ADVANCING PRACTICE: AN ART MAKING TUTORIAL (12-weeks: 6 bi-weekly group sessions, 2 individual sessions)

This workshop primarily focuses on building a visual art practice. We meet via Zoom biweekly over the course of twelve weeks. In addition to six group sessions, each participant is invited to meet twice with the instructor individually. The workshop is focused on building or advancing your art practice in the context of both pursuing individual goals and receiving group feedback. In addition the instructor will introduce the work of contemporary artists and identify resources that are requested. We will rotate between presentations of contemporary visual artists by the instructor (sessions 1,3 and 5) and reviewing work by participants (sessions 2, 4, and 6). The workshop is open to visual artists of all levels and each section is limited to no more that 8 participants. Fee: $400

Section 1: Mondays 6 PM – 8:30 PM ET starting March 3d

Section 2: Tuesdays Noon – 2:30 PM ET starting March 4th

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FIGURES IN PLACE (six consecutive Saturdays)

This workshop is focused on building paintings using the human figure as a compositional element. The workshop is not focused on figure drawing or working from the model, but rather is concerned with how the figure works within space, works to create psychological resonance in a painting, and works narratively. Participants are encouraged to use drawings from life drawing sessions, photographs, or mirrors as a source material for reference. Each sessions we’ll both look at and discuss the work of contemporary figurative painters and discuss our own works in progress. Every participant can schedule 2 one-to-one conversations with the instructor. We will meet by Zoom on six consecutive Saturdays between March 1st and April 5th from 12 NOON – 2:30 PM ET.  LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS. Registration $400

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LANDSCAPE AS POETRY (six consecutive Saturdays)

This workshop considers how landscape painting can operate like poetry, creating aesthetic experiences that are both ineffable and unparaphrasable. Rather than focusing on landscape painting as a depiction of place, we’ll explore how it can convey feeling, emotion and — dare I say it? — spiritual experience. Each sessions we’ll both look at and discuss the work of contemporary figurative painters and discuss our own works in progress. Every participant can schedule 2 one-to-one conversations with the instructor. We will meet by Zoom on six consecutive Saturdays between April 12th and May 17th from 12 NOON – 2:30 PM ET.  LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS. Registration $400

REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE WORKSHOPS: Workshop fees are listed with the descriptions. You can register by either sending me a Venmo payment to @Peter-Hocking-artist (last four digits are 7248) or a check to Peter Hocking, PO Box 672, Truro MA 02666. Please note the workshop title/day of the week with your payment. Please email me — phocking@gmail.com — when you send your payment so I can put you on the registration list. Once you’ve registered, I’ll send a confirmation email. A few days prior to the workshop, I’ll send a Zoom link and workshop resources. Email me with questions — phocking@gmail.com.

PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM — Painting Between Place and Memory: March 11 -14

To be announced soon

FINE ARTS WORK CENTER — 15 - 20 June 2025

TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS — 21 - 25 July 2025

PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM — Visual Research & Using Source Material: 16-19 September

Learning to paint should be joyous, exciting and just a bit challenging! I spent twenty years working with graduate students in Master of Fine Arts programs at Goddard College and Rhode Island School of Design, and I approach my workshops with the same seriousness I had as a professor. While my workshops are intended to provide graduate-level content, they are designed for artists at all levels of experience. I try very hard to provide individualized learning to everyone who works with me. 

I believe growing as a painter involves three things: 1) making paintings (learning by doing); 2) looking at painting (learning from others); and 3) talking about painting (sharing ideas, resources, and technique). As a result my workshops become vital learning communities, in which all participants share and grow as artists.

I'm very flexible as an instructor and see workshops as a way to support our growth as painters and to immerse ourselves in the process of painting. I'm not product-focused, and always prefer that workshops fuel us for artmaking in the weeks and months after the workshop is over. I provide a lot of learning resources above and beyond what’s presented in the workshop.

I offer some prompts, but encourage participants to make their own 'assignments.' While we can discuss many things about painting as a group, I offer one-to-one meetings as a way to focus on each participant’s specific questions or concerns.