Studio Art Classes

Watercolor

Friday, March 28–Friday, June 13, 2025
10:30 am–1:00 pm
Education Dept Art Studio (Classroom 305B)
Ticket Required

Occurring every Friday except 4/25, 5/2

Members
$289.00
Nonmembers
$341.00
Add to Calendar 2025-03-28 10:30:00 2025-03-28 13:00:00 Watercolor 03/28/2025 10:30 AM Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston tickets@mfa.org America/New_York public

Learn the expressive potential of watercolor painting: study color, composition, form, and transparency, and discover techniques such as washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush, and color mixing. Class includes gallery visits, group discussions, and guidance in developing personal imagery.

Students are responsible for providing their own supplies. View the supply list here.

Occurring every Friday except 4/25, 5/2

Course Number
W5-S
Medium
Watercolor
Level
All Levels
Number of Sessions
10
Age
18+

Ticket Information

Registration for February, April, and Summer vacation week classes ends at Noon the Friday before the class starts.

Before registering for classes, please review Program Information and Policies.

To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975 ($6 processing fee applies); no in-person ticket sales.

All ticket sales are final. Tickets may not be refunded, are nontransferable, nor may they be resold.

Ticketing Policies

Accessibility

Due to the building’s historic architecture, the third-floor classrooms, 305A, 305B, 305D and 305E, are not wheelchair-accessible and must be accessed by stairs. Please let us know in advance if the student has limited mobility; we can make accommodations, including relocating the class to an accessible space.

To inform the Studio Art Class program of any access needs, please e-mail artclasses@mfa.org or call our office at 617-369-3295.

About the Instructor

Justin Life received an MFA from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts (2007) and a BFA in painting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2002); he also studied at the Winchester School of Art at Southampton University in England (2002). His shows include Affirming the Hand at the Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2005); Boston Young Contemporaries at 808 Gallery (2007); and “Boston Drawing Project 10th Anniversary Show” at Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston MA (2009). Life also teaches at Tufts University and the Boston Architectural College.

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