We have several awesome WORKSHOPS available to you this year!

August 12, 2025 

10:00am to 4:00pm   

  Painting Wildlife in Watercolor – 1 day workshop

In this one-day workshop, we will explore techniques 

to depict wildlife in their natural environments and natural behaviors, and design a composition that captures the animal’s personality through facial expressions, body language and textures 

such as feather & fur. 

Some experience with watercolor helpful. 

Materials list:

• Your favorite watercolor paints, either tubes or pans (I use professional vs. student grade). If you are buying watercolor paints, a cool & a warm  of each primary color (red, yellow & blue), Burnt Sienna, and Neutral  Tint is a good start, as you can mix a wide range of colors with these. Some of my other favorites are Turquoise Blue, Cerulean Blue, Indigo. 
• Watercolor  palette. Ideally, you’ll want a palette that has wells for your pigments  & flat areas where you can mix washes. I like one with a lid, where  the lid also doubles as a mixing area. If your palette does not have an  area for mixing large puddles, you can use a couple of Styrofoam or  plastic paper plates to mix.
• Watercolor  paper - pads, blocks or sheets ok (9x12” or larger). Coldpress 140 lbs,  100% cotton is best. You can also use hot press if that is your  preference, still 140lb, 100% cotton. 
• Watercolor  brushes - a couple of rounds & flats in small, medium & large  sizes. One 1” (or larger) flat or hake for wetting your entire paper.
• Paper  towels, small bucket or container for your paint water.
• Nice  to have (bring only if you have; I will have enough for everyone):  waterproof black ink marker, like Micron or Faber Castell Pitt marker nib  size 05 or 08, a white gel pen, small spray or mister bottle, masking  fluid 

I will have other supplies in the classroom to 

share with workshop participants. 

Price: $65Members/ $85 Non-Members

LOCATION:  

Elks Lodge in Calabash, NC

937 Carter Dr. SW

Calabash, NC 28467

Lunch available for purchase.  

PLEASE NOTE: No food may be brought into the lodge due to their licensing.  

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Starting - September 9th, 2025

Tuesdays 

9:30am to 12:30pm    

 Suggested materials list: The materials list will be discussed on the first day of class in depth. 

First day of class: All -purpose drawing paper, pencils: (2 H, 2 B, 6 B), a kneaded eraser. a simple object to draw. This can be as simple as a coffee cup. 

Drawing materials: All purpose drawing paper, assorted drawing pencils, example, 2H, 2B, 4B, 6B and a kneaded eraser, graphite transfer paper. 

Printed photo reference for drawing and painting. 

Oils or Acrylics: You will need a stretched canvas, (a table top easel, optional). palette for your specific painting medium, brushes, container for odorless thinner or water and paper towels. 

We will discuss options for painting mediums and brushes in class. 

Watercolors: Arches 140 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper. a prepared board for stretches, staple gun or a watercolor block, watercolor palette, water container, brushes, paper towels. 

Watercolors, Acrylics and Oils: Warm colors: Cadmium Yellow Med., Cadmium Red Med., Cobalt blue, Cerulean Blue Cool colors: Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Permanent Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Rose, (an alternate color is Quinacridone Red), Ultramarine Blue (White Permalba or Titanium White is for Oils and Acrylics Only) 

Please buy artist quality paints, for example M Graham or Holbein watercolors. Holbein, Charvin, Winsor and Newton, etc oil colors. Waterbased may also be used. Good quality acrylics like Holbein or other artist quality paints are again recommended. 

Brushes: For watercolors, I use, Robert Simmons Sapphire brush number 10 and number 1 round. Daler Rowney Skyflow Aquafine 2” or 1 1/2” flat brush Purchase from Dick Blick, Jerry’s Artarama, Amazon and Jackson’s Art Supplies Rosemary and Co. Eradicator purchase this brush from Wind River Arts Mary@windriverarts.com or call (972) 342-4947. 

Oil and Acrylic brushes: Filbert shape brushes in bristle, or synthetic bristle and soft brushes like Black Swan, Silver brush, (Ruby Satin) an Master’s Touch flibert synthetic bristle. These brushes are just suggestions, they are generally what I use. If possible use artist quality brushes. 

Sources for materials: Jerry’s Artarama, Dick Blick, Hobby Lobby, Wind River Arts, Jackson’s Art Supplies and Amazon 

Price: $160 Members/ $180 Non-Members

Classes will be held 

at Terri Harrison's studio

57 Doe Creek Lane, S.W.

Supply, NC 28462

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November 3, 2026

9:30am to 12:30pm    

If you're looking to create a photographic copy of a picture, this is not the workshop for you.  This palette knife workshop is meant to speed and free up your painting style.  A more fresh, spontaneous, and impressionistic painting is what we're looking to achieve.
 

Palette knife painting techniques have been embraced by legendary artists such as Henri Matisse, Picasso, Van Gogh, and Rembrandt. Unlike traditional brushes, the palette knife offers unique strokes that add vibrant texture to your artwork. This tool not only allows for the rapid application of paint, covering canvases swiftly but also enables the layering of colors without the blending often caused by brushes. Economical and reusable when cared for properly, palette knives can be an invaluable addition to your artistic toolkit.

Supplies

Please bring the minimum supplies listed below as well as any other paints, brushes, etc. you typically use.

Please prep your canvas prior to workshop using white mixed with Burnt Sienna or Cadmium red and Yellow Ochre. Think about what you might want to show through or where you might want to scrape off.

• IPhone
• Acrylic paints are recommended for faster drying but oil will be accepted.
• Minimum colors include all primaries (red, yellow, blue, black, white). Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium yellow, light or medium, Cadmium Red light or medium, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Titanium White, Paynes. Gray, Ivory Black are good extras.
• Brushes – one round #8, various flats. #4, #6, #8, 10 and #12 and bright #8.Long-handled brushes are typically used for oil and acrylic.
• Palette Knives – approx. 2”
• -3” bent trowel with rounded tip - not plastic. RGM or equivalent, Style 22, 10, 33, 50 and 5 (available at Blick and Amazon).
• Italian Palette Knives by
• Turpenoid solvent if using oils paints.
• Bring one canvas, 9 x 12, 11 x 14, or 12 x 16 and easel.
• A palette – disposable wax paper palette pads or white parchment paper with rimmed cookie sheet.
• Bring a large ziplock bag to store used palette.
• Two (2) open containers for water if using acrylics or a closed jar for turpenoid.
• Gloves will be available if necessary.
• Reference picture, landscape or seascape preferred or use mine
• Paper towels

Price: $40 Members/ $60 Non-Members

Classes will be held at:

C.B. Berry Community Center in Calabash, NC

2250 SC-179

Little River, SC 29566

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