INSTRUCTION
DRAWING AS FOUNDATION FOR PAINTING
APRIL 3-5, 2025 / $550 / 9am-4pm / ON TRACK STUDIOS, FRANKLIN, TN
Don’t let your struggles with your drawing skills hold you back from successful paintings. Face your fears head on and come prepared to learn practical approaches for drawing any subject matter. You will not be creating drawings as a finished product, but learning skills through exercises and quick studies. Everyone learns differently, so this topic will be approached from many angles. Drawing is
a most important skill for any artist. Class size is limitied to 10 students.
Appropriate for all levels.
LEARNING TO PAINT THE HEAD
MAY 28-30, 2025/ $625 / 9am-4pm / ON TRACK STUDIOS / FRANKLIN, TN
The class is designed as a skills building workshop. We will take a deep dive into drawing, proportions, value, edges, and likeness. Class exercises, will train you for painting better portraits. Dawn is available with online help to complete the work started in class. Students will receive a full color booklet of notes. Class size limited to 10 students.
STUDIO PAINTING:BEYOND THE BASICS
JUNE 12-14, 2025 / $575 / 9am - 4pm / ON TRACK STUDIOS/ FRANKLIN, TN
The Beyond the Basics series is designed to explore, more in depth, some specific aspects of painting...aspects that are beyond a painter's general knowledge. In this class we will focus on big compositional shapes, edges, and light effects. A full color book of notes and four weeks online guidance are provided as a follow up to class. Class size limited to 12 students.
STUDIO PAINTING:BEYOND THE BASICS
JULY 30 - AUG 1, 2025 / DOT COURSON STUDIO, PONTOTOC, MS
The Beyond the Basics series is designed to explore, more in depth, some specific aspects of painting...aspects that are beyond a painter's general knowledge. In this class we will focus on In this class we will focus on big compositional shapes, edges, and light effects. A full color book of notes and four weeks online guidance are provided as a follow up to class. Class size limited to 12 students.
DEVELOPING YOUR CREATIVE VOICE
AUG 6-8,2025, BOOTH MUSEUM, CARTERSVILLE, GA
Push the boundaries of working from reference to help discover your personal point of view and help you to create more painterly paintings. There will be a heavy emphasis on specific skills to help you create a good foundation for your painting. Students will chose their own subject. A color booklet of notes is provided along with four weeks of online help to finish up the paintings started in class. Click the button to register through he Booth's website.
INTENTIONAL DESIGN
SEPTEMBER 4-6, 2025 / $525 / 9am-4pm / ON TRACK STUDIOS / FRANKLIN, TN
Learn to be more intentional about the choices you make in your painting... what to include, what to alter, and what to emphasize. Explore ways to move from replication to a more expressive design. Push the boundaries of working from photos reference to express your personal paint of view. Class size limited to 12 students.
Contact Andrea at studio@dawnwhitelaw.com to register.
ONLINE MENTORING PROGRAM
TIME SLOTS FOR 2025
THE FOCUS WILL BE ON YOU / $850 / SIX WEEKS INSTRUCTION
Focused learning is the goal of this online mentoring program. The curriculum will be tailored to YOUR specific needs. This intense period of one on one instruction is certain to take your work to a different level. Only four students will be allowed into the program for each six weeks period to insure maximum personal attention.
The intensive instruction includes:
• Unlimited access by email to touch base for quick answers to a question or get a critique. Working through email will give you a written transcript of your exchanges with Dawn, allowing you to revisit her advice anytime you wish.
•Regular assignments and exercises that will move your progress along toward your goal.
• A lot of personal attention.
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