Plein Air Workshop with Sally O'Neill (July 13, 2013)

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A one-day (Saturday, July 13) workshop with award-winning artist Sally O'Neill. Email Sally O'Neill  to inquire and/or register.

Two Summer Workshops with Thomas Kitts

Announcing Two Summer

Oregon Plein Air Workshops

with Thomas Jefferson Kitts

http://www.thomaskitts.com

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Hood River, Oregon

Essential Plein Air Techniques:

The Columbia Gorge

July 31 - August , 2013

$375 for three days of instruction

This workshop is hosted by the Columbia Art Center in Hood River. It will be a 3-day outdoor workshop which focuses on how to intensify distance and atmosphere through the use of color to create the illusion of deep space. Emphasis will be placed upon painting in and around the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area and your subject matter will encompass both awesome views and intimate waterfalls. This workshop is for any outdoor painter who wants to improve their ability to paint rocks, trees, and moving water in one of the most unique and beautiful areas in the Pacific Northwest! 

Click here to learn more or to reserve your spot

via the Columbia Center of the Arts

Registration status: Workshop maximum 15 participants / 7 people registered

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Portland, Oregon

Essential Plein Air Techniques:

The PDX Daytripper's Edition

August 12 - August 16, 2013

$550 for five days of instruction

This 5-day outdoor summer workshop is specifically tailored to the plein air enthusiast who lives in or around Portland, Oregon. (Out-of-towners are welcome too!) Your instruction will focus on how to improve your plein air skills without the extra cost of travel and lodging.

This class will focus on simplifying what we see, recognizing and mixing natural color, paint handling techniques, basic design and composition, how to control values, and work alla prima so as to complete a small painting within one session. 

All painting locations will be within an hour of downtown Portland, enabling you to daytrip to-and-from home each day.

Click here for more information about this workshop. 

Click here to request a registration form.

Registration status: Workshop maximum 12 participants / 6 people registered.

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For information about Thomas' 

instructional methods click here.

Both workshops are already half filled so don't delay!

One-day Demo & Workshop with Randall Sexton, Thursday September 6

Columbia Art Gallery Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competiton & Event Juror Randall Sexton is offering a one day workshop in Hood River to the Plein air participants as well as the general public. Sign up right away if you are interested-- the limit is 20 students.

Information below:

Demonstration and Paint-out: Thursday Sept 6, 9:00am - 4:00pm,
(limited to a maximum of 20) / Plein Air Participants- $100 / General Public-$125

Send check to: Sexton Studio
(Payable to Randall Sexton)
1400 Pomona Street
Crockett, CA 94525

Randall’s workshops are open to students of any level of experience, but are especially designed to help experienced artists further their understanding of the oil painting medium and deepen their insights to their own work. His communication skills and his “hands-on” approach to teaching have garnered him a healthy and wide reputation among former students.

(Any questions regarding supplies, content, or workshop details feel free to contact Randall directly)

Registration confirmation/ based on receipt date:
(first come first serve) w/ priority to festival participants
Please include contact info : email rcsart@mindspring.com

Painting Coastal Color and Light Workshop with Eric Jacobsen and Michael Orwick

(Reprinted with permission from Art on the Boulevard)

Painting Coastal Color and Light with Eric Jacobsen and Michael Orwick

Come and join Eric and Michael for a unique and exciting plein-air

Workshop at Cannon Beach. This will be a 5-day workshop, June 18th through 22nd.

Eric and Michael will conduct this as a dual workshop and students
will benefit from expert advice and painting tips from each artist.
Along with daily painting demos and informal lectures there will be
group critiques and plenty of one-on-one teaching in the field.

This workshop is open to all levels(beginner through advanced). In it we will cover the history and philosophy of outdoor painting as well as palette choice, basic outdoor painting setup and Do's and Dont's for the outdoor painter. Both Eric and Michael have vast experience painting in the field and we look forward to helping you along your path as a plein-air painter of color and light!

Cost: $450(for 5 days) or $100/per day.

Please contact Eric Jacobsen to sign up.

Eric Jacobsen
25 Bird Creek Rd
Glenwood,WA 98619
(509)364-0018
jacobsenstudio@gmail.com

Mitch Baird workshop (just three spots left)

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(Message from Mitch):

Hello Friends, Colleagues, and art loving Acquaintances;

I am writing to inform you of an upcoming plein air workshop I will be
conducting in Oregon. It will be in conjunction with my solo show at Art
on the Boulevard (www.artontheboulevard.org) in Vancouver, WA on Friday,
June 1st. It will be the only workshop I will be returning to Oregon to
teach this year.

The workshop will take place on June 2nd and 3rd and will be held on
beautiful Sauvie Island, near Portland, Oregon. Attached to this email is
the presentation flyer with details. You may contact me if you have any
questions. Thank you, and I hope you are gearing up for the plein air
season!

Mitch Baird
www.mitchbaird.com
mitch@mitchbaird.com
971-227-6142