Plein Air Essentials - Learn Basics of Plein Air Painting

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Plein Air Essentials - Learn Basics of Plein Air Painting

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New to Plein Air Painting?

Or just looking to take your plein air painting to the next level? Whether you paint in oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolor or some other medium, you'll find help in these videos, authored by artist Michael Chesley Johnson.You'll also find plein air painting workshops and plein air painting instruction.

Looking for a workshop?

Michael teaches two programs. PaintCampobello.com is on Campobello Island, in the Canadian Maritimes, just across the border from Lubec in Downeast Maine.PaintSedona.com is in Sedona, Arizona. Both are great places for a plein air painting experience. Michael specializes in small-size workshops, typically no more than 4 students at a time. He al…

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New to Plein Air Painting?

Or just looking to take your plein air painting to the next level? Whether you paint in oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolor or some other medium, you'll find help in these videos, authored by artist Michael Chesley Johnson.You'll also find plein air painting workshops and plein air painting instruction.

Looking for a workshop?

Michael teaches two programs. PaintCampobello.com is on Campobello Island, in the Canadian Maritimes, just across the border from Lubec in Downeast Maine.PaintSedona.com is in Sedona, Arizona. Both are great places for a plein air painting experience. Michael specializes in small-size workshops, typically no more than 4 students at a time. He also teaches elsewhere in the US and Canada. For full details, visit the workshop page at www.MichaelChesleyJohnson.com.

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  • Over 13 lectures and 1 hour of content!
  • By the end of this course, you will be able head out into the field with the confidence that you need to complete a plein air painting
  • You'll learn what kind equipment to use in the field
  • You'll learn what materials you'll need for plein air painting
  • You'll learn how to choose a subject and compose the scene
  • You'll learn how to analyze the scene in 4 values
  • You'll learn how to do a quick block-in to capture light and shadow
  • You'll learn how to move beyond the block-in stage to create a finished painting
  • All levels of painter, from beginner to professional
  • Oil and pastel painters (although the approach can be applied to acrylic and other media as well)
  • You'll need a stable and portable field easel
  • You'll also need painting materials (paint, brushes, canvas, etc.)
  • You may find it helpful to have a ViewCatcher (see supply list)

Michael Chesley Johnson is a plein air painter working in the American Southwest, coastal Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. He has been an Invited Artist at the Sedona Plein Air Festival for the past 6 years (2006-2011) and in 2011 also participated in the Plein Air Southwest, Grand Canyon National Park and Zion National Park invitationals.  In 2012, he is an Invited Artist for both Plein Air Magazine's Plein Air Expo & Convention and again for the Grand Canyon event.  Additionally, he is a Contributing Editor for The Artist's Magazine and a frequent contributor to Pastel Journal. He also specializes in teaching small-size plein air painting workshops for the intermediate and advanced level painter. For more on Michael, visit his website, www.MichaelChesleyJohnson.com. 

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