Title: Intro to Plein Air Painting: 2 Sessions

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Instructor: Margaret W. Fago

Dates: May 18 and 19

        
Day & Time: Monday & Tuesday, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

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Medium: Watercolor     
        
Description: We see so much more when we are in person rather than painting from photographs.  Learn how to see and paint light and interesting compositions in nature.  We will be using watercolor.  Sketch a thumbnail in pencil or pen to see the big shapes first.  Learn how to mix paint and do layers (or not) when you are outdoors.

 

Your set up can be as simple as a chair, a palette you can hold in one hand and a container of water and your paper in a block or taped to a board on your lap or you can have an easel to stand at with an umbrella attached.   We will be walking a little way from the parking area to our painting location so you will want a way to carry everything.    We will use my normal limited palette of colors, a warm and a cool red, blue and yellow plus brown and green.  Having a flat wash brush as well as a couple of your rounds will be good….I will be using a 9x12 paper size.  A cotton sock with the toe cut off makes a good rag to put on your arm.

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Skill Level: Beginning to intermediate artistic levels

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About the Instructor: After twenty years of being around boats, marinas, and the bay and ocean as a sail maker and boat canvas designer, and watercolor painter, Margaret now devotes her life, full-time, to capturing images of water scenes and moods in watercolor paintings. She sells original work and fine art limited-edition prints of her work, and her paintings can be found in collections in the US and abroad. View her work and learn more about Margaret.

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Materials List: Download materials list here

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​Fees: ​$50 Members; $65 Non-members (must pay for both days)

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Notes: Minimum enrollment required for classes to proceed