Classes & Workshops
“Art is made on a timeline of human history; we practice art-making to find our unique place on that timeline, to be influenced by those before us and to be responsible to help share the burden and delight of influencing those that come after us.” - Laura Spector
*Classes for 2022 are taught online and in-person. Please check for details.
Glasscock School of Continuing Studies at Rice University - Winter 2022
Spector Art Studio - Winter 2022
Hands, Hands, Hands! - Online Drawing & Painting Workshop
3 Thursday Evenings Online
May 5, 12, and 19
6:30pm - 9:30pm
3 Thursday Evenings Online
May 5, 12, and 19
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Let Them Paint Cake! - Online Still Life Painting Course
All Levels (basic painting experience recommended)
6-Thursday Evenings, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
March 24, 31
April 7, 14, 21, 28
All Levels (basic painting experience recommended)
6-Thursday Evenings, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
March 24, 31
April 7, 14, 21, 28
Mix It Up! Practical Color Theory - ONLINE
All Levels - Oil and Acrylic Painters
7-Day Monday Evenings, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
January 24, 31
February 7, 14, 21, 28
March 7
All Levels - Oil and Acrylic Painters
7-Day Monday Evenings, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
January 24, 31
February 7, 14, 21, 28
March 7
Watercolor Art Society - Houston - Winter 2022
The Simplified Floral Still Life - ONLINE
Taught for Oil, Acrylic, and Gouache painters
Monday afternoons
February 7, 14, 21, 28
1:00-4:00pm
4 weeks
Taught for Oil, Acrylic, and Gouache painters
Monday afternoons
February 7, 14, 21, 28
1:00-4:00pm
4 weeks
Art League Houston - Winter 2022
Painting: The Cinematic Portrait - ONLINE
Intermediate / Advanced
Wednesday evening, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
January 12 – March 9
9 weeks
Intermediate / Advanced
Wednesday evening, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
January 12 – March 9
9 weeks
Acrylic Toolbox: Intro To Acrylic Paints - ONLINE
Beginner / Intermediate
Saturday afternoon, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
January 29 – February 12
3-Day Workshop
Beginner / Intermediate
Saturday afternoon, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
January 29 – February 12
3-Day Workshop
*NEW* Private Lessons over Zoom - Currently FULL. Please email to get on the waiting list!
Sold in groups of four 20-minute lessons. Contact Laura for details. LauraMakesArt@gmail.com
Sold in groups of four 20-minute lessons. Contact Laura for details. LauraMakesArt@gmail.com
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Mix Master Workshop
Mix Masters Video Workshop For Acrylic and Oil Painters
Beginning & Intermediate levels
Includes 10 YouTube Video Links
This course is designed for beginning and intermediate painters using both oil and acrylic paint. Mix Masters focuses on value studies, translating grayscale values into color, basic color mixing, color temperature, and learning how light perspective effects values. Each student will create a mini-Master Copy painting following the same Classical Flemish techniques I learned while studying at the Classical Flemish Atelier in Bruges, Belgium.
There is an archived private group established on Facebook for students to scroll through and see answers to commonly asked questions and see artwork previously posted by other students.
Students will be instructed via YouTube video links and work at their own pace. There is a total of 10 videos. Each video will contain step-by-step assignments where I demo each assignment along the way. Some will be easy and quick lessons. Other exercises will be more challenging and time-intensive. As soon as you register, I will email you the list of videos with private links within 24-hours. I will also include a PDF of instructions on how to set up your canvas panels.
This class is organized so each student finds success in their studies and advances their value study, color theory, and color mixing knowledge to a degree of comfort and ease.
Material List:
- Two canvas panels 18” x 24”
- 1/2” artist tape
- A couple of hogs hair (stiff bristle) brushes, 1/4" bristle width
- A couple of small soft bristle brushes, 1/4"
- One Bristle brush 2" bristle width - to cover larger areas
- My typical color palette (warm and cool of each primary color + earth colors)
Alizarin Crimson
Cadmium Yellow Medium
CP Primrose Yellow
Cerulean Blue/Chromite Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Umber
Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Titanium White
Lead White (Oil Painters), Zinc White (Acrylic Painters)
- Rags (acrylic)
- Paper towel (oil)
- Pencil (2H)
- Sketchbook
- Ruler
