Upcoming Workshop - Spring 2025
"Love of the Land!" 4-day workshop at Dillman's Resort
**UPDATE - THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL**
Contact Dillmans to get on the waiting list.
What could be more rewarding than knowing how to create paintings that reflect our love of the Northwoods? Come to Dillman's Art Workshop Retreat and find out!
In this workshop, Mary teaches the joy of outdoor landscape painting, step by step. Whatever your level, you will learn proven techniques that develop your confidence and your point of view, from beginning idea to end result. You will learn the abstract qualities in realistic paintings that breathe life into your subjects! Four days – Plein air and studio. Come join us!
Please visit Dillman's Art Workshop Retreat to learn more and register.
"Love of the Land!" 4-day workshop
Location: Dillman's Art Workshop Retreat (Dillman's Resort)
Dates: May 27th - 30th, 2025
Dillman's Art Workshop Retreat
3305 Sand Lake Lodge Lane
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Please visit Dillman's Art Workshop Retreat to learn more and register.
Upcoming Workshop - Summer 2025
OPM Workshop with Mary Pettis
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota (OPM) is excited to welcome painters, on Saturday July 12th, to one of Mary Pettis' popular workshops at her beautiful studio and bluff property in Taylors Falls, Minnesota.
We will meet at 9:00am at Mary's studio to watch her morning painting demo. Painters may paint along or simply watch; bring a lawn chair if you wish. Afterwards we will order pizza for lunch and then enjoy painting around her neighborhood or downhill by the St. Croix River.
Open to OPM Members and Non-Members
Please visit Outdoor Painters of MN to learn more and register.
Upcoming Workshop - Fall 2025
"Italy En Plein Air!" 7-day workshop with Il Chiostro
**UPDATE - THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL**
Contact Il Chiostro to get on the waiting list.
Join us as we immerse ourselves in the beauty of glistening waters, lovely coastal docks, Roman ruins, and the charming towns along Lake Garda in this romantic northern region of Italy! As artists, we seek to express our love for the beauty we see in the world, and this inspiring workshop is designed to show exactly how to do just that.
We will paint or sketch each day on location, and there will be many demos where you can watch or choose to paint alongside Mary. Throughout her demonstrations, Mary seamlessly covers the fundamentals of creating great paintings. More importantly, whatever your level, you will find this designed to gently and joyously lead you, one-on-one, to a greater understanding of what is inside waiting to be expressed on the canvas! You will leave as a better painter, guaranteed!
As an added feature of this workshop, special instruction will be given on artistically using your additional photo reference to recreate your experiences or quick views (from a boat, for example) later, away from the scene.
You are invited to use minimal gear, small panels, and a simple palette of colors, for ease and comfort in traveling. In a balanced itinerary, we will be given tours, wined and dined, and nurtured in the great tradition of Il Chiostro workshops.
SPECIAL BONUS!
An hour before dinner each evening, in the manner of the European salon, we will gather with those attending the Dream Building Workshop of Dr. Gretchen Stein, for a happy hour of friendship-building, relaxation, and inspiring discussion of topics to do with the creative process and the power of the imagination. (After all, we must imagine the finished creation on our blank canvas before we lay our first stroke!) This hour will be co-lead by workshop leaders, Gretchen and Mary.
After this hour, we will go together with new friends to enjoy excellent Italian cuisine and the joy of interesting conversation.
Please visit Il Chiostro to learn more and and get on the waiting list.
"Italy En-Plein Air!” 7-day workshop
Location: Verona and Lake Garda, Italy
Dates: September 23rd - 30th, 2025
Please visit Il Chiostro to learn more and get on the waiting list.
