Art Workshops, Classes, Retreats & Tours

Join the fun at a Bart Lindstrom Portrait Painting Workshop!
The workshop will be three days of painting, eating, and laughing. We will discuss color mixing by understanding complimentary color theory. You will work with brush and palette knife, palette, and colors, all with direct assistance and guidance.
November 20-22, 2024
Booth Museum Academy
Cartersville, Georgia, USA

If you’re a painter looking to improve your understanding and skills, or just want to learn to draw and explore the painting process, this workshop is a great opportunity to do so. In this workshop we will cover many aspects of drawing, (as well as painting), and distill what is most important and needed to advance our drawing and painting with our chosen intention.
January 4 - 11, 2025

Mexico

Join our unique art workshop in South America and experience the stunning Caribbean coast from Puerto Colombia (Barranquilla) to Cartagena.
February 18-26, 2025

Cartagena and Puerto Colombia

Treat yourself to this fantastic opportunity to paint watercolors in the beautiful Renaissance city of Florence. It doesn’t really get any better than this for artists. Soak up the ambience and culture of this famous historical city. Allow your experienced tutor to guide you around from one inspirational backdrop to another.
April 6-11, 2025

Florence, Italy

An Immersive Painting Workshop with Diane Fechenbach
This workshop will include daily demos, one-on-one instruction, critiques, and tips on painting the colors, sights and memories of Provence.
April 26 - May 3, 2025

Provence, France

Experience plein air painting and the art of the Flemish and Dutch masters on a small group barging tour through Holland and Belgium with engaging landscape artist, host and writer of two seasons of the Emmy Award winning, national PBS television series, "Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop."
May 19-27, 2025

Belgium & Netherlands

In this workshop we will learn how to capture images in our sketchbooks while we visit Stockholm, the capital, its world famous archipelago, and “Sweden in Miniature” the culture rich area of Dalarna.​ You can expect 20 hours of daylight during this tour so there will be plenty of time to work in our sketchbooks. The workshop is open to all levels of painters.
June 18-26, 2025

Sweden

Join artist Robert Masla following in the footsteps of the early plein air painters and painting in the same locations where they lived, painted and studied.
June 22-30, 2025

France

Elevate your art with gold leaf gilidng, color, texture and tone with award-winning artist Johanna Spinks. A fully immersive art, culture and gourmet experience at a stunning French Chateau.
July 5 - 12, 2025
Chateau Saint-Germain-des-Pres
Dordogne region, France

SALINARA is an Art Farm + Retreat Center offering Inspiration and Community, where people from all walks of life could share their passions. We "thoughtfully" organize and host workshops/masterclasses from our 18th century farmhouse in Sicily.
Year-Round

Sicily, Italy

This ongoing class is designed to help each individual with the information and process to take your work to a higher level. For the most part we will be using photos to work from and learning not to just copy, but to interpret!
Weekly,
​Every Wednesday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Online

Ongoing, uninstructed figure drawing workshop in the Los Angeles area hosted by Jennifer McChristian
Ongoing
Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday mornings from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Los Feliz Art Studio
Los Angeles, CA

Conveniently located at Imperial Highway and Yorba Linda Boulevard, in the same center as Mimi's Café and Polly's Pies, our comfortable local area offers plenty for parents to do while kids are in class.
Ongoing
Art Steps
Yorba Linda, CA

Bluebird Studios is “The Atelier of the West” and our goal is to provide our guests with a warm, welcoming gathering place in an open, comfortable, and well-equipped studio space for the study of traditional fine arts under the guidance of professional artists.
Year-Round

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Our state of the art facility, founded by Kevin A. Myers, enables us to offer a unique, exciting and creative environment for the independent clay artist.
Ongoing
For the current class schedule, visit website.
Muddy's Studio
Santa Ana, CA

At Mission Art Center students will get all important techniques of drawing and painting. We are dedicated to giving our students the finest art instruction available.
Ongoing
For the current class schedule, visit website.
Mission Art Center
Orange, CA

Our mission to bring artists together in wonderful destinations to be inspired by their surroundings and the creativity that comes from working in small enrichment groups. Workshops and retreats are designed to provide guests with an ideal environment for creating art while enjoying themselves to the fullest. Our unique locations have been selected for its fantastic weather, sensational scenery, rich tapestry of historical towns and villages, not to mention the cuisine and wines of these regions.
Year-Round

France

The Art Studio LLC is guided by the belief that artists are made, not born. Our highly skilled instructors are dedicated to offering children, teens and adults, in all levels of proficiency, an art education.
Ongoing
For the current class schedule, visit website.
The Art Studio LLC
Westminster, CA