This next week enjoy one or all of the 23 winter videos at the top of the video page on www.ShowcaseArtCenter.com . Tuesday we will have class at Showcase from 10 to noon and 1:30-3:30 PM. Bring your favorite current project or request to work on in class. Wednesday is for celebrating Christmas Eve, so no class. Christmas break will be through January 5, 2026. What a productive painting year it has been! I love seeing your improvements. New Year's resolution? More! M

Let's make it snow! This long narrow format is perfect for a fence in the snow. Painting white snow is a balance of values and color. Nothing is truly white. This video is up now at www.ShowcaseArtCenter.com on the video class page. (subscription $10/month) Next week we will paint it together step-by-step. Showcase classes are: 10:00 AM to noon Tuesday and Wednesday for Independent painters 1:30-3:30 PM Tuesday and Wednesday step-by-step painting and Christmas party -

Lights are going up everywhere, a brightness against the winter cold. This simple design is perfect for cards and slightly addicting. Definitely FUN! The video is up (video class page-subscription $10/month) now at www.ShowcaseArtCenter.com . Next week classes at Showcase are: 10:00 AM to noon Tuesday and Wednesday for independent painting 1:30-3:30 PM Tuesday and Wednesday for step-by-step Christmas Lights See you there!

Thursday night we will see the full moon. It is called the cold moon because it is the longest night of the year. In November we had the Beaver moon. I am combining the two to make our project this week. It has a two part video posted now: The trees are done in part one ( approximately 20 minutes) and the beaver and foreground are in part two (approximately 6 minutes). I almost scrapped the project, but salvaged it by splattering Titanium white paint after it was done a