Oil Painting Classes Coming This Spring to the Desert
I'm organizing a weekend oil painting workshop for late March or April in the town of Shoshone Village CA next to Death Valley National Park. You will be able to come for a day or spend the night for both days. I'll be providing supplies and you can also bring your own for sketching, drawing, and painting. This course will be great for absolute beginners who have never lifted a paintbrush, since I will show you all the materials and starting techniques. If you are a seasoned oil painter, you may learn some advanced methods used by traditional landscape oil painters through the centuries that I have extensively researched. A small oil sketch I did in under an hour in Death Valley, en plein air . My photo of sunset light and shadow in a canyon of the Nopah Range. In this class we will learn how to paint shadows that glow. Pineapple cactus ( Sclerocactus johnsonii ) with red spines, near Shoshone CA. The wildflowers are already beginning to ...