ARTIST: Sharon Gates

3-Day Studio to Plein Air Workshop
Oils
All Levels

This workshop has been postponed indefinitely due to CDC recommendations. If you are interested in studying with Sharon, please email me at  dorothylittleton@gmail.com so that I may put you on a waiting list for the rescheduling of this workshop. No deposit will be needed, and this will help us to know whether and when to reschedule. Thank you for your continued support of Tallapoosa School of Art.

Are you more comfortable painting from photos than en plein air (outdoors)? Are you overwhelmed with the abundance of information and distractions in the landscape? Then this workshop is for YOU. Sharon Gates is the Co-Chair of Plein Air South, former director of the Alabama Plein Air Artists, and has had extensive training and experience in guiding students into the enjoyment of both studio and plein air painting.

Day One, we will begin in the studio where we will

• analyze landscape and lakeside photos and computer projections, relating them to what we will see on the following days when we head outdoors to paint

• work through a series of easy to follow exercises with special tools provided, breaking down the landscape into value masses, patterns of light and shadow

• be able to locate strong compositions and create dynamic paintings like a pro

• learn how to relate values to color hues, a problem for many of us

• receive one-on-one as well as group instruction

• learn from critiques of student work, either individually or as a group

• receive the benefit of brief teacher demos

• receive valuable take-home information, exercises and value finder tools to practice what you have learned.

Day Two and Day Three, we will practice what we have learned in the studio as we travel by pontoon boat to paint the scenic marinas and gardens of Lake Martin.