Painting Workshops & Lessons
2025 Demos – Oil, Watercolor, and Pastel Painting Classes
Local Lessons and Workshops Abroad
In-person and online painting workshops, classes, lessons, and video tutorials. Jill offers a supportive environment for learning, enjoying, and transforming your oil or watercolor painting practice. Choose from one of many opportunities to gain confidence and take risks.
Locations include: Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, Rowayton Arts Center, Kinstler Studio in Easton, Southport Studios, in Fairfield, private lessons in Huntington Center in Connecticut, and abroad in Italy, and France. See a few of the options and videos below.
Learning from Clouds
Saturday, March 8, 2025
SCAN – Society of Creative Arts of Newtown
10 am to 3 pm
Jill will be offering a workshop on Clouds as an essential ingredient in any landscape painting. In this one-day workshop, we will give clouds their due. Studying and creating cloud structures with the use of subtle values and colors. Jill will be demonstrating in oils and watercolors. Followed by one-on-one instruction while students create their cloud studies. This workshop is suitable for all levels and mediums
This event will be at The Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street in Newtown, CT. (Lower Level). Registration is required. The fee for this workshop is $85 (members) and $105 (non-members).
Rowayton Arts Center
Zoom Classes
Register Today at (203) 866-2744
Online classes Wednesdays, 11 am – 1 pm
Oil and watercolor
Wed, March 12 – April 30
Southport Studio
212 Center Street,
Southport, CT
Semi-private lessons, Oil and Watercolor
1 – 3 PM Saturdays
One class $55., Two classes only $105., Three for only $150.
Starting up again on April 5, 2025
Can’t make on those days? Let us know which days and times work for you.
Silvermine Art Center
One-Day Workshops
Register today at (203) 966-9700
- Learning from Clouds Saturday, February 22, 10:00 – 3:30
- Color Alchemy, Saturday, March 1, 10:00 – 3:30
- Sketch to Finished Painting, Saturday, March 15, 10:00 – 4:00
At right, close-up of silk scarf of PHI, oil on copper
In the Studio with Jill in Huntington, CT
Private lessons, Oil, Watercolor, and Pastels
By Appointment, Limited Availability
One class $75., Two classes only $125., Three for only $200.
Contact Jill today to set up your lessons.
Private Video Tutorial – $75.
Now you can have constructive feedback from the comfort of your home.
What to Expect—A constructive step-by-step video for improving your painting. I will use Adobe Photoshop to ‘paint’ the next steps that you can take on your painting. I will refer you to relevant historical master paintings as well. You will upload an image of your painting and your reference photo. Then, your personal lesson video will be available to download to use at your convenience.
Contact Jill today to discuss your options.
Painting serves as a retreat where the artist can find their center. It’s a form of meditation that allows for expression and release of emotion and a form of communication to connect with others. A visual validation of time well spent that leaves the artist with a sense of accomplishment.
8 Days – 7 nights All Inclusive
Private Castle
Sept. 3 – 10, 2025
Plein Air Workshop in the heart of the Dordogne. Capture the magic of Southwest France, in the heart of the Dordogne. Private Grand Château
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8 Days – 7 nights All Inclusive
Private Villa and Studio
Sept. 19 – Sept. 26, 2025
Live the dream painting in the heart of Italy. Private Villa and Studio. Immerse yourself in the Beauty of Italy, just 1 1/2 hours from the Rome airport
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Find out more by contacting Jill today.
The benefits of art classes go further than painting – it can add seven and a half years to your life. Don’t take my word for it – see what Jane Fonda has to say about the benefits of community in aging well and how to find that by joining an art class. Go to 2 minutes and 18 seconds in the video.