🎨 The Big Paint Table: 6-Week Evening Experience
🎨 The Big Paint Table: 6-Week Evening Experience
The Big Paint Table: 6-Week Painting Experience
There’s a difference between learning how to paint
and having the space to actually become a painter.
The Big Paint Table is a 6-week, small-group painting experience designed to help you slow down, develop your eye, and build your own way of working.
This is not a step-by-step class where everyone completes the same project.
Each participant works at their own pace and in their own direction, with guidance throughout the process. You may return to the same piece across multiple weeks or begin new work as your confidence grows.
Over time, something shifts.
You start to see differently.
And that changes everything.
What You’ll Experience
- A small, guided studio environment (limited to 6 participants)
- Individualized support based on your experience level and goals
- Space to explore your own subject matter, interests, and style
- Time to begin, revisit, and develop work across multiple sessions
- A balance of structure and freedom — no templates, no pressure
This is a studio experience built around attention, observation, experimentation, and growth over time.
How the Series Unfolds
Each session builds on the last, allowing you to develop both technical skills and your way of seeing.
Week 1 — Beginning the Work
We begin simply.
You’ll get familiar with materials, settle into the studio environment, and begin your first piece with a focus on observation rather than perfection.
Week 2 — Seeing Shape and Light
We continue developing your work while exploring foundational ideas around shape, value, composition, and light.
Week 3 — Building Confidence
By this point, the process begins to feel more natural.
You’ll refine your current work or begin a second piece with greater intention behind your choices.
Week 4 — Pushing the Work Further
We look more closely at what is working and where the piece wants to go next — deepening contrast, simplifying areas, refining shapes, or reworking sections to strengthen the overall composition.
Week 5 — Refinement and Direction
Your own tendencies, preferences, and visual language begin to emerge.
This session focuses on refinement and helping you better understand your personal approach to making art.
Week 6 — Stepping Back and Moving Forward
We bring work to a natural stopping point and reflect on what has shifted over the series — what you’ve learned, what you’re seeing differently, and where you may want to go next.
What’s Included
- Four 11Ă—14 canvases for developing finished work throughout the series
- A sketch and practice pad for studies, experimentation, and planning
- Access to studio materials including paint, ink, and drawing tools based on your direction
- Use of all brushes, palettes, and studio materials during sessions
Everything is provided so you can focus fully on the process itself.
Who This Is For
- Beginners looking for a thoughtful, supported start
- Returning artists reconnecting with creative practice
- Anyone wanting more depth than a one-time class can provide
- People interested in developing observation, confidence, and creative habits over time
This series is designed as an adult learning environment.
Participants should be 18 or older.
Young adults ages 16–17 are welcome when accompanied by a participating adult.
This is not structured as a children’s class, and the studio is not set up for independent youth attendance.
The pace, structure, and environment are designed to support focused, independent work.
Schedule
Cohort 1
June 24 – August 5
(Wednesdays · 6:00–8:00 PM)
- June 24
- July 1
- July 15
- July 22
- July 29
- August 5
Cohort 2
August 19 – September 30
(Wednesdays · 6:00–8:00 PM)
- August 19
- August 26
- September 2
- September 16
- September 23
- September 30
A Note on the Experience
This is a working studio environment, not a one-day workshop.
The small group size allows for real attention, steady progress, and the space to develop your work over time rather than rushing toward a finished product.
You do not need to arrive with experience.
You do not need to know “your style.”
You only need to be willing to begin.
Investment
$350 per person
Limited to 6 participants per cohort.
Make Yourself at Home
The studio includes a refrigerator, stove, and oven, and participants are welcome to bring snacks or drinks.
Tea and coffee will also be available during sessions.
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to begin — or begin again — this is a good place to start.
And if you don’t see a schedule that works for you, I’d love to hear your ideas.
