(Wednesday 4/17, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) Light refreshments will be provided. Presentation - Creating Art with Pencils, by Sharon Becker, Linda Budenas, and Chris Rossavik. Learn how these members are creating beautiful art with their pencils. Sharon Becker uses colored pencils, Linda Budenas uses colored graphite, and Chris Rossavik uses oil pencils. We’ve seen the results...

(Wednesday, 5/1, 9:30-11:30am, behind the Oak Room) Pack up your art supplies and let’s paint (or draw) outside while the weather is good. Take the sidewalk around the right side of the Oak Room to a large covered area with lots of chairs and tables we can use. The view shows the large pond, trees,...

(Tuesday, 5/7, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) The snowbirds have flown the coop! We’ll have casual Tuesdays in May with tropical botanicals from the Strathmore Paper workshop. This first one will be painting monsteras. -- SUPPLY LIST-- Paper and your normal medium.

(Tuesday, 5/14, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) This casual Tuesday in May we’ll be painting a different tropical leaf from the Strathmore Paper workshop. --SUPPLY LIST-- Paper and your normal medium.

(Wednesday 5/15, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) Light refreshments will be provided. Presentation - Color Relativity. Follow C.J. Westrick down the rabbit hole of colors. We will discuss the conflicting way artists are describing and choosing colors, the confusion of color names, and why limited palettes are so popular.   -- Show and Tell -- Please bring...

(Wednesday, 5/22, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) Pretty plumerias are the tropical focus for this casual Tuesday and will demonstrate some tips and tricks in using gouache (or whatever you use) to create backgrounds, enhancing the visual impact of our floral illustrations. This is another Strathmore Paper workshop. -- BRING-- Paper and your normal medium.

(Tuesday, 5/28, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) Join us and paint a Bird of Paradise. This is another tropical botanical from the Strathmore Paper workshop using the Graded Wash, Variegated Wash, Wet-on-Dry, and Wet-on-Wet techniques.. or however you want to duplicate it. -- BRING -- Paper and your normal medium.

(The challenge runs May 16th to June 19th) All members are challenged to create at least 4 paintings or drawings with brilliant color, in the style of Izumi Kugahara. You can view her fascinating use of color on her Instagram page.

(Casual Wednesday, 6/12, 9:30-11:30am, Island Club) Join us and paint/draw one or more sunflowers. This is another project from the Strathmore Paper workshops. Regardless of your medium, we'll have fun trying to duplicate it. — BRING — Paper and your normal medium.