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WORKSHOPS

There's something for everyone at PaintSpace NOLA!  Browse our extensive small-group workshop offerings and start planning your art getaway today.

√ Nurture your creative potential

√ Connect with friends

√ Receive individualized instruction
Learn new techniques

√ Explore your creative passions

  • Abstract Composition and Color | Cat Tesla
    May 31, 9:00 AM – Jun 04, 5:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $950 | FULL | Ever get stuck in the muddy middle of your painting process, only to find you have no idea how to move forward? Do you have a pile of paintings that need to be “fixed” in your studio – those that just aren’t working? Have you ever gone too far and overworked a painting?
  • Evening Life Drawing
    Multiple Dates
    Jun 05, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $20 | 10 Seats Left | Time to let loose! RSVP for a relaxing, weekly gathering to draw or paint from a live model, short pose while chatting with other artists. Open to all levels of experience, from absolute beginners to seasoned life-drawing pros of all ages. Pay at the door.
  • Evening Life Drawing
    Multiple Dates
    Jun 12, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $20 | 10 Seats Left | Time to let loose! RSVP for a relaxing, weekly gathering to draw or paint from a live model, short pose while chatting with other artists. Open to all levels of experience, from absolute beginners to seasoned life-drawing pros of all ages. Pay at the door.
  • Waitlist | Photo Transfer Painting | Andrea Kostyal
    Jun 17, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $140 | Waitlist Only | Create beautiful, personalized projects by transferring black-and-white or color images onto canvas in this half-day acrylic gel photo transfer experience. All supplies are included!
  • Evening Life Drawing
    Multiple Dates
    Jun 19, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $20 | 10 Seats Left | Time to let loose! RSVP for a relaxing, weekly gathering to draw or paint from a live model, short pose while chatting with other artists. Open to all levels of experience, from absolute beginners to seasoned life-drawing pros of all ages. Pay at the door.
  • Photorealist Acrylic Paintings | Adrian Deckbar
    Jul 10, 9:00 AM – Jul 14, 5:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $675 | 8 Seats Left | Let's get real! Push the limits of acrylic photorealism in this five-day intensive workshop for all levels. New to photorealism? This workshop is for you! Is abstract your specialty? Engage in creative cross-training to strengthen your practice and gain new insights!
  • Waitlist | Finding Your Creative Energy | Nell Tilton and Zona Wainwright
    Jul 17, 9:30 AM – Jul 19, 9:30 AM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $700 | Waitlist Only | Nell Tilton and Zona Wainwright have, between them, more than 28 years of experience teaching abstract art. Their intention is to encourage each student, to help them reach their greatest potential and express their own unique visual language in non-objective art...
  • Let's Get Melting! Wax Monoprints | Vicki Lee
    Jul 21, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $150 | 2 Seats Left | No art experience is needed for this fun, one-day workshop open to adults and high school age students. Explore the medium of wax, draw with crayons on a hotplate and imprint the image onto rice paper. Supplies are included...
  • Let's Get Melting! Wax Monoprints | Vicki Lee
    Jul 22, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $150 | 8 Seats Left | No art experience is needed for this fun, one-day workshop open to adults and high school age students. Explore the medium of wax, draw with crayons on a hotplate and imprint the image onto rice paper. Supplies are included...
  • Evening Life Drawing
    Multiple Dates
    Jul 24, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $20 | 10 Seats Left | Time to let loose! RSVP for a relaxing, weekly gathering to draw or paint from a live model, short pose while chatting with other artists. Open to all levels of experience, from absolute beginners to seasoned life-drawing pros of all ages. Pay at the door.
  • Evening Life Drawing
    Multiple Dates
    Jul 31, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $20 | 10 Seats Left | Time to let loose! RSVP for a relaxing, weekly gathering to draw or paint from a live model, short pose while chatting with other artists. Open to all levels of experience, from absolute beginners to seasoned life-drawing pros of all ages. Pay at the door.
  • Painting on Water (Contemporary Paper Marbling) | Brittany Purdy
    Aug 05, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $150 | 7 Seats Left | Dive into an endangered art form! Marble paper by floating acrylic paint on a bath of seaweed water in this memorable afternoon workshop. Practice beginner foundational patterns, learn to make a marbling comb, and explore abstract and contemporary marbling methods...
  • Nocturnes with Brayers | Kaori Maeyama
    Aug 11, 9:00 AM – Aug 13, 5:00 PM
    New Orleans, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $500 | 8 Seats Left | Learn to paint urban landscape with mood, atmosphere, and strong composition in water-mixable oils. This 3-day workshop focuses on representational oil painting without brushes or toxic solvents, and creating a specific tone through value, texture, and negative space.
  • Abstract Basics and Beyond | Bryan Jernigan
    Aug 17, 9:00 AM – Aug 20, 5:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $700 | 8 Seats Left | In this class, Jernigan will orient you to the materials – acrylic paint, various mark-making tools, substrates and brushes, and students will work through exercises to explore what the materials can do. Learn how to balance emotion and movement...
  • Fearless Watercolor | Janice Castiglione
    Sep 07, 9:30 AM – Sep 09, 5:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $575 | 10 Seats Left | Explore the excitement of watercolor, letting the paint do what no other medium can do: flow, drip, granulate and evolve. Each class will begin with a warm up with basic watercolor practices, followed by a demonstration.
  • The Power of Pastels | Jeri Greenberg
    Sep 14, 9:00 AM – Sep 16, 5:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $700 | 10 Seats Left | Come explore the world of pastels and all the joy they bring to your paintings! Whether you are new to the medium, or an experienced pastelist, this workshop will help you fine tune your paintings; starting with strong drawing foundations, color...
  • Abstract Painting with Cold Wax | Linda Benton McCloskey
    Sep 20, 9:00 AM – Sep 23, 4:30 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $750 | 8 Seats Left | Oil and cold wax is one of the hottest mediums in the art world today. People are intrigued by the look of it - the texture and the layers - plus by the fact that it is a painting made of wax. You will learn everything I know about...
  • From Realism to Abstraction: Creative Portrait Painting | Rosso Emerald Crimson
    Oct 03, 9:00 AM – Oct 07, 5:00 PM
    PaintSpace NOLA, 1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
    $1100 | 9 Seats Left | Learn how to paint creative expressive portraits merging realism with abstract art, in Rosso’s style. Using a combination of photographic reference and imagination, Rosso will share her technique to create beautiful portraits in oil with floral and abstract...
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