Paint Your Pet

Capture your pet’s personality on canvas with guidance from published artist Mickey Carlson. Learn proportions, expression, and fun painting techniques. Leave with a finished piece perfect for a holiday gift! Acrylics are provided; for more nuanced skills, feel free to bring your own oil paints. About the Artist Mickey Carlson believes in painting realistic art that inspires imagination. Her studio in the Des Moines Mainframe building is filled with landscapes, figurative art, abstracts and portraits. Her art has been on exhibit at several venues in Des Moines as well as at the Mainframe Studio space. Her work is in collections in London, Boston, New York, and Venice. She has illustrated a book of stories about beloved canines called “Sasha: A Memoir” by Betsy Bowles.