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

Grab a friend and join us for a fun and relaxing evening of painting, laughter, and locally crafted hard cider. Whether you're a seasoned artist or have never picked up a paintbrush, you'll feel right at home as instructor, Aprajita Lal, guides you step by step in creating a beautiful painting you'll be proud to take home.

Your registration includes all art supplies and one complimentary drink ticket, so all you have to do is sip, paint, and enjoy a creative night out in the welcoming atmosphere of Burnt Mills Cider Company.

No experience is necessary. Just bring your friends, your creativity, and get ready for a memorable evening!

Nestled in the heart of Bedminster, Burnt Mills Cider Company is known for its handcrafted hard ciders made with locally sourced apples, offering the perfect setting to relax, unwind, and create.

Adults only please. Must be 21 or older to recieve drink ticket voucher.

To learn more visit https://burntmillscider.com.

 This event is not eligible for a member discount. 

This unique painting class 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 class 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.

The class meets for 10 sessions

Supply List Meta Modern Workshop Supply List

Non member price $356
Member price: $331

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

Corvids are smarter than your average bird. They keep an eye on the neighborhood. And they're very graphic. That is, they're very striking on the page. Learn to create silhouettes of these canny creatures in different poses. Then paint a dead tree and populate it with a murder of crows. You'll discover that the birds are more colorful than they seem. 

Supply List Crows - A Study in Silhouettes

This workshop is not eligible for a member discount. 

Learn to capture the essence of the pose by sketching quickly and painting just a little slower. Working with a clothed model, we’ll warm up with gesture drawings, then paint short poses with one color for the shadow. We will build up to painting a longer pose exploring how light interacts with the figure, revealing its form and details. We’ll let colors blend where the values are the same. Their figures were full of light and life. 

Supply List Figure Sketching in Watercolor

This workshop is not eligible for a member discount.