DONNA's e-mail address is on the HOME PAGE OF THIS SITE........ Contact Donna anytime.   

ONGOING classes are held at Riley Art Supply store: 

"Alla Prima Spirited Landscape and Still Life"  Oil and Acrylic Classes held at Riley Street, Maxwell Ct., Santa Rosa,   Wednesdays, 1-3 pm.  $125.00 per 4 week month. (There are also opportunities to occasionally be a "fill in" student to try out the class on a day).  ONGOING CLASSES. Alla Prima is an Italian word for painting "Wet into Wet'' in one to two session.This is a fun class to learn simplicity and spontaneous painting.  Each month I coordinate a specific lesson, such as various use of brush strokes. color mixing, values, composition, etc. with demos and one on one help. You will find this an informative class with steps to create a still-life painting using traditional oil or water mixable oils or acrylic paints (your choice).  Learn composing a setup, lighting, creating shapes and form, values, color mixing, with information on non toxic materials. We also create landscape paintings that will be from on location and/or photographs. You can work on your own special project or the project of the day that I provide.   All levels welcome, some experience helpful. Our style is painterly and spontaneous.

Go to Donna's E mail address on the home page of this site to sign up or for information -

ADDITIONAL FUN EVENTS TO FOLLOW:  SEE SUMMER WORKSHOPS BELOW - NO GRADES, JUST FUN LEARNING.

Santa Rosa Junior College Community education workshops.  Call 707--527-4372 or sign up at www.communityed.santarosa.edu 

Palette Knife Painting for Texture and Color Building - with oils or acrylic paints. Sunday, April 29th. 10 am-3:00pm  $95.    750 Analy Hall, S.R.J.C. Campus. Learn basic techniques of brush and knife to create beautiful landscape and floral paintings.  There will be demonstrations and one on one help.

 Painting Flowers in the Impressionistic Style: oils or Acrylics.  Paint the beautiful flowers at a local garden in Santa Rosa.  Learn to paint color combinations using brushstrokes to paint roses, cactus and your faborite flowers in an impressionistic painterly style.$85.  Sign up through the Junior College (see above)  Sunday, May 20,  9am-1 pm.

SUMMER PAINTING WORKSHOPS Workshops held in Santa Rosa, California.  Contact my e mail on my home page of this site. 

Acrylic or Oil Painting held on Friday, July 13th, 9:30-2:30 at Matanzas Creek Winery in the lavender Field.  You will learn to paint and mix colors of the beautiful lavender flowers.  Demonstrations and one on one help. Plus we can wine taste after the class in the winery if you like. $70.

Watercolor Painting held on Saturday, July 14th, 9:30-2:30, held at my studio in Bennett Valley.  We will paint flower arrangements from the garden and/or barn, trees, etc.  Demonstration painting of Otillia Poppies, plus lots of one on one help.  You can paint indoors or outdoors.  Tables and chairs provided.   $70.

A supply list will be provided.

I am also teaching a one day workshop through the Santa Rosa junior College, "Watercolor Basics and Beyond", Sunday, July 22, 10am-3pm $89. Everything you need to know to paint in watercolor.  This is a fun and informative painting workshop with no grades!  Check out the Community Ed information at the top of this page to sign up.