2026 Falls Church Spring Window Painting Festival
Join us on March 21 and 22 to paint festive, family-friendly, spring-themed designs on downtown storefront windows.
The Language of Landscape in Pastel (Apr 6, 2025)
Instructor: Bryan Jernigan
Learn how to create believable, impressionistic landscapes with soft pastel.
Color Deep Dive (Apr 27, 2025)
Instructor: Bryan Jernigan
Enhance your color knowledge and push your paintings to the next level.
Watercolor Flowers and Still Life (Feb-Mar, 2024)
Instructor: Iryna Smitchkova.
Learn different watercolor techniques, such as painting on dry and wet paper, conveying the volume and showing the shape of objects, arranging objects in different formats, vertical and horizontal, and selecting a suitable palette..
The Alchemy of Metal: Repurpose and Re-use – Call for Entries
all media, must include metal – Oct 7-Nov 12, 2023. Entry deadline: Sept. 10
Prize Winners – 2023 Falls Church Arts “Scenes in the City” Plein Air Festival
See who won prizes at the Plein Air Festival!
Watercolor Still Life (Oct-Nov 2023)
Learn to work in different watercolor techniques, discover the properties of color, tone, and transparency; and learn about composition and perspective.
Water Mixable Oil Painting (Oct. 2023)
Try a new medium. No need for solvents or other harsh chemicals.
Watercolor Still Life (Jan-Feb, 2024)
Instructor: Iryna Smitchkova.
Learn to work in different watercolor techniques, discover the properties of color, tone, and transparency; and learn about composition and perspective.
Mastering Landscape in Soft Pastel (Aug 3-4, 2024)
Instructor: Bryan Jernigan
Learn how to create believable, impressionistic landscapes with soft pastel.