Central Virginia Arts will offer a workshop “Pet Portraits”, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Longwood Center for Visual Arts, 129 N. Main St., Farmville.

Pet Portraits is a drawing and painting workshop where participants will work from photographs of their own pets to create drawings and a large scale acrylic painting. Students will exercise contour and shading techniques and then move onto to color mixing and painterly techniques to create a large scale portrait of their pet. Students are asked to bring a photograph of their pet or favorite animal.

Presenter Kendra Wadsworth is an artist and educator. Wadsworth, a scenic painter for motion picture, theatrical, television, and commercial projects, has an undergraduate degree in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, and has an MFA in painting from The University of Pennsylvania.

The fee is $10 for students, teens, and above; $15 for CVA members; and $25 for non-members. For more information or to sign up, contact Amy Eason at (434) 265-3385 or amyeasonartist@gmail.com.

Central Virginia Arts, a partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is a regional, non-profit organization offering lectures, workshops, exhibits, tours, and socials throughout the year. Artists and art appreciators are encouraged to join at $15 for an individual and $20 for a couple or family.