Vian Borchert is an internationally acclaimed artist, a Corcoran GW graduate, and an art educator with over a decade of teaching experience. Borchert teaches art classes at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo Park, Maryland and the Arts Club of Washington, Washington D.C. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yellow Barn
The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park, Maryland
![]() 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 |
Registration is available through the Glen Echo Partnership for Art and Culture. Additional information about the classes and Vian Borchert are provided by the Glen Echo Park.
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If you have any questions related to the art classes, please send them to info(at)vianborchert(dot)com or use the contact formular.

This drawing class is designed for beginning students where students
will learn how to use many drawing mediums such as charcoal, pencils,
pen and ink, and colored pencils to create dynamic drawings. Demos of
all types of line-contour, gesture, variable and hatched lines will
be presented. Art themes such as still life, landscape, studies and
images from your own inspiration will be covered.
Working from a landscape with trees’ photo, the instructor will guide the students of all levels
through demonstrating the steps needed to create a pleasing composition of a landscape painting
in acrylic with emphasis on elements like perspective, depth, texture, and brush techniques.
In this workshop for all levels of students, we'll utilize inked pens to explore the beauty of line
work and marks. We'll do a rendition from a master artist ink landscape artwork with focus on
structure and composition for creating skilled ink work.

Internationally acclaimed artist, art educator and Corcoran graduate, Vian Borchert, teaches
“Painting From Images”, a course designed for all levels, students will work from their images
and water based medium of choice. Painting demonstrations, composition, color theory and
techniques are presented. Individual attention will be provided. Encouragement of exploration
of one’s own artistic voice and identity is emphasized. Students will be guided in creating a
pleasing work of art.