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

Yellow Barn Studio

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.

Drawing for Beginners and Intermediate

Drawing Picture 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.
Minimum age 14.

Class Registration Information:

Course Register Days Times Dates No Class Location
Drawing (Beg/Int) Fri 09:30AM -
12:00PM
10-03-2025 -
11-07-2025
-- Yellow Barn
Drawing (Beg/Int) Fri 09:30AM -
12:00PM
01-30-2026 -
03-06-2026
-- Yellow Barn

One Day Workshops

Landscape with Trees in Acrylic for all Levels (One Day Workshop)

Workshop 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.
Minimum age 14. 1 session

Class Registration Information:

Course Registration Day Time Date Location
Landscape with Trees in Acrylic for all Levels Workshop
1 Session
Thu 10:00AM -
1:00PM
11-08-2025 Arcade Room 303

Ink Exploration with Landscape for all Levels (One Day Workshop)

Workshop 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.
Minimum age 14. 1 session

Class Registration Information:

Course Registration Day Time Date Location
Ink Exploration with Landscape for all Levels Workshop
1 Session
Thu 10:00AM -
1:00PM
11-15-2025 Arcade Room 303

To register for a class please press on the Register button within the class information table above.

If you have any questions related to the art classes, please send them to info(at)vianborchert(dot)com or use the contact formular.