About the instructor: Cleo Papanikolas has experience to share in fine art, illustration, publishing, writing, and handcrafted products. She earned a BFA in printmaking from California College of Arts (and Crafts), and an MFA in painting from the University of California at Berkeley. She has taught in the San Francisco bay area at CCA, Handcrafted Studio School, SF Center for the book, UC Berkeley, Creative Bug, CreativeLive, and Castle in the Air. Her latest book is “The Opposite is Also True: a Journal of Creative Wisdom For Artist’s.” She is the author/illustrator of "Cook Until Desired Tenderness" and she illustrated "The Comfort Queens Guide To Life" and a line of over 100 licensed products based on the book, as well as numerous other books, magazines, and products. Cleo paints professionally at any scale and has worked on large commercial murals, oil on canvas paintings for fine art galleries, and small pieces for print.