Surreal & Fashion Photography Workshop with Cassidy Walker
Please join us for this exciting 3 day workshop - Jan 4, 5, 6, 2020 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm daily
The course begins with providing the basics to a camera and how to shoot landscapes while we walk around town to some of my favorite locations. The second day, we will be shooting a model in the middle of beautiful Old Town, Puerto Vallarta. The third day, we will be in the gallery working on some of your pictures we took and how to take a picture and a concept and put them together, whether its landscapes, fashion, or fantasy photography. For lunch, I will be taking the photographers to my favorite taco stands, which are hidden gems in the city.
Tamale making Workshop and Tamale Happy Hour with Nathalie Herling
Following the rich Mexican tradition of making Tamales for Christmas (or anytime), we will have a hands on start to finish Tamale making workshop. A fun gathering to do what Mexican cooks have enjoyed for centuries to do - cook and chat, gossip, laugh while we make tamales. We will make traditional corn husk tamales with pork and vegetarian options. As well as sweet tamales, a Norteña Christmas traditions that reaches into Texas and Californa and Colombian style banana leaf tamales with chicken, egg and olives!!
For drinking we will make a Purple corn, pineapple Chicha for cool drinks and Cafe de Olla and Colombian hot chocolate, classic holiday beverages, to keep us caffeinated to make all these Tamales! You will be taking home lots of tamales to share with family and friends or freeze to enjoy later. We will be using clay pots to make our delicious fillings and masa. Even steaming too!
Recommended you bring an apron, take home containers and lots of good stories to share. This workshop will likely go on for at least 4 hours as we cook, laugh and make a lovely communal mess making delicious tamales. Might turn into a Tamale Fiesta with Vino Caliente after we are done!
Entrance details will be sent to participants. Going to be held in the handmade Mexican tile kitchen overlooking the ocean.
Nathalie Herling of Creative Clay Cooking will be sharing her Mexican, Texas and Colombia recipes for traditional Christmas tamales which many she has prepared for over 30 years.
The Classic Still Life— with Mexican Ceramics Workshop
This three day workshop (March 25, 26, 27, 2019) will cover everything for completing a successful, colorful and lively Still Life painting. We will include Mexican ceramics in the Still Life set-up and also add local fruit and vegetables to create an authentic Mexican tabletop scene. Good composition, dramatic light effects, balanced values, and color mixing will all be covered for beginners and advanced students. We will start with a finished charcoal drawing and then quickly work into color. It is primarily an Oil Painting workshop but Acrylic and other mediums are welcome.
