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Wet Felting with fiber artist Melissa Mattes
Come for a fun day exploring the art of wet felting and pre-felting wool paintings with fiber artist Melissa Mattes
Find out more »Silk Painting with artist Jeanne Seronde Perkins
Explore silk painting with Mount Desert Island artist Jeanne Seronde Perkins.
Find out more »George Nixon Black, Jr. Day
This day marks Nixon Black's 176th birthday having been born in Ellsworth on July 11, 1842.
Find out more »Afternoon High Tea at Woodlawn
Enjoy a traditional high tea in an enchanting setting.
Find out more »Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques with artist John DelMastro
This course with Artist John DelMastro will focus on the technique of blending soft color pencils together to accomplish an almost” paint like” feel.
Find out more »Sponge Painting with Acrylics and Gay Paratore
Sponge painting with acrylics is an easy to learn technique, even for a novice painter. You will learn how to dab, streak, and smear to create clouds, mountains, water, bushes, trees, and flowers in the grass. You will create one, 16 X 20 painting by the end of the session. Subject matter and sponges will be provided by the instructor, artist Gay Paratore. You will learn how to make a variety of painting sponges, each with a different texture which…
Find out more »Afternoon High Tea at Woodlawn
Enjoy a traditional high tea in an enchanting setting.
Find out more »Lecture Series: Marlinespike and sailors knots with Timothy Whitten
Come and learn about fancy nautical weaving and ropework known as “marlinespike work”.
Find out more »Pastel Drawing and Painting with Gay Paratore
Gay Paratore invites you to have fun with pastels. In this class you will just scribble and smear; dot and streak colors to get glorious sunset skies and rippling water. Each student will pick what they want to draw/paint from the teacher’s collection of photos, primarily sunset scenes. She will demonstrate how to create glowing skies and clouds with colors reflected in the water. The students will learn the secret to keeping colors from getting muddy.
Find out more »Afternoon High Tea at Woodlawn
Enjoy a traditional high tea in an enchanting setting.
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