Classes and Workshops
The Weekly Paint-In's and First Wednesday Class Demos are conducted for Members only, taking place during the Paint-in. The members may take advantage of the short class or not.
PLEASE NOTE: Workshops are open to the public. Any non-member can join WAA and take advantage of savings for the cost of workshop. Class sizes may be limited. *
For more information, either for a class or workshop, please contact: Susan Barnard at susanebarnard@gmail.com
Forms for Workshop Presenters link
*Tuition is fully refundable up to 7 days before the workshop 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.
C B Berry building
Wednesday Paint-In
Bright well - lit workspace
CB Berry Community Center has large accommodating space to paint!
Collaborate with other artists. Join a class/Workshop or paint on your own project.
Class Demonstrations
Take Advantage of Your Membership!
Every first Wednesday, members can take advantage of 20-minute demonstrations from other members with experience in various styles and mediums. These are presented during and in the same room as the Paint-Ins, and are free for members to participate!
If you have a creative technique or art related information you would like to share in class, contact Diane White at diane.white257@gmail.com
Form to request to be a Class Demo Presenter link
Check out Event Calendar to see the Class Demos coming up
Painting With Terry Harrison
Instructor-Terry Harrison
8 Week Workshop
9:30-12:30
Sep 14, 21, 28
Oct 5, 12, 26 ( Berry Center is open Columbus Day)
Nov 2, 9
$240 members
$320 non-member
Class Overview
My classes are for all levels of painting skill and I teach watercolors and oils, primarily. Over the span of my career I have painted a variety of subject matter. Since 2000, I have been a full time portrait artist. I love sharing my painting knowledge with my students, focusing especially on the fundamental skills we need to know to become better painters. I will share information about drawing as well as painting. In this class, we will learn about how to see values and colors, as well as learn ways to improve our color mixing. My classes have a very relaxed atmosphere and want
the experience to be fun and encouraging for each student.
Terry
Exploring Color with Pastels
Instructor-Beth Olsen
September 23, 2026
9:30 – 3:30
$65.00 members
$ 85.00 non-member
Class Overview
With pastels we have a ready-made world of colors ranging from the palest of hue to the most saturated intensity. Those pigments give us freedom to explore color and how to use it to make our paintings absolutely glow. In this 6-hour class we will look at using pastels to paint with vibrancy allowing the colors to do the work for us.
We will be using complementary color and working with the analogous colors associated with one of our complements or deciding on a triad and working from that.
We will break down our paintings into 5 areas:
Notan or monotone study or our reference
Color study – a quick minimal painting
Underpainting – using a bold color or colors
Color Palette
Accents
Reference photos – can be a landscape or an object
Soft Pastels – preferably quality/artist grade
Paper – bring a paper with a fine or laid finish such as Cansons Mi-Teintes and a sanded paper such as UArt400 or 500 grade. We will be working with an underpainting so make sure your paper can take water or isopropyl alcohol
Color Wheel
Painters tape to tape your paper
Artist Clip Board or foam board to work on
Isopropyl Alcohol and an old soft paintbrush
Old towel or underpad to catch pastel
Vine Charcoal
Gum Eraser
Handwipes
