Art & Light Gallery presents Time Capsule, an exhibition of work by Erin Hughes (Anderson, S.C.) and Liz Rundorff Smith (Greenville, S.C.) launching on the Art & Light website and in the gallery at 10am (EST) on Tuesday, September 29 with an opening reception on Friday, October 2 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Erin Hughes...
Hair has always been one of the most psychologically loaded subjects in figurative painting — and one of the most technically misunderstood. In this six-week course, you'll learn to approach hair not as individual strands to render, but as form, light, and mass — studying braids, curls, and coils the way the Old Masters did....
Join me for a two‑day workshop on color mixing for atmospheric landscapes. This class is designed for beginners who want to understand how color creates mood, depth, and a sense of place. Over the next two days, we’ll explore how the sky sets the emotional temperature of a painting, how soft gradients shape atmosphere, and...
Price $90.00 SATURDAY, October 10, 2026 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM These organic leaf earrings are a perfect addition to your fall wardrobe. --- And you can have the amazing experience of making them yourself! Students will transform a flat sheets of copper into dimensional and textural leaves using a metalsmithing technique called fold forming....
This is a popular and fun creative class! Design a Tree of Life silhouette against the moon or the sun using encaustic techniques. Donna Persinger will guide you through basic preparation of your panel, as well as a variety of encaustic/multi-media techniques to create a unique design! All materials and equipment are supplied. All you...
A 6-session drawing course designed to inform and improve drawings of the human form. The class covers the construction of a skeleton, proportion control, short-hand measuring techniques, simplifying complex forms, value application, and guides for handling difficult areas like hands, knees, feet, etc. The course culminates in a 3-session figure drawing of a live model...
This is an open figure drawing session with a nude model where we focus on the anatomy and gesture of the human form. The model will start with quick poses (1 minute, 5 minutes, 20 minutes) and end with a long pose. All levels welcome. This class is held on the fourth Monday of the...
Indirect painting teaches patience. Alla prima teaches decisiveness. In this four-session course, we explore direct painting - working wet into wet, mixing color in real time, and finishing a piece in a single sitting. It's a different kind of discipline: less about correction, more about commitment to the first true mark. We'll begin with a...
Make vibrant paintings with or without a brush in this two-day workshop with Jane Todd Butcher. Artists of all skill levels will dye and stain art tissue and rice papers to make one-of-a-kind papers. They will then incorporate these papers into a design or image, sometimes adding painting. The focus is on experimentation, Color and...
Relax and oil paint a quiet wintery holiday scene inspired by Bob Ross. His mission was to make painting fun and rewarding for everyone. So, whether you've painted before, or you've never touched a brush in your life, these classes will show you that you need only the desire and a few basic tools -...
Price $90.00 This is a very popular class during a very busy time of year. If you would like to schedule a private version of this class for a small family group (4-5 people max), please reach out to schedule a date. SATURDAY, November 14, 2026 10:00am - 2:00 pm Ring in the holiday season...
This workshop offers an approachable introduction to figure painting from a live model. Working from a single, sustained pose, students will have the time to slow down, observe carefully, and build their painting step by step. We’ll use the limited Zorn palette—titanium white, ivory black, yellow ochre, and cadmium red—to simplify color mixing and help...