SEPTEMBER 8-11 KINSTLER STUDIO, CONNECTICUT
Join me in beautiful Easton Connecticut at the Kinstler Studio for four days of intense and comprehensive plein air painting instruction. Our main focus will be creating a truly authentic and realistic sense of light that will make your paintings sing!
Registration is due in full to secure a spot. Paypal and all major credit cards are accepted.
Join me in beautiful Easton Connecticut at the Kinstler Studio for four days of intense and comprehensive plein air painting instruction. Our main focus will be creating a truly authentic and realistic sense of light that will make your paintings sing!
Registration is due in full to secure a spot. Paypal and all major credit cards are accepted.
Join me in beautiful Easton Connecticut at the Kinstler Studio for four days of intense and comprehensive plein air painting instruction. Our main focus will be creating a truly authentic and realistic sense of light that will make your paintings sing!
Registration is due in full to secure a spot. Paypal and all major credit cards are accepted.
WORKSHOP SIZE
Between 10 and 16 attendees for the standard workshops.
ITINERARY
Each day I will demo from 9 – 12pm. We break for lunch from 12-1pm. From 1-4pm attendees paint and I give individual suggestions, advice, and critique. From 4 -4:30 we reconvene and do an optional group critique (I always say that if you juggled chainsaws and lost that day, you don't have to show us the bloodied remains).
LODGING
Lodging is handled separately from the workshops registration. For a list of nearby hotels, CLICK HERE.
WORKSHOP PHILOSOPHY
When I paint I am trying to tell the truth about my subject. Every time I put brush to canvas I am trying to find what is essential about that scene and to give it life on the canvas. Invariably, a significant part of this goal is achieved by simply rendering an authentic, realistic light. Whether direct sunlight or indirect ambient light, I aim to capture the particular effect that the light is having on my subject on that day and at that time--everything else in my painting flows from this.
FOCUS
Given the priority of authentic light in my work, it is this element that I like to focus on during the three-day workshop. As such, we will focus on value and color temperature relationships above all else. There is no question that good drawing is paramount to our effort since nothing wrecks a painting faster than drawing errors. But I typically tell students that no one needs to spend good money to have me tell them to measure harder. Our time is better spent on the more difficult and crucial concepts of value and color temperature. Elements such appropriate edges, surface texture, composition, and others will also be discussed as needed.
CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY
Folks who have registered for the workshop will be able to cancel at any time up to TWO MONTHS PRIOR (60 days) to the workshop and receive a FULL refund. Thereafter the refund amount will be 50% of the registration fee. Lodging is handled by the attendee, separately from the workshop. Please check cancellation policies with the lodging establishment.