Instructor: Madison Memering

Beginners - Advanced
Field Class
4 Week Class
Mondays 6:00pm-9:00pm
August 10th - 31st
Class Maximum: 14 Students

Materials are included in all of our classes.

This course is devoted to the quiet and meditative study of plants through drawing and watercolor, balancing scientific clarity with artistic sensitivity. Students will work from collected specimens while observing subtle shifts of color and shape to render botanical forms with precision and character.

Emphasis will be placed on clean line, composition, controlled washes, and the luminous detailing that defines traditional botanical work. By the end of the course, students will complete a small grouping of botanical illustrations that reflect a quiet reverence for natural forms.

Instructor: Caroline Hahn

Beginners - Advanced
4 Week Class
Tuesdays 6:00pm-9:00pm
August 4th - 25th
Class Maximum: 14 Students

Materials are included in all of our classes.

Through a mix of guided exercises, personal reflection, and open-ended painting sessions, we’ll explore how to bring out what’s underneath the surface: memory, feeling, intuition, and experience. It’s not about chasing perfection—it’s about learning to trust your own perspective, and finding the visual language that feels true to you. Whether you’re stuck, starting fresh, or trying to reconnect with why you paint in the first place, this course offers time, space, and support to go deeper. No experience is necessary—just a willingness to show up and see what comes through.

Instructor: Josiah Hanchett

Beginners & Intermediates
4 Week
Tuesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm
August 4th - 25th
Class Maximum: 12 Students

All materials are provided for all of our classes

While exploring the historic neighborhoods of Heritage Hill, Grand Rapids, students will learn how to draw and paint local historical homes, churches, and cultural sites in ink and watercolor. By breaking down the subject into simple geometric shapes, students will learn the three rules of perspective along with how to utilize watercolor to enhance their images with simple yet effective washes.

Instructor: Isaac Dell

Beginners - Advanced
3 Week Class
Mondays 6:00pm-9:30pm
August 12th - 26th

Materials are included in all of our classes.

A focused course in three-dimensional anatomical study, dedicated entirely to one of the most expressive and technically demanding forms in figurative art: the human hand. Students build in clay from direct observation, working through the underlying bone and muscle structure before layering in surface form, gesture, and expression. Emphasis is placed on proportion, joint mechanics, and the subtle asymmetries that give a sculpted hand life rather than stiffness. No prior sculpture experience required, this class is equally valuable as a standalone study or as preparation for full-figure sculptural work.

Instructor: Alec Zemper

Beginner - Intermediate
Weekend Immersive
Saturday & Sunday - 10:00am-3:30pm
August 15th & 16th
Class Maximum: 14 Students

Materials are included in all of our classes.

This class offers a focused exploration of color and pigment interactions in oil painting, with an emphasis on learning to quickly and accurately match colors from life and reference. Students will begin with a limited set of colors, practicing how to identify hue, value, and chroma, while slowly introducing more pigments to their palette.

IInstructor: Leah Morrison

Beginners & Intermediates
Weekend Immersive
Saturday & Sunday 10:00am-3:30pm
August 22nd & 23rd
Class Maximum: 14 students

Materials are included in all of our classes.

This course explores the subtle practice of landscape painting in watercolor. Students will learn to simplify complex scenes into clear value shapes, build atmospheric depth through layered washes, and capture light with restraint rather than excess.

By the end of the class, students will have completed several small landscape paintings that reflect clarity of structure, sensitivity to color, and a sense of space & atmosphere.