Landscape with Mixed Media & Scratch Tools led by Masha Hoffey

Saturday, May 9, 2026 - Saturday, May 9, 2026 10am - 3pm

Led by Bryan Gallery
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In this unique, one-day workshop, you will learn the techniques of making a mixed media landscape piece using ink, gouache, metal leafing and scratch marks. Russian-born instructor Masha Hoffey attended Williams College and the School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she studied drawing and painting. She has also studied traditional Chinese landscape watercolor in Yunnan, China and Tibetan Thangka painting in the Himalayan region of India. Her background is rich in various cultural art forms, and she will be bringing this knowledge into her workshop.
Masha exhibits work in the Bryan Galleries and is one of the artists featured at the Affordable Art Fair in New York City. This is an exciting opportunity for artists!

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Texture Techniques for winning Watercolors led by Bradley Hendershot

Friday, June 12 - Saturday, June 13, 2026 9am - 3pm

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Watercolor and drybrush techniques with an emphasis on texture and mood will be the focus of this 2-day immersive workshop with Pennslyvania artist Bradley Hendershot. This is a unique opportunity to work with Bradley, known for his realist painting style in the Brandywine Tradition.

Participants are encouraged to think outside of the box of traditional watercolor, well beyond the "accepted rules." Think drybrush, spatter and splatter, spritzing, scratching, scraping, scrubbing out, sponging, using opaques and a host of other techniques.The goal is not necessarily to complete a painting, but to develop skills that the artist may take with him/her to apply to their work.

The workshop includes interaction, individualized instruction, questions, comments, critique and a lot of sharing of knowledge!

**Participants should have knowledge of watercolor basics, and have painted using watercolors previously. This is not an intro-type of workshop.

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Bright, Bold Blossoms, led by Annelein Beukenkamp

Saturday, July 18, 2026 10am - 4pm

Led by Bryan Gallery
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This one-day watercolor workshop with instructor Annelein Beukenkamp includes working from a variety of blooms and photographic references (provided) as Annelein guides participants into using the full extent of their color palettes! Brushes will be unleashed to create wet, spontaneous imagery that captures the blossom's essence - and not necessarily an exact reproduction. The workshop will include design elements like size, shape, value, color, line and texture. You will explore negative painting to create foliage and contrasting shapes in your work.

This workshop will be held indoors, and artists should be familiar with using watercolors.

Annelein has been painting playful, bright blooms and teaching others this skill for many years. If you are a watercolorist looking to add a bit of light and whimsey to your work, this is the workshop for you! Sign up now before it fills up!

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Painting en Plein Air led by George Van Hook

Friday, August 14 - Saturday, August 15, 202 9am - 4pm

Led by Bryan Gallery
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Join George Van Hook, nationally recognized painter, for a two-day, plein air workshop.

George stresses allaprima painting and uses a loose and fast approach to capture the landscape in the first try. Participants will be meeting on location and painting all day from 9am-4pm with a lunch break. Workshop includes live demos and individual attention. Please bring your own plein air equipment, supports, and media (oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic).

Workshops begin with a demo from the artist, along with a discussion of composition, laying out the pallet, proper use of materials and all other aspects of plein air painting.
Group and individual painting time follows, with individual instruction from George during this time. After lunch, he will do a quick demo to refresh the ideas presented at the start. Painters will start a second painting for the afternoon with additional individual instruction. Painters may continue to paint after 4pm if they wish. Evenings are free.

Participants are responsible for their own art materials and their own meals and accommodations.
Artists at any stage of their development are welcome. However, the participating artist should have an understanding of and be comfortable with the oil medium.

Upon receiving your registration, you may download a materials list directly from the registration page.
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Telling a Story in Plein Air Painting led by Charlie Hunter

Sunday, August 30, 2026 - Sunday, August 30, 2026 10am - 4pm

Led by Bryan Gallery
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An Unique opportunity to paint with Charlie Hunter! Don't miss out!

Why do we paint what we paint, and how do we choose to tell that story?
Join us for an intensive one-day workshop with Vermont artist Charlie Hunter where we dive into the language and technique of plein air painting.
Charlie Hunter is a nationally recognized painter of the post-pastoral American landscape. His distinctive, low-chroma work and superb draftsmanship, heavily reliant on a mastery of values, edges and composition, utilizes a variety of unorthodox techniques and tools that reference both photographic and painterly traditions. This small-group workshop, limited to 12 participants, is intended for those serious about expanding their creative vocabulary and technique. Beginning with a discussion of why we paint, and where we are on our respective journeys, Hunter will then do a live demonstration painting, during which discussion and questions are encouraged. Participants will then work on their own, until reconvening for a group critique.
The workshop will run from 10am - 4pm (and can go as late as 5pm if needed.)

** We expect this workshop to fill quickly! Act quickly!!

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Sketching the landscape with pencil/colored pencil led by Rick Powell

Saturday, September 5 - Sunday, September 6, 202 10am - 3pm

Led by Bryan Gallery
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In this 2-day workshop with Montpelier artist Rick Powell, artists will literally sharpen their pencils to study and render unique landcape motifs in pencil, graphite and colored pencils!

Participants will go into the field with Rick, make sketches and take photos of scenes of interest. The workshop will then head back into the Gallery to recreate the reference sketches and photos into beautiful pencil drawings.

A graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Rick Powell spent 25 years as a commercial artist and illustrator. Now, with the freedom to choose his subjects, Rick uses colored pencils to create realistic scenes of New England’s natural beauty composed of thousands of colorful lines. His work can be found in New England galleries and in private collections around the state and beyond.

Participants should have a good grasp of drawing and/or rendering in pencil, and be familiar with using pencil as a medium. Be prepared to work both indoors and outdoors.

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