Beginners Guide to Oil Painting

The Art of Selecting Art: Experts Share Unique Art Pieces for Every Room of the House Art can make any house feel like a home, but sometimes it can be a challenge to find art pieces that speak to you and reflect your design style. With many different art forms, there are some pieces that could fit well with your existing decor and others that may not. If this sounds like a problem you are facing, you’re in luck. We reached out to art experts from Encinitas, CA to Windsor, ON for their best suggestions on unique art pieces to consider for every room in your home. From metal sculptures to metal prints, keep reading to see what they had to say. 1) Show off your style with an oversized piece of art A great way to make your home feel elevated is with an oversized piece of art. A large piece allows you to make a statement, especially if you place it in an area that’s highly trafficked or a meeting point. Keep the middle of the piece at least at eye level so your guests can get a really good look at the detail of your piece. [...]

Newly offered art workshops at Pikes Peak Artist Collective. Now offering weekend workshops for kids and adults. More art classes in pottery for adults and youth! Weekends clay workshops! Seasonal kids art workshops! Adult weekend workshops in painting, drawing, mixed media and clay!

Save the date and join us in supporting PPAC's young artists! Outdoor Art Show, Saturday May 22nd 11am-12:30pm.

Commissions by Erin Gillespie

New special needs art program! A fully inclusive art program taught at PPAC by an experienced SSN instructor.

How to make your very own Thanksgiving wreath with nature!

5 reasons why art classes are tremendous for your childs development!

Pikes Peak Artist Collective is offering online art lessons for children for the month of May.

Colorado Springs Art School; Pikes Peak Artist Collective's April Newsletter

Adults students art show inspired by Van Gogh, taught by Erin Gillespie.

Students Art Show inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe, taught by Erin Gillespie

Get your Ghost on this Valentine's Day with a clay date night at Pikes Peak Artist Collective! Enjoy complementary homemade food and drink while you create with clay; wheel throwing and hand building.

Enjoy the Valentine season by learning watercolor techniques while creating your own unique floral designs. Each student will create two paintings.

Introducing mixed media artist and workshop teacher Barbara Dimond!

Wood burning workshop taught by local artist Meg Fuller

Albert Bierstadt opened my eyes to the sublime landscape, and under the tutelage of John Ruskin’s treatises on the subject I dove headlong into landscape painting.

Join us in celebrating and supporting our students, teachers and local artists!

Come develop a vision for 2020 by creating a dream board to start your year off right.

I believe that art brings all people together, as it helps us to express ourselves in a necessary, and even therapeutic way.

My art journey started when I was in graduate school and I took oil painting classes from a local artist in town. I absolutely loved painting!

Artist, Teacher, Student of the Arts, I have loved art all of my life! - Elizabeth workshop teacher

Jasmine Dillavou is an eco-conscious, Boricua mixed media artist. Dillavou investigates identity through the lens of complex cultural visibility and heavy political topics. For her first workshop with PPAC she will be running "Layers; Collage and Assemblage" view our calendar for more information.

My journey to becoming a teacher at PPAC is one of a lifetime. It is wrapped up with my life as an artist, and key parts of my sense of self. -Austin

I am so happy to teach classes at Pikes Peak Artists Collective. The historic art district and along with the welcoming, lovely studio combine to provide a wonderful environment for learning and creating.

20 years ago I started Studio 101 out of my home. It out-grew our home and onto the avenue, becoming a very strong entity in the Old Colorado City business district.

I feel so fortunate to live in Colorado Springs. The beauty of the landscape and its community makes it a wonderful place to be inspired, to create and to feel a part of a place.