ONLINE- Step Outside with Betsy Payne Cook, Plein Air Workshop, Sketching and Painting from Life

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Class Fee: $45.00 Non-member/$40.00 Member

This online class will provide tips for sketching and painting from life, whether you are outdoors or by your window looking out. Betsy will begin the workshop with a pastel painting demo, sharing pointers for setting up on location and narrowing the field of vision, choosing a composition for a painting, and translating the light on the scene into values. She will then give students several exercises to complete, suitable for both sketching and painting: developing sketching and planning skills, painting masses, simplifying shapes and details. Individual feedback will be given during class. Betsy paints in pastels, but information shared in this Zoom workshop will apply to other drawing and painting mediums as well.

MATERIALS
You will need:

• Sketchbook
• Drawing materials: soft lead or graphite pencils, black marker(s), eraser, any other drawing medium you choose, variety of paper surface sizes and a backing board to secure them to if not using a sketch book
• Painting supplies: your typical painting supplies depending upon your medium of choice, and a variety of sizes of canvas or paper surfaces. Choose small sizes ( 5×7,6×8, 6×6 etc) for the exercises and larger sizes for the painting
• Easel – If you do not have an easel set up a table , place a pile of books or similar heavy objects and prop your painting surface against. If you are outdoors, a hat with a brim is handy.
• Handy items: clips to hold papers, hat with a brim, sunscreen, camera.