Candice is an award winning artist that enjoys painting a variety of subjects. She likes to create colorful oil paintings with strong contrasts. Growing up in West Palm Beach, Florida, she has always been involved in art and was awarded her first ribbon from Norton Art Gallery in fifth grade for a poster she designed. She studied drawing and design at Pierce Jr. College in Southern California and fine art with Nathalie Salamone, owner and creator of  "The Learning Tree" - a multi-media art school in Buffalo, New York. "I believe that we all have the ability to create beautiful pictures, and all we need is the desire to learn how. I enjoy natural things of the earth and find beauty in the most simple forms." To see more of Candice's art, visit her gallery.

If you would like to learn to paint with oils, I can teach you. All of my students paint this "Pot with Lemons" first. It is 9x12 and will teach you how to create shape and form on a flat surface, color balance and the basic technique of layering oils. When this has been completed you may paint the subject matter of your choice and I will guide you through it. You learn to paint by painting. Come and join the fun!

Four 2-hr classes $60 plus supplies

• Candice will return later this year.

CREATIVE ACRYLICS/MIXED MEDIA WITH CANDICE HOLECZKO

Explore the world of acrylic mediums. $60 for four 2-hr sessions plus supplies. Schedule to be announced when she returns.

Born in Chicago, artist Louise (Wackerie) Kaunzinger lived in Illinois for 44 years, and is now retired in Niceville, FL.

A self-taught artist, Lou has been drawing and painting since age 11. Her art background includes majoring in Art & Business, Harrison Commercial Art School, and influence from her father, who was a talented artist.  "I started working with oils in my teens and have had several jobs working in lithography, silk screening, and watercolors" says Lou.

She taught watercolor classes at the Creative Senior Center in Ft. Walton Beach for several years and at the Marina in Bluewater Bay. She is presently a member of Local Color Artists Club and displays her work in local galleries and libraries.

Four 2-hr classes $60 plus supplies

Wednesday mornings 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

MOSAICS WITH KATHLEEN NEHUS

 Kathleen Nehus has studied art and photography and has a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering.  She has been doing mosaic tile work on her own for about 10 years.  She lives in Bluewater Bay with her husband Isaac and her two children Jacob and Madeline.

Learn to design, cut art glass, use tiles, glue and grout Mosaics

$80 for four 2-hr classes plus $15 supply fee. See class schedule for dates and times.

One 2-hour class - $30 includes supplies. To be scheduled when she returns. 

One 2-hr class. Make 2 pieces - $40 includes supplies. (Extra charge for dichroic glass.)   See class schedule or call to request class.  Artful Things sells  micro-wave kilns that will melt your glass in 5 minutes or less, and it cools in 1/2 hour!