All inclusive creative retreats, painting vacations & art getaways
Wendy Brightbill
May 25 - 30, 2025
Botanical Offerings - A Floral Sketching and Painting Course
Medium: Mixed Media
Level: All Levels
Location: Studio
Status: Open for Enrollment
Deposit is $450, balance due 30 days before arrival
Day Student Tuition: $975 + Materials fee & Ct Sales Tax
5-Day Package*: $1,950 - $2,650* + Materials fee & Ct Accommodations Tax
*Your 5-Day Workshop Package includes:
Workshop Tuition, lodging, dinner 2 nights (welcome and farewell), breakfast and lunch each day, daily snack breaks, unlimited coffee, tea & seltzer.
For your independent dinners, there are many restaurants with a wide variety of cuisines and price points, within comfortable walking distance of the Inn, plus Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe’s.
You can choose a room to yourself (single occupancy) or double your fun, bring a friend and split a room (double occupancy).
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Rates & Enrollment
About This Workshop
“I must have flowers, always and always.” – Claude Monet
Why flowers?
I have always been drawn to painting flowers in my work. To me, flowers represent the healing power of beauty. I believe that the world could use a little more beauty (and art). I am delighted to share my love of flowers and my process of painting with all of you! Come arrange, sketch and paint flowers with me.
During this five-day intensive workshop, we will explore shape, line, and color through a variety of expressions, including sketching, collage, and painting. We will use mixed media techniques to layer and create beautiful expressive florals. I will be walking artists through exercises to loosen up their process, create from a place of joy, play with color, and explore composition.
Here are some of the techniques we will be exploring:
Layering of transparent watercolor shapes
Expressive line work and contour drawing
Building a pleasing composition
Choosing dynamic color palettes
Collage assemblage
Abstraction in still life painting
How to take your informal sketches and make it into a finished painting
And what would a floral painting course be without a little floral arrangement? We will be arranging our own flowers for inspiration and cultivating beauty in our soul. I hope that you will join me in my first LIVE in person workshop since 2020!
About Wendy Brightbill
Wendy Brightbill began her creative journey after a car accident rewired her brain. Painting and making a mess allowed her to embrace the process, and stay present in the moment. God used art to bring healing to her fractured brain and allowed her to find beauty in what felt like such a devastating experience. Painting with bright, vibrant colors helped bring her out of a depression and create the life that she wanted to be living. She fell in love with the process of painting and has never looked back.
Today, Wendy loves sharing her passion for process and art-making through her well-loved online courses. Teaching and sharing her story with others never gets old.
Wendy currently lives in the beautiful foothills of Colorado, at the base of Pikes Peak. She is a Colorado Springs native, which is truly rare. She has been married to her husband since 2000 which makes it easy to do the Math. Her husband has always been her biggest cheerleader. Wendy has three beautiful girls who fill her life with joy. Building a creative life while being a full time mom has had its challenges but also comes with many beautiful moments.
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Will I receive a confirmation in the email?
You will receive an email confirmation and, as time gets closer, more email full of info and goodies.
Here is the payment schedule:
$450 deposit is due at the time of registration.
Remaining balance is due 30 days before your retreat start date
Pay in Full at time of registration and save $100
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