New online classes added at Sedona Arts Center

Sedona Arts Center’s Online Learning
Online learning opportunities are perfect for students who are interested in taking one of our educational opportunities, but prefer to work at home. These learning opportunities provide a well-rounded experience in various visual art mediums.Our workshops are live online learning experiences with one-on-one interaction between student and instructor. Click here to see all our online learning opportunities

Meditation to Creation
An Online Workshop with Ann Brownfield Meara
March 2 – 3, 2021
At the Meditation to Creation Workshop, find inner guidance to create something beautiful in addition to reflecting, writing and art making, you will also learn and practice the ancient art of meditation. Out of mediation, profound creative insights arise.Creativity is a process of allowing. It begins with an inner spark, which you feed, develop and actualize. Creativity must be nurtured into being. It can be both magical and astounding. But it arises when we relax enough to invite it in. Coaxing forth its flow, a wellspring of creative solutions bubble to the surface. Inner wisdom helps us initiate skillful, creative action.
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Painting For All Levels
An Online Workshop with Gretchen Lopez
March 5, 2021
In this workshop, learn to paint portraits and people from photography, and maintain a fresh, loose and impressionistic feeling throughout your painting.  Paint right along from the comfort of your home studio.  We will discuss editing and learn to simplify our reference using a “Less is More” approach!! Throughout the class session, I will be demonstrating and discussing proportions, color mixing and loose brush techniques. Photo reference will be provided for the class in a download. We’ll end our workshop with a critique!
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iPhoneography Online Workshop
An Online Workshop with Kelli Klymenko
March 6, 2021
In today’s technological world, even professional photographers and artists are recognizing the iPhone as a useful (and even practical) photographic tool. Join photographer artist, Kelli Klymenko in his one-day class for beginner and advanced students and you’ll go beyond the basics and learn to shoot professional quality photographs with your iPhone.

You will learn how to shoot, edit and share remarkable landscapes, portraits and the macro world around you using only your iPhone. Kelli will guide you through simple tips and tricks that will take your photography to the next level. Discover how to capture the essence of a place and your subjects rather than just taking a picture. You will also learn basic video and video editing techniques for use with apps such as Facebook and Instagram.

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NEW! How to Paint Loose Impressionistic
Portraits from Photography 

An Online Workshop with Gretchen Lopez
March 6 – 7, 2021
In this workshop, learn to paint portraits and people from photography, and maintain a fresh, loose and impressionistic feeling throughout your painting.  Paint right along from the comfort of your home studio.  We will discuss editing and learn to simplify our reference using a “Less is More” approach!! Throughout the class session, I will be demonstrating and discussing proportions, color mixing and loose brush techniques. Photo reference will be provided for the class in a download. We’ll end our workshop with a critique!
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The Beautiful Mess Painting Clinic
An Online Workshop with Julie Bernstein Engelmann
March 6, 2021
Abstract and contemporary paintings can get stuck mid-process at a frustrating stage we call the “beautiful mess.” Don’t give up on them!

In this one-day online painting clinic, you’ll be amazed to discover that your unfinished piece is most likely only a few well-placed brushstrokes away from being fabulous. Starting with what you love in your piece, Julie will train your eye to see how to enhance the depth and flow, which is key. She will demonstrate relevant critique points to illuminate what is really happening in your painting so you can bring it home to fulfilled completion.

You’ll focus on 1-2 pieces in any medium; acrylic is ideal. Attendance is limited to eight participants for plenty of one-on-one attention, plus group discussion, demonstration, and working time. Using an online class forum, you’ll post photos before and during the clinic, and will be able to receive follow-up feedback for two weeks afterward.

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Online Color Clinic
An Online Workshop with Gretchen Lopez
April 10 – 11, 2021
Join Gretchen for an online painting adventure focusing on COLOR!  Learn how to achieve harmony and continuity in your paintings by mixing color from a limited palette.  Have fun as we explore and discover how to use simple methods of mixing paint to gain confidence and a better understanding of how color works.  Get ready to apply what we learn to a still life, abstract, and landscape! Instructor demonstrations and individual attention provided.  Prior to class, enrolled students will receive an email invitation with a link to join the Zoom meeting platform.  Notes will be available through a download.
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The Inspired Abstract – Online Workshop
An Online Workshop with Julie Bernstein Engelmann
April 12 – 15, 2021
This four-day workshop gives you a powerful foundation for abstract painting. Using layers, you’ll be guided to enter the painting process naturally, develop a deep and luscious visual space, and weave into it exquisite brush-marks that grow from a personally meaningful inspiration. You’ll learn to see the spirit in your painting and gently enhance it, so it can shine powerfully.
A focus of this workshop is to find ease in bringing your mid-process “beautiful abstract mess” to completion. You’ll create two acrylic paintings that embody meaning, naturalness, and spatial depth and flow – qualities that lift an abstract painting from amateur to professional. The schedule allows for those who wish to work outside of the class more time to do so.
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NEW! Paper Paintings: Fabulous Florals
An Online Workshop with Elizabeth St Hilaire
April 23 – 25, 2021
Students will draw florals from their own still-life setup or photograph; modifying it to create a compelling, fun composition. We’ll cover how to paint your life drawing with full range of fun, bright colors and shading. You will then learn how to hand-paint your own collage papers through a series of gel plate mono-printing techniques in the color palette inspired by your underpainting. After creating your ‘paper palette’ you will learn various techniques for tearing and applying the paper in a ‘painterly’ manner. Elizabeth will also cover how to keep your pieces perfectly flat without cockling and how to vary your paper brush marks strategically in size and shape.

During this comprehensive three-day workshop you will learn a unique figurative mixed media collage technique. Emphasis will be on defining form using light and shadow, and treating every torn tidbit of paper as a brush stroke. Students will create impressionistic collages that look like paintings.

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NEW! Watercolor For All Levels
An Online Workshop with Betty Carr
May 29 – 30, 2021
Capturing the beauty of light in a Sedona landscape in Watercolor

Betty will focus on the “how to’s” of seeing light on the beautiful forms in and around Sedona, Arizona in this Online Workshop. Learn about temperatures of light and shadow (cool and warm) and working with hard and soft edges in creating depth for your watercolor landscape. Luminosity in your painting is a goal!

Betty will be demonstrating tricks and techniques for rendering the limited and glowing light that envelopes the Sedona landscape. You will be learning various ways to create textural effects in watercolor using impressionistic and painterly brushwork. How to paint using glazing techniques as well as incorporating frisket in your work will be covered.

The warm and cool glow that surrounds nature’s forms in a landscape will be conveyed in your work. Watercolor lends itself perfectly for capturing the unique lighting conditions which makes the Sedona landscape such a special subject to paint.

As a Master in the American Impressionist Society, Betty Carr will be emphasizing how to achieve  impressionistic and dynamic paintings using loose painterly brushwork while capturing light.

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Loosen Up with Aquamedia Painting Online
An Online Workshop with Robert Burridge
June 4 – 6, 2021
Burridge’s popular “Loosen Up!” workshop nurtures individual success and personal enrichment with a big emphasis on daily painting projects at your own pace. It is stress-free, but be warned; you could end up with too much enthusiasm for painting. This Burridge flagship workshop offers a variety of painting subjects for everyone. Designed for the professional painter who is stuck in a style as well as for the novice who wants to conquer their fear of painting.

Bob’s positive approach towards the act of painting will inspire you to loosen up, have fun again and paint more! Unique color combination techniques will also be demonstrated. Expect an intense, concentrated and lively workshop where you will create many works of art using spontaneity for maximum effect. This workshop has become a must for artists who want the confidence and permission to paint the way they have always wanted to paint. A positive attitude is a must!

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Abstract/Figurative 3-Day Online Workshop
An Online Workshop with Robert Burridge
June 8 – 10, 2021
This workshop pushes you out of your safe zone and into a brand new, looser, abstract direction drawing, painting and collaging the contemporary nude. You will learn expressive painting techniques for the modern painter. If you ever wanted to learn how to paint the freestyle abstract figure, this workshop is for you. Color is explained and explored. You will learn the 12 Design Compositions for a successful painting. Your “drawing the nude” skills are not a prerequisite.Classes will include a variety of poses with the nude, draped and partially draped model, lots of paint sketching, gestural drawing and finger painting techniques. Be prepared to paint looser, bolder, freer, lighter and more intuitively. Plenty of time for action-filled painting exercises, demos and personalized attention. All water soluble paints are welcomed. Materials list and Handouts provided.
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Scholarships at Sedona Arts Center
Scholarship awards will pay 50% towards any Class or Workshop tuition. Scholarships are not available for international Field Expeditions or Painting in the Grand Canyon. The Sedona Arts Center awards scholarships to students only when funds are available.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE : CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Fine Art Gallery Online
The Center’s Fine Art Gallery showcases the largest selection in Sedona of artwork by local artists. If you are seeking a rare piece of fine art, a gift of exquisite jewelry, appreciate stunning photography, or looking for a lovely keepsake from your visit to Sedona, the Arts Center has it all and more. The Arts Center is a 501(c)3 organization that offers all purchases without sales tax – almost a 10% savings. Curbside pick-up  is available by appointment.The Gallery is open Wed – Sun, 10am – 5pm in uptown Sedona.
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