PAINTING ANIMALS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
with Contemporary Wildlife Artist
HANNAH HARPER
"I have always held an adoration for the natural world and its wild inhabitants. Catching insects and frogs, exploring, and drawing animals were among my favorite childhood pastimes. In my current work, it is my pursuit to portray wildlife as I saw them in my youth, with empathy and whimsy. My hope as a painter is to stir within the viewer a sense of child-like wonder towards wildlife, who possess feelings not dissimilar to our own".
Join Oklahoma wildlife artist Hannah Harper to learn her techniques for creating captivating portrayals of animals and the natural world they inhabit. This 4-week short course will focus on problem-solving obstacles that surface when working from a photo reference, including how to apply knowledge gleaned from painting from life to a photo, how to choose a photo that will be a successful reference rather than a frustrating reference, and best practices in photographing your own wildlife reference. The course will also focus on instructor demonstration and how she takes a wildlife painting from the drawing and problem solving stage to painted completion. Workshop space is limited to 14 artists. Ages 15 and up, all levels welcome. Enrollment closes July 15.
Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced
Thursdays, August 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2025
Time: 6pm to 9pm
$250 + $25 Registration Fee
Instruction is in Oils, see below for Materials List
Join Oklahoma wildlife artist Hannah Harper to learn her techniques for creating captivating portrayals of animals and the natural world they inhabit. This 4-week short course will focus on problem-solving obstacles that surface when working from a photo reference, including how to apply knowledge gleaned from painting from life to a photo, how to choose a photo that will be a successful reference rather than a frustrating reference, and best practices in photographing your own wildlife reference. The course will also focus on instructor demonstration and how she takes a wildlife painting from the drawing and problem solving stage to painted completion. Workshop space is limited to 14 artists. Ages 15 and up, all levels welcome. Enrollment closes July 15.
Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced
Thursdays, August 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2025
Time: 6pm to 9pm
$250 + $25 Registration Fee
Instruction is in Oils, see below for Materials List
To pay and register online, please use the buttons provided. Please note: Registration fee is non-refundable (unless OACA cancels the workshop). Register by paying registration fee + deposit, or registration fee + full tuition. Final payment for this course is due no later than July 15, 2025. Please read our terms & refunds policy here. If course is full, please contact OACA by phone 405-659-9016 or email [email protected] to be added to a waiting list.
Hannah Harper grew up in the Southern Oklahoma countryside. She was encouraged to pursue creativity at a young age and collected art education from various sources as a child. At 17, she took a workshop with artists John and Terri Moyers at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City who soon after took her under their wing and has mentored her ever since. They encouraged her to take workshops with charcoal master Ned Jacob in both Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming and a semester at the Ryder Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2019 with a BFA in studio art and completed her MFA for painting at the University of Oklahoma in 2023.
Hannah has exhibited in the annual Small Works, Great Wonders exhibition at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Western Visions exhibition at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, WY. She is represented by Claggett/Rey Gallery in Colorado, Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe, NM,
and Wildfire Gallery on Paseo and DNA Galleries in Oklahoma City.
Should you choose to pay by check or cash, please use the registration button below to register for the course. Please make checks payable to OACA and mail to: Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art, 12 E. Burton Place, Edmond, OK 73013.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
When enrolling in any visual arts workshops or classes at Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art, hereinafter, OACA, you hereby confirm that you understand and agree to our Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to our terms and conditions, please do not enroll in a workshop or class.
REGISTRATION FEE
To reserve a place in a OACA workshop or class, students must pay a deposit + non-refundable registration fee or full tuition + non-refundable registration fee. Students will risk losing a place in a class or workshop if the tuition is not paid in full on the tuition due date (2 weeks prior to start date).
CANCELLATION POLICY
OACA reserves the right to take and use photographs of students and student artworks for the purpose of OACA promotion and publicity. OACA is not responsible for any lost or stolen articles at any of the venues where classes or workshops are held. OACA does not accept responsibility for any student loss associated with unrecoverable travel costs and/or reservations.
When enrolling in any visual arts workshops or classes at Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art, hereinafter, OACA, you hereby confirm that you understand and agree to our Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to our terms and conditions, please do not enroll in a workshop or class.
REGISTRATION FEE
To reserve a place in a OACA workshop or class, students must pay a deposit + non-refundable registration fee or full tuition + non-refundable registration fee. Students will risk losing a place in a class or workshop if the tuition is not paid in full on the tuition due date (2 weeks prior to start date).
CANCELLATION POLICY
- If OACA cancels a workshop, students will receive a full refund minus the $25 registration fee.
- If a student cancels more than four weeks before the start date, a full refund will be given minus $50 cancellation fee.
- If a student cancels four weeks or fewer from the start date, no refund will be given.
- **OACA is not responsible for any fees associated with a student having to cancel or change travel plans, including hotel and flight if OACA cancels a class, workshop or changes its schedule.
- No refund is given for student absences during the course of the workshop.
- There are no student make-ups for workshops.
- Any other refunds are at the discretion of the Administration.
OACA reserves the right to take and use photographs of students and student artworks for the purpose of OACA promotion and publicity. OACA is not responsible for any lost or stolen articles at any of the venues where classes or workshops are held. OACA does not accept responsibility for any student loss associated with unrecoverable travel costs and/or reservations.