Honing Your Personal
Vision & Process

A 6-day in-person intensive study with Scott Christensen

I designed this workshop to help you hone your vision through focused, one-on-one guidance.

May 26 - 31, 2026

This workshop is by application only.

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Honing Your Personal Vision & Process

After years of instructing this course, I’ve refined this workshop to focus entirely on the individual. This is a collaborative environment designed to cater to your personal process and specific artistic needs. 

A 6-day intensive, small-group workshop designed to refine your direction and strengthen your process.

If you’ve been painting consistently, you know there comes a time where effort alone isn’t enough. You need careful examination, honest feedback, and focused direction.

During this workshop, I will work with you, outdoors and in the studio, refining your decisions, challenging your assumptions, and helping you strengthen your personal vision and process.

We will establish absolute clarity on the complexities of color.

My goal is to provide a "hyper-focus" on your unique challenges, helping you achieve the personal breakthroughs necessary to reach a higher level in your work. 

 

We often reach a point where we believe we understand a concept completely. 

Initial confidence often masks a lack of understanding. It is only through further inquiry that the limits of our knowledge become clear.

This workshop is designed to help you define your limitations and clarify them. Together, we’ll develop a working process tailored specifically to you.

This workshop is for painters who:

  • Have a clear understanding of painting fundamentals

  • Have been putting in consistent time, effort, and practice

  • Feel ready to refine their vision

  • Want to strengthen their working process

  • Are open to direct, individual feedback

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Six days of focused painting and study

Unlike a standard curriculum, this program is designed to cater to your personal needs. Together, we will develop a workflow tailored specifically to you.

Through careful, one-on-one attention, we will address the core disciplines essential for growth—including drawing, value control, color theory, and composition. We will establish absolute clarity on the complexities of color.

My goal is to provide a "hyper-focus" on your unique challenges, helping you achieve the personal breakthroughs necessary to reach a new plateau in your work.

Each day will include:

  • Outdoor painting with direct feedback from me

  • Indoor study sessions and personalized corrections

  • Careful individual critiques at your easel

  • One-on-one conversations about your goals and direction

Participants are responsible for:

  • Art supplies and materials

  • Transportation to and from Victor, Idaho, and around Teton Valley (please note we do not have a public transportation system here)

  • Lodging

  • Meals

(Additional logistics details will be provided upon acceptance.)

Join Me in Victor, Idaho

May 26–31, 2026
Cost: $2,500
Limited to 12 participants

This workshop is by application only.

APPLY HERE

Artists accepted will receive a comprehensive email including supply list.

If you’ve been putting in the work and feel ready to refine your personal vision and process at a deeper level, I look forward to reviewing your application.

Thank you for the trust you’ve given me in your artistic journey.

— Scott Christensen

Questions?

Everything you need to know about the workshop:

  • Yes, this is an in-person workshop in Victor, Idaho.

  • While I’ll primarily be painting and teaching in oil and gouache, all mediums are welcome.

  • You’ll need to bring all of your painting materials with you, for outdoor and indoor work. A full supplies list will be provided upon acceptance into the workshop.

  • You need to have a solid understanding of painting fundamentals, and you need to have been consistently putting in the work.

  • This workshop runs from May 26-31, 2026 (6 full days of painting). I recommend arriving in Victor on the 25th, and planning to depart on June 1st.

  • The closest airports are Idaho Falls, ID (IDA) and Jackson, WY (JAC). Both airports are about an hour and a half from Victor, depending on traffic.

    There are shuttle services available to Victor from both airports, but please note we do not have a public transportation system here for getting around Teton Valley, so renting a car or carpooling with other workshop attendees is recommended.

  • This workshop is $2500.

  • This is the first time I’m offering this workshop, so I’m not sure yet. I typically try to offer at least one in-person workshop each year.

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