Classes and Workshops
PLEASE NOTE: Workshops and classes are open to the public.
Any non-member can join WAA and take advantage
of savings for the cost of workshops and classes.
Class sizes may be limited.
Tuition is fully refundable up to 7 days prior to class start date.
Waterway Art Association reserves the right to cancel any class that does not meet minimum attendance requirements. All payments will be refunded if the class is cancelled by the organization.
For more information either for a class or workshop please contact:
Susan Barnard at 910-880-1745 or email at susanebarnard@gmail.com
C B Berry Location
2250 Hwy 179, Little River, SC 29566
843-249-4157
Wednesday Paint-In
Bright Well - lit Workspace
Collaborate with other artists
Collaborate with other artists
CB Berry Community Center has large accommodating space in which to paint in!
Collaborate with other artists
Collaborate with other artists
Collaborate with other artists
get feedback from othe artists - or just enjoy!
Work on Your own Art Pieces
Collaborate with other artists
Work on Your own Art Pieces
Wednesday Paint in session
Painting with Soft Pastels With Beth Olson
Monday, October 20, 2025
9:30am to 3:30pm
Pastels have an incredible history. They are the same pigments that are in oil paints and watercolors. What makes them so unique is that they are pigment with minimum binder and allow us to paint without the use of oil or water making them one of the most accessible painting mediums. They have been used by many incredible artists such as Degas (over 700 paintings), Mary Cassatt, Picasso, Renoir, Chardin, and so on. Modern artists include Zaria Forman, Aaron Schuerr, Deborah Stewart, and Vera Kavura to name just a few.
Pastels offer us bright saturated colors that are relatively easy to work with, making them an accessible medium for beginners and experienced artists. In both the morning and afternoon session we will work with pastels experimenting with different textures and blending methods. Pastels also give us the ability to adaptively use layers of color for effect and composition.
In the morning session
we will cover basic information on pastels and pastel paper and explore the following:
· Color Vibrancy
· Texture and Blending
· Layering
· Ease of Use
After exploring and practicing different techniques, we will begin with a Notan to define composition and values and then using pastel paper of your choice we will execute a painting using a reference photo that you bring with you.
For the afternoon session
we will be doing something a bit different. We all have paintings that we have put aside for one reason or another. They don’t resonate, they’re not quite what we want our paintings to be. Whether it’s watercolor, gouache, or acrylic, how can we take it and improve it? By using pastels to emphasize color, values, and composition we can take those paintings that we’ve put aside and emphasize or change the original picture producing a painting that we can be proud of.
You will need to bring in a painting that you are willing to use pastel on. If it is a watercolor, the paper will take the pastel easily unless the texture of the paper has been flattened. You will need to use a fixative to allow the pastel to grip onto the painting. I highly recommend Lascaux Fixative. If you are bringing in a gouache or acrylic painting, you will need a pumice gel to put over your painting for the pastel to have something to attach to. Golden Pumice Gel is recommended by artists who use both mediums together.
I look forward to sharing with you and seeing you.
Painting Watercolor on Canvas with Kristen Dorsey
Saturday, October 25, 2025
9:30am to 3:30pm
Ditch the Frame!
Painting Watercolor on Canvas explores
the materials and techniques used in painting on prepared watercolor canvas. Painting on canvas is notably different than painting on cotton paper, but offers some benefits. Canvas does not require framing, saving artists the expense and avoiding the glare from presenting under glass. Additionally, artists can paint larger watercolors without the struggle of manipulating big sheets of paper.
The class will paint an 8x10 canvas. Participants can follow along as Kristen paints a heron, or can bring their own reference photo.
Topics Covered
- Available brands of prepared watercolor canvas and where to buy them
- Painting on watercolor ground (recipe for inexpensive ground provided)
- Preparing the canvas for painting
- Getting a basic sketch onto the canvas
- Best brushes for watercolor on canvas
- Managing the differences in painting on canvas
- Using additives (iridescent medium, water resistance medium)
- Using masking fluid/frisket and best application techniques
- Adding textured backgrounds to the canvas
- Metal leaf on watercolor canvas
- Lifting techniques/lifting brushes
- Sealing the finished painting
This class is best suited for those familiar with basic watercolor painting techniques, especially layering, glazing, painting wet on wet and wet on dry.
Palette Knife Paint Class with Linda Karaskevicus
Monday, November 3, 2025
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.
Supply list
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
Creating Visual Depth Through Layering -Mary Beth Bradbury
Monday, November 17, 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create visual depth using layered techniques with acrylic paint and water-soluble media. Through guided instruction, they’ll explore six key methods - resist, dark over light, light over dark, glazing, combining transparent and opaque layers, and stencil-based mark-making.
The final product will be a personalized sample book, with each page showcasing a different technique in 3–4 distinct layers, serving as a lasting reference for future painting projects.
supply list
- · 6 -12 sheets of watercolor or mixed media paper between 5x7 and 11x14
- · Transparent/Semi-Transparent Acrylic paints: primary set or 3 -5 favorite colors, + white + black (paint label explainer info)
- · Glazing medium (optional)
- · Oil pastels or white or clear wax crayons: a few colors will do
- · Water-soluble media (A handful of colors, Neocolor II, watercolor pencils, Inktense blocks, etc., whatever you have)
- · Mark-making tools: sponge, palette knife, silicone scraper, stencils, bottle caps, stamps, etc.
- · a few stencils
- · Brushes (round, flat, foam) a stiff stencil brush will come on handy
- · Paper towels & water container
- · Baby wipes (optional)
- · Blue painters tape or masking tape
Painting With Gouache -Debanjana Bettacharee
Monday, December 8, 2025
9:30am to 3:30pm
This workshop will provide everything you need to know about painting with gouache. Gouache is a versatile medium and can be used as watercolor or acrylic or oil painting. It’s known for its vibrant color and quick drying, making it a travel friendly medium.
We will be doing basic painting and also paint-mixing, while creating a gorgeous work of your own art. A workshop on creating vibrant, colorful paintings with gouache!
Supply list
- Gouache paints.
I like using Winsor & Newton brand. A lot can be done with just the basic Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache Primary Paint Set of 6 and an extra tube of titanium white.
- A notebook for notes and ideas.
- Pencils and pens for drawing.
- Cold press watercolor 140lb paper pad. Your choice of size (9x12 or 6x8)
- Roll of ¼” white artist tape preferred or just blue tape is fine.
- We will be doing small works.
- Set of watercolor brushes. Get the affordable variety bag of synthetic brushes if you don’t have any. Flats, rounds of varying sizes.
- Watercolor mixing tray with ample mixing space (Butcher Tray is advisable and not the flower tray)
- A water cup
- Guideline to colors if you want to buy separate tubes
- Permanent white,
- primary or cad yellow,
- yellow ochre,
- marigold yellow or cad orange med,
- burnt sienna,
- cad red,
- alizarine crimson or quinacridone magenta,
- spectrum violet,
- ultramarine blue,
- cerulean blue,
- oxides of chromium green and burnt umber.
Please don’t buy acrylic gouache
- Easel – your choice (table or standing) else you can do flat on table.
- Paper towels or painting rags
Any questions? Just send me an email!
