Workshops — Pickle Street School Studio

Check out the 2025 workshops! CONTACT NUMBER: 269.686.6617

Pickle Street School Studio

Pickle Street School Studio is a one-room school building that has been renovated into a working art studio located in scenic Monterey Township, Michigan. Transformed into an art studio, Pickle Street offers a variety of arts and enrchment classes and workshops.

269-686-6617

2980 134th Avenue, Hopkins, Michigan

Filtering by: oils
PLEIN AIR: START TO FINISH
Jun
12
to Jun 13

PLEIN AIR: START TO FINISH

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, former director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate the start to finish method he employs to bring a plein air painting to life. Capturing the mood of a landscape, Richard will help artists while working on location both days.

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PLEIN AIR: DEVELOPING ARTISTRY
Aug
14
to Aug 15

PLEIN AIR: DEVELOPING ARTISTRY

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

A painting is good, not because it looks like something, but rather because it FEELS like something. In this 2-day plein air workshop, Richard Jordan, former Director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate his process for developing the poetry in painting. It’s not what you paint, but how you paint it that moves the needle from ordinary to something extra. He will give classroom and on-site demonstrations, working individually with each artist.

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The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting
Aug
15
to Aug 16

The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to bring a plein air painting to life. Capturing the mood of a landscape, Richard will help artists while working on location both days.

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Capturing the Character of Trees
Aug
1
to Aug 2

Capturing the Character of Trees

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

We relate to trees on an emotional level and how we paint them can either show their beauty and majesty, or leave them looking generic and uninspired. In this workshop, Richard will demonstrate his approach to painting trees and how you can give them life and a believable presence in your work.

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Starting Strong, En Plein Air
Jul
18
to Jul 19

Starting Strong, En Plein Air

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will help you start strong with a solid beginning. He will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to help your start-to-finish approach in bringing your plein air painting to life. He will give classroom and on-site demonstrations, working individually with each artist.

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PRACTICAL LESSONS IN OIL PAINTING
Jul
11
to Jul 12

PRACTICAL LESSONS IN OIL PAINTING

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this 2-day workshop, Richard will share his approach to painting and teach important keys to methods and knowledge of the medium. Discover a logical color palette and take the guesswork out of color mixing. Learn to avoid some common pitfalls. Richard will give demonstrations both days.

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Starting Strong, En Plein Air
Jun
15
to Jun 16

Starting Strong, En Plein Air

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will help you start strong with a solid beginning. He will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to help your start-to-finish approach in bringing your plein air painting to life. He will give classroom and on-site demonstrations, working individually with each artist.

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The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting
Aug
18
to Aug 19

The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to bring a plein air painting to life. Capturing the mood of a landscape, Richard will help artists while working on location both days.

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Capturing the Character of Trees
Jul
14
to Jul 15

Capturing the Character of Trees

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

We relate to trees on an emotional level and how we paint them can either show their beauty and majesty, or leave them looking generic and uninspired. In this workshop, Richard will demonstrate his approach to painting trees and how you can give them life and a believable presence in your work.

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Painting Water With Confidence en Plein Air
Jun
16
to Jun 17

Painting Water With Confidence en Plein Air

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this 2-day workshop, Richard Jordan will give instruction and demonstrations in both the classroom and on location. You will also receive plenty of one-on-one help and a group critique each day. If the water you paint is less than convincing, take this opportunity to push your Plein air skills to another level and paint water with greater confidence.

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The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting (repeated by popular demand)
Sep
10
to Sep 11

The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting (repeated by popular demand)

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to bring a plein air painting to life. Capturing the mood of a landscape, Richard will help artists while working on location both days.

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The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting
Aug
27
to Aug 28

The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to bring a plein air painting to life. Capturing the mood of a landscape, Richard will help artists while working on location both days.

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Capturing the Character of Trees
Jul
30
to Jul 31

Capturing the Character of Trees

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

We relate to trees on an emotional level and how we paint them can either show their beauty and majesty, or leave them looking generic and uninspired. In this workshop, Richard will demonstrate his approach to painting trees and how you can give them life and a believable presence in your work.

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Starting Strong, En Plein Air
Jun
25
to Jun 26

Starting Strong, En Plein Air

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will help you start strong with a solid beginning. He will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to help your start-to-finish approach in bringing your plein air painting to life. He will give classroom and on-site demonstrations, working individually with each artist.

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The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting
Aug
28
to Aug 29

The Methods and Artistry of Plein Air Painting

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

In this workshop, Richard Jordan, director of the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, will demonstrate the methods and artistry he employs to bring a plein air painting to life. He will give classroom and on-site demonstrations, working individually with each artist.

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Plein Air Skies & Atmospheric Perspective
Jul
31
to Aug 1

Plein Air Skies & Atmospheric Perspective

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

Skies set the mood for everything in a plein air painting. Sunny, cloudy, morning or evening. each casts it’s own unique light. Skies bathe the landscape in a full-range of values or limit them to a few. It also determines whether objects cast warm or cool shadows and have sharp or soft edges.

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Capturing the Character of Trees
Jul
31
to Aug 1

Capturing the Character of Trees

  • Pickle Street School Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Richard Jordan

Trees are grand living things and we relate to them on an emotional level. As artists, we should feel something when we paint trees, yet often they are handled as props or filler. In this special workshop, Richard will demonstrate his approach to painting trees and how you can give them life and a believable presence in your work.

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