Instructor Victoria Brzustowicz
5 week Class $139
Mondays 6:00-8:00

Next Session: 5/4/26 -6/1/26 

Explore the versatile world of gouache, a water-based, opaque, and pigment-rich medium. With its ability to layer light over dark, gouache combines the flexibility of acrylics and oils with the transparency of watercolors. This course can serve both as an introduction to essential techniques (including material exploration, color mixing, and effective paint handling), and for more experienced painters in gouache, it will  allow exploration and refinement in a supportive environment.  Each class includes demonstrations and ample painting time. Additionally, we’ll cover best practices for storing and framing gouache paintings. Join us for this five-week journey into the expressive realm of gouache.

Materials:

Sketching supplies such as pencil and sketch pad or journal

Water media brushes (a few flats and a round to start)

Water media paper 

Water media palette such as Mastersons stay-wet Handi Palette or any watercolor palette

Gouache – I recommend M Graham  or Holbein gouache or another tubed gouache. To start, you can use a limited palette and add colors as needed. Essentials are:

Azo Yellow

Napthol Red

Ultramarine Blue

Titanium White.

Note: I don’t use Acrylic Gouache because it is too similar to acrylic paints, and what I like about the traditional gouache is that you can reconstitute it.  If you have acrylic gouache, you will have a little different experience than what I am teaching.

Also you might want:

• Latex gloves (optional)
• Apron/smock
• Value strips
• Sponge
• Artists Tape
• Dedicated palette knife
• Water carrier

Tues 1:00-3:00 5/19/26 – 6/16/26 FULL
–5 weeks $139

Anne Jurgens, award winning artist and certified instructor, will lead you through the wonders of watercolor. This class is intended for beginning and intermediate students with emphasis on expressing ourselves with paint. Beginning students will learn basic watercolor techniques including how to apply flat washes, graded washes, and glazes, wet in wet and dry brushing techniques. We will learn about composition, values, line, and color as elements in a painting. For intermediate students who wish to choose their own subjects, instruction will be individualized.- You can read the artist’s bio and see more of her work in the Gallery section.

• Paper: Arches 11×14 100% rag, 140 Cold Press. and/ or Strathmore Series 500 mixed media
• Brushes: Sable is best. Synthetic is okay Rounds #1, #5, #8 Flats: 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, Rigger
• Water Container – One for clear, one to clean brushes can be as simple as a couple of
  cottage cheese containers.
• Paper towels – to soak up excess water
• Pencil – #2
• Pallet : Make it large enough to hold 16 colors and have space to mix paints
• Paints: Here are the basics. You can buy more, but we can build almost any color
  from these..
• These consist of both cool and warm in the primary colors enabling us to
  be able to make the colors we need. Buy your colors In tubes or in cubes. Any brand,
  except where noted you usually get better results with Professional grade, you can use Cotman when brand isn’t noted.
• Yellows: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna*
  Reds: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarine Crimson, Permanent Rose
  Blues: Cobalt Blue, Winsor Newton Ultramarine Blue
  Others: Winsor Newton Sap Green, Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna
• Waterproof board – To tape your painting to
• Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, , and a small hair dryer

Wednesday 6:00-7:30 8 Weeks

$169 Ages 12+

May 6th-June 24rd

Learn to create and elevate your own original characters with illustrator Jocelyn Seib. Understand the process of developing a unique character and their environment in this fun-filled course. Enjoy viewing behind-the-scenes work from masters, and taking inspiration both from them and each other as your character designing abilities flourish, side by side.

Supplies:

• A drawing tablet and software (Optional)

• Sketchbook (7”x10” or bigger)

• Graphite Pencils

• Pen Liner Set

• White Plastic Eraser

• Your preferred coloring medium (pencils, markers, watercolor, etc.)

• Kneaded Eraser (recommended)

• Ruler (recommended)

$10 Thursdays 11:00-6:00

Want room to sprawl out in a spacious art studio? Or maybe you want to draw and paint with other artists in a relaxed social studio. For $10 you can spend the day up in our large studio with other artists. Bring whatever supplies you want except for solvents and use the tables and/or easels, kitchen and bathrooms.

No Open Studio during Winter and Spring Break, and Summer

Begins again 9/4

Next Session: 5/21/26 -6/18/26 

Thurs 6:00-8:00

$139 5 weeks

Tues 1:00-3:00 5/19/26 – 6/16/26 FULL
–5 weeks $139

Anne Jurgens, award winning artist and certified instructor, will lead you through the wonders of watercolor. This class is intended for beginning and intermediate students with emphasis on expressing ourselves with paint. Beginning students will learn basic watercolor techniques including how to apply flat washes, graded washes, and glazes, wet in wet and dry brushing techniques. We will learn about composition, values, line, and color as elements in a painting. For intermediate students who wish to choose their own subjects, instruction will be individualized.- You can read the artist’s bio and see more of her work in the Gallery section.

• Paper: Arches 11×14 100% rag, 140 Cold Press. and/ or Strathmore Series 500 mixed media
• Brushes: Sable is best. Synthetic is okay Rounds #1, #5, #8 Flats: 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, Rigger
• Water Container – One for clear, one to clean brushes can be as simple as a couple of
  cottage cheese containers.
• Paper towels – to soak up excess water
• Pencil – #2
• Pallet : Make it large enough to hold 16 colors and have space to mix paints
• Paints: Here are the basics. You can buy more, but we can build almost any color
  from these..
• These consist of both cool and warm in the primary colors enabling us to
  be able to make the colors we need. Buy your colors In tubes or in cubes. Any brand,
  except where noted you usually get better results with Professional grade, you can use Cotman when brand isn’t noted.
• Yellows: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna*
  Reds: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarine Crimson, Permanent Rose
  Blues: Cobalt Blue, Winsor Newton Ultramarine Blue
  Others: Winsor Newton Sap Green, Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna
• Waterproof board – To tape your painting to
• Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, , and a small hair dryer

Wednesday 6:00-7:30 8 Weeks

$169 Ages 12+

May 6th-June 24rd

Learn to create and elevate your own original characters with illustrator Jocelyn Seib. Understand the process of developing a unique character and their environment in this fun-filled course. Enjoy viewing behind-the-scenes work from masters, and taking inspiration both from them and each other as your character designing abilities flourish, side by side.

Supplies:

• A drawing tablet and software (Optional)

• Sketchbook (7”x10” or bigger)

• Graphite Pencils

• Pen Liner Set

• White Plastic Eraser

• Your preferred coloring medium (pencils, markers, watercolor, etc.)

• Kneaded Eraser (recommended)

• Ruler (recommended)

$10 Thursdays 11:00-6:00

Want room to sprawl out in a spacious art studio? Or maybe you want to draw and paint with other artists in a relaxed social studio. For $10 you can spend the day up in our large studio with other artists. Bring whatever supplies you want except for solvents and use the tables and/or easels, kitchen and bathrooms.

No Open Studio during Winter and Spring Break, and Summer

Begins again 9/4

Next Session: 5/21/26 -6/18/26 

Thurs 6:00-8:00

$139 5 weeks

Tues 1:00-3:00 5/19/26 – 6/16/26 FULL
–5 weeks $139

Anne Jurgens, award winning artist and certified instructor, will lead you through the wonders of watercolor. This class is intended for beginning and intermediate students with emphasis on expressing ourselves with paint. Beginning students will learn basic watercolor techniques including how to apply flat washes, graded washes, and glazes, wet in wet and dry brushing techniques. We will learn about composition, values, line, and color as elements in a painting. For intermediate students who wish to choose their own subjects, instruction will be individualized.- You can read the artist’s bio and see more of her work in the Gallery section.

• Paper: Arches 11×14 100% rag, 140 Cold Press. and/ or Strathmore Series 500 mixed media
• Brushes: Sable is best. Synthetic is okay Rounds #1, #5, #8 Flats: 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, Rigger
• Water Container – One for clear, one to clean brushes can be as simple as a couple of
  cottage cheese containers.
• Paper towels – to soak up excess water
• Pencil – #2
• Pallet : Make it large enough to hold 16 colors and have space to mix paints
• Paints: Here are the basics. You can buy more, but we can build almost any color
  from these..
• These consist of both cool and warm in the primary colors enabling us to
  be able to make the colors we need. Buy your colors In tubes or in cubes. Any brand,
  except where noted you usually get better results with Professional grade, you can use Cotman when brand isn’t noted.
• Yellows: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna*
  Reds: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarine Crimson, Permanent Rose
  Blues: Cobalt Blue, Winsor Newton Ultramarine Blue
  Others: Winsor Newton Sap Green, Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna
• Waterproof board – To tape your painting to
• Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, , and a small hair dryer

Wednesday 6:00-7:30 8 Weeks

$169 Ages 12+

May 6th-June 24rd

Learn to create and elevate your own original characters with illustrator Jocelyn Seib. Understand the process of developing a unique character and their environment in this fun-filled course. Enjoy viewing behind-the-scenes work from masters, and taking inspiration both from them and each other as your character designing abilities flourish, side by side.

Supplies:

• A drawing tablet and software (Optional)

• Sketchbook (7”x10” or bigger)

• Graphite Pencils

• Pen Liner Set

• White Plastic Eraser

• Your preferred coloring medium (pencils, markers, watercolor, etc.)

• Kneaded Eraser (recommended)

• Ruler (recommended)

$10 Thursdays 11:00-6:00

Want room to sprawl out in a spacious art studio? Or maybe you want to draw and paint with other artists in a relaxed social studio. For $10 you can spend the day up in our large studio with other artists. Bring whatever supplies you want except for solvents and use the tables and/or easels, kitchen and bathrooms.

No Open Studio during Winter and Spring Break, and Summer

Begins again 9/4

Next Session: 5/21/26 -6/18/26 

Thurs 6:00-8:00

$139 5 weeks

Wednesday 6:00-7:30 8 Weeks

$169 Ages 12+

May 6th-June 24rd

Learn to create and elevate your own original characters with illustrator Jocelyn Seib. Understand the process of developing a unique character and their environment in this fun-filled course. Enjoy viewing behind-the-scenes work from masters, and taking inspiration both from them and each other as your character designing abilities flourish, side by side.

Supplies:

• A drawing tablet and software (Optional)

• Sketchbook (7”x10” or bigger)

• Graphite Pencils

• Pen Liner Set

• White Plastic Eraser

• Your preferred coloring medium (pencils, markers, watercolor, etc.)

• Kneaded Eraser (recommended)

• Ruler (recommended)

$10 Thursdays 11:00-6:00

Want room to sprawl out in a spacious art studio? Or maybe you want to draw and paint with other artists in a relaxed social studio. For $10 you can spend the day up in our large studio with other artists. Bring whatever supplies you want except for solvents and use the tables and/or easels, kitchen and bathrooms.

No Open Studio during Winter and Spring Break, and Summer

Begins again 9/4

Full Day $269 | Half Day $169 | Extended Care $50 (2 hours more each day) All Art Supplies Included

Your Child will be able to Experience many different mediums, doing a Large Variety of Projects. such as; Pallet knife Painting, Landscapes, Cartooning, Flip Books, Stamping and more! Campers will use different, exciting mediums including: Acrylics, Clay, Gouache, Watercolor, Pastels, Marker, Colored Pencil and more! We will be taking fewer campers out of precaution and taking extra safety measures. For more information click on over to our Big Fat Messy Art Camp page.

Summer Camp 2026 Registration Form

Full Day $269 | Half Day $169 | Extended Care $50 (2 hours more each day) All Art Supplies Included

Your Child will be able to Experience many different mediums, doing a Large Variety of Projects. such as; Pallet knife Painting, Landscapes, Cartooning, Flip Books, Stamping and more! Campers will use different, exciting mediums including: Acrylics, Clay, Gouache, Watercolor, Pastels, Marker, Colored Pencil and more! We will be taking fewer campers out of precaution and taking extra safety measures. For more information click on over to our Big Fat Messy Art Camp page.

Summer Camp 2026 Registration Form