Classes

We offer oil painting, acrylic painting, life drawing, pastel, and fundamentals.
Classes are weekly courses.

Mondays with Karen McCauley

Intermediate / Advanced Painting

All mediums, working from photos or still life set ups.
Mondays: 9:00–12:00, 1:00–4:00

Next class begins Jan 6 through July 23, 2025.

Karen focuses on teaching the student at their level, emphasizing composition and design in oil and acrylic, using the student’s photo reference or a still life setup.

Register:
Ph: 830-570-0131
Email: kmacart3006@yahoo.com

Karen is an artist and teacher who began her education studying traditional oil techniques and old master glazing, as well as alla prima methods. She values strong fundamentals in drawing, design, color theory, and perspective. Karen has worked in watercolor, pastel, printmaking, and acrylics, and encourages students with tools for self-expression and creative growth.

Susie Short

Watercolor Instructor

Intermediate Watercolor Classes
Time: 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm

Session One: Sept 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 14
Session Two: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25

Enrollment: Min 10 students / Max 12 students (waiting list for over 10)
Cost: $225 per session (paid in advance)

Register: susieshortartist@gmail.com

Born and raised in the Texas Hill Country, Susie’s roots are reflected in the subjects she enjoys painting. Working primarily in transparent watercolor, her work includes traditionally realistic landscapes, flowers, wildflowers, and other subjects found in nature.

Susie studied with top watercolor instructors regionally and combined many techniques into her own style. She has entered competitions at multiple levels and earned several awards. She has served in leadership roles in watercolor organizations and enjoys sharing her passion through teaching.

Thursdays with Roberta Buckles

Dates: January 22 – April 16, 2026

Intermediate Painting (Oils & Acrylics)
Thursday mornings 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
12 weeks
Cost: $340 per semester

Beginning Painting (Oils & Acrylics)
Thursday afternoons 1:15 pm – 4:15 pm
12 weeks
Cost: $340 per semester

Teacher: Roberta Buckles, MFA

Roberta Buckles is an accomplished painter known for impactful oil and mixed media paintings that focus attention to the elusive space between the hyper-real and the abstract.

Learn essentials of materials, brushwork, composition, color theory, drawing, and themes.
Guided through successive projects designed to create strong advancement by semester end.
Work at your own pace with personal guidance and individual instruction throughout.

Tuesday Evenings with William Rerick

Figure Drawing: Find Your Voice

12 classes — $340
Tuesdays: 5:45–9:00 pm
Dates: February 3 – April 28, 2026

Register: ArtbyRerick@williamrerick.com or (701) 330–9360

Class Description

Do you struggle to consistently make art that is uniquely yours? If so, Find Your Voice is a figure drawing course for you. Create meaning and express yourself with precision. Students study different styles of great classical and contemporary figurative artists, then mimic these artists to improve their own artistic goals. This process helps artists at every level make work that is distinctly theirs, build confidence, develop a body of work, and articulate goals as an artist.

Instructor

William Rerick is an artist living in San Antonio, TX where he paints and draws images of the body engaged in spiritual concerns. He received his BFA from the University of North Dakota and his MFA from the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. Rerick has exhibited widely and has been included in multiple publications. He has appeared on Real Presence Radio, served as a guest lecturer, and was the 2025 student art juror and guest lecturer at the University of North Dakota.