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This 4 Day Mexican Art Class is an intensive class from 10am to 4pm Mon-Thurs. Students draw in the morning and paint in the afternoons. You can explore different mediums, like pen and ink, drawing, pastel, watercolor, and oils. All styles from realistic to abstract can be experimented with. Beginners and all levels are welcomed. Voted best art teacher in San Miguel, her art classes are one of the few in San Miguel that blends art with Mexican culture, structured under the spiritual philosophy of "nepantla", a 16th Century Nahua word that means "in the middle of things". Models and reference materials are indigenous to this region and students are given oral art and cultural history lectures, introduction to contemporary Mexican and Latin American modern music while working. Maestra Isis Rodriguez is a world renown and internationally recognized artist with a B.F.A in painting. She has been teaching for over 20 years and has lived in Mexico for 20 years.