Beginning Oil & Acrylic Plein Air Landscape Workshop
Schedule
September 9 - 12, 2022
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. each day (4 days total)
About
This will be at the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita, Oregon.
Summary
This beginning painting workshop is focused on painting the coastal landscape from direct observation in the open air. Nothing is quite as exhilarating as meeting our experience with our mind and hands in paint on a small rectangle. It is also a complex endeavor, so some guidance is necessary. Participants will learn about the materials and gear (paints, brushes, palette, and the plein air easel). Also, importantly: composition, color, paint mixing and handling, palette management, and the stages of building up a painting.
With this workshop, you will have a firm foundation in the essentials of painting and of painting the landscape en plein air. Plein air is simply French for “outdoors,” literally “full air” or “in the open air.” It has recently been taken to be a style. I don’t see it as a style. I don’t actually care about styles. I do care about authenticity. Each painter paints as they see and feel. The more comfortable they become with the materials and their process, the more freely their authentic feeling and vision can show up in their paintings. And that’s magic.
Cost
$450 tuition to be paid through the Hoffman Center for the Arts.
+$20 materials
Location
Classes will be held at the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita, Oregon.
Hoffman Center contact Info:
594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, OR
info@hoffmanarts.org
Register
If you have any questions, please contact me via email at howdy@jefgunn.com or phone: 503.201.2556.