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 Thursday, July 9
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Th110    Fast & Easy Approach to Successful Landscape Painting (Acrylic) Popp 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Th101    Dynamic Design In Watercolor Das 
Th102    Paint What You Love Mattson 
Th103    Still Life-Start To Finish In Pastel Yeager 
Th104    12-STEP Program For Artists: The Art Of Doing Business Walsh 
Th105    Watercolor Depth & Realism Humble 
Th106    Landscape Painting Simplified with Heiner Hertling Hertling 
Th107    Paint the Masters - Duplicate Their Design And Color Garon 
Th108    Color Mixing From Theory To Practice Brickler 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Th111    45 Minute Acrylic Paintings You'll Want To Frame Popp 
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM 
Th120    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Th150    Artists' Open House—Meet The Instructors  
 
 Friday, July 10
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
Fr116    The Self-Employed Artist Garon 
Fr123    *CANCELLED* The Naked Truth About Acrylics Tauchid 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Fr101    Power Of Limited Palette Das 
Fr102    Learn To Paint Fog And Sunrises Mattson 
Fr103    Creative Breakout - Awakening Your Creative Imagination With New Materials Buchman 
Fr105    Painting Trees, Rocks & Water Lynch 
Fr107    Where To Sell Your Artwork, Explore Alternative Markets Walsh 
Fr108    Water Lilies - Negative Painting - Watercolor Kemp 
Fr110    Painting Flowers - The 4-Stroke Method Roseman 
Fr111    Watercolor- Making Your Drawing Work For You Humble 
Fr112    The Most Important Watercolor Class You'll Ever Take Becker 
Fr113    Paint Like Plein Aire Popp 
Fr115    Mixed Media Fun With Prismacolor Nupastels And Watercolor Pencils Garrett 
Fr117    Creative Visioning In Watercolor For Each Month Of The Year Telfer Holden 
Fr118    Dramatic Depth In Painting Jasper 
Fr119    Make Your Mark! What Don’t You Know About Paper? Brickler 
Fr121    Get Ready for Plein Air! Birdsall 
Fr122    Basic Airbrush Techniques West 
Fr124    Make Acrylics Look Like Oils! Andrew 
Fr125    Bigger & Bolder Watercolors Using Acrylics VonStein 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Fr104    The Painterly Printed Image Brady 
Fr106    Pastel Painting Over An Acrylic Underpainting-An Exciting Combination Yeager 
Fr109    Watercolorist Guide To Painting Stunning Crystal And Glass Faulknor 
Fr114    Landscape Painting Simplified With Heiner Hertling Hertling 
Fr120    Create Dramatic Atmosphere In Your Watercolors LaPointe-Lyons 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Fr127    Power Of Limited Palette Das 
Fr128    Painting Sand Water And Grasses Mattson 
Fr129    Creative Breakout: The Power Of Free Form Buchman 
Fr130    Painting Mist, Mountains & Fog Lynch 
Fr131    Portfolio, Marketing Materials, Selecting A Look & Style Walsh 
Fr132    Landscape - Simple By Design - Watercolor Kemp 
Fr133    Contemporary Impressionism Roseman 
Fr134    Watercolor-The Secret Of The Unifying Wash Humble 
Fr135    City Street Scene Secrets Revealed (say that 3 times fast) Becker 
Fr136    Fast & Easy Approach To Successful Landscape Painting (Oil) Popp 
Fr137    One Of A Kind Prints O'Harrow 
Fr138    Enhance Your Painting And Sales By Painting Flowers Garon 
Fr139    Textured Landscapes with Pan Pastels Telfer Holden 
Fr140    Exciting Light & Color Jasper 
Fr141    Introduction To Sumi-e – Bamboo & Grass Orchid Lok 
Fr143    Loosen up! Birdsall 
Fr144    Intermediate Airbrush Techniques West 
Fr145    *CANCELLED* Speed Dating With Acrylic Mediums Tauchid 
Fr146    Peter Andrew’s 12-Color Palette Andrew 
Fr147    Basic Techniques For Painterly Colored Pencil Kutch 
5:00 PM - 8:00 AM 
Fr150    Create A Watercolor Pencil Painting With A Pastel Accent Overlay Hanson 
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Fr149    Painting The Forest Floor - Negative Painting - Watercolor Kemp 
Fr151    YES YOU CAN, Paint A Portrait In Watercolor Becker 
Fr152    Capturing The "Wow" Through Dramatic Skies, Rainpuddles, & Flowers In Landscape: Watermedia And Pastel On Creative Surfaces Garon 
Fr153    Goldfish & Japanese Carp Lok 
Fr154    NEW Acrylic Inks! Andrew 
Fr155    Advanced Airbrush Etters 
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM 
Fr156    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
 
 Saturday, July 11
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Sa101    Wet In Wet Das 
Sa103    Creative Breakout: The Power Of Color Buchman 
Sa104    The Golden Feast: Mixed Media Bacon 
Sa105    Secrets To Painting Spring & Fall Scenes Lynch 
Sa107    Giclee Reproduction, Web Sites, Mail Lists Walsh 
Sa108    Florals - Simple By Design - Watercolor Kemp 
Sa109    The Anatomy Of Cut Crystal Faulknor 
Sa110    Watercolor Still Life On Canvas Roseman 
Sa112    The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have With A Brush, Pigment, Water And A Sheet Of Paper Becker 
Sa113    Formula To Good Portraiture - For Any Medium Popp 
Sa115    My Face book Garrett 
Sa116    The Secret Language Of Design Made Easy Garon 
Sa117    Enhanced Watercolor Mono-Prints Telfer Holden 
Sa118    Painting Water With Oils Jasper 
Sa119    Beauty Of Chinese Calligraphy Lok 
Sa120    Create Dramatic Florals With Sennelier Oil Pastels LaPointe-Lyons 
Sa122    Basic Airbrush Techniques West 
Sa124    Drips, Pours And Peels! Andrew 
Sa125    Colored Pencil On Colored Paper: Elegant, Speedy Landscapes Kutch 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Sa102    Fun With Mixed Media Mattson 
Sa106    Portraits In Pastel With Photo Reference Yeager 
Sa111    Painting Realistic Chrome (and other shiny stuff) Humble 
Sa114    Landscape Painting Simplified with Heiner Hertling Hertling 
Sa121    "And There Was Light!" Birdsall 
Sa123    *CANCELLED* Sculptural Acrylic Paints Tauchid 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Sa127    Organizing Lights And Darks (Value Studies) Das 
Sa128    Creative Breakout: The Magic Of Mixed Media Buchman 
Sa129    Luminous Layers, With Acrylic Gels Brady 
Sa130    Painting Rays Of Sunlight & Shadow Lynch 
Sa131    Dreamscapes - Watercolor Kemp 
Sa132    Capturing The Splendor Of Light Faulknor 
Sa133    Go With The Flow - Painting With Passion Roseman 
Sa134    Let's Paint H20, Agua, Water, Wasser, Or Call It What You Will Becker 
Sa135    Watercolor Plus - Adding Detail Like Magic Popp 
Sa136    Let's Chine Colle' O'Harrow 
Sa137    Basic Portrait Painting With Creativity Garon 
Sa138    Textured Landscapes with Pan Pastels Telfer Holden 
Sa139    Contemporary Impressionism Jasper 
Sa140    P'o Mo (Splash Ink) - A Chinese Painting Technique Lok 
Sa141    Lose your Fear Of Drawing LaPointe-Lyons 
Sa143    Intermediate Airbrush Techniques West 
Sa144    Collage With Super Heavy Body Acrylics Andrew 
Sa145    Pattern, Paper And Passion VonStein 
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
Sa147    Generating Revenue: Commissions, Traditional & Non-Traditional Markets Walsh 
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Sa148    "Crazy, Wild, Unique" Pencil Techniques For Drawing AND Mixed Media Art Hanson 
Sa149    What A Tough Crowd...Simplified Becker 
Sa150    Painting Animal Portraits In Watermedia And Pastel Garon 
Sa151    Cherry Blossoms Lok 
Sa152    Advanced Airbrush Etters 
Sa153    Acrylic Transfers! Andrew 
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM 
Sa155    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
 
 Sunday, July 12
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
Su107    Painting Watercolor Dark To Light Faulknor 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Su102    (c) The Color Of People Luconi-Winner 
Su103    The Nude Figure: New Materials & New Methods Part 1 Buchman 
Su104    Open Sesame Bacon 
Su105    European Landscape On Sanded Paper Using Pastel Yeager 
Su106    Exhibiting Your Work: When, Where, Working With Galleries Walsh 
Su108    Painting Children - Capture The Moment Roseman 
Su109    The Portrait In Watercolor Humble 
Su110    Three Value Pastel Masterpieces Popp 
Su112    Realistic Animal Portraits In Pastel Telfer Holden 
Su113    Creatively Painting the Figure in Mixed Media (Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel & Charcoal) Garon 
Su114    Color Express Jasper 
Su115    Landscape In Asian Brush Painting (Sumi-e) Lok 
Su116    Lose Your Fear Of Drawing LaPointe-Lyons 
Su117    Garden Party Birdsall 
Su121    Drawing A Painting With Watersoluble Pencils And Crayons Kutch 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Su101    Interpreting Photographs Das 
Su111    Oil Painting Without Drawing: Portrait Vignola 
Su118    Advanced Airbrush Master Class Etters 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Su123    (c) Great Faces! The Easy Way Luconi-Winner 
Su124    The Nude Figure: New Materials & New Methods Part 2 Buchman 
Su125    Painting The Murano Glass Vase Faulknor 
Su126    Painting Your Travel Memories Roseman 
Su128    Multicolor Relief Printmaking O'Harrow 
Su129    Creative Portrait Painting With Watermedia And Pastel Garon 
Su130    Lotus In Sumi-e And Lingnam Style Lok 
Su131    Painting Dramatic Skies With Oil Paints LaPointe-Lyons 
Su132    Bright Florals In Watercolor And Pastel Telfer Holden