Cushing, Maine

August 24 - 27, 2026

$675  3 spots left​​

 

This plein air painting workshop is generally geared toward advanced beginner and intermediate painters working in oil. Acrylic and watercolor painters are welcome to attend, though I cannot offer any technical instruction with these materials. Students should have painted on their own with their outdoor easel and be comfortable with the set up. 

 

The primary focus will be on how to convey the sense of light in your paintings by identifying, clarifying and establishing proper value relationships. Exercises will be used to help simplify these concepts. We will also work on achieving clean color in our paintings, and utilize value patterns to aid in developing successful compositions. There will be discussions on materials, scene selection and brushwork. During the workshop, I will do a demonstration painting each day, and work with students individually on their paintings throughout the rest of the day. 

 

We will paint at several locations in the area, and have access to an indoor workspace for slide shows, presentations, or if we get bad weather. Usually students will spread out in a given area and work on two paintings each day, as I circulate among the group. There will be 1 -2 slide show presentation to illustrate the concepts we’ll be working on, and to show some of my recent work, and the work of others.

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This is a 3 1/2 day workshop, beginning at 9:00am on the 24th, and ending at 1:00 on the 27th. Everyone is responsible for their own accommodations, meals and transportation. Accommodations in the area including Thomaston, Friendship, and Rockland can be found through VRBO or similar resources. Rockland is approximately 20 minutes by car from our home base in Cushing.

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Send me an email if you would like to sign up. Limited to 10.

 

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