Painting the Big Red Poppy
Watercolor Workshop

Ann Breckon

Paint this single red poppy any size you would like.   Discover the interesting difference between painting life-size and over-size.  Big impact!

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Sumi Under the Sea
(One-Day Workshop, Friday, June 7)

Lois Yoshida

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Drawing the Figure

Henry Stinson

Strengthen your understanding of figure drawing and anatomy with master artist Henry Stinson. Through lecture, demonstration and individual instruction, students will benefit from Henry’s approach to figure drawing, which highlights the importance of movement and emotional use of line in order to develop a solid foundation in drawing the nude figure.

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Impressionism in Acrylics:
An Artist’s Toolbox
Dianna Shyne

Learn to paint in acrylics with confidence and joy! Dianna Shyne helps you explore the art of painting in acrylics through design, composition, color harmony and impressionist techniques. Dianna's lessons are clear and easy to follow. She will include short demonstrations, and easy to learn techniques for identifying compositional shapes and values. She also teaches a three-step guide for color mixing, and methods for using line, color, brushwork and edges to boost your painting skills to the next level.* Improve your painting skills in these fun, fast paced and very practical hands-on all day classes. Each class includes a Thursday evening critique.

*Each all-day Friday workshop will focus on one painting topic.
(You can get a head start on this class by ordering Dianna Shyne's Acrylic Workbook.)

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Pen and Ink in Watercolor

Ann Breckon

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Building a Better Design: Landscapes in Pastel

Susan Ogilvie

Join award winning artist Susan Ogilvie for a three-day plein air workshop. This class is for the pastel painter who has some experience with the
medium, and is interested in developing a more effective approach to
composition in the landscape. The class will consist of both indoor and outdoor activities (weather permitting.) Students will create field studies each day, and we will use the studio for review, analysis, and resolution of field work. Topics will include:
Composing, not just capturing.
Concise field studies—simplified and dynamic.
Developing field reference for studio painting.
Color as narrative—taking liberties with reality.

Susan will provide demos to clarify each day’s topic, assist students individually while working, and conduct group critiques during the workshop.

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Tim Deibler

Thinking Conceptually for Better Results
A Plein Air Painting Workshop*

Ron Rencher

If we, as artists, can learn to think conceptually rather than literally, we will be on the path to true creativity. Painting the landscape is a difficult task, but it can be made much easier it we can learn to conceptualize what we are looking at. There are several basic visual concepts that artists can choose from to get oriented and which will allow greater ease in the design of the painting, which in turn leads to a better outcome. If we don’t think in this creative way, we will be locked into a literal interpretation of the scene, resulting in slavish adherence to useless details.

In this class, students will learn these visual concepts and how to employ them in the creation of their paintings. Work out of doors, "en plein air", weather permitting. Nature, when studied directly, is the best source of information and inspiration.

The instructor will provide demonstrations of concepts and techniques, as well as group and individual critiques. Students can expect a high level of individual attention.

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Components of Color in Plein Air Painting

Scott Gellatly

Make color work for you!  This workshop will investigate the three main components of COLOR (Value, Hue, and Chroma) in Plein Air Oil Painting.  We will work with each component of color individually through painting small plein air studies, and then tie them all together in a longer painting sessions.  The workshop will start with a brief lecture on Color Space, pigment history, and color palettes.  There will be color-mixing and painting demonstrations throughout the workshop.  Most of the workshop, however, will be painting time to put it into practice! 

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