Art Workshops coming in 2022 – see also Karen's workshop website at NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com
Abstract Landscape Painting ONLINE
Taught by Karen Lynn Ingalls • Online — on ZOOM
Nine Saturdays • January 9 - March 6, 2022
Plus Bonus follow-up session • Saturday, September 19, 2020
Nine Saturdays • January 9 - March 6, 2022
Plus Bonus follow-up session • Saturday, September 19, 2020
Would you like to simplify your landscape painting to get at essentials? Or use what you see in the landscape as a springboard to a new creation, instead of reproducing what you see more realistically?
Trees on Oat Hill • 16" x 20" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
In this workshop, you will learn eight different ways to create abstract landscape paintings, beginning with the one indispensable element of any landscape painting.
Assortment of Abstract Landscape paintings on watercolor paper • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Each day, you will learn two different approaches to creating an abstract landscape painting, with:
Orange-Purple Landscape - Knights Valley • 8" x 10" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
You’ll have time to put what you’ve learned into practice, then gather again to share what you’ve learned and ask questions.
Each workshop day will run from 10 AM to 4 PM, with a lunch break (when you can keep painting, too, if you like). During the following week, you can take time to develop what you’ve learned, and, at the next meeting, follow up with any questions, share what you’ve been doing, and see the work of your fellow painters, before learning the next two approaches. 
Trees in Fog • 16" x 20" • Acrylics on Canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Three weeks after the workshop’s end, you’ll be able to meet for a bonus session, to share what you’ve been doing; see the creative directions all the other participants are taking; and ask any questions that have come up for you in the meantime.
Painting in this way strips the image down to its essence. If you usually paint more realistic-looking landscapes, it may change the way you see the world! 
Vineyards at Diamond Creek • 16" x 20" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
This class is designed for both beginners (who have at least a little bit of previous painting experience) and more experienced painters.
The teacher will be working in Acrylics, which does have particular advantages, but you are welcome to work in Oil Paints or Water-Mixable Oils, if you prefer those media. NOTE: This workshop also helps support the Calistoga Art Center, currently closed to in-person classes, sustain itself until we can open our doors once more. 
California Gold #3 • Acrylics on watercolor paper • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Dates & times:
Nine Saturdays, August 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2020 10 AM to 1 PM each day, PLUS Bonus follow-up session on Saturday, April 3, 2022, from 10 AM to noon. Bring your lunch, if you like! Location: Online, on ZOOM, from wherever you are. Cost: Special pricing for the times we're in - $297.00 Payment option if you sign up in July — 2 payments of $150, one in July, one in August Materials you'll need: Download it here. Maximum of 20 people; minimum of 4. Sign up early to reserve your place! DOWNLOAD THE 2022 FLYER HERE Call Karen for more information at (707) 942-0197. SIGN UP ONLINE HERE: http://www.calistogaartcenter.org/new-workshops 
Knights Valley abstract landscape • Acrylics on panel • © 2014 Karen Lynn Ingalls
Just-Spring • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Landscape in Blue and Green #1 • Acrylics on watercolor paper • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
This Happy Land • 16" x 20" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Valley Oak • 8" x 10" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Color and Composition
Color and Composition went online in March 2020 — it may be coming around again in 2022
Secrets of Color Harmony
Currently on hold till 2022...
Landscape Painting
The Red Tree • Acrylics on full sheet watercolor paper • © 2014 Karen Lynn Ingalls
Have you ever looked at a beautiful scene, and wished you could capture it on canvas? You’ll learn how here, creating a landscape painting from a photograph, using water–soluble acrylic paints. You’ll learn about color and composition, and creating the illusion of distance, and you’ll learn the process of painting, both how to proceed from a photographic image to finished painting, and what to expect along the way.
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Date & time: currently on hold till 2022
Saturday and Sunday, weekend workshop 10 AM to 5 PM each day — Bring your lunch! Location: Calistoga Art Center 1456 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California Cost: $220 for non-members; $195 for Calistoga Art Center members • Includes Karen's mini-book on Landscape Painting • Materials not included Maximum of 12 people; minimum of 4. Sign up early to reserve your space! Sign up by Wednesday, August 14th Learn more about it at NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com. |
Adventures in Mixed Media:
Paint, Paper, Stencils, Collage, & Relief Printing
Mixed media paintings with acrylic paints, decorative papers, stencils, collage, and relief printing • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Have you ever wanted to just be creative with paint, without stressing about how things will turn out? This workshop may be just what you are looking for!
You'll learn to combine acrylic paint with various mixed media techniques, including the use of stencils, collage, and relief printing, to create artwork that is fun and engaging. Using these methods will transform your mixed media paintings from something interesting but ordinary to something extraordinary and fabulous. Learn more about it here at NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com. |
Date & time: On hold till 2022
Location: Calistoga Art Center, Napa County Fairgrounds, Cropp Building, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA Cost: To be announced Materials Fee: To be announced... for all the materials you'll need (if you've seen the price of all these materials, you'll know what a great deal that is! Or email Karen for materials list if you'd like to bring your own.) Maximum of 12 people; minimum of 4. Reserve your space early to ensure your seat! |
Would you like to simplify your landscape painting to get at essentials? Or would you like to what you see and using it as a springboard to a new creation, rather than painting more realistically?
In this workshop, we will focus on three different ways to simplify and play with images of the landscape, re-creating it in abstract form. You will create, depending on time, two or three new paintings.
Painting in this way strips the image down to its essentials. If you usually paint more realistic-looking landscapes, it may change the way you see the world....
Learn more about it at NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com.
In this workshop, we will focus on three different ways to simplify and play with images of the landscape, re-creating it in abstract form. You will create, depending on time, two or three new paintings.
Painting in this way strips the image down to its essentials. If you usually paint more realistic-looking landscapes, it may change the way you see the world....
Learn more about it at NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com.
Acrylic Painting 101
Little Apple • demonstration painting • 8" x 10" • Acrylics on panel • © 2014 Karen Lynn Ingalls
New to acrylic paints? Wondering what they're all about? Come find out about this most versatile, and forgiving, of all painting mediums – and unleash your creativity as you play with paint. In this work-(play)-shop, we'll explore many of the possible ways you can apply paint to paper or canvas.
As you learn how to use acrylic paints, you will create two paintings, experimenting with both abstract painting and painting from an object. And we'll approach it all in a spirit of discovery! This workshop is designed for both beginning painters and painters who are new to acrylics. A materials fee of $25 covers your materials and supplies. |
Acrylic Painting 101 Art Workshop
Date & time: on hold till 2022 Location: Calistoga Art Center, Napa County Fairgrounds, Cropp Building, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA Cost: $195 for CAC members and $220 for non-members, materials not included Materials Fee: $25 for all the materials you'll need to create three paintings! Maximum of 12 people; minimum of 4. Download the Acrylics Painting 101 workshop flyer here.
Learn more about it at NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com. |
Creating Mixed Media Art Cards - a 6-week class
More information here — possibly coming around again in fall of 2022....
