What are you thinkin about these days? Are you planning your holidays, listing your goals or counting your steps? Possibly all of the above, yes? You might feel you are too busy to take an art class this time of year even though its been on your list all year. Or you might want to take a class but think you can’t afford a 6 session workshop. Or maybe, you think you need to have talent to learn to paint and draw. Or if you are one of the 5 readers of this blog, (yes! I received comments in my inbox from 5 readers this week!), you may live too far away and not want to helicopter in for a class. I need to talk to them at Escondido Adult School about installing a helicopter pad on top of our building for you to land your copter.

You don’t need to have talent, be rich, have a lot of free time or ignore the holidays to attend my art workshop called Seasonal Watercolor that begins this Thursday, Oct. 24th at Escondido Adult School on Crest Ave. Needing talent to paint and draw is a myth, anyone can learn to paint and draw if they study the techniques and practice them. You don’t need to be rich to take my class because its not expensive! $60 for 6 three hour classes. That’s $10 a class. Also, you don’t need to ignore the holiday season for two reasons if you take this class. #1. My classes are friendly and relaxed. We talk about many things while we are painting, so you can probably find someone in the class to chat with about recipes, your daughter-in-law’s parents coming from out of town and more.

What will these art classes do for you? You will develop (more if you already know how to draw and paint) skill and technique at drawing and painting and that will give you a fun hobby, 2nd career and improve your creative and cognitive thinking skills. You might make some new friends because artists are friendly, you’ll definately learn about more thrift shops and good Mexican restaurants in Escondido and according to my students you will also feel relaxed!

Here are the details; Class begins on Oct. 24 and runs thru Dec. 12th with no classes on 11/7 and 11/28.

How to enroll: register online escondidoadultschool.org or call (760) 737-8000. You can also come to the first class and enroll in the office.

Study this painting carefully to answer the riddle within the painting to win an Anywhere Art Sketchbook!