Welcome to the Portsmouth Arts Guild

This is a foundation class where you'll learn skills needed to begin painting with gouache. Get to know the materials and essential methods. Explore the importance of value, color, and composition through demonstration, group discussion, and plenty of individual attention.

In this 6 hour course, we'll combine journal writing, painting, drawing, and collage to create collections of memories. This will be a fun combination of art and craft that is designed to be your entry into this style of journaling.

This class will focus on drawing the clothed human figure, with an emphasis on the challenges of drawing the face, limbs, hands & feet. All skill levels are welcome. Please join us for a dynamic, informative and fun learning experience.

During the five-hour workshop students will explore the unique qualities of alcohol ink and how it may be used for flowing abstracted works or representational images. This workshop is designed those who have had little or no experience using this medium and encourages experimentation with a sense of creative playfulness. Class time will be divided between instruction and demonstrations and students creating many explorative paintings using this exciting and unpredictable medium.

This class will focus on how to build and sustain a daily art practice. The workshop combines demos, in-class assignments and individual instruction to teach students the techniques to create fresh, deliberate marks on a big canvas. All demos are in acrylic, but all media are welcome!

The Portsmouth Arts Guild is proud to offer another plein air workshop with this wildly popular duo. Join us as Sam & Bill teach as they entertain. Both oil and watercolor artists will enjoy three full days of plein air painting and guidance. All levels are welcome, but you should have some plein air experience under your belt. This is a very popular class so sign up soon!

Join us for this 8-week watercolor class taught by Bill Lane. We’ll explore different watercolor techniques, through exercises and/or demos, fine-tuning your value studies and planning your composition before you start painting. This will help ensure you start with a successful design … and ultimately a successful painting! (Solid planning, a value sketch and drawing skills will make your watercolor painting a bit easier.)