Explore Watercolor Workshop

In this one-session watercolor workshop, artist and educator Rachel Borntrager will guide participants through both the expressive and delicate attributes of watercolor painting, with guided demonstrations and hands‑on practice. Suitable for all experience levels, participants will create two different paintings that explore essential watercolor techniques, including: washes, layering, brush control, blending, and working with transparent color. With an emphasis on experimentation and confidence‑building, this workshop creates space to play, ask questions, and develop a deeper understanding of how watercolor behaves. Ideal for first‑time painters or those looking to refresh their skills, this workshop provides a relaxed, supportive setting to explore watercolor and spark creative momentum.

Tickets are $83.63 ($69.69/members and guests 25 and under). Reserve your spot online or with Guest Experience at (479) 657-2335 today. 

Rachel Borntrager is an abstract expressionist and portrait painter. Rachel’s art is inspired by elements of somatic therapy and the emotional complexity experienced in close relationships. Rachel uses a combination of fluid layers of paint, negative space, and lines on raw canvas to express moments deeply felt by the body but which may be overlooked by analytical and language-based thinking. In her most recent paintings, she uses intuitive line marks she calls her “Soma-Line Method” to externally “map” the body’s emotional responses and breath. Her paintings and workshops all have one goal: to aid people in their process of becoming whole. Rachel hosts collaborative workshops called “Painting Your Breath: An Introduction to The Soma-Line Method” for both public and private groups, often co-leading with local therapists and other artists.