Our Sicily painting retreat was a fabulous success. A group of friends have had a fantastic time on the beautiful island. I am back to the States now and soon the holiday season will come. It is an excellent  time to promote my 2025 events. I want to talk about Derek Penix workshop again. Every time I see Derek, I learn something. His way of painting is so magical to me. Underneath the spontaneous and energetic appearance of his beautiful paintings, I can see his solid foundation and deep understanding of all the important relationships to make a painting work effectively. I have benefited significantly by seeing his demos, applying his techniques, and improving my own work. He has taught multiple workshops in my place, and all of them were very popular. I am very excited that Derek will come back again in February 2025. We recently have talked and decided to set a new price for the workshop giving advantages to participating artists. Now Derek's workshop are still have openings. If you want to know how the real master creates spectacular paintings and learn the effective painting techniques, please check https://www.qhart.com/dereks-workshop-2025 to get detailed information and sign up.