Painting & Drawing

January 2025

Connecting Eyes, Heart, Hand: Plein Air with Natasha Isenhour – G25010102

A three-week intensive painting session, practicing intuitive as well as artistic techniques. You will be combining what you observe with your emotional response and following up with expressing it with your hand. My anticipated goal for you is that you will be expanding your skills as a painter and 2-dimensional creator. I will be pushing […] ...
05 - 25 Jan

High Desert Watercolor with Sean Hudson – G25010103

Join me to learn the fundamentals of painting the high desert landscape in watercolor. In this three-day course, I will guide you step-by-step in creating your own unique vision of the enchanted New Mexican landscape that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe. Using straightforward watercolor techniques, you’ll explore colorful skies, distant vistas, and the flora of the high desert. At the end of the […] ...
10 - 12 Jan
February 2025

Painting the Ghost Ranch Landscape in Winter with Michelle Chrisman- G25020301

Landscape is a year-round inspiration, especially the Red Rocks and Aqua Chamisa that was a cherished subject-matter of famous artist, Georgia O’Keeffe who lived at Ghost Ranch, a place that inspired many of her most famous paintings. We will explore the Ranch, taking photos and doing small field studies, which we will take back to […] ...
16 - 22 Feb
All Day

Color and Composition with Sean Hudson – G25020203

Learn to use color and composition with ease, purpose, and confidence! In this three-day workshop, we will deep-dive into color and composition and learn how to transform the quality of light, space, and mood in your landscape paintings. Topics include technique, color theory, composition, the art of critique, perspective, and personal style. Demonstrations and personal instruction will […] ...
21 - 23 Feb
May 2025

Drawing from Nature: Bones and Blooms with Helen Byers – G25050201

At Ghost Ranch, Georgia O’Keeffe found inspiration in the desert around her. Flowers and animal bones were among her favorite subjects—often in combination. Here is your chance to explore how the same subjects inspire YOU. Refine your realistic drawing skills with a week in residence at historic Casa del Sol, amid the spectacular landscape where […] ...
11 - 17 May
July 2025

Painting Still Life and Landscape with KB Jones – G25070103

This workshop is for all levels. Demonstration and instruction will be given at the beginning of each day. We will alternate between working outdoors in nature and indoors in the studio. Lectures and critiques will be offered in the evening. Students will compose paintings in the tradition of O’Keeffe, as well as female painters working […] ...
06 - 12 Jul
All Day

Painting Still Life and Landscape with KB Jones – G25070203

This workshop is for all levels. Demonstration and instruction will be given at the beginning of each day. We will alternate between working outdoors in nature and indoors in the studio. Lectures and critiques will be offered in the evening. Students will compose paintings in the tradition of O’Keeffe, as well as female painters working […] ...
13 - 19 Jul
All Day
September 2025

Materiality in Art with Nicki Heenan– G25090302

A waterbed mixed media workshop using pigments and inks. There will be the use of found materials, instruction on making pastels, inks and the appropriate use of binders. This workshop is in context of the of the local landscape of Ghost Ranch. The aim of this workshop is to explore the landscape construct, of how […] ...
21 - 27 Sep
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