Mike Wise, · April 24 – 26, 2026 (9am – 4pm) *Offsite Location* 560 Hill Valley Dr., Coupeville
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$520.00 ($565.76 w/tax)
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Pre-tax total cost of workshop: $520 (includes $25 registration fee), 30% deposit: $156
Dates: Friday April 24 – Sunday, April 26, 2026 (9am – 4pm)
Location: *Off-Site* Mike Wise’s Studio, 560 Hill Valley Dr Coupeville
Materials: Wise- Supply List.pdf
Level: Intermediate to advanced; some experience painting and color mixing is required
Medium: For oil, acrylic
Landscape painting – painting vivid and energetic pictures from photographs in oil and acrylic
Join Mike in his studio for a intense information packed workshop. Mike will demonstrate in oil his painting techniques from initial concept, blocking in, middleground modeling, top layer impasto finishwork. All workshops follow a similar flow with an equal balance of demonstrations and student painting time. Mike will demonstrate both in the morning and after noon each day his complete approach to painting, from white canvas to finished picture. He will cover everything from the basic to advanced techniques. Mike’s demonstrations will cover values, massing, edges, drawing, paint handling, mediums, tools, supports and anything else that goes into painting. for oil, acrylic.
While covering all aspects of his painting process this class will have an additional emphasis on photographs in terms of how to use them and interpret what you see. Photographs can be very difficult to use for a variety of reasons, this workshop will address the workarounds Mike has developed in order to maximize his use of photo reference.
Students will learn the following:
Level: Intermediate to advanced. Some experience painting and color mixing is required
Instructor Bio: Mike Wise vividly remembers his 9-year-old self being mesmerized by the half-hour PBS series “The Joy of Painting,” which debuted in early 1983. Wise also marveled at works that had been painted by his grandfather, a grade-school art teacher in the family’s hometown of Marysville, Washington, who passed away when Wise was 12. He only began to study painting seriously at age 23, becoming a full-time fine artist 10 years later. Advised by his wife Megan, he began wearing protective gloves while painting which freed him up to use his hands, paper towels, palette knives, and brushes to put his thumbs and fingers on the oil paint, softening edges as he makes marks that tell his story.
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