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PLEIN AIR PARADISE 2023
PLEIN AIR PARADISE 2023
When and where
Date and time
May 18 · 9am - May 20 · 4pm MDT
Location
Paradise PO Box 214 Paradise, UT 84328
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About this event
- 2 days 7 hours
- Mobile eTicket
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.
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About the organizer
Born in 1982, Josh grew up drawing and was rarely without a pencil and paper, but it wasn’t until he began studying art at BYU-Idaho that he began painting. That first oil painting class included a trip to the galleries in Jackson Hole (his first visit to an art gallery or museum) and completely changed the course of his life. Since graduating with a BFA in illustration from BYU-Idaho in 2007 Josh has been supporting himself and his family with art--and he thanks God every day for that remarkable blessing. He figures that if he can paint all day, every day, for the next 20 years, eventually he’ll paint something pretty decent.