Weekly Plein Air Class (Fall 2023)
Schedule
Full 10 sessions or any 5 sessions:
October 20 - December 29, 2023 (with one break in between)
Noon - 4pm every Friday
About Painting en Plein Air in or around Portland, Oregon
This ongoing Friday class, in the art of painting the land, skies and waters around us, meets seasonly to paint from direct experience the colors, shapes and textures of our world as it changes. Summer is special for its heat and Nature’s effulgence and life.
Join our study in a convivial exploration of the power of place out on location, within Portland and beyond. As always, we will cover issues of composition, paint handling & color palette for the season, whether precise or expressive. This class will be a rewarding class for all experience levels.
There will be lessons each session and feedback with one on one and group discussion. We’ll use a photo-sharing site to share and critique our work. There are countless ways to make a good painting.
Of special note:
Since mid 2020, group critiques and reviews have taken place through an online photo sharing site. This online photo site has had surprising benefits. It functions very simply, easy to use. Student painters and I upload photos of our paintings. We can all add remarks. I then drag the images into my photo software and can analyze and critique them, marking them with lines and arrows that make explicit the painting’s dynamics and its shortfalls. I also upload my own paintings, and paintings by great painters, often analyzed with arrows and descriptions. All this has had great benefits and we all seem to love it. More to the point, I see that people are learning faster. Everyone’s painting is improving! So happy!
The process has also almost doubled my time commitment with the class. The class tuition reflects this added benefit. Please contact me if you have any questions about this.
Class Sessions
Each class session 4 hours. A great way to spend your Fridays!
For painters of all experience levels.
Cost
$490 tuition for 10 sessions
$245 tuition for 5 sessions (any 5)
Location
Locations depend on weather. When clear, there are many options. When wet, we’ll work under shelter or meet on zoom.
In studio or via Zoom: Reworking the subject through group critique, from which flow specific challenges based on composition, dark-light structure, color, tension, proportion, feeling, unity). We will also be using an online photo sharing site to review and critique our work throughout the ten weeks.
Sites in or near Portland under consideration: Mt. Tabor, Rivervilla Park in Oak Grove, Rooster Rock, Sauvie Island ODFW viewing platform, and other sites with shelter. I’ve shortened this list to those sites that allow us maximum distance to work.
Registration
If you have any questions, please contact me via email at howdy@jefgunn.com or phone: 503.201.2556.