Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

April 4, 11, 18 and 25th

Students will learn the basics of acrylic painting, including how to mix colors, create washes, and use different techniques to create texture and depth in their paintings. Students will learn how to combine acrylic painting and mixed media techniques to create unique paintings showcasing creativity and skill.

Adults - All Levels Welcome, All Supplies Provided

Fridays at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

April 5th, 12th & 19th

• Weekly for two hours
• Limited to four students

Come play with clay and learn the fundamentals of ceramics wheel throwing. Topics covered include throwing on the wheel, trimming, and glazing techniques. Students will learn to create functional and decorative pieces using the pottery wheel. The class is designed as an introductory/beginners class but all levels are welcome.

Let’s have a Dog-gone good time with drawing fun!! 

Young or old, you can learn a new trick!

Saturday, April 20th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm 

Learning to draw can be fun! In this class, we will go over some basic drawing tools.  

We will have fun learning to draw with techniques such as Contour Drawing, Blind Contour Drawing, Straight Line Drawing, a Grid System and plain ol’ scribbling.  

The registration price includes your very own drawing kit: two Strathmore Sketchbooks  -one white and one toned, a set of drawing pencils, a white pastel pencil, two erasers, a ruler, and a pencil sharpener. Take the kit home with you to keep practicing your drawing. The drawing kit has a retail value of $65.

 Bring your joy and playful side to have fun!

Beginning Level Workshop - Registration Price includes a drawing kit that you can take with you after the workshop.

Are you ready to get your feet wet?

Join me for an Introduction to Watercolor Workshop

Saturday, April 27th, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

This 4-hour session will teach you the basics of Watercolor Painting, including paint, brushes, paper, colors, painting techniques, and more.

After this class, you will be ready to paint independently or take more Watercolor Classes.

This is an Introductory Level Class. Students must provide their own supplies.  SUPPLY LIST Alternatively, students can use the studio supplies for a $25 supply fee. Supply fee to be paid at the start of the workshop. Please email pam at pamiamiam66@me.com and let her know if you will be using your own supplies or the studio supplies. 

Single Drop In Oil Painting - This class is oil painting lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens.  Open to new and existing students.  All levels of skill welcome.

Oil Painting is not something you can learn in an afternoon.  For new students, please plan on attending at least three Single Drop In classes or register for one of the monthly sessions.

Students work on their own projects, at their own pace.  Please email me your reference images before class starts. Ipad's work great for viewing your reference images. I can also print them for you.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Sunday, April 28th, 10:00 am to Noon

Drinks and light snacks will be served.

$45

Would you like to witness Brooke Borcherding's artistic process and see how she creates magic in her canvases?

Join us for this exclusive demonstration by Brooke Borcherding. She will be painting a bouquet of flowers. You want to take advantage of this one!

Demonstration will also be available for live streaming for those who cannot make it to the studio.

Artist Statement 

My recent work in acrylic is a contemporary take on traditional landscape painting and is executed on-site or in the studio. I analyze and respond to what I'm looking at with broken color mark-making to maintain a lively sense of energy and vivid color. These "deconstructions" aim to shed light on the beauty of ordered chaos in everyday scenes.

About Brooke:

Brooke is a full-time award-winning artist from Wallingford in Seattle, WA.

She began painting in high school 18 years ago in Southern California and earned a BFA in painting from the University of Oregon in 2010. She considers herself a self-taught landscape painter, gaining knowledge from plein air peers when she took her easel outdoors for the first time in 2009 and producing a prolific output ever since. Her unique style evolved from a desire to investigate human perception in aesthetics and stimulate our senses by exaggerating the color and space we see around us.

Over the past decade as an exhibiting artist, Brooke has become nationally and internationally collected, hangs in numerous galleries in the PNW, and most recently has been featured in the Sep 2022 issue of Plein Air Magazine for urban plein air painting. In 2019, she was featured in American Art Collector Magazine, and 2016, Southwest Art Magazine was selected as one of the "21 artists under 31" artists to watch. She was awarded a prestigious prize for best oil/acrylic painting at the 2018 Carmel Plein Air Competition in California and continues to be recognized for her unique work in a traditional fieled, earning 3rd place on Whidbey island's 2023 plein air paintout, two honorable mentions at the Edmonds plein air paintouts 2022/23. You may also find her work in various businesses or neighborhood art walks if you live in the Seattle area.  

When Brooke is not making art, she's playing pinball. She's a world-ranked competitor who participates in league and local tournaments. 

Please follow her work on Instagram or Facebook            @brookeborcherdingfineart.

Demonstration will also be available for live streaming for those who cannot make it to the studio.

PFA Studio Creative Space Quarterly Membership

Unlimited access to the studio during non-business hours.

Bring your supplies and work on your creative projects at your own pace. Adults ages 18 +, limited to current and former students. 

Use of easels, tables, and aprons. Access to the sink and restroom. 

Unsupervised

Please note that our Creative Space Monthly Membership is unsupervised. This means you are responsible for your own safety and the safety of your belongings. Please be respectful of the studio and the other members.

Clean up 

Please note that you are responsible for cleaning up and leaving the studio in the same condition as you found it.

 Access information will be provided upon registration.

Please see the attached for a complete set of rules and procedures. 

Creative Space Waiver

Creative Space Membership

Wednesday, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

April showers bring May Flowers!

Let's practice painting flowers.

I taught this Red Poppie painting class as an acrylic paint and sip class, but I felt like we needed more than the two-hour class. We will spend the first class blocking in the red poppies with acrylic paint. We will then move to oil paint to finish it off. In the last two weeks of class, we will practice painting different types of flowers.