"Plein Air" Workshop for Boys (ages 8-16)

"Plein Air" Workshop for Boys (ages 8-16)

June 17, 2014 – Tuesday - 10am-3pm -  
(one day - seven students) 

Richard Ray Park at the Jacksonville Commons.... meet at the Flags by parking lot 

Cost $40 per artist. BOOKED


HOW MUCH: Cost: $40 per student (Includes ALL art supplies) (Payment by personal check, cash, or PayPal).

WHAT ELSE: Workshop limited to 7 artists (The roster for this workshop will consist of the first seven names with email address signed in the comments section of this post... extra names will be added in order on waiting list.) 

Materials: All materials will be provided by Bernie including drinking water.

Items children need to bring: Packed lunch… Students will need to bring a packed lunch and snack everyday. We will have lunch on location everyday as a group and discuss art as we dine. Students will need a hat to shield the sun plus sunscreen and bug spray.

* Students need to bring a packed lunch to eat on location. (Bernie will have a cooler with water at the site.)

* Students will need a hat, sunscreen lotion, and wear comfortable cloths that will get paint on them. :) 

Workshop Concept: Introduce the longstanding tradition of painting “en plein aire”… the French term literally translates “in open air”… to children while teaching them some basic building blocks to capturing the landscape in paint. Students will be introduced to values, composition, linear and aerial perspective, and basic color theory while working with a limited palette of colors. They will practice the importance of thumbnail sketches and capture a colorful landscape painting outside on location by workshops end. All materials for these exercises and paintings are provided by Onslow Art Expressions so the student need only supply the eagerness to learn and have fun.


Students will learn important art elements and skills like:

• Composition (Rule of Thirds)
• Linear perspective
• Aerial (atmospheric) perspective
• Brushwork
• Painting on location from life and direct observation
• Editing a scene for essentials
• Focal point