Three Artists, Three Mediums

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Join RAL Artists Doug Mock, Sarah Marshall Elliott, and Barb Brecher on Friday, February 7th, from 12 - 5PM as they demonstrate artmaking in three different mediums: watercolor, oil, and fiber art, starting at noon in the Jane Stouffer Exhibit Room.  Working from the same reference source, each artist will interpret and create a piece […]

February Family Workshop: Valentine Cards

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Create to your heart’s desire in this Valentine card workshop for families! Join us and your kids to make, stamp, draw, paint, and decorate cards for Valentine’s Day. Keep them as a family or make them to give to your loved ones.  This program is intended for participants of all ages. We require at least one […]

$55 – $60

Workshop: Watercolor Painting from the True Beginner

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Do you have the desire to paint in watercolor but don’t know where to start…then this is your chance! Artists will learn about supplies, beginning techniques, choosing subject matter and achieving results that are sure to please. Open your mind, prepare to learn, have some fun, and enjoy the beauty of all that watercolor has […]

$255 – $293
Event Series Water Color 201 – For Beginners

Water Color 201 – For Beginners

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

This class is for any artist who has completed a basic/beginning watercolor class and would like to continue their journey. Join artist, Doug Mock as he focuses on beginner techniques and starts to introduce you to more advanced techniques that will make your work shine. This will be a “paint along” class where artists will […]

$255 – $293

Adult Paint Party: Sharing an Umbrella

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Join artist Juli Schuszler to have fun painting a whimsical and romantic image. You will be creating an acrylic painting of a couple sharing an umbrella and a kiss near the Eiffel tower. This class will be completed using acrylic paint on an 11” x 14” stretched canvas. All materials necessary to paint this image […]

$40 – $45
Event Series Impressions: Painting the Garden

Impressions: Painting the Garden

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Join artist Juli Schuszler in this three-day workshop where you will create three acrylic 11” x 14” landscape paintings in the Impressionist style. Learn how to apply paint in this ever-popular technique, creating the effect of sunlight with short quick brush strokes, a broken palette for optical color mixing, and complementary colors in shadows. The […]

$185 – $200
Event Series Workshop: Bogolanfini Mud Cloth

Workshop: Bogolanfini Mud Cloth

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Learn the art of one of Africa’s most unique and unusual textiles. Artist Celeste Johnston teaches the craft of Bogolanfini in this two day class. A traditional woven cotton cloth dyed, printed and painted with mud left to dry in the sun. The mud stains the cloth into patterns like printmaking and dyeing. Many Bogolanfini […]

$140 – $155

How to Draw: Drawing 1

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

The skill of drawing leads to most all other art forms within the art world. Session #1 is the first of two, five-week courses for beginners who have always wanted to learn to draw but thought they couldn't. It is also for those who desire to better develop their drawing techniques. Instruction begins with learning […]

$220 – $253

Drawing Using Perspective Techniques: Drawing ll

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

This is the second five-week course with an emphasis on more advanced drawing skills. In this second session, the understanding of perspective and perspective drawing will be highly emphasized and practiced. Because an understanding of skills learned in Session #1 are necessary, YOU MUST TAKE SESSION #1 before taking Session #2. By the end of this second […]

$220 – $253

Painting the Portrait in Watercolor: For Intermediate and Advanced Artists

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

For Intermediate & Advanced Artists - Sign up in person or by calling 804-436-9309. Join artist Doug Mock for his spring series of watercolor classes where we will focus on painting the human portrait.  During this session artists will learn to paint a different feature of the face each week (i.e.. eyes, ears, nose, mouth […]

$42 – $48

Workshop: Mixology of Browns

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

You hear artists talk all the time about “mud”, like it’s a bad thing. It’s not. But how to you deliberately get the brown you want, and mix something vibrant, color-filled, and accurate to what you want to achieve? Bring soil, tree trunks, old shoes, wooden furniture, even the bread in a still life painting […]

$40 – $45

Workshop: Creating Mixed Media Art

RAL Art Center 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA, United States

Join multi-media artist Gloria Clifford, in this fun and informative two-day weekend workshop. This class is for all skill levels. You will learn how to create mixed media works of art, using magazine photos, collage papers of your very own creation, as well as the processes of stamping, stenciling and collage application. All supplies are […]

$250 – $275