1989-2004
Courses in drawing and watercolor with Leslie Hirshfield, M.F.A., The Evanston Art Center and The Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, Il.

2002-2003
Workshops with Donna Jill Witty, M.F.A., Woodstock, Il.

1998
Workshop in landscape painting with Madine Insalaco, M.F.A., in San Gimignano, Italy

1996-2002
Private study with Susanna Linhart, La Garde Freinet, France