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  • Studies in Ink and Watercolor - Prickly Pear (Opuntia) with Marjorie Leggitt (Wednesday through Friday)

    • 05/08/2024
    • 05/10/2024
    • 3 sessions
    • Online Zoom Course
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    Cacti are botanical subjects that present all kinds of fun perspective challenges! Join Marjorie Leggitt in this 3 session workshop as she guides you to create a colorful composition of Opuntia, better known as Prickly Pear. Marjorie will help you to discover how these succulents conform to basic geometric forms and mathematical patterns. Then follow along with exercises that hone your observation and artistic skills as you develop a graphite perspective drawing. Through demos and exercises, learn how to combine the expressiveness of a pen with the subtle colors of watercolor. Discover non-traditional pen and ink marks to create unique textures and forms. Practice color mixing and watercolor layering to enhance the line work and capture earthy, luminescent colors. Learn about the principles of cast shadows from your own clay model. Apply your new skills to create a wonderful mixed media piece of art. Previous experience using watercolor is strongly recommended. 

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  • Painting with Gouache en Plein Air Workshop with Cynthia Inson (Monday through Friday)

    • 06/03/2024
    • 06/07/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • On Location and in the Art League Studios
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    This workshop is designed to introduce students to the unique characteristics of painting on location with gouache. Using a casein underpainting, we will work on location to capture the light in the New Mexico landscape. Gouache is a perfect medium for plein aire painting with fast drying times. Basically an opaque watercolor, gouache acts very differently from oils or acrylics. It is not a difficult medium and that simplicity makes it exciting to work with. Students will be encouraged to paint in smaller formats with the goal of completing two pieces each day. Color characteristics of gouache will be studied and developed thoughout the workshop. The emphasis throughout will be on learning, having fun, and developing skills to paint with this incredible medium. Each day will start with a short discussion and demo, then students will paint for the remainder of the class with one on one instruction from Cynthia. 


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  • MASTER ARTIST SERIES - Portrait Painting Workshop in Oils and Pastel with Susan Lyon (Saturdays)

    • 06/08/2024
    • 06/29/2024
    • 4 sessions
    • Online Zoom Course
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    This portrait workshop is designed for artists working in either oils or pastel. Susan will work with and teach in both mediums. For the first part of each class Susan will answer any questions from the group before she illustrates lessons on different ways to approach portraits through screen share. She will show masterworks of past and present artists to discuss different lighting and painting techniques. This should inspire and give the class examples of how to use the different mediums to achieve various effects and moods. The second half of each class will focus on Susan demonstrating her approach to working from a photo. She will offer the same photo references to the class so they can paint along as she demonstrates, or have the option of painting it as homework during the week. Students are encouraged to email their homework images during the week for Susan to give her suggestions advice to each student throughout the workshop. Susan will do a pastel demo for the 1st and 3rd class and an oil demo for the 2nd and 4th class.


    Students at all levels are welcome.

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  • Discovering Scratchboard with Pamela Barcita (Monday through Wednesday)

    • 06/10/2024
    • 06/12/2024
    • 3 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Join artist, Pamela Barcita, as she demonstrates her unique techniques with this unusual surface. Step by step, students will be introduced to new tools and surfaces while creating their own imagery. We will be working with clay-coated board called *Scratchbord as well as *Claybord.  

    Students will practice with the various tools and learn techniques to create fine lines, bold lines, soft surface removal and other methods. 

    Then, students will create their own unique designs and compositions using these newly discovered techniques. 

    The results will be both beautiful and effective leaving students with a whole new set of techniques to apply to future paintings! Students at all levels are welcome.


    Please sign up early; class size is limited.


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  • Exploring Printmaking: Monotypes with Maria Lilly (Thursday through Sunday)

    • 06/13/2024
    • 06/16/2024
    • 4 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Don't miss this fun exploration in this beautiful printmaking medium! Join, Maria Lilly, to learn how to create one-of-a-kind monotype prints, using ink and/or oil paints. Extra drying time will allow you to work back into your prints. Traditional oil painting process can be used or experimental techniques are possible… dark and light field printmaking or drawing are options. Students will be encouraged to make intuitive choices and experiment with marks and patterns. The process will still involve painting on a plate directly and making a print from it. And we will be using our wonderful etching press! 



    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 10 students.


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  • Painting the Figure in Oils with Toby Hall (Monday through Friday)

    • 06/17/2024
    • 06/21/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Don’t miss the wonderful opportunity to work with Santa Fe based artist, Toby Hall, in person!

    In this five-day oil painting workshop, students will work from direct observation to develop a figure painting.  The course will begin with the analysis of the global light effect via a quick, abstract "poster study" exercise.  From there, students will begin by blocking-in the drawing foundation for the figure before transitioning to painting directly on a toned ground.  Both perceptual and conceptual drawing & painting strategies will be discussed and employed during instructor demos and student feedback to help reinforce the process.  Though some material techniques will be covered, the goal of this workshop is for us to focus on ideas that will help us grasp the visual experience as it applies to nature and the human form.   

    Please sign up early, as class size is limited to 10 students.

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  • Creating Your Own Artists' Sketchbook/Journal with Mita Saldana (Saturday and Sunday)

    • 06/22/2024
    • 06/23/2024
    • 2 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Keeping a sketchbook/journal is near and dear to many artist’s hearts. And making your own sketchbook makes it that much more wonderful! Join Mita Saldana, bookbinder extraordinaire, as she takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a journal using the coptic binding which allows the book to lay flat when open, an important feature for sketching and journaling. We will begin with creating paste paper designs for the covers and end sheets and move on to constructing your sketchbooks on the 2nd day. Mita will discuss the use of various materials, different types of glues, and the basic rules of book building using book board, decorative paper and book cloth. By the end of this weekend workshop you will not only have created your own amazing journal/sketchbook but  you will also have a taste of the fantastic artform of bookmaking and a working knowledge of the materials, tools and the types of book structures that you can incorporate into your own future projects. What Fun!

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Painting the Clouds and Sky in the Landscape with Dick Wimberly (Monday through Friday)

    • 06/24/2024
    • 06/28/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    This 5-day workshop will focus predominantly on clouds and skies in the landscape. The principles of composition, color temperature shadows, brush strokes, thickness of paint, edges, philosophies of painting and centers of interest will be incorporated. You will learn why the sky is blue, why sunsets orange and yellow, how shadows take on certain hues, how to capture atmospheric perspective, and how to paint different types of clouds with an understanding of how they form. Interspersed will be lessons on how to avoid muddy colors, how to maximize the impact of the colors you use and which combinations of color please the eye. We will also explore the techniques of alla prima, multi-step painting, realism and impressionism. This course will be flexible and tailored to the students needs giving ample time to work on paintings in class. Dick will demonstrate techniques on a regular basis and whenever requested. Instruction will be constructive and positive at the level you are comfortable with. The goal is for every student to deepen his or her knowledge about painting while enjoying the learning process. Expect to have fun. Plan on producing works you will be proud of. Painting experience is recommended. 

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students. 


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  • Summer Abstract Intensive with Michael Ottersen (Monday through Friday)

    • 07/08/2024
    • 07/12/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    This painting workshop will include multiple ways of utilizing and developing abstract ideas about image making in a weeklong session. Abstraction has a unique way of allowing the artist to use real and imagined forms, colors, surfaces and compositions that access both the subjective and objective sensibilities. Works can be inspired by the essence of a memory or a new image that is nothing more than being completely itself. Absolute freedom and systems that give active support to that freedom. It will be fun, a lot of work, and you might even learn something that you didn’t know you needed to know, if you know what I mean! Dress for mess, bikini’s optional, sensible shoes a must. Surf’s up! Some previous experience with either oil or acrylic suggested.  


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.



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  • Sketching Wild Animals in Watercolor with Dave Cook (Tuesday through Friday)

    • 07/15/2024
    • 07/19/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    This course teaches how to use watercolor and photography to create quick colorful sketches of wild animals. You will learn how to see contrasting shapes & desirable animal positions to take better photos. We will review basic guidelines to develop compelling compositions and great sketches. We will visit the zoo and photograph the animals in their environment, then work in the studio to convey personal impressions of your favorite animals. You will learn to improve and apply brushstroke skills to capture and utilize the beauty of transparent watercolors. 

    We will have regular instruction and demonstrations, with generous class time for student painting and individual constructive critique. This course is helpful for students at any level, although prior drawing and painting experience is recommended. 


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Experimental Mixed Media and Collage with Lea Anderson (Monday through Friday)

    • 07/22/2024
    • 07/26/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Would you love to learn new ways to create dynamic, visually exciting art? Come and learn the secrets of compositional design with all kinds of interesting materials in this playful, yet information-packed weekend workshop! Exploring the limitless potential of collage and mixed media, artists will make their own set of unique, colorfully-textured collage papers and experiment with an exciting array of mixed media collage techniques. Bring your own images, patterned papers, fabric scraps, etc. to use or share. Layering, tearing, and surface development combined with exciting materials such as acrylics, found objects and ink will inspire creative play and pure FUN!  Students will come away with new ideas for material possibilities and conceptual inspiration. Students at all levels are welcome. All materials provided for a materials fee of $40 per student. 

    Please sign up early; class size is limited.


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  • Flora in Nature with Pastel with Susan Roden (Monday through Friday)

    • 07/29/2024
    • 08/02/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Join artist, Susan Roden, in this 5-day workshop and be immersed within nature while capturing the colorful palette of flora with pastels. While we are on location the emphasis will be on how-to select visual imagery for developing successful compositions, observation of natural lighting of the sun and the cast of shadows, with in-depth discussion of the basics of this vivid medium. We will be painting in garden settings, both public and private, for three of the five days with the remaining two in the studio for final development of your artwork. This workshop is designed for artists at all levels with individualized attention and demos led by Susan Roden. 


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Beautiful Still Lifes in Watercolor with Tina Stallard (Monday through Thursday)

    • 08/05/2024
    • 08/08/2024
    • 4 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Brush up on your painting sklls with the versatile and luminous medium of watercolor. Still life is a beautiful art form whether approached as an abstract or as photo realistic. Join artist, Tina Stallard, in this 4-day workshop exploring techniques that will help you take your still life paintings to a whole new level. Tina will focus on different ways to create depth and visual appeal in your work. We will cover backgrounds techniques, dramatic lights and darks and how to make a strong arrangement out of your subject material. You are welcome to work from a photo of your own or one that I provide to practice these ideas.  On the last day, if time permits, students may bring in a painting that is in need of some help and we will apply some of the techniques that we have just learned.  The class will include demos, painting time, and individual instruction with each student. All levels are welcome.


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Inspired by Nature - Artmaking on the Trail with Mary Beth Woiccak (Friday through Sunday)

    • 08/09/2024
    • 08/11/2024
    • 3 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Do you love the outdoors and want to make art inspired by nature . . .while you are on the trail? This 3-day workshop is designed for those who love the outdoors and would like to infuse their art practice with a fresh perspective. These art adventures, during the first 2 days, will include short hikes and creating art on location. We will be stop along the way with drawing exercises incorporating natural materials with our limited art materials all to inspire you to be resourceful and look at things differently. This experience is to get you outdoors, experiencing nature with a new perspective and while stretching the potential of your materials. We will meet at two different mountain trails (easy to moderate) within 20 minutes of Albuquerque. Please allow time for travel and parking. Pack your materials and supplies in a backpack and you are ready to go. Keep in mind ease of set up along the trail, all while staying in the moment of natural inspiration. The final day will be spent in the studio where we will examine the results of the experiential art adventure looking for how it might influence future work or series. Mary Beth has been an artist and hiker for many years and incorporates “outdoor studios” in her own practice. This is going to be great! 

    Please sign up early; class size is limited.


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  • Classical Figure Drawing - From the Beginning with John Reger (Wednesday through Saturday)

    • 08/14/2024
    • 08/17/2024
    • 4 sessions
    • Main Studio
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    Join John Reger for this 4-day workshop offering an in depth study of the fundamentals of academic ‘long-pose’ life drawing. Perfect for all artists, beginners or advanced, we will focus on developing an understanding of the classical tradition of realistic figure drawing. Students will be introduced to the manual, procedural, and analytical techniques of a refined, articulate, realistic approach to pencil drawing. Presented with an immersive drawing experience, students will progress with the most effective learning tool,  the multi-level experience of drawing itself.  Participants will be introduced to a refined, articulate drawing style in which drawings are built up methodically through a succession of linear and tonal stages: (1) the envelope:a simple, foundational shape encompassing the whole figure, (2) the block-in: the complex, abstract shape of the figure, (3) the contour: the specific, linear description of the silhouette of the figure, (4) drawing on the inside: the tonal description of the form of the body within the confines of the contour.  The focus is on patience, craft, observation, and understanding of drawing principles. You will be amazed at what you can learn in 4 days! 

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  • Trees Please - Contemporary Landscape Painting in All Media with Alice Webb (Monday through Friday)

    • 08/19/2024
    • 08/23/2024
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Are you a tree lover AND an artist? Then this workshop is for you! Trees, which have been a venerated subject matter in art for centuries, will be our primary focus as we investigate a variety of materials and methods for art making. Exploring color, composition and form in a dynamic way, students will discover multiple ways to create beautiful tree images. We will incorporate traditional monoprint making processes, painting techniques and collage with contemporary materials like stencils, spray paint and modeling as we explore the many ways to render trees. Class includes a lecture and demon-strations as well as hours of fun painting trees. Students at all levels are welcome.

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Gallery Hours: 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday  505-293-5034

3409 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111     Map It  

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