The Plein Air Challenge
NC2168-01
Start Date
07/20
Time
Sun 7-9pm; Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 9am-noon–
Room
Kennedy TBA
End Date
07/26
Meeting Day
Sunday through Saturday
Credits
0 or 2
This workshop will be conducted in oil and water-based paints, including acrylics and watercolor. Students will paint on location and will be assisted in setting up to paint: organizing and laying out a palette, setting up an easel, choosing a composition and making a painting. A sketchbook will be used to look at the landscape working from: line to shape, design of the rectangle, incorporating light and dark values, color in terms of warm and cool, and learning to see abstract structure. Specific projects related to composition, color and other formal issues will be assigned. Starting with small quick studies and limited color palettes students will build up to longer one-day paintings. An important component will be learning how to sketch and note-take so as to hone observational skills in order to paint away from the site. Daily group critiques are an important component as well as one-on-one instruction and demonstrations. Student participation in critiques is expected and essential.
Notes: no chalk pastels
Schedule
- Check-in (on-campus students): Sunday 2–4pm
- Orientation and dinner (everyone): Sunday 5pm
- First class meeting: Sunday 7-9pm
- M-F Class scheduled 9–4pm (studios are open until 10pm Su and 6am-11pm M-F)
- Lunch 12:30–1:30pm, Dinner 5–7pm, Artists Lectures 7:30–8:30pm
- Open Studio and Celebration, Friday 6-9pm
- Final class Saturday, 9am–noon
- Checkout (on-campus students) prior to Saturday class
Housing: The early registration discounted rate ends February 28
Elizabeth O'Reilly
Elizabeth O’Reilly received her BEd from The National University of Ireland and an MFA from Brooklyn College. She has participated in residencies at the Ballinglen Foundation, Ireland; the UCROSS Foundation, Wyoming; and the Ragdale Foundation, Illinois. O’Reilly has received numerous awards including a Pollock Krasner Foundation grant, a Charles G. Shaw award for painting and a … Read more