This workshop will focus on developing a painting from start to finish. How to compose, see values and mix color in simple terms. The more we simplify the process, the better the painting. We will begin with outdoor color sketches for 2 days, developing ideas for paintings and learning how to suggest the light and atmosphere without copying the landscape. 

Then in the studio we will learn the process of creating a larger painting from an outdoor sketch and photo, focusing on recomposing, finding big masses and shapes and developing a color scheme that suggests the mood.

Materials list for the Plein Air Painting class:

OILS- Cadmium yellow light

Yellow ochre

Cadmium orange

Cadmium red medium (or naphthol red)

Burnt sienna

Alizarin crimson

Dioxazine purple

Ultramarine blue

Viridian

Pthalo blue or cerulean blue

BRUSHES- White oil bristle brushes and/or synthetic brushes

Filberts or flats- # 2,4,6,8

Small, round sable or sabline- #6 or 8

OTHER SUPPLIES

Palette- 12x16, paper or wooden

Medium and small, long painting knife

Paper towels

Paint thinner

CANVAS BOARD- 8x10, 9x12, 6x8. A mixture of these sizes, 5 or

6 panels at least.

A 12x16 or 16 x 20 for the last day in the studio.

Small Sketch Book, Drawing Pencils, 4b or 6b