In this all-day workshop at Kittery Art Association, you'll learn the basics of how to mat and frame your painting.

Sunny California anyone? What a beautiful island to visit and paint. Endless flower gardens! Fascinating water views and romantic architecture! Dates: April 20-24, 2026, Monday through Friday Cost: $400 for 5 days, $85 per day Coronado Flower Show is held on the weekend prior. I hope to do a demo open to the public on one of the show days. Contact Doris for date and time. To register for workshop call, email or write Doris Rice. Deposit $85.00 Send your name, address, cell,

New Workshop - Damariscotta 2026 Workshop Dates: May 12-15, 2026, Tuesday through Friday, 4 days. For travelers, I suggest arrival 5/11 so you can be at class for 9:30 am 5/12, with a departure 5/16, Saturday morning. If you need to depart Friday afternoon, let Doris know. Cost: $400 or $125 per Day Explore Coastal Maine with me. The beautiful waterways, boats, woodland settings, and country architecture all call to be captured in a watercolor. Accommodations: Feel free to lo

June 5-10/20 2026 Friday arrive, Wed. departure Vieux Quebec, Class filled, wait list only. Cost: $450 painters, $350 non painters Send deposit $100 to hold your place. Make sure your passport is in order. To register I'll need: name, address, email, and cell as well as emergency contact: email, cell, location and relation to you. Most of us will be driving/carpooling. Passengers should divide up gas and tolls. Parking will be shared by each auto. We will be staying 5 night

Sand and Sea Air. A beautiful place to paint! Cotuit Center for the Arts presents: Doris Rice on Cape Cod:  June 23, 24, 25, 2026.   3 Days, Tues/Wed/Thursday Contact the Cotuit Center for the Arts and register for the workshop 2026. They handle all registrations. I encourage you to get your name on the list. Workshop Details: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday This is a chance to learn the skills of painting while soaking in the beautiful surroundings of Cape Cod. Doris Rice, accl

Monhegan Island, Maine July 13-17, 2026 – Monday through Friday     Paint with us on the Artists’ Island of Monhegan!  We will be working en plein air every day to create impressions of this beautiful spot, meanwhile learning the fundamentals of art. Each painter works to his or her own rhythm and style. All levels of experience are welcome. Whether walking the trails or looking out over the cliffs to sea or land beyond, Monhegan offers a painter an incredible ‘get-away’. Tem

Seacoast New Hampshire & Maine Five days, August 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Tuesday through Saturday. Deposit $95.  Locations to be announced as we get closer. Sign up anytime! Come with me to paint the many faces of the Seacoast.   We will be working plein air in different locations, every day.  Where and what shall we paint?  There is so much to capture!  Each year we explore another facet of our own wonderful New England coast.  The challenge is to create a vision of the locale,

The Stone Chapel, Star Island, Isles of Shoals, watercolor by Doris Rice Star Island, Isles of Shoals, NH and Maine September 7-11, 2026 Monday through Friday Labot Day Week. (Content shared by Star Island): “Artists travel throughout North America and Europe to learn from Doris Rice. Closer to home lies yet another adventure! Step back in time, and still enjoy what seems like a distant land; remote, peaceful, historic. Paint spectacular views on Star Island, found off the N

Details coming soon for our first plein air adventure in spectacula Puglia, Italy.

Join us for our annual escape to Spannochia,

Saturday, November 14, 2026 All day....a wonderful immersion into techniques with watercolor. This day is a blast! Learn the properties of watercolor while creating your own images for greeting cards. No experience necessary, just arrive and play. Indoors, not plein air. Set up 9:00 am at the First United Methodist Church, 129 Miller Ave, Portsmouth, NH. Plenty of parking. Class runs 9:30-3:30. Cleanup 3:30-4:30. Materials: Suggested materials, but not mandatory. 100% cotton