PleinAir's 2018 Artists' Guide to Workshops, Classes, and Schools

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THE 2018 ARTISTS’ GUIDE TO WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND SCHOOLS Artists painting in New Zealand during a Publisher’s Invitational organized by Eric Rhoads

WORKSHOPS

Educational Opportunities for All Artists

Leon Holmes helping a young plein air painter

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rt workshops provide wonderful ways for people of all ages and levels of ability to explore their creative interests. The only expectation is that participants try to choose the workshops that best meet their budgets, availability, and goals. Those goals would presumably include the acquisition of knowledge of how to properly use art materials and techniques, and perhaps the desire to receive one-onone guidance in creating expressive works of art.

One of the unanticipated benefits of a workshop will be the opportunity to meet informally with other students and make friends with people who share one’s interest in art. The participants will pick up a lot of helpful tips about painting and professional activities, and they will be comforted by W2

the fact that just about everyone else feels the same anxieties, confusions, and joys. As one workshop participant put it, being part of a workshop is like studying a language for years and finally visiting the country where it is spoken.

Generally, workshops are three- to 14-daylong educational programs, sometimes requiring participants to travel some distance to attend and to stay in a motel or school dorm. There are some standard routines in most workshops, including demonstrations by the instructor, critiques of student work, and one-on-one assistance for the students, but other aspects of these classes will vary from one session to another and from one teacher to another.

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As with any educational program that requires an expenditure of time and money, it is recommended that artists find out as much as they can in advance about the instructor’s teaching skills, style, daily routine, and level of organization, and what impression he or she has left with people who have participated in previous workshops.

DEVELOPING A PERSONAL STYLE

When studying art in a class, workshop, atelier, or personal studio, one of the issues that might come up is how artists establish a personal style. Years ago, the editors at an art book company conducted a survey to determine the subjects they should cover in upcoming publications, and one of the top requests

Thomas Jefferson Kitts offering a demonstration

Kathleen Dunphy demonstrating for workshop participants

was for a book that provided specific guidance in establishing a personal style.

The respondents were looking for help in bringing a distinctive look to their paintings, one that would help make their paintings easier to identify and appreciate and more attractive to potential buyers. When the editors searched for someone who could develop such a book, however, they couldn’t find an author capable of giving dependable advice and concrete examples of such an individual, personal quality.

Style may be both the most important and the most elusive aspect of painting. It requires mastering the fundamentals — drawing, shapes, values, edges, perspective, scale, balance, harmony, and surface development — but also searching for what will express the artist’s individual response to a subject as well as his or her ability to communicate that response to people who view the work. Most artists begin their careers exploring variations on their teachers’ styles, or they imitate the style of a wellknown artist. As they experiment with materials and ideas over time, they change their palette of colors, procedures, and subject matter.

Developing an identifiable personal style of painting seems to be very important to artists who’ve only recently begun painting outdoors. Unless an

Ken Karlic beginning a painting demonstration

Hodges Soileau offers a streetside demo during a plein air festival.

artist has a great deal of experience painting in a studio, however, the issue of style needs to be put aside until he or she has spent a few years painting in the field. In most cases, a definite style will evolve without conscious effort. It just seems to happen as you make decisions about your favorite places to paint, the colors you prefer to use, the manner in which you apply paint to a substrate, and the amount of detail you want to include in a painted image.

Some of the artists who were consulted by the book editors mentioned above said much the same thing,

explaining that a style evolves naturally during the process of painting a large body of work. There is no way to predict what distinctive elements of design, color, subject matter, or pattern might constitute a style. Speculation about what might contribute most to the development of a style would be like forecasting the weather six months in advance. Past experience might be a guide, but it wouldn’t be a firm indicator.

If you ask a number of painters how they arrived at their style, they will often mention the influence of images seen early in their lives, especially those reproduced on posters or prints or in books or magazines. They might even recall one specific moment when they saw a painting in a gallery or museum that motivated them to say to themselves, “Someday I want to be able to paint like that.”

Those early impressions and ambitions usually linger in the mind, taking artists on a journey to find their own method for painting in the manner of Rembrandt, Wyeth, de Kooning, or Cézanne. In the end, their ultimate professional style of painting is founded in those early visions. Knowing this, a person can make a conscious and deliberate attempt to eventually “paint like that” with his or her own variation on the master’s signature style.

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PERSONAL STYLE Kevin J. Avery provides some reflections on two historical artists, and one modern master, and their personal styles.

Frederic Edwin Church

Thomas Moran

Carolyn Anderson

Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was hailed as the greatest American landscape painter of his generation. His own teacher, Thomas Cole, the founding figure of the Hudson River School, said of his student that he had “the finest eye for drawing in the world.” Cole meant not merely Church’s eye and hand with a pencil — with which he was indeed startling in perception and articulation — but also his dexterity with a brush in the field, which was uncanny and only sharpened with time.

Thomas Moran (1837-1926) may be the only American artist with a mountain named after him: Mount Moran, in Wyoming’s Grand Teton range. Moran’s reputation is indelibly linked with the grandeur of Western scenery. He was the first professional artist to depict the Yellowstone region of northwest Wyoming and the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Moran’s vivid watercolors of Yellowstone, worked up from cursory plein air sketches, helped persuade Congress to declare it America’s first national park in 1872.

When we look at subjects, we form general impressions and not detailed inventories. That’s why Carolyn Anderson believes our paintings should be developed according to the levels of importance of what we see. “Visual experience is more than just our eyes sending signals of contrast and color to our brains,” says the Montana artist. “What we see in front of us is a combination of what we know and what we expect to see. It is our past and our present, our memories and our sense of space and place. It is time itself.”

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) 1870, oil on canvas, 71 1/4 x 101 1/4 in.

Collection The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation.

Along the Road 2010, oil, 11 x 14 in.

Private collection

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone 1872, watercolor on paper, 10 by 8 in.

Collection the Gilcrease Institute, Tulsa, OK

Syria — Ruins by the Sea 1873-1874, oil on canvas, 10 1/2 x 16 in.

Collection the Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA

First Sketch Made in the West at Green River, Wyoming 1871, graphite, watercolor, and white gouache on wove paper, 3 3/4 by 8 1/8 in.

Collection the Gilcrease Institute, Tulsa, OK

Red Hair and Braids 2013, oil, 10 x 8 in.

InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

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Newnan, GA, March 3rd-4th, (678) 361-8909 Franklin, TN, May 18th-19th, (901) 438-2420 To schedule a workshop with Chantel in your area, please call or email.

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With Frederick Brosen & Costa Vavagiakis June 3–11, 2018 The League’s travel workshops offer memorable experiences that blend art-making and expert instruction with camaraderie and the inspiration of visiting new places. This spring, join us as we paint the colorful land and people of Seville, and the picturesque rivers and canals of Amsterdam!

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LISA MITCHELL Painting the Character & Texture of the Landscape

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Tampa, FL

2019 Chatham, MA

2018 Faculty Mat Barber Kennedy: June 18-19

Capturing Architecture in Watercolor and Line

Kyle Martin: July 9-10

Bucks County, PA Acadia, ME Tubac, AZ

Painting the Light Inside and Out

Bill Farnsworth: August 13-16 From Field to Studio

Kathie Odom: October 1-4 Open the Door to Plein Air

Marla Baggetta: October 17-20 Loosen Up + Expand

Dan Mondloch: October 22-25 Expressive Watercolor

and many more!

PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org 920.868.3455

For more workshop and book information, please visit Loisgriffel.com or contact Lois.griffel@gmail.com

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WORKSHOPS IN FRANCE

Uninstructed Retreat: Provence May 6 - 15 2018 Uninstructed: Poppy Season France May 6th - 15th 2018 Uninstructed Retreat: Provence May 6 - 15 2018 Uninstructed: Scottish Highlands June 16th - 28th 2018 Uninstructed Retreat: Provence May 6 - 15 2018 Instructed: Tim Horn Paints in France Sep 3rd - 12th 2018 Uninstructed Retreat: Provence May 6 - 15 2018 Uninstructed: Glorious Provence: Sep 16th - 25th 2018

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RANDALL SEXTON

2018 & 2019 TRIPS Spring 2018

SUSAN RUBIN, Instructor

WORKSHOPS ‘18

Monet Immersion April 26 – May 6, 2018 and Van Gogh Immersion May 11 – 24, 2018

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico March 10-17 Los Gatos, CA June 8 – 10th Eureka, CA June 22-24th

Spring 2019

Colorado August 19th – 24th

Loving Vincent Artist-Animator DENA PETERSON, Instructor

Carmel, CA August 27th – 30th Landgrove, VT September 12 -15th Crockett, CA Weekend Warriors: An ongoing series

Van Gogh Immersion Join DENA on her first visit to Vincent’s France!

Monet Immersion with Susan Rubin

Check website for 2019 dates

Sue Ann Hum, founder & host

www.MyArtTrip.com

MyArtTrip@gmail.com 719.539.5058 LIKE us on Facebook!

www.rcsexton.com

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travel and explore timeless Tuscan culture and countryside

PLEIN AIR TUSCANY Painting Journeys into the Heart of Tuscany Painting instruction for all levels with artist Garrett Speirs

October 4-12th 2018

visit: pleinairtuscany.net 805.448.9166

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No more falling off trays or tables. Studio or outdoor easel.

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Spring Workshops in Sedona, Arizona David Santillanes Bill Cramer Claudia Hartley Larisa Aukon Christine Debrosky Stuart Shils Julie Gilbert Pollard Kathryn Stats Kevin Macpherson Bill Cramer Matt Sterbenz

April 8–12 April 28–29 April 20–22 April 16–18 April 30–May 4 May 1–3 May 4–6 May 10–13 May 29–31 June 8–10 July 16–19

SedonaArtsCenter.org 15 Art Barn Rd, Uptown Sedona 928-282-3809 | 888-954-4442

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ONE OF

AMERICA’S GREAT ART INSTRUCTORS ON YOUR SCREEN

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n creating Slow Water, an idyllic summer stream scene, MacDonald will take you through a detailed step-by-step process of painting: from building an effective composition to establishing a solid value structure and vibrant color relationships to finishing with sensitively chosen details. Each of these crucial components of a painting will be explained and demonstrated. Whether painting plein air or using photographs for reference in the studio, you will come to a clearer understanding of how a successful painting is structured, see these essential basics anew, and discover ways to use them that will improve the craft of your painting.

Available Now for $127 TO ORDER GO ONLINE WWW.LILIARTVIDEO.COM OR PHONE 1-877-867-0324 CREATING DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES WITH JOHN MACDONALD © 2018 AND ©/™ LILIEDAHL VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2018 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HOME USE LICENSE ONLY: DO NOT COPY, DISTRIBUTE, RENT, OR PERFORM. FOR LICENSING INFORMATION, CONTACT 1-877-867-0324.

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R Gregory Summers AIS/OPS

3 Day Outdoor Workshops February 16-18, Big Bend Nat’l Park, Texas May 4-6, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri Aug 3-4, Mumford, New York Aug 17-19, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Sept 4-6, Blue Ridge, Georgia Sept 19-20, Escalante Canyon, Utah Oct 5-7, Saugatuck/Douglas, Michigan www.rgregorysummers.com/workshops www.rgregorysummers.com art@rgregorysummers.com • 913-707-8337

Art Retreats for 2018 in

Ontario Canada

Ottawa Valley: June 14–17 Kawartha Highlands: Aug. 2–6 Killarney: Sept. 1–2 Instructor: Keith Thirgood Learn to paint in a loose, PostImpressionist manner See how Modern Colour Theory makes mixing colours easy Enjoy spectacular locations

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The 7th Annual PleinAir™ Salon Competition Is Underway. Enter Now! IN CASH PRIZES •

MAKE THE COVER OF PLEINAIR MAGAZINE •

22 CATEGORIES TO COMPETE IN

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Win the grand prize and see your painting on the cover of PleinAir magazine. ™

The December/January contest ends January 31, on e n H u ds er Kathle n in w 2018 and will be judged by Dustin Belyeu of Nedra e z pri al grand 6th annu Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dustin has been with Matteucci since 2004 and has been its director since 2008. He attended Whittier College and later graduated from the University of Arizona.

Upon graduation he worked in the bid department of Sotheby’s, New York.

Now with Winners in 22 Categories!

1. 1st Place Overall 2. 2nd Place Overall 3. 3rd Place Overall 4. Best Overall Oil 5. Best Overall Pastel 6. Best Overall Watercolor 7. Best Overall Acrylic

8. Best Plein Air Work 9. Best Building 10. Best Figure in the Landscape 11. Best Floral 12. Best Landscape 13. Best Outdoor Still Life 14. Best Nocturne

15. Best Water 16. Best Under 30 17. Best 65 or Older 18. Best Student 18 or Older 19. Best Vehicle 20. Best Sketch 21. Western Theme 22. Animals

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A dventure Artists Since 1996 with

Provence for Painters 2018 Painting Workshops

Sharon Rusch Shaver

10-day painting workshops in France

June 12th to June 22nd June 26th to July 6 En plein air representational painting

2018 Workshop The Sacred Valley of Peru Enroll Now

Adventure-Artists.com

Starting at $2150 includes private room, meals, painting supplies and instruction. for further information, go to: www.provenceforpainters.com

PAINT CHINA

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Richard Robinson 15-30 October 2018 www.paintchinatours.com www.pleinairmagazine.com / February-March 2018

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WE TRUST YOU’LL ENJOY THE LOCATION. (EITHER WAY, YOU’LL LOVE KEVIN MACPHERSON.)

KEVIN MACPHERSON Sign up for a special pre-convention workshop with painting legend Kevin Macpherson (additional fee is required)

Join us in Santa Fe for the world’s largest plein air paint-out — demonstrations by many of the world’s top artists • four stages featuring instruction in oil, watercolor, and pastel • and much more • Seating is limited, so sign up now!

SANTA FE • APRIL 16 -20, 2018 REGISTER AT PLEINAIRCONVENTION.COM UT O D L O OR CALL 561.655.8778 0% S

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The Cape School of Art In Provincetown, Massachusetts

William A. Schneider AISM, OPA, PSA-MP

2018 classes

Landscape, portrait, figure, and still life, all taught in natural light.

The principles of light and color as taught by Charles Hawthorne and Henry Hensche, beginning in 1899, continue today.

No Fear Painting • Mary Giammarino • May 21-25, 2 PM-6 PM

and Sundays in June, July and August, 8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Landscape Basics • Hilda Neily & Glenna Hartwell • June 11-15, 9 AM-12 PM Painting Mudheads on the Beach • Glenna Hartwell • June 11-15, 2 PM-6 PM Landscape Painting • John Clayton • June 18-22, 9 AM-12 PM Painting Color and Light • Rob Longley • June 18-22, 3 PM-6 PM Painting Color and Light • Rob Longley • July 9-13, 9 AM-12 PM Perceiving Color • Heather Bruce • July 9-12, 1 PM-4 PM Figure and Portrait Painting • Anastasia Egeli • July 16-20, 9 AM-12 PM Painting the Impressionist Watercolor • Judith Fulmer • July 23-27, 9 AM-12 PM No Fear Painting • Mary Giammarino • July 23-27, 3 PM-7 PM Perceiving Color • Heather Bruce • July 30-August 2, 1-4 PM Still Life in the Impressionist Tradition • Margaret McWethy • August 6-8,

9 AM-all day

Landscape Basics • Hilda Neily • August 13-17, 9 AM-12 PM Painting Color and Light • Rob Longley • August 13-17, 3 PM-6 PM No Fear Painting • Mary Giammarino • September 17-21, 2 PM-6 PM Landscape Painting • John Clayton • September 24-28, 9 AM-12 PM No Fear Painting • Mary Giammarino • October 6 - 8, 9 AM-1 PM No Fear Painting • Mary Giammarino • November 24 & 25, 9 AM-4 PM

To sign up for classes, visit:

CapeSchoolofArt.org The Cape School of Art is a non-profit organization.

E-mail: info@CapeSchoolofArt.org Registrar: 617-717-9568

WORKSHOPS: Chesapeake Fine Art Studio - Maryland March 16 - 18 “Sensitive Figures and Portraits” www.chesapeakefineartstudio.com Palette and Chisel - Chicago April 6 - 9 “Master the Portrait” (312) 642-4400 Schneider Studios - Crystal Lake, IL June 8 - 11 “Design / Composition Secrets of the Masters” (815) 455-4972 Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell, MI September 13 - 16 Secrets of the Masters - Fechin, Zorn (616) 897-7842 Fredericksburg Artists’ School - TX October 1 - 4 “Painterly Portraits and Figures” (830) 997-0515 Hoosier Salon - New Harmony, IN October 17 - 20 “Expressive Heads and Hands” Linda Volz - lvolz@hoosiersalon.org Figurative Art Convention and Expo (FACE) - Miami, FL November 7 - 10 www.figurativeartconvention.com Scottsdale Artists’ School - Scottsdale, AZ November 12 - 15 “Painterly Portraits and Figures” (800) 333-5707 For more information, go to

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Don’t worry. you won’t be painting the same old sunsets.

September 14-23, 2018 Bookings required by February 8, 2018 • Learn more and sign up at AFRICANPAINTINGSAFARI.COM W30 February-March 2018 / www.pleinairmagazine.com

InView Center for the Arts at

The Landgrove Inn - One-Stop Workshop Venue - 50’ x 30’ Studio Space - Country Chic Lodging - Award Winning Cuisine - Nationally Acclaimed Instructors

Scottsdale Artists’ School is located in the beautiful area of Old Town Scottsdale in Arizona

For 2018 Workshop Schedule call 800-669-8466, 802-824-6673

www.artworkshopsatthelandgroveinn.com 132 Landgrove Rd, Landgrove, VT 05148

Record Highs | Artist Lori Putnam

PAINT WITH THE BEST

DISCOVER YOUR TALENT Mitch Baird Mark Boedges Amery Bohling Kathleen Dunphy Linda Glover Gooch Mike Hernandez Timothy Horn John Hughes

Eric Jacobsen Thomas Kitts Calvin Liang Jay Moore Robert Moore Ned Mueller John Poon Camille Przewodek

Lori Putnam Ray Roberts Matt Smith Phil Starke Kate Starling Bryan Mark Taylor John C. Traynor Dan Young

Please visit the website for a complete list of our 2018 Instructors and Workshops.

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NEW TO PLEIN AIR PAINTING? TRY THIS.

PLEIN AIR BASICS

Every level of painter is welcome and embraced at the Plein Air Convention.

If you’re new to painting outdoors, have never painted at all, or if you’ve been a studio painter and want to understand the big di erences that come with painting outside, the Plein Air Basics Course, taking place the morning of April 16, is for you. You’ll become well prepared for painting on location with us for the rest of the week. There’s even a good chance you’ll meet some of the best friends you’ve ever had. Sign up now, while your spot is still available!

SANTA FE • APRIL 16 -20, 2018 REGISTER AT PLEINAIRCONVENTION.COM OR CALL 561.655.8778

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