Beginner and Continuing Watercolor Painting - Fall 2026

Beginner and Continuing Watercolor Painting 

with instructor Sophia Starr Eastley

Tuesdays, 10am-12:30pm

Fall Session: Sept. 8, 15, and 22 (five weeks)

Tuition: $100 per student

Learn, or reacquaint yourself with, watercolor painting in this welcoming and engaging class.

Come join us to play with colors, experiment with washes, blending colors, reserving white on paper, and learning how to capture your interpretation of subjects. Over the multi-week series, explore painting Still life, florals, landscapes, water and much more.   The class will focus on having fun finding stimulating ways to play with color and light.  Palettes and color theory will also be included. Demonstrations, the steps of a painting, and helpful exercises will be part of each class. We’ll be referring to artists Winslow Homer, O’Keefe, Skip Lawrence and others for reference and inspiration.  Drawing experience is helpful.  This class is designed to engage beginners and continuing watercolor artists alike.

See recommended materials list on our website, HERE.

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Sophia Eastley earned her MFA from Southern NH University.  Sophia has been studying with various art teachers since she was 11 years old. She studied with Sylvia Brofos, Dustin Knight, Sean Beavers, and at the University of New Hampshire, Kent State University, New Hampshire Institute of Art, and Kimball Jenkins. She has had paintings published and exhibited in New Hampshire. She is a member of the Two Villages Art Society in Contoocook, NH, and the St. Augustine Art Association in Florida. Watercolor is her favorite medium, but she also paints with oils. Sophia loves capturing the power, light, and beauty of nature whether it is trees, sky, stones, flowers, water, or animals, and she specializes in equine art.  Sophia draws upon her Abenaki, Cherokee, and Celtic Ancestral lineages for inspiration and ideas.