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JESSEL MILLER (Acrylics) & DIANE POPE (Watercolors) 

Jessel Miller & Diane Pope

Student Star of the Week~ Michelle Moore~ Just around the Bend

My students continue to amaze me with their ability to jump into new concepts on a weekly basis and create beauty and brilliance."
Jessel Miller

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UPCOMING PAINTING CLASSES WITH
​DIANE POPE & JESSEL MILLER
RSVP Required - See Details Below

CLASSES RESUME JANUARY 2024!

WATERCOLORS WITH DIANE

Classes held every other week.
The Thursday afternoon class is designed with the beginner in mind.
TUESDAYS (2 SESSIONS/DAY) 
*MORNING: 10am - 1pm *Classes fill quickly
AFTERNOON: 2pm - 5pm​
SEE YOU IN 2024

THURSDAYS (2 SESSIONS/DAY)
MORNING: 10am - 1pm
​*AFTERNOON: 2pm - 5pm *For Beginners
SEE YOU IN 2024

Please specify AM or PM class when signing up!
$75 per class or
$200 for a 4-class punch card
*If you purchase 4 classes you can take them any time*
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RSVP to Diane:
 707-483-4926 or spinpope@sbcglobal.net

**Class size is limited to 7. Email me to reserve your place. ​

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ACRYLICS WITH JESSEL

SEE YOU IN 2024!​
10am - 2pm with Potluck Lunch

​RSVP required. Please indicate the classes you want to attend. 
​Classes fill up quickly so reserve your days ahead of time for the month.
$75 per class or
 $200 for a 4 class punch card
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RSVP to Jessel:
707-257-2350 or jesselgallery@napanet.net

Napa Valley Marketplace profile, July 2023

Classes can be held on-site or off-site at Jessel Gallery

• This is not a paint-by-numbers class. Artwork is personalized and unique.
• Hands-on individualized teaching by Jessel Miller.
• This experience is creative and educational as well as relaxing and re-energizing.
  
• Jessel Gallery provides all project supplies.
• Each student leaves with a completed piece of art.

Email or Call 707.257.2350 

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Student Work 2023

Star Student Gallery Here

2022 Student Work Here

June 2023 Class

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Angel Spirits

Palette Knife Skies

Greeting Cards & Small Works

Painting on Cigar Boxes
Holiday gift ideas

Painting on Bags or Small Canvases
Holiday gift ideas

Fall Colors

Sunflowers

Landscape Shadows

Pumpkin Playfulness

Wild & Wonderful Animal Interpretations

Iconic Napa Valley

Outing to Dr. Sam Gittings' Amazing Farm

Animated Animals
I created backgrounds for many of these images. Some busy and some very calm. Folks pick a photo of their favorite animal and painted on top of the background. Some added to the background and had fun with the concept. It brings a smile to my face! ​

Still Life from Life

From the Farm

Surrealism
I am turning a new direction in the class concept. My students trust me enough to follow my lead and now is the time for a major shift in their growth. Even for the newbies as I call them. The class had inspirational images to help guide them like birds and flowers and some faces yet they had to sketch their own vision and paint in the colors of their choice. Well just look at them FLY!

Earth Tones with Patterns and Faces

Angels
In Honor of the passing of my Dear Friend Kate Canon we painted Angels. She would have loved these images.
​The Friday Class did something unique and I am so proud of them for their willingness to stretch. They sketched their angel out of their imagination and then painted the piece.

Form, Figure & Face
This is the first of July Form, Figure and Face classes and though it was a struggle for some, the results were lovely.​

Color, Color, Color

About a year ago I saw this painting on Daily Paint Works (which is a site I have my work on)
The Class worked off my piece on Friday exclusively and Wednesday a few chose to work off Maryanne's Piece

Maryanne Jacobsen Inspiration Piece

Jessel Miller Homage to Maryanne Jacobsen

Gardens and Cottages

Clotheslines on Sta Wet

Thinking Inside the Box

One Image, Two Palettes

Barns & Shadows

Ocean Miniatures

Lavender Fields

Honoring Van Gogh
Notice that Van Gogh's brushwork tends to follow the form of what he was painting. Think of how the sunlight radiates, how the ground undulates, how the foliage grows, etc. He painted with thick and very deliberate strokes of paint.

Animals - Abstracted and Real

Palette & Putty Knife Class

Triptychs
Learning the art of painting a triptych​

Tulips

Windows in Trees

Light Through the Trees

Abstract Figurative
​Learning to paint abstract figures on Sta Wet Sheets

Under Painting - Part II

Under Painting
With graded wash sky and primary colors to mix all colors (using big brush) then palette knife for the sky.

Mixing Primary Colors
Using only 3 colors: RED BLUE AND YELLOW, Black and White

Misty Moments

Vibration
This class was focused on smooth edges and drifting one color into another. The vibration of energy a piece creates is all in the balance of light and dark.​

Abstracts

Homage to Beverly Wilson

All About Skies

New Year, New View

Students Say

In response to Tim Carl's "Jessel Gallery: Napa's artist hub" I send my full endorsement and appreciation to Jessel Miller. I took my first art class there this past Wednesday.
I thought I would feel out of place being a slightly young man surrounded by women painters, many of them far more talented and learned than myself. But I was welcomed very warmly and had a wonderful experience. Mrs. Miller is an excellent teacher. After all these years, she still exerts such passion and creativity. She is also very patient and kind for first timers like myself who haven't painted in a long time. The potluck is worth going for by itself and I highly recommend people to take a class, or just pop in and see the incredible collection of local artwork showcased there. It truly is a gem in our local community.
Cheers to you Jessel.
Will Butler
Via the Napa Valley Register

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​I wanted to thank you so much for making time to teach me some painting yesterday. I learned so much from you. Your positivity and encouragement was much appreciated. I am inspired to paint. I thought it was serendipitous that I could call and schedule an art lesson on the same day. Then I met you and watched you interact with me, the public and on the phone and realized you were a rare gem of happiness and energy. After reading your 3 books you generously gave me I realized that your message of soft love and strong values was the authentic Jessel. How lucky for me that I was able to meet you. It wasn’t serendipity. It was meant to be. Thank you!!…Suzy

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I would like to comment on the art classes I have begun with Jessel in Napa. As a disabled person, having lost the use of my left hand, and with zero art experience, I was amazed at what I was able to create in a single lesson. Jessel is a patient, talented artist who shares her techniques with people like me who know nothing. By the end of one class, I had an interesting, colorful piece of art that was actually good enough to frame or display. And the second class was a different technique with a completely different result. Very happy to be learning a creative activity to pursue. She is the best teacher!! ❤️❤️ Kathy Ryan

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Wanted to tell you a big thank you for yesterday afternoon. I loved learning more of the “Jessel Method” and it was my first time inside a place in months. I love the Jessel Method and plan to play with it often. I use Saral transfer paper for my mandala templates. I am going to try it for tracing images as it comes in several colors either as sheets or a roll if you want to see if it can work as well for you as the carbon paper. Thank you for a lovely experience and I am delighted to expand upon what I learned from you yesterday; as it was also my first time adding an image in that way to an abstract painting. Have a wonderful day!
Peace and Joy, Joie
Peace is Joy at rest; Joy is Peace dancing!

Joie Goodkin

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"Thank you, thank you... it was a great class, Jessel. It's been almost two years since I started the class. The whole experience has been so good for me. You may not remember how and why I got started in my "art class journey" . I came in to the studio to give you those dress shoes I didn't wear to a fundraiser - and thought I'd never wear heels of any kind again - after my bike accident. I picked up one of your brochures and told you that the Kaiser Rehab suggested that doing new things in a new environment with new people would be a good step in recovery for me. I was all in of course and felt that a big plus was that Jessel Gallery was not a completely new thing for me. And the "rest is history" as they say." - Sally K.