June 3, 10, 17, 24th 9am - 12pm $160, $140 Members Location: OC Arboretum   Students will learn all the fundamentals of how to create beautiful paintings outdoors. Using a limited palette, students will learn how to simplify the vast landscape and capture the important aspects of a scene to create a successful plein air … Continue reading 06/2025 Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones

Thursdays, June 5, 12, 19, 26th 10:00am -1:00 pm $175, $150 members For intermediate and advanced students Working from live specimens and photos we will create a background behind accurate botanical subjects. Draw and paint using watercolor pencils and tube or block watercolor. Create an atmosphere of time and place. Learn to blend pencils and … Continue reading 06/25 Botanical Drawing in Watercolor Pencil and Watercolor with Roberta Rosenthal

June 7, 14, 21st Saturday mornings at 9:30-12pm $90, $80 for Members Live In Person – Painting with William Noonan For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. This course is conducted live in the classroom. The instructor’s main medium is oils but any painting medium is welcome in this class.   Students are encouraged to follow their … Continue reading 06/2025 Oil Painting with William Noonan

June 11th 6-8pm $50 per student Still life painting is a unique experience, sign up and give it a try, or continue your journey. All levels and mediums welcome.  Instructor shall work in watercolor. Each class shall consist of a short lesson, followed by each participant working individually on the evening’s still life scene. Individual … Continue reading 6/11/25 All-Medium Still Life Workshop with Alan Lewis

Thursday June 15th 10:00am - 12:00pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Delight in creating an elegant watercolor card based on the Japanese principle of Wabi-Sabi.Using a muted palette and simple round and flat brushes, experiment with color fields that will serve as backdrops for your own dramatic effects. Tools like saranwrap, scotch … Continue reading 06/12/25 Zen Watercolor Card Workshop with Monica Ostrow

Friday June 20th 6:30-8:30pm $40 without materials $60 with all materials supplied $40, $60 to include materials in your registration   For absolute beginners or oil painters who need a refresher and some renewed courage. Topics covered will include: materials, pigments, brushes, solvents, basic color mixing, paint application, how to start a painting. All the … Continue reading 06/20/25 Intro to Oil with William Noonan

June 25th 6-8pm $50 per student Still life painting is a unique experience, sign up and give it a try, or continue your journey. All levels and mediums welcome.  Instructor shall work in watercolor. Each class shall consist of a short lesson, followed by each participant working individually on the evening’s still life scene. Individual … Continue reading 6/25/25 All-Medium Still Life Workshop with Alan Lewis

July 1, 8, 15, 22nd 9am - 12pm $160, $140 Members Location: Winding Hills Park   Students will learn all the fundamentals of how to create beautiful paintings outdoors. Using a limited palette, students will learn how to simplify the vast landscape and capture the important aspects of a scene to create a successful plein … Continue reading 07/2025 Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones

Saturday July 5th 5:00 - 7:00pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Suitable for Adults Animation Class Preview Animation! The art of making movement with drawings. This one day crash course will equip aspiring animators with the basic skills of the craft. We will: Practice key animation techniques Study movement from real life, … Continue reading 07/05/25 One Day Adult Animation Workshop with Aedan Ciganek

Sundays, 10am-12pm July 6, 13, 20, 27th $120 ($100 Members) ($90 to skip beginners day)   The first day of the months' session is for anyone who is just starting out or needs more guidance. I would recommend that you attend if you're a first time student of this class! This beginning watercolor class will … Continue reading 07/2025 Beginning Watercolor with Stephanie Snyder

Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24th 9:30am - 12:30pm $175, $150 members Orange County Arboretum Thomas Bull Memorial Park 211 NY- 416 Montgomery, NY For intermediate and advanced students Working from live specimens and photos we will create a background behind accurate botanical subjects. Draw and paint using watercolor pencils and tube or block watercolor. Create … Continue reading 07/25 OC Arboretum Outdoor Painting with Roberta Rosenthal

July 12, 19, 26th Saturday mornings at 9:30-12pm $120, $105 for Members Live In Person – Painting with William Noonan For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. This course is conducted live in the classroom. The instructor’s main medium is oils but any painting medium is welcome in this class.   Students are encouraged to follow their … Continue reading 07/2025 Oil Painting with William Noonan

July 14, 21, 28th Mondays, 12:30-3pm In Person $120 ($105 Members) This class is appropriate for artists who possess a basic understanding of the principles of drawing from life. Subjects like form, scale, shading and composition form the core of the curriculum and will consistently be revisited. Class work will include a variety of subjects, … Continue reading 07/2025 Inter/Adv Drawing with William Noonan