ADULTS

7/12, 8/9 and 9/13
Drop in anytime from 10 am – 3 pm
Instructor: Judy Wayland

Experiment with the tradition of painting en plein-air, or outdoors, and see the Philbrook’s gardens in a way you never have before. Learn techniques from a professional artist-educator to create your own depictions of Philbrook in bloom.

All Skill Levels
Instructors: Rhonda Davis and Cathy Deuschle

Inspired by the "Object Project" exhibit, students will explore and interpret five common objects through different media, using charcoal, acrylic paint, oil pastel and torn paper.

Instructor: Rhonda Davis

Working from a nude model, students will learn the fundamentals of figure drawing, from gesture sketches to completed drawings.

All Skill Levels
Instructor: Cindy Swanson

Delve into your imagination for a fun, spur-of-the moment artistic expression with the magic of mosaics. With a technique called “spontaneous mosaic,” students will use organic materials like rock, shells and broken pottery to create their own original mosaic.

Thursdays, year-round

Facilitator: Richard Rich
Ages 18 and above

These open studio sessions allow participants to practice drawing nude male and female models through gesture sketches. Intermediate to advanced skill level.

Michael Bergt, nationally-recognized painter and artist in the Philbrook exhibition The Object Project, will lead a workshop in egg tempera painting. With a level of amazing virtuosity, Bergt takes the traditional medium of egg tempera and creates rich, luminous and mysterious works. From mixing colors and applying the ground to the final glazing, Bergt will take students through step by step techniques for painting with tempera that they can then use in their own work.