Plein Air painting in Oils

360 Online Weekend WS | This program is completed

All Levels

7/25/2020-7/26/2020

10:00 AM-5:00 PM PDT on Sun Sat

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Spend the weekend learning the ins and out of plein air painting with oils. Learn strategies and techniques to set yourself up for a successful and fun painting outing, as well as the gear to get and tricks to plein air paint on a budget. Learn to understand and use all the different principles of atmospheric perspective to compose and create the painting you want. The group will meet at a different park each day, and the days will be broken into a morning and afternoon painting session. That means you get 4 plein air paintings under your belt in just one weekend!

  • Easel Types:
  • -French easel- heavy and large to carry, but stable
  • -Field Easel- lightweight and compact, but need to be weighed down for stability
  • -Pochade Box- Stable and useful, most require a tripod, and they can be expensive
  • You are free to bring any setup that you already have or are comfortable with, but remember
  • that you may have to carry it a little ways to the painting location from the parking lot. I would
  • recommend trying out your setup before class, even if just in your own yard
  • You can make due with less, but the above options are great.
  • Resources: You can google all these and find great options
  • Field Easel: I’ve used a Napoli easel for several years, it was cheap and simple, found it at
  • cheap joes art
  • Pochade box: Open Box M, Strada Easel, Edge Pro easel, Guerilla Painter, New Wave
  • pochade. I currently use a Strada Easel with a tripod.
  • Read this article for more: https://www.outdoorpainter.com/best-plein-air-easels-for-artists/
  • Brushes- good variety of size and shapes. I primarily use stiff long flats in the 6-8 size range.
  • Both synthetic and bristle hairs.
  • *A brush carrying case is very helpful:
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  • Paper Towel, blue shop towels are best
  • Solvent: Gamsol
  • Medium: Galkyde Gel OR your medium of choice.
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  • Solvent/medium and small sealable jars to carry them.
  • This one is great for solvent:
  • https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Painter-Mighty-Brush-Washer/dp/B0049UZFBG
  • Spring clamps, assorted sizes: these are good for a number of random applications, I typically
  • bring a few big ones and 3-4 tiny ones.
  • Appron or clothes you don’t mind getting paint on.
  • Trash bag for dirty rags
  • Panels/Canvas/Painting Substrate
  • Please bring whatever you are comfortable painting on. However, make sure it is small. We will
  • be mainly working in 5” x 7” - 6” x 8” sizes, so an 8x10 canvas pad is totally fine if that’s all you
  • have. You will need 4-6 of them based on how quickly you work. Starting small allows us to
  • more quickly become familiar with all the complexities of plein air painting and builds confidence
  • we can then take to larger sizes.
  • Paint
  • Any brand you have already or prefer to use is fine, Gamblin is a high quality and affordable
  • brand. I recommend Williamsburg Paints, however they are more expensive.
  • -Tit White
  • -Naples Italian Yellow
  • -Nickel Yellow
  • -Cadmium Yellow Light/Lemon
  • -Raw Sienna
  • -Cadmium Red
  • -Permanent Crimson
  • -Burnt Sienna
  • -Ultramarine
  • -Raw Umber
  • -Ivory Black
  • You are free to use your own palette of colors, However, having Cadmium Yellow, Raw Sienna,
  • and Ultramarine are highly recommended additions to whatever your pallet is.
  • *Compact foldable chair:
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  • *Brimmed Hat
  • *Sunscreen
  • *wet panel carrier: a container to carry your wet painting safely home.
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  • Backpack to carry everything/weigh down your setup
  • *Umbrella- this can be for both sun and rain
  • *recommended but optional