Painting

Drawing From Nature: Bones & Blossoms

With Helen Byers

June 21 - 27, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Join Instructor Helen Byers at Ghost Ranch for a 5-day, 6-night immersive drawing retreat inspired by the landscapes that moved Georgia O’Keeffe. Explore flowers and animal bones as subjects while refining realistic drawing skills in charcoal and colored pencil with watercolor.

Color & Composition with Sean Hudson

With Sean Hudson

June 26 - 28, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Discover how to approach color and composition with ease, intention, and confidence.

Watercolor I

With Patsy Welch

July 5 - 11, 2026
Ghost Ranch
This is a fun introduction to painting with watercolors that will start at the very beginning.

Plein Air Oil Painting

With Juliana Crownover

July 5 - 11, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Come paint on location in the glorious landscapes of Ghost Ranch!

Painting Strategies for Invention & Inspiration

With KB Jones

July 5 - 11, 2026
Ghost Ranch
This workshop is for all levels. Demonstration and instruction will be given to the group at the beginning of each day, followed by substantial time to work independently, with optional one-on one-guidance.

Finding Joy with Watercolor

With Sean Hudson

July 12 - 18, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Finding Joy with Watercolor introduces the expressive possibilities of painting the landscape while learning essential skills to cultivate confidence and intuition.

Plein Air Pastel Sketching

With Juliana Crownover

July 12 - 18, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Plein Air Sketching in Pastel Come paint on location the glorious landscapes of Ghost Ranch! All levels of experience are welcome.

Watercolor II: Beyond the Basics

With Patsy Welch

July 19 - 25, 2026
Ghost Ranch
This is a workshop for those who have had a beginning watercolor class, and would like to take the next step beyond the basics of watercolor.

Traditional Yoruba Batik: Focus on Multiple Colors

With Gasali Adeyemo

July 26 - August 1, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Learn the traditional Yoruba batik technique as well as the meaning behind the design used. This class is for students who would like to experiment more with color and learn how to use multiple colors within your batik.

High Desert Watercolor

With Sean Hudson

August 7 - 9, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Join me for a weekend of learning the fundamentals of painting the high desert landscape in watercolor. Through guided instruction, you’ll develop your own unique vision of this enchanted landscape.

Ghost Ranch Colour from Earth

With Nicki Heenan

September 20 - 26, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Come experience a water based mixed media workshop using pigments.

Practically Painting with O’Keeffe

With Anna Koster

September 20 - 26, 2026
Ghost Ranch

Experience an unparalleled adventure in the landscape that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe, As we walk in her footsteps — literally and figuratively- the instructor will explain the philosophy that guided O’Keeffe’s painting and lead you through steps that she used to “fill a space in a beautiful way.” We will focus on the compositional elements of […]

Color & Composition with Sean Hudson

With Sean Hudson

September 25 - 27, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Discover how to approach color and composition with ease, intention, and confidence.

Collage and Painting

With Suzanne Sbarge

September 27 - October 3, 2026
Ghost Ranch

Collage has a rich history and is used by contemporary artists around the world today. It can be a liberating and adventurous way of working that is full of surprises, guided by intuition and the unconscious. Collage is often associated with the Dada movement (born in Europe during World War I), which is known for […]

Abstract Landscape Panting

With Zoë Pawlak

September 30 - October 3, 2026
Ghost Ranch

Set within the expansive high desert of Ghost Ranch, this three-day immersive workshop invites painters to engage landscape as both subject and source. The land becomes a catalyst for observation, abstraction, and intuitive response. Come and be inspired by the very land that inspired Georgia O’Keefe. Join Canadian painter, Zoë Pawlak, for an intensive studio […]

Plein Air

With Natasha Isenhour

November 2 - 8, 2026
Ghost Ranch

What better place than Ghost Ranch to hone your plein air chops with the grand vistas and beautiful, endlessly interesting skies? Prepare to spend a week learning how to capture the essence of your view through demonstration and one on one guidance.  Composition, value and temperature (color) are at the core of all my classes […]

High Desert Watercolor

With Sean Hudson

December 4 - 6, 2026
Ghost Ranch
Join me for a three-day workshop to learn the fundamentals of painting the high desert landscape in watercolor.

Plein Air Pastel Sketching

With Juliana Crownover

July 12 - 18, 2050
Ghost Ranch
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