One-Day Workshop
Earth Pigments
Hands-on one day workshop using forged and natural earth materials to make art pigments and paint. This workshop is great for all skill levels and will provide you with the techniques used to make the pigments and paints. Creating a painting from your newly made materials will add another dimension to your art.
The one-day workshop will typically focus on one color or color family.
Upcoming WORKSHOP
Carbon Blacks
Saturday, Jan. 24
12:30 – 3 PM
Six-Week Series
Historic Painter's Palette
Hands-on class using forged and natural earth materials to develop a painters palette from a historic time period or an artist. This class will allow you to make from four to eight different pigments, depending on the palette. This class is open to all skill levels and provides you with the techniques from a variety of natural earth materials. You will create a painting from your natural earth palette.
Example classes are Ancient Greek palette, Egyptian palette, DaVinci’s eight colors in nature.
Upcoming Classes
5 - Colors
Jan 11 – Feb. 22 (no class Feb 15)
12:30– 2:30 PM
Six-Week Series
Lake Pigments
Laking is a process that turns dyes into pigments. Natural earth materials used in laking include berries, flowers, food waste, barks and roots.
This class includes several steps in the process of making the pigments; however, no prior experience is necessary. You will create a painting from your lake pigments palette.
Upcoming Classes
Spring 2026
Dates TBA
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Classes & Workshops
ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME!
