Watercolor - Paris Flower Cart AM Class
  • Watercolor - Paris Flower Cart
  • Saturday, August 15
  • 10:30AM - 12:30 PM
  • The Artisan Hatchery, 223 North Water Ave. , Gallatin, TN, United States, 37066
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $45
Join me at The Artisan Hatchery for Watercolor Paris, a two-hour class where we'll paint a charming Parisian flower cart scene complete with the Eiffel Tower in the background. We'll work through loose watercolor washes to build the soft, airy sky and colorful blooms, then add expressive ink linework to bring the cart and tower to life. It's the signature paint-first, sketch-second approach — relaxed, guided, and completely doable even if you've never picked up a brush before. Every step is walked through together, so you're never on your own.
 
Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed
 
Supplies: All supplies included

Please note: all sales are final. Refunds are issued only if the instructor cancels the class.

Spots are limited. You'll leave with a finished painting you're proud of and two hours well spent.
  • Watercolor - Paris Flower Cart
  • Saturday, August 15
  • 2PM - 4PM
  • The Artisan Hatchery, 223 North Water Ave. , Gallatin, TN, United States, 37066
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $45
Join me at The Artisan Hatchery for Watercolor Paris, a two-hour class where we'll paint a charming Parisian flower cart scene complete with the Eiffel Tower in the background. We'll work through loose watercolor washes to build the soft, airy sky and colorful blooms, then add expressive ink linework to bring the cart and tower to life. It's the signature paint-first, sketch-second approach — relaxed, guided, and completely doable even if you've never picked up a brush before. Every step is walked through together, so you're never on your own.
 
Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed
 
Supplies: All supplies included

Please note: all sales are final. Refunds are issued only if the instructor cancels the class.

Spots are limited. You'll leave with a finished painting you're proud of and two hours well spent.
  • Watercolor - Pet Portrait Workshop
  • Sunday, August 23
  • 1PM - 5PM
  • The Basement Marketplace, 14625 Lebanon Rd, Suite F, Old Hickory, TN
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $165

Most students are surprised by what they create in just one afternoon. We’ll keep it simple, approachable, and fun — no perfection required.

Perfect for dog moms, cat lovers, and anyone who has always wanted to paint their pet but felt too intimidated to try.

All supplies included.

Please note: There are no refunds unless the class is canceled.

  • Watercolor: Paint Your Own Landscape
  • Thursdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27
  • 10:30AM - 12:30PM
  • Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center 1017 Antebellum Circle Hendersonville, TN 37075
  • Watercolor
  • Adult
  • $208

You have a photo you love — a Tennessee hillside, a view from a trip, a spot in your backyard that stopped you in your tracks. This class is where that photo finally becomes a painting.


Over four weeks, we'll learn how to look at a landscape photograph the way a painter does: through light and dark, not just color. You'll start with a monochromatic underpainting — a single-color foundation that builds the value structure of your scene before any other color is added. It's a technique that changes how you see every painting you make from here on out. You'll leave with a finished watercolor landscape painted from your own photo — and the skills to do it again on your own.

What You'll Learn:

  • How to read a photo for value (light and dark) — the foundation of any great landscape
  • How to simplify a complex scene into paintable shapes and layers
  • Monochromatic underpainting as a structure for confident, clear color
  • Atmospheric perspective: making your painting feel deep and three-dimensional
  • Composition basics — what to keep, what to leave out

Discounts Available

  • Watercolor: Loose Impressionistic Florals
  • Thursdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24
  • 10:30AM - 12:30PM
  • Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center 1017 Antebellum Circle Hendersonville, TN 37075
  • Watercolor
  • Adult
  • $208

You've seen it on Instagram — those loose, painterly florals that look like the paint just did what it wanted. Effortless. Alive. Nothing like the tight, careful work you've tried before. This is the class where you learn how that actually works.

 

The secret is in the underpainting. We'll start with a flowing color foundation, then layer expressive brushwork on top — peonies in a mason jar, wildflowers in a bucket, whatever blooms speak to you. You'll learn to trust the wet paint, let edges go soft where they want to, and resist the urge to fix everything. By the end of this session, you won't just have a beautiful painting. You'll have permission to let go.

 

What You'll Learn:

  • Underpainting with color — how to build a glowing foundation before adding detail
  • The loose, impressionistic brushwork behind the florals you love on Instagram
  • How to keep colors clean and avoid muddy mixes
  • Edge control: when to let it blur and when to sharpen up
  • How to use happy accidents instead of fighting them

Discounts Available

  • Watercolor Lemon Tree
  • Saturday, September 12
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • The Basement Marketplace, 14625 Lebanon Rd, Suite F, Old Hickory, TN
  • Watercolor
  • $45

This lemon tree is bright, loose, and the kind of piece you'll want to hang where you see it every morning.

We'll build up layered greens for the leaves and mix warm and cool color so the tree feels dimensional, not flat. Then my pen work goes on last — my signature move, and it solves everything underneath it. We'll finish with a few bare-paper highlights and a simple shadow to ground the pot.

 

Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed

Supplies: All supplies included (pre-drawn outline provided)

We always grab a group photo at the end of class — it's part of the fun!

I don't offer refunds or credits for one-off classes. If you can't attend, you're welcome to find someone to take your spot, or ask about a supply kit instead.

  • Watercolor Fall Bear
  • Saturday, September 12
  • 2PM - 4PM
  • The Basement Marketplace, 14625 Lebanon Rd, Suite F, Old Hickory, TN
  • Watercolor
  • $45

Meet this scarf-wearing fall bear — cozy, a little grumpy, and about to teach you a color trick you'll use for years.

This class is also a real color-mixing lesson: there's no black anywhere in this piece. Every shadow is mixed from Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna. We'll also work through fur texture, warm and cool contrast, and placing the features so the expression actually lands — plus a few different textures in one piece: knit scarf, glossy lantern, metal accents. My pen work goes on last, then a scatter of falling leaves finishes it off.

Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed

Supplies: All supplies included (pre-drawn outline provided)

We always grab a group photo at the end of class — it's part of the fun!

I don't offer refunds or credits for one-off classes. If you can't attend, you're welcome to find someone to take your spot, or ask about a supply kit instead.

  • Watercolor - Lemon Groves - Amalfi Coast
  • Saturday, September 19
  • 10:30AM - 12:30 PM
  • The Artisan Hatchery, 223 North Water Ave. , Gallatin, TN, United States, 37066
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $45

If you've been wanting to try watercolor, or just want a fun Saturday with paint in your hand, this is the class — we're painting an Amalfi Coast lemon grove, a stone alley framed by lemon branches with the sea and hills fading out behind it.


We'll build real depth in the piece — background, middle ground, foreground — and mix warm sunny yellow against cool shadowed stone. I'll finish it with loose ink linework over the dry watercolor, same as I do on all my pieces, the detail that pulls the whole thing together. Paper's predrawn, so there's no drawing required. Just show up and paint.

 

Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed

Supplies: All supplies included

 

We always grab a group photo at the end of class an you — it's part of the fun!

 

I don't offer refunds or credits for one-off classes. If you can't attend, you're welcome to find someone to take your spot, or ask about a supply kit instead.

  • Watercolor - Lemon Groves - Amalfi Coast
  • Saturday, September 19
  • 2PM - 4PM
  • The Artisan Hatchery, 223 North Water Ave. , Gallatin, TN, United States, 37066
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $45

If you've been wanting to try watercolor, or just want a fun Saturday with paint in your hand, this is the class — we're painting an Amalfi Coast lemon grove, a stone alley framed by lemon branches with the sea and hills fading out behind it.


We'll build real depth in the piece — background, middle ground, foreground — and mix warm sunny yellow against cool shadowed stone. I'll finish it with loose ink linework over the dry watercolor, same as I do on all my pieces, the detail that pulls the whole thing together. Paper's predrawn, so there's no drawing required. Just show up and paint.

 

Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed

Supplies: All supplies included

 

We always grab a group photo at the end of class an you — it's part of the fun!

 

I don't offer refunds or credits for one-off classes. If you can't attend, you're welcome to find someone to take your spot, or ask about a supply kit instead.

  • Watercolor: Backyard Birds
  • Thursdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22
  • 10:30AM - 12:30PM
  • Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center 1017 Antebellum Circle Hendersonville, TN 37075
  • Watercolor
  • Adult
  • $208

Cardinals at the feeder. A bluebird on the fence post. A hummingbird suspended in midair over your garden. You watch them every morning — and now it's time to paint them.

 

This 4-week session is dedicated entirely to the birds you already know and love. We'll explore how to build soft, atmospheric backgrounds that make colors pop, how to use edges to suggest feather detail without painting every single one, and how to capture the personality of a bird in just a few confident strokes. No bird-painting experience required — just a love of the ones already visiting your yard.

 

What You'll Learn:

  • Soft atmospheric backgrounds using wet-on-wet technique
  • How to suggest feathers with edge control — no tedious detail required
  • Warm vs. cool color relationships and how they create depth
  • Painting the personality of a bird, not just its silhouette
  • Tennessee favorites: cardinals, bluebirds, hummingbirds, and more

Discounts Available

  • Watercolor - Lemon Groves - Amalfi Coast
  • Saturday, October 17
  • 10:30AM - 12:30 PM
  • The Artisan Hatchery, 223 North Water Ave. , Gallatin, TN, United States, 37066
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $45

If you've been dreaming about the Greek islands, here's your ticket — no passport required.

We'll paint a Santorini alleyway: whitewashed buildings, a blue-domed church, and bougainvillea spilling down a stone wall. You'll practice perspective, warm-and-cool color contrast, and finish with my signature ink linework over the watercolor.

Class is capped at 8 seats.

Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed Supplies: All supplies included (pre-drawn outline provided)

We always grab a group photo at the end of class — it's part of the fun!

I don't offer refunds or credits for one-off classes. If you can't attend, you're welcome to find someone to take your spot, or ask about a supply kit instead.

You'll leave with a finished piece you're proud of and a little bit of Greece on your wall.

  • Watercolor - Lemon Groves - Amalfi Coast
  • Saturday, October 17
  • 2PM - 4PM
  • The Artisan Hatchery, 223 North Water Ave. , Gallatin, TN, United States, 37066
  • Watercolor
  • Adults Only
  • $45

If fall has you wanting to make something with your hands, this is the one.

We'll paint an autumn bouquet: sunflowers, pumpkins, and lavender blooms. You'll mix a warm fall palette, shade the pumpkin for real volume, and finish with my signature ink linework over the watercolor.

Skill level: Beginners welcome — no experience needed Supplies: All supplies included (pre-drawn outline provided)

We always grab a group photo at the end of class — it's part of the fun!

I don't offer refunds or credits for one-off classes. If you can't attend, you're welcome to find someone to take your spot, or ask about a supply kit instead.

You'll leave with a finished fall piece you're proud of.

  • Watercolor: Christmas Glow: Painting Light
  • Thursdays, November 12, 19, December 3, 10
  • 10:30AM - 12:30PM
  • Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center 1017 Antebellum Circle Hendersonville, TN 37075
  • Watercolor
  • Adult
  • $208

Imagine painting a glowing candle — and having it actually look like it's glowing. A strand of Christmas lights that feels warm and magical, not flat and muddy. This is that class.

 

The revelation this session teaches is one students talk about long after class ends: you don't paint the light. You paint the darkness around it — and the light appears. We'll use strong value contrast, a wet-on-wet halo technique, and soft blending to create paintings that feel cozy, luminous, and genuinely beautiful. Everything you make this month is frame-worthy or gift-ready. You'll leave saying exactly what Megan aims for: "I can't believe I made that."

 

What You'll Learn:

  • How to paint glowing light sources: candles, lanterns, and string lights
  • The wet-on-wet halo technique — warm color blooming softly outward from center
  • Dark-around-light contrast: why your darks are the most important part
  • Soft blending for cozy, atmospheric edges
  • Simple holiday compositions with big emotional impact

Discounts Available