​WORKSHOP...

September 13-15, 2019 Plein Air Workshop -  Mainstreet Art Centre in beautiful Lark Zurich, Illinois

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Making lots of art

As David Bayles said, “For most artists, making good art depends upon making lots of art.” In this plein air workshop you will be making lots of art (9 to 14 paintings), because every time you start a new painting, you bring to your effort everything you’ve learned from every other painting you’ve ever done. Through this process and the one-on-one instruction you’ll leave the workshop exhilarated, exhausted, and possessing a greater, clearer, more concise understanding of painting the landscape en plein air.

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What to Expect During a Workshop

• One to two hour daily classroom lectures on working with a limited palette. Discussions on motifs, composition, value fundamentals, assessing correct color temperatures and many other topics.
• Written instructional materials containing considerations for a successful painting: composition, color, values, focal points, sources of light, affects of distance, reflections, shadows and highlights, paint mixing and brush strokes. The advanced knowledge of beginning, developing and finishing plein air paintings.
• Several 10 - 30 minute instructor demonstrations from location each day
• Numerous studies by students and one extended two hour painting each of the days
• Daily Q and A sessions
• Critiques following each painting session

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What You'll Need to Bring

• Easel: Any light-weight portable easel will do. We’ll move around a lot so portability is a must.
• Brushes: Bring at least 3 flats. Sizes no. 2, 6 and 10 are recommended.
• Paints: Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, Scarlet Lake, Cadmium Yellow (Daler Rowney Georgian) and Transparent Red Oxide. These are the only colors you need for this workshop if you want to try using my limited palette.
• Palette: Minimum size 11x14. Wood, glass or plastic are fine but please: NO paper palettes.
• Painting panels: Any type will do, and bring at least ten panels. Suggest 6x8 or 8x10. For your “masterpiece” on the last day, you can bring a larger panel and also bring a frame to fit.
• ​Other: Small sketch pad and pencil (important); sunscreen and bug spray; bottled water, odorless thinner, paper towels (suggest Viva, Bounty or Brawny), metal palette knife, and trash bags (plastic grocery bags).