Instructor (FAQ)

The founder and director of the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Walt Bartman teaches landscape, still life and figure painting classes and workshops, here and abroad. His career spans four decades. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History from American University and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Belgium and Holland. His philosophy of painting centers on personal interpretation and the unique approach to the ordinary. For him, a great painting includes all the arts. He works with all levels of students and challenges them to ‘see’ more. Walt’s own work is representational in subject, but with an abstract approach to seeing and expressing his thoughts on canvas. He is a colorist and he shares his knowledge with his students.

It is the invisible that needs to be found, the clue is in the visible.

Learn more about Walt Bartman as he discusses his work. Click Here

Watch Walt demonstrate how to paint in Gouache. Click Here

Walt Bartman’s Exhibition 2021 Click Here

Walt Bartman’s Online Gallery. All work for sale. Click Here

Walt Bartman’s Painting Demo on Art School Live Click Here

Email: walt@yellowbarnstudio.net

Follow Walt Bartman on Instagram Click Here

CLASSES

FALL

Landscape Painting Tuesdays  Online $375
Walt Bartman
Tuesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/17/2026

Sunset Painting  Online and Offsite $375
Walt Bartman
Tuesday, 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/17/2026

Landscape on Location  Offsite $375
Walt Bartman
Wednesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/16/2026-11/18/2026

Landscape, Figure & Studio Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $375
Walt Bartman
Wednesday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/16/2026-11/18/2026

Learn to Work with Opaque Watercolor- Gouache  Online $375
Walt Bartman
Thursday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/17/2026-11/19/2026

Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop  Offsite $275
Walt Bartman
Fri, Sat, Sun, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
10/9/2026-10/11/2026

DECEMBER MINI-CLASSES

Landscape Painting  Online $150
Walt Bartman
Tuesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
12/1/2026-12/15/2026

Learn to Work with Color  Online $150
Walt Bartman
Wednesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
12/2/2026-12/16/2026

Learn to Work with Opaque ( Gouache) Watercolor  Online $150
Walt Bartman
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
12/3/2026-12/17/2026

WINTER

Flower Painting Workshop Online $250
Walt Bartman
Sat, Sun, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
1/9/2027-1/10/2027

Landscape Painting Tuesdays  Online $375
Walt Bartman
Tuesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Sunset Painting  Online and Offsite  $375
Walt Bartman
Tuesday, 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Landscape, Figure & Studio Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $375
Walt Bartman
Wednesday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/20/2027-3/24/2027

Learn to Work with Opaque Watercolor- Gouache  Online $375
Walt Bartman
Thursday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/25/2027

Dorothy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Advertising/Design from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has over three decades of experience as a graphic designer and art director. As the daughter of two artists, she resumed creating art for personal enjoyment after her children completed high school. Since 2019, she has been studying oil painting with Walt Bartman.

As a graphic designer, Dorothy integrates her newfound knowledge of painting with her technical design expertise. A specific assignment from Walt Bartman to create a hard-edge style painting served as the impetus for a series of nautically themed paintings developed using Procreate. As a boater and having recently relocated from Northern Virginia to Annapolis, Maryland, Dorothy discovered both an abundant source of inspiration and a market for her work.

Dorothy is eager to explore and share the diverse applications of Procreate, both in supporting artists in traditional media and as a medium for creating fine art in the digital realm.

Currently, she is selling her work as a founding member of the collaborative Annapolis Pearl Gallery and through the online gallery – www.coastline.art.

 CLASSES

FALL

Introduction to Digital Painting  Online $300
Dorothy Banzon
Monday, 6:00 PM-8:30 PM
9/28/2026-11/30/2026

Introduction to Digital Painting  Online $300
Dorothy Banzon
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/29/2026-12/1/2026

WINTER

Introduction to Digital Painting  Online $300
Dorothy Banzon
Monday, 6:00 PM-8:30 PM
1/18/2027-3/22/2027

Introduction to Digital Painting  Online $300
Dorothy Banzon
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Vian Borchert is an established and renowned award-winning expressionist artist. V. Borchert has exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions within the USA and internationally for decades. Vian is a graduate and “Notable Alumni” from the Corcoran College of Art and Design George Washington University, Washington, DC. Vian considers her expressionistic and abstracted art as visual poems. Vian Borchert’s art has been on exhibit in prestigious places such as the United Nations General Assembly’s Public Lobby Gallery, NYC, and in “Art Basel Miami Beach” Spectrum Miami, 1stdibs Design Center in Chelsea, NYC and the LA Art Show. Vian‘s art is in private collections worldwide, embassies, and museums. Borchert exhibits in major world cities such as NYC, LA, DC, Miami, London, Rome and Berlin. Moreover, Vian Borchert has been attributed in revolutionizing the current contemporary abstract expressionist art movement, and a number of art styles originated from her unique vision such as the abstracted woods since the artist resides by the woods and the waterfall painterly blue canvases. Most notably her love for the big blue and her signature use of the color blue in her abstract paintings created new waves of abstraction in the art world. In this V. Borchert has singularly attributed immensely to the advancement of abstract art in the world. Borchert believes in the importance of a proper art education and advises her students and emerging artists not to take shortcuts nor copy other artists’ work and stay truthful to themselves. Borchert stresses on the need for budding artists to learn the basics of drawing and painting. Thus, Borchert teaches classes in Beginning to Intermediate Drawing and Painting at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo Park. V. Borchert’s art has been featured in numerous well regarded publications such as The Washington Post, The Flux Review,  Influential People magazine, Artpil, Elan magazine, Vie magazine, The Miami Art Scene, NPR’s Art Beat and others. Borchert has juried art exhibitions in the Washington DC area. Furthermore, Vian has extensive knowledge in art history, and she has worked in major museums such as the National Gallery of Art and the The Phillips Collection museum in Washington DC. Borchert teaches fine art classes in painting and drawing at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo Park.

Learn more about Vian Borchert as she discusses her work. Click Here

Website: www.vianborchert.com

FALL

Beginning and Intermediate Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $225
Vian Borchert
Friday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
9/25/2026-11/6/2026

Ink Exploration with Landscape for all Levels Workshop  Rooms 202 & 203  $80
Vian Borchert
Saturday, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
9/26/2026-9/26/2026

Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor   Yellow Barn Studio $225
Vian Borchert
Monday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
9/28/2026-11/16/2026

After the French Impressionists, A Painting Adventure Workshop  Yellow Barn Studio $80
Vian Borchert
Saturday, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
10/10/2026-10/10/2026

Landscape with Trees in Acrylic for all Levels Workshop  Room 201  $80
Vian Borchert
Saturday, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
11/7/2026-11/7/2026

WINTER

Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor  Yellow Barn Studio $225
Vian Borchert
Monday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
1/25/2027-3/8/2027

Beginning and Intermediate Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $225
Vian Borchert
Friday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
1/29/2027-3/5/2027

Ink Exploration with Landscape for all Levels Workshop Rooms 302 & 303 $80
Vian Borchert
Saturday, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
2/6/2027-2/6/2027

Landscape with Trees in Acrylic for all Levels Workshop  Room 201 $80
Vian Borchert
Saturday, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
2/20/2027-2/20/2027

After the French Impressionists, A Painting Adventure Workshop  Rooms 302 & 303 $80
Vian Borchert
Saturday, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
2/27/2027-2/27/2027

Alessandra is a Bethesda native who grew up taking art classes at Glen Echo Park. She is an artist and educator working primarily in acrylics and pastel. She has worked as an arts-based teacher at the Lab School of Washington and at Holton-Arms’ Creative Summer camp. She has painted pet and animal portraits for clients throughout the DMV, has shown her work in local shows, and promotes her art business at local craft fairs and art markets.

Alessandra has a B.S. in Biology and a Master’s in Education from Marymount University. She completed a 2 year art program at Montgomery College where she studied figure drawing, illustration, and graphic arts. Her background in science and her love of animals and nature informs her work and inspires her to create. Her work celebrates the wonders of the natural world and highlights the individuality of her subjects in a style she calls “whimsical-realism.” She particularly enjoys experimenting with color and integrating mixed media into her work. In her free time, she enjoys exploring the therapeutic nature of art with mixed media journaling, watercoloring, and a regular sketchbook practice. Alessandra enjoys sharing her love of creating with students and believes everyone is capable of learning the skills to draw and paint successfully.

email: alessandra@quirkydogartwork.com

 CLASSES

Jin Chung, born and raised in South Korea, moved to the United States after graduating high school. While earning his degree in Communication Arts and Design at Virginia Commonwealth University, he won numerous awards and scholarships, including recognition from the Society of Illustrators and the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge. Following graduation, Jin worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, notably collaborating with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jack Anderson on a syndicated editorial cartoon.
Despite a promising career in commercial illustration, Jin chose to pursue his true passion for fine art drawing and painting. After his apprenticeship under renowned portrait artist Danni Dawson, he soon began teaching classes alongside his mentor while showcasing his work in galleries and accepting private commissions. While Jin enjoys a wide range of subject matter—including landscapes and still lifes—he finds the human figure and portraiture to be his greatest inspirations, noting, “I am hopelessly drawn to the honest intimacy of one of us rendering one of us with an easel in between.”
Jin lives in Fairfax, VA, with his wife, who also teaches art to children. When he is not painting in his studio or teaching in the classroom, he is most likely out on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with his camera, looking to capture something beautiful.

email: PainterJin@gmail.com

CLASSES

FALL

Portrait Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Jin Chung
Tuesday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
9/22/2026-11/24/2026

WINTER

Portrait Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Jin Chung
Sunday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/17/2027-3/21/2027

Portrait Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Jin Chung
Tuesday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Class Supply Lists

For Charcoal Drawing:
2 sheets of 19”x25” Strathmore 500 series charcoal paper, White
2 sheets of 19”x25” Strathmore 500 series charcoal paper, Black
5 sheets of 19”x25” Strathmore 500 series charcoal paper, Smoke Gray 2 sheets of 22”x30” Stonehenge paper, Gray
1 tube of Winsor & Newton Neutral Gray 3 gouache paint (14 ml) 1 tube of watercolor paint, Black (any brand)
1 case of Nitram Soft Vine Charcoal 6 mm
1 case of Nitram Soft Vine Charcoal 12 mm
1 General’s Charcoal Pencil, White
1 Pack of General’s White Charcoal Sticks (Pack of 4)
1 Robert Simmons Signet Bristle Brush, Filbert, Size 8 (must be natural bristle, no synthetic hair) 1 Blending Stump, #8
1 Kneaded Eraser (must be kneaded, not the hard/rubbery kind)
1 Chamois
1 Charcoal holder
1 can of Workable Fixatif Drawing board (at least 19”x25”) 2 – 4 Bulldog Clips

For Pencil Drawing:
14×17 Strathmore drawing pad (green cover) Drawing pencils: H, HB, 2B, (one of each) Pencil sharpener

Bio

Ken Conley was raised in northern Virginia. He earned a B.F.A. in painting with department and university honors from American University and an M.F.A. from Boston University with additional studies at the Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and at the New York Studio School with Stanley Lewis. He is highly experienced teaching college-level painting and drawing courses at all levels.

Before graduate school, Ken helped establish the early administration of the Washington Studio School and Courtyard Gallery. After graduate school, he returned to the WSS to teach as one of only two full-time faculty members and as co-chair of the board of directors.

Ken is a former assistant professor of art at Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA, and a former associate professor of art at Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD, where he taught for over 15 years.

Teaching

Ken’s teaching philosophy is straightforward. All visual art, regardless of style is important and worthy of our consideration. Content, or expression, is the core of all art forms. The student’s development and integration of skills, knowledge, and significant practice are basic requirements. Learning to understand and articulate pictorial content is necessary for the continuous growth of the painter.

Directed practice is important because it helps us move forward. With it, the student artist learns to communicate and recognize their thoughts and feelings through their marks. The student can then better accept and reject sensations most relevant to their experiences with the subject and the needs of the pictorial structure.

Painting and Drawing

“You just don’t see it. You feel it.”

Ken’s paintings and drawings are emotive. His work is the result of strongly felt sensations from external stimulus captured in paint or charcoal.

“Stay curious about even the most mundane.”

“I want to continuously challenge myself to paint different subjects without any preconceived ideas about the outcome.”

“I want to learn something from every painting encounter. If I learn something new, if I’m truly open and curious, these experiences are imbedded in my painting process and become visible to the viewer”.

Winslow Homer said, “When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.”

 CLASSES

Experience as a woodworker, carpenter, stonewall builder, and representational painter have influenced Tory Cowles’ abstract paintings. She’s interested in the conversations that happen between juxtaposed colors, textures and shapes; of spontaneity versus structure; and of boldness versus subtlety.

Represented by Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC. Cowles also shows widely in the mid-Atlantic region.

email: torycowles@comcast.net

FALL

Abstract Expressionist Painting – Acrylic  Yellow Barn Studio $360
Tory Cowles
Tuesday, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/10/2026

WINTER

Abstract Expressionist Painting – Acrylic  Onsite and Online $360
Tory Cowles
Tuesday, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/16/2027

Anastasia Pasmanik Donnellan is a contemporary artist who is obsessed with line, form, and exploring new ways to express the human figure and the local landscape. Her true love is drawing and has carried her interest in art since high school. Anastasia has worked and exhibited her work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and has held several other prestigious internships, including Christie’s.

After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a BA in Foreign Studies and Economics, she spent several years in the tech industry. This professional foundation in problem-solving and structure has carried over into her art, where she merges methodical techniques with organic, flowing forms.

Anastasia moved down the street from Yellow Barn in 2022. She has dedicated herself to advancing her career as a visual artist. Drawing inspiration from her daily surroundings along the Potomac River and Cabin John Creek, she spends considerable time outdoors, seeking beauty in the often-overlooked details of nature.

Though largely self-taught, Anastasia has refined her craft through instruction at the Yellow Barn Studio, where she studied with accomplished artists such as Walt Bartman, Gavin Glakas, and others. This mix of self-guided learning and formal training has helped shape her approach to art, which straddles both technical expertise and personal style.

Through her work, Anastasia aims to capture the resilience of nature and its ever-changing beauty, inviting the viewer to reflect on the quiet transformations occurring just beneath the surface.

Anastasia is the manager of The Yellow Barn Studio.

email: agpd07@gmail.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Sketchbook Design: People & Places  Yellow Barn Studio and Offsite $210
Anastasia Donnellan
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/22/2026-11/10/2026

The Long Pose- Costumed Model Portrait & Figure  Room 202 $325
Anastasia Donnellan
Thursday, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
9/17/2026-11/19/2026

Rendering the Figure and Face  Yellow Barn Studio $275
Anastasia Donnellan
Friday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/18/2026-11/20/2026

WINTER

Rendering the Figure and Face  Yellow Barn Studio $275
Anastasia Donnellan
Friday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/15/2027-3/19/2027

The Long Pose- Costumed Model Portrait & Figure  Room 202 $325
Anastasia Donnellan
Thursday, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
1/21/2027-3/25/2027

Maryland artist Rana Geralis finds her most constant inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, an inspiration born from a childhood spent among the woods and streams of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Lynchburg, VA. The deep-rooted affinity with nature is powerfully evident in her work, in both the studio paintings and those produced in the plein air tradition. Informed by an instinctive understanding of composition and a masterful skill with palette knife and brush, her paintings are a celebration of light, texture, and color.

Rana’s award-winning work has been juried into numerous national and regional exhibitions and plein air competitions and is included in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Walt Disney Company. She attended the Maryland College of Art and Design and has studied painting with Walt Bartman for several years. She is represented by The Artist Gallery in Ellicott City, MD, and maintains a studio in Columbia, MD where she resides with her husband and daughter.

email: rana1221@verizon.net

 CLASSES

FALL

Painting with the Palette Knife Room 303 $240
Rana Geralis
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/16/2026-11/4/2026

Plein Air with Palette Knife Offsite $300
Rana Geralis
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/17/2026-11/19/2026

WINTER

Urban Landscape with Photos Room 303 $300
Rana Geralis
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/20/2027-3/24/2027

Painting with the Palette Knife  Room 202 $300
Rana Geralis
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/25/2027

Jernigan is an internationally collected, national award-winning artist who works primarily in acrylic, pastel, mixed media, and oil.
He regularly offers workshops around the U.S. (Hudson River Valley Art Workshops in Greenville, NY, Artists Rising in Glastonbury, CT and PaintSpace NOLA in New Orleans) and has taught classes for more than 15 years through various arts organizations in the Washington, D.C. metro area including the Art League of Alexandria, the Arlington Artists Alliance, the Yellow Barn Studio, the Vienna Arts Society, McLean Project for the Arts, Falls Church Arts, and the Fairfax Art League. He has more recently been tapped as a juror for many art shows in the area.
His work is held by public and private companies and individuals in the U.S., France, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Japan.

Visit his website at www.bryanjernigan.com for more information.

email: bkjartist@gmail.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Embracing Abstraction Yellow Barn Studio $400
Bryan Jernigan
Sunday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/20/2026-11/22/2026

To know a person, know her roots. Renee Lachman’s roots start in New York, with a childhood mixing the urban landscape in Queens and the wilderness of summers spent at her grandmother’s farmhouse upstate. The sense of being an independent explorer and collector never left her and contributes greatly to her work now. She observes, collects, and pieces together fragments that reflect her questions about ancestry, memory, and the tangle of past and present.
Renée T. Lachman received her MFA in painting from George Washington University and a BFA in painting and drawing from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has shown widely in the Washington area and has exhibited in Philadelphia, and New York. Her teaching affiliations include Montgomery College, The Art League, and Northern Virginia Community College. Renée was a Maryland State Arts Council artist-in-residence.
Renee began working at NGA as a Master Copyist in April of 2023.
Whether it’s researching a painter’s palette or textures, being a copyist is like walking in another artist’s shoes. Studying past artists is inspirational and educational and it makes one appreciate what the masters were able to accomplish with all their limitations.

email: rlachman.studio@gmail.com

website: reneelachman.com

 CLASSES

WINTER

Lost and Found: Collage and Mixed Media Yellow Barn Studio $300
Renee Lachman
Tuesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Originally from West Virginia, William studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art under esteemed figurative painters before finishing with a master’s degree in architecture from Virginia Tech. For two decades he established his career in architectural practice working on projects near Alexandria, Virginia. Like many people during the great pandemic of 2020, William was reawakened with a need for being outdoors and creating and he began painting en plein air, completing paintings start to finish outdoors, observing the landscape with an emphasis on the effects of natural light and color.
He prefers rural and natural views where the materiality of paint can simultaneously depict the subject matter but also become the subject of surface and texture. The ever-changing light of the landscape gives William an endless amount of inspiration to paint from, particularly in the taiga-like mountains around his studio cabin in Canaan Valley, WV. Over the past couple of years William has been juried into regional plein air events, winning various awards and taking the opportunity to connect with fellow painters and patrons. His work can frequently be found at Canaan Valley Artisans Collective, WV, Gallery D’art Norfolk, VA and the Art League Gallery of the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA.

Instagram: hodgeshendricks
email: hodgeshendricks@hotmail.com

CLASSES

FALL

Plein Air Practice on Location  Offsite $250
William Hendricks
Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 PM
9/22/2026-10/28/2026

WINTER

Enter the Winter Arc of Plein Air  Online $250
William Hendricks
Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 PM
1/19/2027-2/23/2027

Dorris Hwang is a DMV-based visual artist whose work delves into the complexities of the human condition, capturing the nuances of identity, emotions, and sense of place. With a focus on abstraction through experimental palette knife mark-making and blending techniques, her work celebrates the ordinary moments we experience in our natural and built environments.

email: dorrishwy@gmail.com

FALL

Abstract Representation in the Landscape  Yellow Barn Studio $240
Dorris Hwang
Saturday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/19/2026-11/7/2026

WINTER

Abstract Representation in the Landscape  Yellow Barn Studio $240
Dorris Hwang
Saturday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/16/2027-3/20/2027

A Washington DC native, Aletha Kuschan is a fine artist who is equally adept at using acrylic and oil paints. Her artwork develops from drawings which she makes using a wide variety of media. The drawing media that she routinely uses include colored pencil, Neocolor crayons, Neopastels, dry pastels, watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite.

Her artwork ranges widely in subjects as well. Most of her art focuses on still life and landscape, but she has extensive experience with portraits, figures, and portrayals of animals. One aspect of her art deals with narrative or symbolic images – pictures that combine elements of representation with design and which are somewhat like medieval manuscript or Baroque emblematic illustrations enlarged into a grand scale.

She has studied art history extensively, mostly as a practicing artist but sometimes also in the company of professional art historians. Her own strongest area of art historical knowledge focuses around artists active in 19th century France, people such as Delacroix, Ingres, Degas, Monet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Redon and others. Among modern masters she has been especially influenced by Matisse, Bonnard and Richard Diebenkorn.

She has exhibited locally at Marlboro Gallery, Harmony Hall and other regional venues and has artworks in both public and private collections. She has also curated exhibits and taught classes to students of all ages. She has degrees in English literature and in Studio Art from University of Maryland. Over the years, beginning in her youth, Aletha has spent innumerable hours in the National Gallery of Art, and she is always eager to share her experience of this amazing world-class resource with fellow artists.
At Yellow Barn, she teaches a pencil drawing class that delves into the purest of fundamentals – shape, form and arrangement. She also teaches classes on invention where artists can analytically explore color and pictorial design.

These courses provide especially good opportunities for students to reinforce their sense of the relationship between the picture’s parts and the whole. An artist will understand a motif more keenly after having spent time taking images apart and putting them back together again.

Through such forms of art practice, student artists gain a keener sensibility about the visual world, one that engages emotion, intellect and – perhaps most of all – their imagination and curiosity.

email: modernamericanartist@gmail.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Modernist Pastel Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Monday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/14/2026-11/16/2026

Art of Pastel  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Monday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
9/14/2026-11/16/2026

Watercolor Painting Room 303 $315
Aletha Kuschan
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/17/2026

Drawing in Color  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Tuesday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/17/2026

Drawing Essentials  Yellow Barn Studio $305
Aletha Kuschan
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/17/2026-11/12/2026

DECEMBER MINI-CLASSES

Drawing at the National Gallery 12/6 – 12/27 Offsite $200
Aletha Kuschan
Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
12/6/2026-12/27/2026

Drawing at the National Gallery Workshop 12/6 Offsite $60
Aletha Kuschan
Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
12/6/2026-12/6/2026

Drawing at the National Gallery Workshop 12/13 Offsite $60
Aletha Kuschan
Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
12/13/2026-12/13/2026

Drawing at the National Gallery Workshop 12/20 Offsite $60
Aletha Kuschan
Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
12/20/2026-12/20/2026

Drawing at the National Gallery Workshop 12/27 Offsite $60
Aletha Kuschan
Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
12/27/2026-12/27/2026

WINTER

Drawing Essentials  Yellow Barn Studio $305
Aletha Kuschan
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/14/2027-3/11/2027

Oil Paint: Drawing and Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Monday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/18/2027-3/22/2027

Modernist Pastel Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Monday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/18/2027-3/22/2027

Drawing in Notebooks  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/16/2027

Drawing in Color  Yellow Barn Studio $315
Aletha Kuschan
Tuesday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/16/2027

Bonny Lundy is a contemporary impressionist interested in color, shape, movement, atmosphere and light.

Bonny Lundy is one of the most highly regarded watercolorists in the Washington DC area. She owns Pleasant View Studio in Brookeville, Maryland where she creates expressive watercolor and oil landscapes, florals, figure and still life. Lundy’s connection with nature is conveyed through emotional color, flowing, impressionistic brushstrokes, movement of elegant shapes, and brilliant color energy. Her paintings are included in private and the public collections of Geico, US Council on Aging, Sandy Spring Museum, Nat Institute of Health, Glen Echo Nat Park. Lundy’s Art has been featured in The Washington Post, Artworks This Week, Frederick Magazine and the Olney Gazette.

Lundy has BFA in painting from Lake Erie College. She exhibits at The Artists Gallery and with Countryside Artisans Tour. Her award winning artwork is included in juried competitions and solo shows. Lundy has taught drawing and watercolor for thirty-five years at Glen Echo National Park in Bethesda, Maryland. Other teaching venues have included Smithsonian Associates, Frederick Community College, the Delaplaine Art Center, and Artists and Makers Studios. A juror, she offers popular art talks, demonstrations and critiques. Lundy coordinates and leads plein air painting workshops to Honduras, Italy, France, Sedona, Santa Fe, Costa Rica, Lewes, Delaware, the Shenandoah Mountains and many other beautiful locations.

email: BonnyLundyArt@gmail.com

FALL

Flowing Watercolor  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Bonny Lundy
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/23/2026-11/18/2026

WINTER

Flowing Watercolor  Yellow Barn Studio $320
Bonny Lundy
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/20/2027-3/24/2027

Garine Magary is a local Bethesda landscape painter and instructor who loves helping students discover the joy and confidence that comes from painting. With years of experience in the fine arts field in New York City and trained in plein air painting (with Walt in the early 1990s), Garine brings both professional insight and a down-to-earth teaching style to her classes.
Working in watercolor and oils, Garine paints landscapes and still lives from life. She is drawn to painting outdoors, where changing light and atmosphere create both challenges and inspiration. Garine’s teaching approach is centered on clarity, encouragement, and accessibility. She breaks each project into simple, understandable steps and helps students move past the fear of “doing it wrong.” Whether you are picking up a pencil or brush for the first time or returning to creating after a long break, her classes are designed to help you feel supported, curious, and confident.

Above all, Garine believes that creativity is a lifelong practice that anyone can and should enjoy. Her classes emphasize process over perfection, connection over comparison, and the personal satisfaction that comes from trying something new.

PAINTING SUPPLY LIST — Intro to Acrylic Painting (Garine Magary)

If you have materials at home feel free to use up before buying new and see what you like!
Buy the best you can afford– you will see a difference with higher quality materials and they will last longer (avoid acrylics labeled “craft” – they are very watery).

In person: Plaza Art (Rockville or Bethesda) or Michael’s
Online: dickblick.com, jerrysartarama.com, cheapjoes.com

Every class please bring all paints and brushes and at least one extra panel or canvas. Also a bound sketchbook with pencil or pen.

Acrylic Painting (recommended)
1) palette: palette paper works well and easy to dispose after each painting session.

2) assortment of brushes (flat, bright, round, #4, 6, 8, 10) hog hair bristle will be firmer, synthetic will be softer. Brushes sold in packs are ok to start, you will get a sense of what you prefer. (note: best to keep brushes relegated to one medium–ie don’t switch between oils and water based paints– the brush will not work)

3) mediums (optional): Acrylic Retarder or Slow Drying Medium

4) PAINTS (small tubes – 75ml)
lemon yellow
cadmium yellow medium
cadmium red light
alizarin crimson
ultramarine blue
pthalo blue
raw umber
titanium white (larger tube)

yellow ochre *optional
sap green *optional
cerulean blue *optional

5) Surfaces/substrates:
-A pad of Canvas paper or Bristol paper is great to start with. Perfect no pressure for studies and exercises (first few classes). The studio has large support panels, bring tape. Studio has easels and stools.
-assortment of canvases (11×14, 12x 16, 16 x 20″) or canvas boards – these I get at Michael’s, sold in a multipack.

6) clean can or container for water

Painting in OILS:
-palette – I use a lightweight plastic palette that I wipe clean after each painting session; glass palettes will last longer but are quite heavy.
-odorless turpentine (Turpenoid or Gamsol)
-a small bottle of linseed oil to thin pigment as you paint
-a clean can for on site turp
-a clean jar with lid to decant the dirty turp (take home, let sit then recycle turp).
-2 smaller jars with lids for linseed oil and oil/turp 50/50 mix
-paper towels and small trash bag
-apron if desired. Baseball cap can be helpful to block overhead lights too.

Outdoors/on-site painting extras:
-easel (I prefer a sturdy portable metal field easel or tripod set up to French style/pochade but see what you like)
-roll of paper towels
-small plastic trash bag
-apron, latex gloves if desired
-hat
-portable chair if desired
-bug spray/sunscreen
-food/water

Painting in WATERCOLOR:
Suggestions for materials… like so much in life this is personal preference. If you have materials at home feel free to use up before buying new and see what you like!

-watercolor paper (I like Strathmore 140# cold press 400 series) 9×12” spiral bound
-watercolor paints: Winsor and Newton makes a great starter kit with 12 cake pans around $20. Make sure to get one with primary colors. Tubes have more pigment and will last longer (I love QOR and Daniel Smith). You’ll need a palette with a lid with this option, pay attention to surface mixing space too.
-brushes – get a variety of shapes and sizes – Princeton select (teal handle) are pretty good, my fave is a #8 round Robert Simmons and #12 long round (burgundy handle) Princeton Velvet Touch. Brush roll to keep these!
– water container (I use old jars)
– paper towels
– 4H pencil and good eraser
– artist or painters tape

FALL

Introduction to Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Garine Magary
Tuesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/17/2026

Introduction to Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Garine Magary
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/15/2026-11/17/2026

WINTER

Introduction to Drawing  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Garine Magary
Tuesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Introduction to Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Garine Magary
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/19/2027-3/23/2027

Gita Mirshahi earned her BFA in drawing & sculpture from Trinity college and her MFA from George Washington University. She works in a wide range of two and three dimensional media – from drawing to print making and painting, to creating sculpture, ceramics or jewelry. Gita has focused of late on spontaneous, free flowing, vibrant paintings, which, though based on the physical world are near calligraphic abstractions. Each painting reflects her own personal brand of ‘automatic’ rhythms & shapes. She has taught many disciplines and her hallmark is helping the student develop their own vision and techniques. My joy in making art is launching in to uncharted waters, looking for the unexpected approach to the world around us & with in . This means taking risks, investing yourself in the process of discovery, and watching your subject reveal it self. See yourself in different light as you learn to paint with no inhibitions, under Gita’s generous tutelage.

email: pandouart@yahoo.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Acrylic Painting 9/24 Online $295
Gita Mirshahi
Thursday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
9/24/2026-11/12/2026

Acrylic Painting 11/19 Online $150
Gita Mirshahi
Thursday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
11/19/2026-12/17/2026

WINTER

Acrylic Painting 1/21 Online $295
Gita Mirshahi
Thursday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/11/2027

Monica Pittman is a local painter and interior designer; she has studied and painted all her life and brings her life long enthusiasm for art and design to the classroom.

Monica has found the Yellow Barn to be a haven for artistic pursuits.

“I believe that it’s fundamental that artists should gather and learn together. We will learn and develop fundamental principles of color and design thru creative exercises that will set the foundation for your unique painting style.”

email: monicatpittman@gmail.com

Website: monicapittmanartist.com

CLASSES

FALL

Color, Composition, and Design  Yellow Barn Studio $180
Monica Pittman
Tuesday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
9/29/2026-11/3/2026

WINTER

Atmospheric Skies Yellow Barn Studio $140
Monica Pittman
Friday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/8/2027-1/29/2027

Inspired Waterscape Painting Yellow Barn Studio $140
Monica Pittman
Saturday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
2/6/2027-2/27/2027 

Justin Pyles is a Washington native who is inspired by the natural world’s beauty in relationship to the community and its most recognizable icons. His paintings celebrate color, form, texture and light to create the joy and feeling of being part of humankind during peak seasons and festivals.
He has taught and shown his work at local galleries and in New Orleans and received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Masters of Art Education from the Corcoran School of Art and Design.
Justin has an extensive art teaching background at schools such as the Smithsonian’s Early Enrichment Center, St. Andrew’s Episcopal, and The Torpedo Factory.
Justin believes everyone can learn to paint and draw with a disposition towards becoming a confident artist and a lifelong learner.

Dipali Rabadiya’s interest in art was developed when she was very young. She has been painting and drawing since she was a child. She pursued her BFA at Seton Hill University and she has studied with Qiang Huang, Jennifer McChristian, and Kevin Macpherson.

Dipali most recently taught at Fred Roger’s Latrobe Art Center. She paints from observation and her painting style is Alla Prima, creating small still life and landscape paintings. She believes that painting small and often improves the artistic skill and encourages an individual to be more creative their field.

Dipali was born and raised in Gujarat, India and now lives at McLean, VA with her husband and two sons.

Please visit Dipali’s YouTube Channel to learn more about her teaching style and artwork.

Learn more about Dipali as she discusses her work. Click here

email: dipalirabadiyaarts@gmail.com

www.dipalirabadiya.com

Scott Rawlins graduated from Earlham College with a degree in biology, and holds graduate degrees in museum education and medical & biological illustration from the George Washington University and the University of Michigan respectively. Scott is a Professor Emeritus at Arcadia University where he taught scientific illustration for 28 years. He also teaches classes for the certificate program in botanical illustration at the New York Botanical Garden and occasional workshops for the Smithsonian Associates Program. He has served on the board of the American Society of Botanical Artists as well as the boards of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators. A strong proponent of study abroad, Scott has traveled to five continents collecting specimens to draw and study. Scott’s illustrations have appeared in numerous books, including Your Inner Fish, The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration and Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Journals that have published his illustrations include Acta Zoologica, Records of the Australian Museum, Harvard’s Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Geobios and Zootaxa.

email: rawlinss@arcadia.edu

CLASSES

DECEMBER MINI-CLASS

Exploring Silverpoint  Online $120
Scott Rawlins
Wednesday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
12/2/2026-12/23/2026

Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro is a representational painter based in the Washington, D.C. area, specializing in oils, soft pastels, and drawing. With a Master’s in Fine Arts from the University of Valencia and further studies in drawing and painting at various prestigious institutions in Spain, Gonzalo’s work is deeply rooted in traditional techniques, which serve as the foundation for his expressive and spontaneous approach to painting. His vibrant work, influenced by the Spanish Impressionist Joaquín Sorolla, is characterized by bold strokes, dynamic gestures, and a passion for capturing the effects of light and color.

Gonzalo’s paintings explore themes of landscapes, portraits, and still life, with an emphasis on the emotional power of color and movement. His expressive brushwork and use of vibrant colors infuse his work with energy and life, creating compositions that are both visually engaging and full of atmosphere.

He has exhibited widely, including solo exhibitions in Spain, the U.S., and Pakistan. Gonzalo’s accolades include multiple awards in international competitions, and his work has been featured in “The New York Times” as well as various newspapers and TV channels in Pakistan.

With over 25 years of experience teaching at high school and art school levels, as well as internationally through workshops, Gonzalo brings a student-centered approach to his teaching. He emphasizes the importance of technical proficiency, particularly in drawing, color theory, and composition, while encouraging students to develop their personal artistic voice.

“I believe in the importance of both structure and freedom. Understanding the fundamentals gives students the confidence to explore their personal artistic journey.”

Website: gonzaloruiznavarro.com

CLASSES

FALL

Oil Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Wednesday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
9/16/2026-11/11/2026

Pastel Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Wednesday, 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
9/16/2026-11/11/2026

Pastel Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Thursday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
9/17/2026-11/12/2026

Oil Painting – Thursdays  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Thursday, 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
9/17/2026-11/12/2026

WINTER

Oil Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Wednesday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
1/20/2027-3/17/2027

Pastel Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Wednesday, 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
1/20/2027-3/17/2027

Oil Painting Thursdays  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Thursday, 12:30 AM-3:00 PM
1/21/2027-3/18/2027

Pastel Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $340
Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
Thursday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
1/21/2027-3/18/2027

Renee Sandell grew up in New York City where she attended the High School of Music and Art and the City College of New York.. Sandell holds a MA and PhD in Art Education from The Ohio State University.

Renee Sandell’s Visual Fitness 4 All^®is the result of her over 45 years of art teaching experience in classrooms and museums and includes creating art and presenting at Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico. Renee is founding director of the expeditionary, museum-based SummerVision DC Program, which she designed and has delivered for the National Art Education Association (NAEA) for a decade since 2010. Previously Founder/Director/Professor of Graduate Art Education at George Mason University (2004-2014) and Professor of Art Education at Maryland Institute College of Art (1990-2003), in 1980, Sandell was a Fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts. Co-author of two books on gender issues and a new book Real Lives 21 about contemporary art educators,  Sandell has published numerous articles, book chapters and art curricula.

Winner of the 2019 Lowenfeld Award, Sandell was recognized as 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecturer in Art Education at Miami University and 2013 NAEA National Art Educator, Renee has received numerous awards for her leadership and scholarship on her Form+Theme+Context (FTC)^®  and her Marking & Mapping^®, an accessible form of visual meaning-making.  Sandell’s Visual Fitness 4 All^® for Engaging Creativity and Insight^® workshops are designed to nurture envisioning skills for individuals within professional development programs, organizations, health spas, businesses, and other venues.  She teaches for Smithsonian Associates Studio Arts.

Renee’s artistic installations of ink and water-media markings explore the human condition in time, space, and place.  Her Silk Meditations and recent work entitled Virtue Maps reveal positive energies contained in human virtues, reflecting sensory states of consciousness through spiritual expression. Immersed in universal gratitude, these works become meditative mindscapes of visual affirmations needed in our turbulent times.

email: renee.sandell@gmail.com

“Art is a constant seeking, a honing of sensibilities, a push and pull to find the right color, tone, texture, and line within a dynamic composition.”

Ann teaches painting and drawing with an emphasis on composition, perceptual observation, color and surface.  Her philosophy is simple – the visual arts should be visually compelling, pulling you in and making you see!  Ann has a BA in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Virginia, an MFA in Painting from American University, and had a year of postgraduate study at the Fine Arts Academy in Munich, Germany.  Awards include a Fulbright Scholarship in Painting, the Annette Kade Fine Arts Fellowship, the David Lloyd Kreeger Award, and the Art Prize from UVA.  Ann is an Adjunct Professor of Art at Georgetown University, and has taught extensively at area schools including AU, Maryland, NVCC and the Smithsonian.

Learn more about Ann as she discusses her work. Click here

email: arschlesingerart@gmail.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Joy of Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $350
Ann Schlesinger
Friday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/18/2026-11/20/2026

Friday Painter’s Studio  Yellow Barn Studio $350
Ann Schlesinger
Friday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/18/2026-11/20/2026

WINTER

Joy of Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $350
Ann Schlesinger
Friday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/15/2027-3/26/2027

Friday Painter’s Studio  Yellow Barn Studio $350
Ann Schlesinger
Friday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/15/2027-3/26/2027

Maud Taber-Thomas is an oil painter specializing in portraits and scenes inspired by literature and history. She earned her MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art. She completed her undergraduate studies at Bowdoin College and Oxford University, where she studied Victorian Literature as well as the fine arts. Maud has had paintings in such New York City galleries as Sloan Fine Art, Flowers Gallery, and Dacia Gallery, and has also shown at the Scope Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland. In 2011, Maud was awarded a residency by the Terra Foundation in Giverny, France, where she completed a series of plein air paintings of the town where Monet had his studio. She works and teaches in the Washington, DC area.

email: m.taber.thomas@gmail.com

Website: www.maudtaber-thomas.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Contemplative Flower Painting Workshop Room 303 $178
Maud Taber-Thomas
Sat, Sun, 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
10/24/2026-10/25/2026

Charcoal Drawing from Photos Workshop Room 303 $178
Maud Taber-Thomas
Sat, Sun, 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
11/7/2026-11/8/2026

WINTER

Mastering the Art of Color Mixing Workshop Room 303 $178
Maud Taber-Thomas
Sat, Sun, 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
1/23/2027-1/24/2027

Charcoal Portrait Workshop Yellow Barn Studio $178
Maud Taber-Thomas
Sat, Sun, 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
2/27/2027-2/28/2027

Elisabeth Vismans Listens, Guides and Inspires Creative Experiences.Elisabeth Vismans is an award-winning painter and experienced teacher with over 15 years of guiding students, both in person and online. Her approach is direct, supportive, and refreshingly free of formulas. Instead of teaching you what to paint, she helps you discover how to paint in a way that feels natural and personal. Elisabeth is known for creating a space where beginners feel at ease and more experienced artists reconnect with their intuition and joy. She combines her background as a certified coach with her work as an artist, helping students move past hesitation, quiet overthinking, and build real confidence on the canvas. Her teaching focuses on intuitive and expressive painting, abstract work, flowers, and visual journaling, always with attention to the whole person, not just the technique. Students learn to trust their instincts, and to strengthen their own creative voice. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S. and internationally, and is held in private
collections.

Click here to see Elisabeth Vismans discuss her work

email: elisabethvismans@gmail.com

 CLASSES

FALL

The Language of Color  Online $285
Elisabeth Vismans
Tuesday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/22/2026-11/10/2026

Fearless Abstraction   Online $315
Elisabeth Vismans
Thursday, 12:00 PM-2:30 PM
9/24/2026-11/19/2026

WINTER

Fearless Abstraction  Online $315
Elisabeth Vismans
Thursday, 12:00 PM-2:30 PM
1/28/2027-3/25/2027

The Art of Composition  Online $315
Elisabeth Vismans
Tuesday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
2/2/2027-3/23/2027

 CLASSES

FALL

Baroque Still Life Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $210
Nadine Vos
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/17/2026-10/29/2026

WINTER

Baroque Still Life Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $210
Nadine Vos
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/11/2027

Ann Wallace holds a B.A.from the University of Massachusetts, a J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School, and an L.L.M. from George Washington University School of Law. After law school, she worked as a criminal attorney for the United States Department of Justice. At the same time, she continued to pursue art as a student at the Yellow Barn Studio. From 2001 to 2013, she was a Yellow Barn Instructor teaching drawing and painting with oils, acrylics, gouache, and pastels. Thereafter, until 2019, she taught painting classes at Plaza Artists Materials in Rockville, Maryland. She is also a copyist at the National Gallery of Art.

Ann paints immediately or directly— “au premier coup” (at first stroke) or “alla prima”(at first attempt). When approaching still life paintings, she believes that the selection and arrangement of objects reveal the presence of the artist. In her portraits, she attempts to go beyond the likeness and focuses on the perceived character of the individual. And, when she is out in nature, she tries to capture the essence of the place—the movement of the sky and water; the character of the rocks, land, and trees; the intensity of the colors; and the transience of the light. Ann draws inspiration from artists like James McNeill Whistler, who prefer to evoke rather than define. She believes that a painting should not serve simply to showcase the technical prowess of the painter, but instead should allow the viewer to be an integral participant in the realization of the artist’s vision. She has had numerous solo exhibits, and her award-winning paintings are in private collections throughout the country and on permanent exhibition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Department of Justice.

Watch Ann Wallace demonstrate creating a pastel painting: Click here

email: annwallaceart@aol.com

 CLASSES

FALL

Exploring Pastels  Online $180
Ann Wallace
Monday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/28/2026-10/26/2026

Pastel and Oil Painting  Online $180
Ann Wallace
Tuesday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
9/29/2026-10/27/2026

WINTER

Exploring Pastels  Online $145
Ann Wallace
Monday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/25/2027-2/15/2027

Pastel and Oil Painting  Online $145
Ann Wallace
Tuesday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
1/26/2027-2/16/2027

SUPPLY LIST

At a minimum, you should get (the Anders Zorn Palette):

Yellow Ochre
Vermillion Red (or Cadmium Red Medium)
Ivory Black
Titanium White (or Flake White)

You may also get:

Cadmium Medium Yellow
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue
Sap Green
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber

I also like

Green Gold and Transparent Oxide Red

Brushes—use the brushes you have or I like any brand of bright brushes.

My go to palette knife has a squared-off top

For surfaces: Any canvas boards or stretched canvas

Gamsol odorless mineral spirits

Paper towels

Rubber gloves

Pastel Supply List for Chalk Pastels (not Oil Pastels):

Prismacolor Nu Pastel set of 24 (Dick Blick or Amazon)

Sennelier Half Sticks Soft Pastels—small set of assorted or Landscape colors (Dakota Art Pastels)

Or, a larger set such as Sennelier Paris collection half sticks. (Amazon).

Canson Mi-Teintes Pastel pad 12×16—Grey Tones (Amazon) for dry application of Pastels

Or if you want a sanded paper choose one that will also take wet washes (Gouache, Watercolor or Pastels with water or alcohol added)::

UArt 500 grit (Amazon, Dick Blick or Dakota Pastels)

Or
LuxArchival Professional Sanded Art Paper (Dakota Art Pastels).. Any size but I use 11″x14″

Kneaded Eraser (Amazon)
Latex gloves (cvs)
Foam-core board orvdrawing board on which to tape your paper (see retailers above)
Artist tape

Dereje Weldegeorgis is an Ethiopian-born artist and educator whose work bridges figurative painting, abstraction, and landscape. He earned a BFA in Painting from Addis Ababa University School of Fine Art and Design in 2012, and relocated to the United States in 2016, where he has continued an active studio practice and teaching career. His paintings explore memory, emotion, and the relationship between the human figure and the natural world through layered compositions, expressive color, and a balance of representation and abstraction. His work has been exhibited in Ethiopia and internationally, including at the National Museum of Ethiopia.
Since 2019, Dereje has taught drawing, watercolor, and acrylic painting through art programs in the Washington, D.C. area. He enjoys working with students of all levels, helping them develop strong technical foundations while encouraging personal expression and creative exploration. At Yellow Barn Studio, Dereje invites students to discover painting as both a way of seeing and a means of connecting with their own unique artistic voice.

email: artofdereje@gmail.com

CLASSES

FALL

Painting Fundamentals  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Dereje Weldegeorgis
Saturday, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
9/19/2026-11/21/2026

The Language of Acrylic Painting Yellow Barn Studio $300
Dereje Weldegeorgis
Monday, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
9/21/2026-11/23/2026

WINTER

Painting Fundamentals  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Dereje Weldegeorgis
Saturday, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
1/16/2027-3/20/2027

The Language of Acrylic Painting  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Dereje Weldegeorgis
Monday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/18/2027-3/22/2027

Anne P. Wert is an artist and educator. Anne grew up in Maryland and studied with Walt Bartman in high school. After a career as an elementary school teacher, Anne spent many years living and painting overseas in Europe and Asia before eventually moving with her family to Rhode Island. Her fine art work focuses on landscapes, most recently of scenes inspired by her travels and living in New England. She teaches painting at several locations in Rhode Island and online.

Anne is an Exhibiting Artist member at the Providence Art Club, the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, and the Art League of Rhode Island. She is also a member of the New England Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, and South Coast Artists. Her paintings have been juried into galleries around New England, and are in private collections around the world.

email: apwert@yahoo.com

CLASSES

FALL

Let Watercolor Paint Itself  Online $120
Anne Wert
Wednesday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
10/7/2026-10/28/2026

WINTER

Creating Texture in Watercolor Workshop Online $80
Anne Wert
Wednesday, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
1/13/2027-1/13/2027

Eric Westbrook is a painter, illustrator, and art instructor living and working in the Washington DC area. Current and former teaching venues include The Yellow Barn at Glen Echo, VisArts in Rockville, and the Women’s Club of Chevy Chase.

Eric’s landscape and portrait paintings are frequently exhibited in solo and group shows, and are held in public and private collections. He is an experienced judge of art shows and competitions.

His illustration work has appeared in the publications of prominent corporate, government, and editorial clients nationwide.

email: westart1000@gmail.com

CLASSES

FALL

Portrait Painting  Online $315
Eric Westbrook
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/22/2026-11/17/2026

Landscape Painting from Photos and Other Sources  Online $325
Eric Westbrook
Wednesday, 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
9/23/2026-11/18/2026

WINTER

Portrait Painting  Online $315
Eric Westbrook
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/26/2027-3/23/2027

Landscape Painting from Photos and Other Sources  Online $325
Eric Westbrook
Wednesday, 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
1/27/2027-3/24/2027

Marcie Wolf-Hubbard received her B.A. from the University of Maryland in Studio Art and studied Fine Art and Illustration at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. Her paintings have been exhibited widely on the East Coast. She has illustrated for magazines and books and worked as a courtroom artist. Marcie is an instructor at Glen Echo Park, the Yellow Barn Studio and The Smithsonian. She is also a teaching artist in the community, working with children and adults including individuals with special needs and seniors with dementia.

Marcie and her husband, David Hubbard, are collaborating on a series of books of David’s short stories and poems and her encaustic paintings, which have inspired David’s writing. Poems From Within is the first book in the series.

Artist’s statement

I have always loved to draw. Like most artists, I look and take in what’s around me. For the past six years, I have been working in encaustic (hot wax) painting. Painting in encaustic highlights the lines and tonal quality of my charcoal drawings of the figure and nature. Up close, I see the texture on the surface, further emphasized by oilstick on the drawn lines and brushstrokes. Adding collage elements gives more texture, dimension and depth to the paintings. My drawing is an appreciation of the life, personality, spirit and beauty of humanity and nature.

Learn more about Marcie Wolf Hubbard as she discusses her work. Click Here

email: marcieplusart@gmail.com

Click Here to see examples of Marcie’s work (no sound)

CLASSES

FALL

Encaustic & Mixed Media Painting Workshop  Rooms 202 & 203 $180
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
Sunday, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
11/15/2026-11/15/2026

WINTER

Birds and Nature Sketching and Painting Online $135
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
1/21/2027-2/11/2027

Encaustic & Mixed Media Painting Workshop  Rooms 202 & 203 $180
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
Sunday, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
2/21/2027-2/21/2027

Raccoon at Night

Charcoal, encaustic, pigment stick on panel

Kimberly Yourick received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, with a major in Metalsmithing. Kim is primarily a contemporary landscape oil painter, who works in plein air. She has exhibited in many local, national, and international exhibitions. As an instructor, she intends to encourage creativity and the joy of art through painting or other forms of expression. She has been trained in many different mediums and subject matter.
Her own landscape work shifts the traditional notion of plein air painting by encouraging color intensity that reaches beyond representational subject matter. Her intent is to engage the viewer’s senses in the highest form of color experience and to present symbolism that is associated with passage, safety, hope, happiness, and expectation that is free from cultural boundaries. Intense color vibration, and use of light becomes the focus of the work so that the viewer experiences the ecstasy, and joyfulness of a beautiful vision, which is much needed respite from daily struggles.
Her belief is that being an artist and creating art, is not limited to mastering technical skill but rather how the art transforms its audience, what story it tells, and what problem is solved. Therefore, artists and creatives live and work around us without identifying as “artists”. Their vision and work are equally as critical to the improvement of our lives. Being uplifted, feeling catharsis, and making connection to spirit is much more important than if the artist can draw or paint something that looks representational. Her hope is to help extract this type of expression from her students.

Email: kimyourickart@gmail.com

Website: kimberlyyourickart.com

CLASSES

WINTER

Abstract Painting in Historic Brunswick Maryland Workshop Offsite $180
Kimberly Yourick
Sat, Sun, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
1/16/2027-1/17/2027

Website: kimberlyyourickart.com

Instagram: kimberlyyourickart

For all artists, beginner to professional, who want to add colored pencils to their arsenal. Artists will explore the amazing capabilities, uses and techniques of colored pencils through hands-on experimentation/demonstration with various types of pencils and products. Learning several blending methods and how to create a variety of textures. We will discuss surfaces and methods for image transfer. Beginning a project which can be continued and brought back to the workshop. Colored pencils are very labor intensive and can be hard on the hands, so the workshop is continued the following week, giving the participants time to go home and work further on the project, do a homework assignment. We will also learn important layering & finishing techniques. For more information, visit: LisArts.com or email Lisarts.com@gmail.com. Minimum age 14.

Lis Zadravec is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, Colored Pencil Community of Australasia and Best Loudoun artist 2018. Her award-winning narrative colored pencil artwork is internationally recognized and has been published, among other places, in the book “Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil”. Having studied oil painting and portraiture at the Corcoran School of Art, her approach to colored pencils reflects the layering technique used in the Maroger method of painting. Colored pencils lend themselves to precise detail and photo realism, Lis also aims is to make subjects look as if they were painted. Her approach is unique even among other colored pencil artists and her standards of excellence have been confirmed by many curators and jurors. She has been teaching for over 2 decades and working wish colored pencils more than 30 years. She brings experience and enthusiasm to a medium that has now caught the world’s attention.

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email: lisarts.com@gmail.com

website: www.liszadravec.com

CLASSES 

FALL

Colored Pencil Basics Workshop Online $95
Lis Zadravec
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
9/17/2026-9/24/2026

Portraits in Colored Pencil  Online $195
Lis Zadravec
Wednesday, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
10/14/2026-11/4/2026

Night Landscapes in Colored Pencil Workshop Online $95
Lis Zadravec
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
11/5/2026-11/12/2026

WINTER

Still Life in Colored Pencil Workshop Online $95
Lis Zadravec
Wednesday, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
12/2/2026-12/9/2026

Colored Pencil Wildlife Techniques 1/20 Online $145
Lis Zadravec
Wednesday, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
1/20/2027-2/3/2027

Colored Pencil Landscape Techniques 2/24 Online $145
Lis Zadravec
Wednesday, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
2/24/2027-3/10/2027

Alexey Zoob is a Russian-born painter whose work reflects a lifelong dedication to monumental painting, expressive color, and classical artistic training. Born in Izhevsk in 1967, Zoob began his formal studies at the Art College in Saratov, earning a BA degree in painting and sculpture. He later continued his education at the prestigious Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry in Moscow, where he received an MA degree in monumental painting in 1991.
While still a student, Zoob participated in exhibitions in Tokyo, Moscow, and Stockholm, establishing an international presence early in his career. From 1990 to 1994, he completed commissioned murals and art projects in both New York and Moscow. In 1993, he became a member of the Painters and Sculptors Association of Israel and exhibited at the Moscow Modern Art Center.

Zoob later lived and worked in the SaNur Artist Village in Israel, where his work was featured in solo and group exhibitions, including shows at the Jerusalem Theatre Gallery and a solo exhibition organized by the American-Israel Art Foundation in Zefat. His career continued internationally with exhibitions and mural projects in New York, Washington, DC, Maryland, Paris, and beyond.

Since relocating to the United States, Zoob has presented numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and cultural institutions throughout the Washington, DC region, including the Russian Cultural Center Gallery, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Arts Barn Gallery, Smith Parada Gallery, and Strathmore Mansion Gallery. His work has also been exhibited internationally in Paris and featured in the Modern Russian Art Auction Project in Virginia.

Working across painting, mural design, and monumental art traditions, Zoob’s paintings are recognized for their dynamic compositions, emotional depth, and strong connection to both European and contemporary artistic influences. He continues to exhibit actively throughout Maryland, Washington, DC, New York, and internationally. In 2025, he presented a solo exhibition at Yellow Barn Gallery.

For more information, visit alexyzoob.com

CLASSES 

FALL

Drawing the Portrait  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/17/2026-11/19/2026

Painting the Figure in an Interior  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Thursday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
9/17/2026-11/19/2026

Painting the Portrait  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Monday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/21/2026-11/23/2026

Drawing the Model  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Monday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
9/21/2026-11/23/2026

WINTER

Painting the Portrait  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Monday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/18/2027-3/22/2027

Drawing the Model  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Monday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/18/2027-3/22/2027

Drawing the Portrait  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Thursday, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/25/2027

Painting the Figure in an Interior  Yellow Barn Studio $300
Alexey Zoob
Thursday, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/25/2027