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Watercolor Doodles on Thursdays in June at River House

$50

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Jun 4, 2026 at 11 am, runs for 4 weeks

Watercolor/doodle class is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to learn about, and experiment with, two fascinating art forms: watercolor painting and doodling. Through a combination of hands-on instruction, group discussions, and individual feedback, students will develop their own unique style and gain the skills and confidence needed to express themselves creatively. 

 Supplies needed:

  • Watercolor paints - tube or pan paint sets
  • Extra-Fine black line markers (i.e. Sharpie black)
  • Small set of color markers (dual tips)
  • 140lb watercolor paper (hot or cold press -ok)
  • Mechanical pencil
  • White gel pen
  • Gold gel pen
  • Eraser
  • Paper towels
  • 2 Water containers
  • Paint brushes - 4, 6, 8 rounds; 1 inch flat brush; rigger brush
  • Color wheel

Class sessions take place on Thursdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25 from 11 - 1 at the River House, 179 Marine Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084.

For ages 18 and up

Will run

Colored Pencil Art on Thursdays in June at River House

$50

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Jun 4, 2026 at 1:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

With instructor Liz Monaco, this class is designed to teach you the popular art of Colored Pencil to create your very own works of art. You will learn color mixing, layering, and other techniques to get the results you have always wanted. 

*Supplies Needed:

  • Prisma Color Premier Colored Pencils – Set of 24
  • Open Stock Colors: Black Grape, Magenta
  • Colorless Blender
  • White Plastic Eraser, Pencil Sharpener, Ruler
  • Bristol Vellum Drawing Paper
  • Tracing paper, Graphite Transfer Paper

Class sessions will be held on Thursdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

For ages 18 and up.

Full Course

Journal Projects: Working on Signature Pages on Monday, June 8 at River House

$1250

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Jun 8, 2026 at 1:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Join our inspiring hands-on class designed to help you craft and personalize your very own art journal! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, these workshops offers a perfect space to explore your creativity, experiment with different techniques, and develop your unique artistic voice.

A signature is a grouping of papers to be used as pages of a book. A number of these pages can be sewn into the spine of the book along with creating decorative applications to present interest and variety.

Supplies specific to this class:

  • 15-20 paper variety (copy paper, old book pages, note paper, decorative paper, etc.
  • Awl
  • Wax thread
  • Large needle
  • Scissors or exacto blade to trim
  • Ruler

Class session will be held on Monday, June 8 from 1:30 to 3:30 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

For ages 18 and up.

Will run

Journal Projects: Special Decorative Pages on Monday, June 15 at River House

$1250

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Jun 15, 2026 at 1:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Join our inspiring hands-on class designed to help you craft and personalize your very own art journal! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, these workshops offers a perfect space to explore your creativity, experiment with different techniques, and develop your unique artistic voice.

Many of the book pages will have some decorative or interactive elements, like pockets, flip outs, and ephemera. You can even include some personal items that you want to keep in your special book.

Supplies specific to this class:

  • You can use paints, markers, pens, or other mixed media to decorate your pages. Magazine images, decorative paper scraps, old book pages, stickers, etc. Whatever you have on hand that you can include as part of your theme.
  • Stick Glue
  • Scissors

Class session will be held on Monday, June 15 from 1:30 to 3:30 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

For ages 18 and up.

Will run

Journal Projects: Creating Tags or Journal Cards on Monday, June 22 & 29 at River House

$25

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Jun 22, 2026 at 1:30 pm, runs for 2 weeks

Join our inspiring hands-on class designed to help you craft and personalize your very own art journal! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, these workshops offers a perfect space to explore your creativity, experiment with different techniques, and develop your unique artistic voice.

Finding ways to expand your journaling spots can be done many ways. Two of them are making tags and journal cards. You can tuck them away in some pockets, belly bands and tuck places. This is a good way to use up paper scraps.

Supplies specific to this class:

  • Decorative papers
  • Glue stick and Elmer’s glue
  • Stickers, pictures, paint (watercolor or acrylic), brushes
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Scissors

Class session will be held on Monday, June 22 & 29 from 1:30 to 3:30 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

For ages 18 and up.

Will run





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