It is our belief that being an 'artist' is a huge umbrella that encompasses hundreds of art forms, not just painting. But since this is the 'painting' section of MyAT, focus is on painting...oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, mixed mediums.

It is our desire to minimize the fear some have about making a mark on paper, and as you can see from the definitions below being a 'painter' or 'artist' covers a wide range of possibilities.

Just to make sure we are all on the same playing field, here are a few definitions:

Paint-ing: n. 1. The process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect. 2. A picture or design in paint.

Painting: the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface (support base). In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting.

Painter: an artist who paints
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Artist: One who makes their craft a fine art
One who cultivates one of the fine arts - traditionally the arts presided over by the muses - now the dominant usage

SO, pick an instructor, choose a class and begin what just might be a journey into a new life!

Timothy C. Tyler
Classes in Oil

Urania Christy Tarbet
Classes in Pastel
Classes in Oil, palette knife technique

Leslie B. DeMille
Classes in Pastel
Classes in Oil

Margaret Evans
Classes in Watercolor
Classes in Pastel

Kippy Hammond
Classes in Pastel

Ann Templeton
Classes in Oil

Durinda Cheek
Classes in Watercolor
Classes in Oil