Trees, Rocks and Grass

Atherton Arts Foundation Studio, Holbrook Palmer Park, 159 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA

Led by Agnes Wong

Join Agnes, who will spend the next four Friday Afternoons walking you through the stops of landscape drawing, including adding color and plein air sketching in the final class. Register by the week.

A Joy of Drawing Class
Taight by Mindy Wong
Atherton Arts Foundation Studio, 150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA

Attend our four week series of two-hour classes and learn to draw animals!  Each class will use a different technique and materials from graphite to white charcoal and pastels on black paper.  Learn basic skills like mark-making, breaking down objects into simple shapes, and the gridding technique.  And take each of these drawings home as something you are proud of.

4-Week ART Series: April 1, 8, 15, 22 Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

At The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA 9430.3

Celebrate the beauty of flowers found in many of Tony Foster's watercolors, painted en plein air, and those found in typical springtime English gardens, as well as our own.:

• Get inspired by Tony's own watercolor paintings, such as the one seen here of spring flowers in the Luxuly Valley in Cornwall, near Tony’s home.

• As color is the main element here, after a simple step-by-step study of the flowers each week, we will use colored pencils or watercolors for the final exercises.

• Newcomers to drawing and painting are welcome as our step-by-step teaching procedure makes it possible to walk away with something you are really proud of!

Register through The Foster Museum

LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

Atherton Arts Foundation Studio, Holbrook Palmer Park, 159 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA

Led by Agnes Wong

Join Agnes, who will spend the next four Friday Afternoons walking you through the stops of landscape drawing, including adding color and plein air sketching in the final class. Register by the week.

A Joy of Drawing Class
Taight by Mindy Wong
Atherton Arts Foundation Studio, 150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA

Attend our four week series of two-hour classes and learn to draw animals!  Each class will use a different technique and materials from graphite to white charcoal and pastels on black paper.  Learn basic skills like mark-making, breaking down objects into simple shapes, and the gridding technique.  And take each of these drawings home as something you are proud of.

Painting Light, Life, and the Modern Woman
A Learn from the Masters In-Person Workshop

Friday, April 17, 2026, from 1:00 - 4:00 PM
The Atherton Arts Foundation Studio, Holbrook Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Ave, Atherton CA.

Berthe Morisot has been called the radical eye of the Impressionist movement and one of its most original voices. In this workshop, we will learn about her process:

• We will examine the extraordinary freshness of her approach to capturing everyday life - and her luminous use of color.

• We will explore how her daring compositional sense captured fleeting moments of movement and light.

• In the final section of the class, after some drawing and painting exercises, we will complete a painting inspired by one of her own artworks, or an artwork of our own inspired by hers.

Acrylic paints and canvas are included with the fee, unless you prefer to use watercolors; in that case, please bring your own.

Newcomers and new artists welcome!

4-Week ART Series: April 1, 8, 15, 22 Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

At The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA 9430.3

Celebrate the beauty of flowers found in many of Tony Foster's watercolors, painted en plein air, and those found in typical springtime English gardens, as well as our own.:

• Get inspired by Tony's own watercolor paintings, such as the one seen here of spring flowers in the Luxuly Valley in Cornwall, near Tony’s home.

• As color is the main element here, after a simple step-by-step study of the flowers each week, we will use colored pencils or watercolors for the final exercises.

• Newcomers to drawing and painting are welcome as our step-by-step teaching procedure makes it possible to walk away with something you are really proud of!

Register through The Foster Museum

LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

4-Week ART Series: April 1, 8, 15, 22 Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

At The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA 9430.3

Celebrate the beauty of flowers found in many of Tony Foster's watercolors, painted en plein air, and those found in typical springtime English gardens, as well as our own.:

• Get inspired by Tony's own watercolor paintings, such as the one seen here of spring flowers in the Luxuly Valley in Cornwall, near Tony’s home.

• As color is the main element here, after a simple step-by-step study of the flowers each week, we will use colored pencils or watercolors for the final exercises.

• Newcomers to drawing and painting are welcome as our step-by-step teaching procedure makes it possible to walk away with something you are really proud of!

Register through The Foster Museum

LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

4-Week ART Series: April 1, 8, 15, 22 Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

At The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA 9430.3

Celebrate the beauty of flowers found in many of Tony Foster's watercolors, painted en plein air, and those found in typical springtime English gardens, as well as our own.:

• Get inspired by Tony's own watercolor paintings, such as the one seen here of spring flowers in the Luxuly Valley in Cornwall, near Tony’s home.

• As color is the main element here, after a simple step-by-step study of the flowers each week, we will use colored pencils or watercolors for the final exercises.

• Newcomers to drawing and painting are welcome as our step-by-step teaching procedure makes it possible to walk away with something you are really proud of!

Register through The Foster Museum

LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

In this four-week series, you will build drawing skills in an easy, step-by-step process.  No stress, no judgement, just joy!  Each class ends with an exercise you will be proud to share.  The classes are based on Caroline Mustard’s book The Joy of Drawing: A Beginner’s Manual. Everyone is welcome, from beginners on up. All materials provided!

In this four-week series, you will build drawing skills in an easy, step-by-step process.  No stress, no judgement, just joy!  Each class ends with an exercise you will be proud to share.  The classes are based on Caroline Mustard’s book The Joy of Drawing: A Beginner’s Manual. Everyone is welcome, from beginners on up. All materials provided!

In this four-week series, you will build drawing skills in an easy, step-by-step process.  No stress, no judgement, just joy!  Each class ends with an exercise you will be proud to share.  The classes are based on Caroline Mustard’s book The Joy of Drawing: A Beginner’s Manual. Everyone is welcome, from beginners on up. All materials provided!

We’re excited to invite you to a special 4-week drawing series at The Foster Museum in Palo Alto, CA, led by acclaimed instructor Agnes Wong.

Learn how to draw wildlife indigenous to California, from the grizzly bear on the flag of California to the cougar in its mountain lair. Each class will introduce new animals and build skills using graphite, colored pencils, pen and ink, and watercolor. You will master the ability to draw wild animals as well as your own pets! 

Expect to learn the following over the four-week series:

• Week One: Review your drawing basics and draw your first wild animal using graphite.

• Week Two: Use colored pencil to draw a different animal and
  learn to use a grid drawing technique that enables drawing your animal any size, bigger or smaller than the original.

• Week Three: With pen and ink, draw an animal in its native environment.

• Week Four: In this final class of the series, use watercolor to draw and paint a wild
  animal in its natural habitat.

All materials and animal images are provided, and students may also bring their own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Dates/Time:

February 18, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

February 25, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 4, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Link to register:

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/8f745fc3/?appointmentTypeIds[]=88299577

In this four-week series, you will build drawing skills in an easy, step-by-step process.  No stress, no judgement, just joy!  Each class ends with an exercise you will be proud to share.  The classes are based on Caroline Mustard’s book The Joy of Drawing: A Beginner’s Manual. Everyone is welcome, from beginners on up. All materials provided!

We’re excited to invite you to a special 4-week drawing series at The Foster Museum in Palo Alto, CA, led by acclaimed instructor Agnes Wong.

Learn how to draw wildlife indigenous to California, from the grizzly bear on the flag of California to the cougar in its mountain lair. Each class will introduce new animals and build skills using graphite, colored pencils, pen and ink, and watercolor. You will master the ability to draw wild animals as well as your own pets! 

Expect to learn the following over the four-week series:

• Week One: Review your drawing basics and draw your first wild animal using graphite.

• Week Two: Use colored pencil to draw a different animal and
  learn to use a grid drawing technique that enables drawing your animal any size, bigger or smaller than the original.

• Week Three: With pen and ink, draw an animal in its native environment.

• Week Four: In this final class of the series, use watercolor to draw and paint a wild
  animal in its natural habitat.

All materials and animal images are provided, and students may also bring their own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Dates/Time:

February 18, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

February 25, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 4, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Link to register:

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/8f745fc3/?appointmentTypeIds[]=88299577

We’re excited to invite you to a special 4-week drawing series at The Foster Museum in Palo Alto, CA, led by acclaimed instructor Agnes Wong.

Learn how to draw wildlife indigenous to California, from the grizzly bear on the flag of California to the cougar in its mountain lair. Each class will introduce new animals and build skills using graphite, colored pencils, pen and ink, and watercolor. You will master the ability to draw wild animals as well as your own pets! 

Expect to learn the following over the four-week series:

• Week One: Review your drawing basics and draw your first wild animal using graphite.

• Week Two: Use colored pencil to draw a different animal and
  learn to use a grid drawing technique that enables drawing your animal any size, bigger or smaller than the original.

• Week Three: With pen and ink, draw an animal in its native environment.

• Week Four: In this final class of the series, use watercolor to draw and paint a wild
  animal in its natural habitat.

All materials and animal images are provided, and students may also bring their own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Dates/Time:

February 18, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

February 25, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 4, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Link to register:

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/8f745fc3/?appointmentTypeIds[]=88299577

We’re excited to invite you to a special 4-week drawing series at The Foster Museum in Palo Alto, CA, led by acclaimed instructor Agnes Wong.

Learn how to draw wildlife indigenous to California, from the grizzly bear on the flag of California to the cougar in its mountain lair. Each class will introduce new animals and build skills using graphite, colored pencils, pen and ink, and watercolor. You will master the ability to draw wild animals as well as your own pets! 

Expect to learn the following over the four-week series:

• Week One: Review your drawing basics and draw your first wild animal using graphite.

• Week Two: Use colored pencil to draw a different animal and
  learn to use a grid drawing technique that enables drawing your animal any size, bigger or smaller than the original.

• Week Three: With pen and ink, draw an animal in its native environment.

• Week Four: In this final class of the series, use watercolor to draw and paint a wild
  animal in its natural habitat.

All materials and animal images are provided, and students may also bring their own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Dates/Time:

February 18, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

February 25, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 4, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

March 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Link to register:

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/8f745fc3/?appointmentTypeIds[]=88299577

A new Learn From The Masters workshop at the Atherton Arts Foundation studio in Holbrook Palmer Park, Atherton, CA. Here you will learn about Monet’s paintings of winter scenes - the colors he used and how he created the sensation of light upon snow. All materials are provided along with a special English tea party.

Join us on Friday, September 26, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the Atherton Arts Foundation Studio in Holbrook Palmer Park, Atherton, CA, for the next in out Learn from The Masters Series where we will explore the world of Henri Matisse Cut-Outs Learn about the final period in his artistic career when he created his seminal paper cut-outs. We provide all the materials so you can create your own cut-outs inspired by Matisse in the final section of the workshop.

Join us for our August Sketch Meetup at the Stanford Campus outside the Cantor Museum. Wednesday, August 27, from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Make it a day out and meet us at 11:00 am in front of the museum so we can visit it and eat lunch in the cafe! Fee: $25

Pen & Watercolor: Join us on Friday, August 15 from 1-4pm at the Atherton Arts Foundation Studio in Holbrook Palmer Park, Atherton, CA. Learn from Ruth Asawa’s drawings and paintings of nature and flowers using pen and watercolor. Asawa loved drawing nature in all its forms in her Noe Valley garden in San Francisco. From the outset of her artistic career she was fascinated by the patterns in nature which in turn inspired her seminal sculptures.

Hosted by the Foster Museum in Palo Alto, which houses the watercolors of internationally acclaimed British artist and explorer, Tony Foster, the operative word for this introductory landscape drawing series is JOY sure to be a component of each class.

No prior experience is needed, just a willing and interested heart! Artist Tony Foster begins his en plein air painting process by drawing on paper and completes it with watercolor. For many artists, drawing landscapes is an important first step or, often, the end point!

In this four-week series of 2-hour workshops, you will be introduced to the basic skills needed to draw landscapes from photographs, other artworks, and  "en plein air" (in the open air).

In the final class, we will put it all together with an outdoor sketch walk at nearby Baylands Nature Preserve. 

All materials are provided, though you may bring your own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Hosted by the Foster Museum in Palo Alto, which houses the watercolors of internationally acclaimed British artist and explorer, Tony Foster, the operative word for this introductory landscape drawing series is JOY sure to be a component of each class.

No prior experience is needed, just a willing and interested heart! Artist Tony Foster begins his en plein air painting process by drawing on paper and completes it with watercolor. For many artists, drawing landscapes is an important first step or, often, the end point!

In this four-week series of 2-hour workshops, you will be introduced to the basic skills needed to draw landscapes from photographs, other artworks, and  "en plein air" (in the open air).

In the final class, we will put it all together with an outdoor sketch walk at nearby Baylands Nature Preserve. 

All materials are provided, though you may bring your own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Hosted by the Foster Museum in Palo Alto, which houses the watercolors of internationally acclaimed British artist and explorer, Tony Foster, the operative word for this introductory landscape drawing series is JOY sure to be a component of each class.

No prior experience is needed, just a willing and interested heart! Artist Tony Foster begins his en plein air painting process by drawing on paper and completes it with watercolor. For many artists, drawing landscapes is an important first step or, often, the end point!

In this four-week series of 2-hour workshops, you will be introduced to the basic skills needed to draw landscapes from photographs, other artworks, and  "en plein air" (in the open air).

In the final class, we will put it all together with an outdoor sketch walk at nearby Baylands Nature Preserve. 

All materials are provided, though you may bring your own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Hosted by the Foster Museum in Palo Alto, which houses the watercolors of internationally acclaimed British artist and explorer, Tony Foster, the operative word for this introductory landscape drawing series is JOY sure to be a component of each class.

No prior experience is needed, just a willing and interested heart! Artist Tony Foster begins his en plein air painting process by drawing on paper and completes it with watercolor. For many artists, drawing landscapes is an important first step or, often, the end point!

In this four-week series of 2-hour workshops, you will be introduced to the basic skills needed to draw landscapes from photographs, other artworks, and  "en plein air" (in the open air).

In the final class, we will put it all together with an outdoor sketch walk at nearby Baylands Nature Preserve. 

All materials are provided, though you may bring your own. We welcome the use of watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils to add color to your drawings if you wish. 

Meet us at the Yerba Buena Art Center park where we will sketch the huge colorful statues of Mexican spirit animals! It’s right over the street from SF Moma where we can meet for lunch and look at some of the wonderful art ahead of sketching if you like. (The museum is closed on Wednesday which is why we moved the usual date) If you are coming from the Peninsula you there is parking at SF Moma. If you prefer not to drive you can take Caltrain and walk along Townsend to vatch the 45 bus which puts you out directly by the museum and after sketching will take you back directly to the station. When you arrive wander over to meet us in the park or catch us at the cafe on the 5th floor of SM Moma. Free to all and bring your friends.