Students will work from a mix of sources, including photos, still-life setups, plein-air sketches, and live subjects, while exploring a range of oil painting methods and techniques. Artist and instructor Wes Sherman will guide you through approaches that strengthen your understanding of composition, color, and form while also supporting your personal creative direction.

This class welcomes all experience levels. You are encouraged to bring and use the oil or acrylic painting supplies you already have. A suggested materials list is included below for anyone who would like added guidance.

Class Level: Adults and Teens 16+, all levels welcome.

Will you be joining us virtually? Please check your receipt for the zoom link. 

 Painting with Wes Supply List

Non-Member Price: $300

Member Price: $275

As winter fades, there is no better time to step outside and capture the first signs of spring on the canvas. En plein air, a French expression meaning "in the open air," is the practice of painting outdoors to capture nature as it unfolds before you. Each week the class meets at a new location where artist, Wes Sherman, offers guidance, feedback, and insights to support your creative process. You will learn to paint directly from nature, sharpen your observational skills, and explore what it means to be a contemporary landscape painter while fully engaging with your surroundings, your materials, and your own artistic vision.

Students are invited to work in either oil, acrylic or watercolor. Please bring whatever supplies you already have in the medium of your choice.

The first class will take place at Willowwood Arboretum in Chester, NJ. Specific meeting location details will be sent by the instructor via email.

Non-Member Price: $225

Member Price: $200

Designed for artists of all skill levels, this class explores a range of acrylic techniques through nature-inspired themes. Participants will build confidence and develop their artistic voice while painting serene waterscapes, expressive landscapes, and luminous skies. Each session begins with a demonstration of the day’s focus, followed by guided, hands-on painting time. As you work, you will receive individual feedback and support to strengthen your technique and deepen your understanding of the medium. We will bring everything together by using the skills you have learned to create a personal, nature-inspired painting that reflects your unique perspective.

Intro to Acrylics Supply List

Non Member Price - $230

Member Price - $205

Enjoy exploring the beautiful world of watercolor in this fun and relaxed class. Using still-life subjects and photographs, students learn both basic and advanced watercolor techniques, such as washes, glazing, and edge control, while emphasizing the importance of preserving light in translucent watercolor. Students are encouraged to work at their own pace with guidance from instructor Lena Shiffman.

Morning Watercolor Supply List

Non-Member Price: $400

Member Price: $375

Join watercolor artist Aprajita Lal for an evening class designed for students with some experience who are looking to strengthen their skills. Each session includes demonstrations, guided practice, and personalized feedback to help you gain greater control of the medium while continuing to develop your creative voice. You will have time to experiment, learn from others, and grow more confident in your watercolor painting.

Non Member Price - $220

Member Price - $195

This unique painting workshop explores the ideas of metamodernism, a contemporary approach that embraces both sincerity and self awareness. Together we will examine how to care deeply about painting while remaining conscious of the rich history, traditions, and artifice that shape the medium.

Through guided exercises and open studio time, students will strengthen their skills in drawing, surface, color, and composition while engaging with the emotional depth of their work. We will explore the creative “oscillations” that define metamodern painting, moving between hope and doubt, beauty and critique, skill and deconstruction.

Discussions of art history and contemporary theory will support your studio practice, and thoughtful critique will focus on both technical development and conceptual clarity.

This workshop is ideal for artists who want to advance their craft while situating their work within today’s artistic landscape. Participants should have some prior painting experience.

Come ready to think deeply, work seriously, and create paintings that are both technically strong and meaningfully engaged with the present moment.

Will you be joining us virtually? Please check your receipt for the zoom link. 

Meta Modern Workshop Supply List

Non-Member Price: $160

Member Price: $135

After a harsh winter, it’s time to welcome spring and the succession of flowers that bloom on trees and emerge from the ground. The wonderful aspect of painting flowers is that they won’t wilt or go to seed. In this workshop you’ll learn how to plan ahead, paint with courage, and know when to put your brush down. Overworking is more detrimental to flowers than Japanese beetles. Discover the art of brushstroke, balancing water-to-pigment ratios, color mixing, understanding pigment behavior, painting around the whites, and effectively managing the background. Novice - advanced. 

Watercolor Workshop Spring Flowers Supply List

Non-Member Price - $135

Member Price - $110

This student-moderated studio provides a relaxed, focused environment to practice in the medium of your choice. With no formal instruction, you have the freedom to experiment, observe, and develop your work at your own pace. Register for the full four-week session to work from the same clothed live portrait model, giving you time to truly refine your skills, or drop in for any day that fits your schedule.

This student-moderated studio provides a relaxed, focused environment to practice in the medium of your choice. With no formal instruction, you have the freedom to experiment, observe, and develop your work at your own pace. Register for the full four-week session to work from the same clothed live portrait model, giving you time to truly refine your skills, or drop in for any day that fits your schedule.

Non-Members Price: $125

Member Price: $100

Walk ins are always welcome. Daily tuition is $35. You may call ahead or stop by the front desk before the session begins to submit payment.

Portraiture with a Model is open to artists working in all mediums