Caroline Gates Art Studio and the SORC are pleased to present a workshop with Mia Zoller. Join Mia Zoller for a meditative workshop capturing the beauty of nature. Zoller will lead students through basic watercolor techniques and teach you how to capture the seasonal beauty of the upstate. Leave the workshop with a painting of...
Caroline Gates Art Studio and the SORC are pleased to present a workshop with Haley Nichols. Have you ever looked up at the sky and admired the beauty of clouds, thinking, “How would I paint that?” In this workshop, participants will learn to paint clouds of all shapes, sizes, and colors using a variety of...
Caroline Gates Art Studio and the SORC are pleased to present a workshop with Haley Nichols. Have you ever looked up at the sky and admired the beauty of clouds, thinking, “How would I paint that?” In this workshop, participants will learn to paint clouds of all shapes, sizes, and colors using a variety of...
Caroline Gates Art Studio and the SORC are pleased to present a workshop with Anna Grace Burch. Kids and adults are invited to join Anna Grace Burch to learn impasto painting — using thick, textured paint to create bold and expressive artwork on a circle canvas! This class is perfect for beginners who love to...
Color Theory and Cupcakes Dates: 8/6, 8/13: 6 PM - 8:30 PM ET Sometimes color just doesn’t seem to work–it can be confusing and frustrating to mix what seems to be the perfect color on your palette just for it to look muddy and dull on your canvas. Why does color seem to transform, sometimes...
Caroline Gates Art Studio and the SORC are pleased to present a workshop with Mia Zoller. Join Mia Zoller for a meditative workshop capturing the beauty of nature. Zoller will lead students through basic watercolor techniques and teach you how to capture the seasonal beauty of the upstate. Leave the workshop with a painting of...
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...
Join James Robertson for a four-week painting workshop inspired by the dramatic castles and landscapes of Scotland. Having moved to South Carolina from Scotland two years ago, he is delighted to share his love of Scotland's rich history, rugged scenery, and distinctive light through this immersive painting experience. Over four consecutive Saturdays, students will develop...
Transform everyday spaces into thoughtfully curated focal points in this 2-series workshop on vignette styling. Participants will learn the fundamentals of creating visually balanced displays by exploring color theory, lighting, texture, scale, and proportion. The class will cover how to incorporate plants for added life and movement, create depth by playing with varying heights and...
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....
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...