence, Italy (May 6 - 13, 2025)Join us in downtown Florence, Italy and take your pastel painting to the next level. You'll live like a local in the heart of Florence developing your artistic vision through Marla's innovative approach that begins with sketching. This experience is about being immersed in the local Florentine life while you take the time to perfect your painting skills. Cost: $4150
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Handmade in Oaxaca Art + Culture Workshop: watercolor, natural pigments, mixed media/collage
Oaxaca, Mexico (September 19 - 28, 2025)Feed your creative soul! Fill it to the brim with fresh inspiration... watercolor painting with Pedro -incorporating personal symbols, talismans, Oaxacan culture and the natural world, mixed media/collage with Corrie to develop your unique visual voice, plus making your own watercolor paint with natural pigments. Field trips include a Sunday market, a studio visit with a master papermaker, a women's red clay collective, and more!
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Loriann Signori - Tuscan Colored Light and Fields in Pastel
Florence/Fiesole, Italy (May 17 - 25, 2025)In this intensive workshop Loriann will help you to see light and color so you can allow yourself to be guided by the soul of place. It's her intent to encourage your ability to embrace and translate the Italian landscape into sensitive pastel work. Cost: $3990
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Southern Italy with artists Silvia Belviso and Dru Blair
Apulia, Southern Italy (September 22 - 29, 2025)Join internationally renowned artists Silvia Belviso and Dru Blair for an unforgettable retreat in Apulia, Silvia's birthplace! Enjoy in-studio and plein-air painting in a stunning setting, stay in a charming farmhouse near Italy's best beaches, and experience local cooking, wine, and olive oil tastings. Immerse yourself in Italy's rich history-reserve your spot now for this authentic art experience!
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Día de Muertos Oaxaca Art + Culture Workshop: watercolor, group altar, sand tapestry
Oaxaca, Mexico (October 26 - November 4, 2025)Experience Día de Muertos in magical Oaxaca. We'll paint imagery of our loved ones to honor their memories, assemble a group altar and build a sand tapestry. Field trips: to a mercado for altar decorations and offerings, visits to two local cemeteries, and master artisan studios including tapetes (woven wool rugs), alebrijes (carved wooden objects), and the Mujeres del Barro Rojo (Women of the Red Clay).
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Learn at Home with Online Art Classes
These web-delivered courses are interactive with live demonstrations and will help you to improve your painting and drawing skills or inspire you to take on a new medium you have been wanting to try. Whether you are interested in creating murals or exploring painting with watercolors, oils, acrylics, or pastels, we have an online art course for you!
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