Working from photographs of sunny Bermuda supplied by instructor Joseph Sweeney, learn how to paint from photo references in preparation for working outdoors. Topics include the basics on choosing a prime location, reading the weather and light at a particular time of day, and setting up a landscape palette.  Drawing, composition, and color will be emphasized.  Instruction is geared towards oil, acrylic, and pastel, but experienced watercolorists are welcome.

Materials List : Sweeney PT 605BM_ON

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CE Policy Guide_Fall 2020

Image:

Winslow Homer (1836-1910), North Road, Bermuda, 1900, Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper, 13 15/16 x 21 in. (35.40125 x 53.34 cm.), collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, accession # 1978.19, Partial Gift and Bequest of Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen

Paint outdoors this autumn!  Learn the essentials of landscape painting in the New Hope/Lambertville countryside, the area made famous by Daniel Garber, Edward Redfield, Fern Coppedge, and other masters of Pennsylvania Impressionism. Topics include color mixing to achieve a sense of light and air, capturing time of day, compositional fundamentals, and sound painting practices. The beautiful grounds of the David Library of the American Revolution will be our home base and main location.  Painting outdoors can be a daunting experience for the newcomer. When learning the intricacies of this art it pays to learn from someone who has 20 years experience in the field. In this class Joseph Sweeney will be your guide.

Learning Objectives

• Learn the basics of working outdoors.
• Learn how to set up, use and care for a field easel.
• Learn how to transport wet paintings to and from home without damaging your car.
• Learn about the working properties of different surfaces to paint on including linen, canvas, paper, wood, prepared panel, masonite all have different working properties.
• Learn how to select paint colors and related materials for successful outdoor painting.
• Drawing and proportion in composition of a landscape will be explained and demonstrated.
• Students will become expert in finding locations suitable for painting. Finding flat surface to stand on is a simple but important part of learning to paint outdoors.
• Learn how to orient themselves to the sun and how to find shelter form wind and rain.
• Students will learn to assess the time of day and how much time is left before the sun continues its course across the sky.
• Students will learn to make quick field sketches and how to bring them to full completion, and develop a sense of place.
• Students will learn to mix color to portray the season, atmosphere and temperature.
• Students will learn to properly present, photograph and frame a plein air work.

Register by:  September 25

Materials List

CEPolicyGuide_Fall2020

Working from photographs of historic Newport, Rhode Island, supplied by instructor Joseph Sweeney, learn how to paint from photo references in preparation for working outdoors. Topics include the basics on choosing a prime location, reading the weather and light at a particular time of day, and setting up a landscape palette.  Drawing, composition, and color will be emphasized.  Instruction is geared towards oil, acrylic, and pastel, but experienced watercolorists are welcome.

Register by:  October 23

Materials List : Sweeney PT 605NW_ON

Zoom Technical Requirements

Policy Guide Summer 2020