PLEIN AIR PARADISE 2026

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This three-day workshop will focus on the outdoor sketch-- a key to understanding light and color. The instructor will open each day with a lecture and demonstration after which students will paint and receive individual critiques of their work. The class will focus on learning to see like an artist, emphasizing the fundamental principles necessary to quickly and accurately capture the beauty of nature when painting outdoors. Among topics covered will be: values, hue, saturation, drawing, edges, design, and paint application. We will also discuss artistic style, and the importance of painting from life as a means to developing one’s own individual voice.

LEVEL

beginner-advanced. Painters of all levels are welcome.

MATERIAL LIST

Materials for painting are a very individual thing. Bring whatever you’re comfortable with. If you’re curious about what I’ll be using and want to try it here it is:

OIL PAINTS:

Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Medium, Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Blue Ultramarine (Rembrandt), Ultramarine Blue, Viridian Hue, Burnt Sienna, Dioxazine Purple

SURFACE:

I usually paint on gessoed hardboard or aluminum. To prepare the hardboard I simply roll or brush on an acrylic (Gesso). Any type of canvas or linen is fine as well, just make sure that if you've got cheap canvas boards you give them a couple coats of gesso so they don't suck the oil out of your paint. :)

BRUSHES:

Hog Hair Bristle Brushes (flats). Synthetic Rounds & flats (various sizes)

OTHER CRITICAL STUFF:

Portable Easel (I use a Soltek Easel), Odorless Mineral Spirits/thinner, Paper Towel, Plastic grocery bags for garbage

LODGING

There are plenty of hotels to choose from in Logan, approximately 10 minutes north of Paradise; but I recommend getting a cabin at Sportsman's Paradise (White's Ranch). It's a gorgeous place just blocks from my studio and it's only 75 dollars a night to rent a cabin. They can provide meals as well if you let them know in advance.

https://www.whitesranch.com/lodging/

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