by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) | Jun 24, 2025
In this session with Veteran Artist Joe Merritt, we will be exploring creating self-portraits with acrylic paint. But there is a twist: you can use anything to paint except brushes! Going outside of traditional painting methods forces us to look at the subject...
by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) | Jun 11, 2025
Details of this workshop are forthcoming. Please check back soon. Suggested Supplies: TBA Joe Merritt was medically retired from the United States Marine Corps in 2016 after 10 years of honorable service. Joe rediscovered art during his medical treatment and has a...
by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) | Apr 15, 2025
Session 2: Photo Transfer Methods Our visual arts workshops in May will be dedicated to creating artwork in honor of Fallen Service Members. Click here to learn more about our May We Remember activities and our call for artwork! Suggested Supplies: Mod Podge (Photo...
by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) | Mar 10, 2025
In this workshop hosted by Veteran artist Joe Merritt, participants will create meditative art within a circle, concentrating on lines of varying thickness. Suggested Supplies: Small line brush or brush tip marker (black) Black paint or ink Pencil Eraser Sketch paper...
by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) | Dec 11, 2024
This week we will be working on painting rabbits. Looking at proportions poses and textures. We will start with some quick sketches then moving into using acrylic paints to create a rabbit portrait. Suggested Supplies: Acrylic paints (Black, white, brown, blue, red,...
