Into the Light Grief Processing Portrait Painting Workshops and Portrait Painting Workshops

Grief Portrait Workshop Feb. 7-9 (1:00-6:00), Portrait Workshop April 11-13 (1:00-6:00), Grief Portrait Workshop June 13-15 (1:00-6:00), Portrait Workshop August 8-10 (1:00-6:00), Grief Portrait Workshop Oct. 3-5 (1:00-6:00, and Portrait Workshop Dec. 5-7 (1:00-6:00)

The above workshops are open to everyone, regardless of ability and ages 12-100+. 

For $995.00, it includes all supplies, 16" x 20" canvas, oil paints, a journal for each registrant, daily set-up of oil paints, solvents, group discussion and writing activities with prompts, snacks, and water, an experienced master artist/instructor who has taught thousands and thousands of successful students all over Wisconsin at universities, art schools, technical colleges, and at her studio, the West Bend Art Center, in West Bend, WI, for 14 and 1/2 years.

In these workshops, we will work from your favorite photograph of your loved one, which is the only thing you will need to bring. Paint the one you loved and still love. You will learn tips and tools of the masters. We will teach you step-by-step every step of the way. If you are taking the Portrait Workshop, you can paint anything you want! 

Learn about under-painting, color mixing, how to draw features and proportions, what tools to draw with, solvent mixing, negative and positive space, background painting, and capturing your loved one's personality.

Work in a relaxed setting with ample time to share stories of your loved one and work through the further trauma inflicted on you by strangers, family members, friends, and acquaintances who have not experienced true grief.

We will talk and write about our love and loss each day after painting. I have prompts to guide us. The portrait you create of your loved one will bring you comfort each day for the rest of your life, guaranteed. If you sign up for a regular workshop, we will journal too, but not about anyone who has passed! Your painting will bring you joy each day!

This workshop will be different from any you have ever been to before. You will be seated, not standing. We will not paint from life with a live model. Our subject matter will be the one who mattered to each of us. 

You will not be required to watch a painting tutorial first, where I am painting while you are silently watching, which may serve to intimidate and confuse participants. I will paint the portrait at the same time you are painting yours.

I will be where you can watch me paint and talk and provide individual guidance for each student. I can't wait to see what you create!

The maximum class size is 10 students, while the minimum is 1. Prepayment is required, and a 48-hour Notice of Cancellation applies for a full refund. All late cancellations will be credited to another future class date of the student's choosing.

Call 1 (262) 707-3215 to sign up, ask questions, and pay for the workshop.