The Liberated Brush II (Prerequisite: The Liberated Brush or PDQ Portraits)

Date: Saturday, March 28 —Sunday, March 29, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM —3:00 PM
Location: McColl Center
Cost: $275
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 02
Registration Link

If you thought The Liberated Brush was eye-opening, you’ll love The Liberated Brush II
Gather with fellow graduates of "The Liberated Brush" or "PDQ Portraits" to take "The Liberated Brush II" with Felicia van Bork. In this advanced, intensive 2-day workshop, participants paint portraits in acrylic as they undertake ingenious and hilarious exercises applicable to any painting medium. The portrait, a subject notorious for causing artists to tighten up, is our subject in this course, where half the time will be devoted to interactive exercises and half to guided painting from live models. Felicia provides demonstrations and one-on-one instruction in brushwork technique, value identification, color substitution, and the harnessing of our fallible memory as an expressive tool. The Liberated Brush workshops are a safe place where mistakes and daring choices are celebrated!

Class Dates:
Saturday, April 4, 11 AM-3 PM
Sunday, April 5, 11 AM-3 PM
****Prerequisite: The Liberated Brush or PDQ Portraits

About the Artist:
Felicia Van Bork is the creator of the popular Liberated Brush workshop and a McColl Center Alumni. Her portrait paintings have been featured in solo exhibitions at Upstairs Gallery, Waterworks Visual Art Center, C3 Lab, and Courtroom Gallery. Her commissioned paintings of philanthropists, provosts, and university presidents are in the permanent collections of Penn State University, Behrend College and The University of Nevada at Reno.