Michele Mitchell and Jim Ostlund have been invited to host a workshop near Charleston at the Perspective Gallery, in Mount Pleasant, SC, Sunday, March 8th, from 9:30 - 4, by the Mount Pleasant Artists’ Guild.

The workshop will involve each student using a photographic reference, transfer as a drawing initially on canvas, and proceed to block in, from the largest shapes to a refined finish. All are welcome, from beginner to advance in skill.

Plein Air Painting Workshop Series (1 of 2)

Please come to our studio in Marshall where we will meet each day before going out to paint outdoors.

Location

Marshall High Studio #202 / Marshall, NC
115 Blannahasset Island (Old High School) #202
Marshall, North Carolina 28753

9 a.m.- 12 p.m. ~break~ 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.

Join us, Michele Mitchell and Jim Ostlund as we take students thru a step-by-step process of creating a painting, en plein air, that may be continued with in our second workshop that will concentrate on transposing the smaller piece to a larger canvas, as we glean from the "oil sketch" the most important visual information to select for the larger composition to be successful.

Working directly from Nature is an extraordinary experience but requires an openness, a bit of patience, and some fundamental principles that we will discuss throughout the workshop.  We will help you to look for and to paint balanced shape arrangements. The important use of line in the composition will also help you see and achieve a profound sense of atmosphere.

Each of you, individually, will be taught the use of color and the keying of values, while drawing the shapes with color value seeking out the largest masses and whittling down to the smaller shapes without disregarding the atmospheric relationships.

Teaching is tailored to each student and we invite beginners to advanced levels, as all levels are welcome.

Please come with a cup full of humility towards nature and an open mind and heart for new information to settle in and facilitate discovery.

During our first morning we will demonstrate the painting process from Nature. The afternoons will include everyone joining in and painting selected areas of Nature. The hours will be from 9am - 12pm~lunchbreak~ and then 1pm - 4.

Friday evening anticipate joining us for the twilight Cocktail Hour at our studio from 5pm to 7pm.

Saturday will consist of everyone painting from Nature in both the morning as well as the afternoon with critiques from Jim and I throughout. Expect to paint 2 paintings a day, as the light will change throughout the painting sessions. The hours will be from 9am - 12pm~ lunchbreak~ and then from 1pm - 4.

Sunday morning, and afternoon painting all will be starting another two paintings, one in the morning and the other to be started during the afternoon light. 

Following the painting sessions, on Sunday late afternoon, Jim and I invite you to our studio for a final group critique (9am - 12pm - lunch break 1pm - 5pm)

If you would like to “push” one of the paintings further, please feel free to continue on one you have already started if the light is consistent with how the other panel was painted, to reach a more advanced level of both seeing and capability in “finishing” your oil painting.

Panels should be primed using Raw Umber (think Mocha), prior to your field studies.

I will look forward to your coming and joining us for 3 days full of discovery and enjoying Nature's profound beauty as we endeavor to transpose it upon our canvases. And we also hope you will be able to choose extending your stay with us for our 6 day workshop which will be a continuation, to explore making your smaller oil sketch into a larger painting,  Very exciting!  We'll hope to see you in April for this workshop.

You may register on line here or if you would prefer you may go to the jimostlund.com site and select "Classes and Workshops" to print out the Registration Form and Material list. 

6-Day Studio Workshop at our Marshall Studio

Location

Marshall High Studio #202 / Marshall, NC
115 Blannahasset Island (Old High School) #202
Marshall, North Carolina 28753

Transforming your Sketch to a Large Painting

Hours 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (I hour break for lunch)

Cost: $750.

Sign up for both of our April workshops and pay $925.

In this class you will have the opportunity to work out a strategy for approaching a large painting successfully in the studio.
Daily lectures will take you from concept to finish while making sound, personal choices.

During our first morning we will begin with a lecture to discuss approach, materials and composition as well a take a look at some of the great paintings that have preceded us painted by some of the greatest landscape painters of the past, the "Old Masters", dating from the 16th through the 20th centuries. Each morning will begin with a lecture to discuss concepts relevant to the day's work ahead.

Materials List

Please bring a Notebook or Sketchbook –  which you will use for preparatory studies and compositional sketches. Also please bring 1 Large Canvas or Panel – Examples for possible sizes are: 18x24, 20x24, 24x30, 30x40
Also you can include 3 Small Panels 8x10 or 9x12 to allow yourself the option for painting a smaller composition if you choose.

Each evening you depart from the studio, you will be able to leave your gear set up for the following day's continuance. 

Reference Material for your "Large Painting" : Most preferential or optimal would be a color study from life or the field. Supplemental drawings and/or, an excellent photograph printed to be at least a size of 8x10,
or viewed on your laptop, for reference use.  If you are working from a photograph, be sure you choose one that has clear patterns of light and shadow that are interesting.

Choose an image that excites you!
 

Materials

Paints:
White (Large Tube-200ml) Titanium or Cremitz

Cadmium Yellow Medium

Yellow Ochre

Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red

Light Red

Alizarin Crimson

Ultramarine Blue

Ivory Black

Raw Umber

(Please purchase Windsor and Newton or a comparable professional brand. Windsor and Newton Winton brand is a student grade oil paint and tints poorly, so please avoid purchasing Winton oil paints.)

Mediums / Solvents:
Medium is a mixture of 50/50 Coldpressed Linseed Oil to Gamsol (an odorless paint thinner) which can be found in a small bottle.

2 Palette Cup(s) preferably with screw top lids.
Palette Knife (Long Blade)

Brushes:

Long Bristle Flats or Filberts
Have at least 2 of every size 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Retouch Varnish – Small Bottle 2.5oz. Windsor and Newton Retouch Varnish Varnish Brush- 2”

Brush Washer: Metal Variety with a vacuum top lid for solvents

Paper Towels – (Viva) 

And that should cover everything! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns or have found that I have missed something in the collecting of relevant information for you! I hope that you will join us! It will be a wonderful time for all of us in learning and making some memorable pieces that we will treasure for time very well spent! 

DATE
7/26/2018 - 7/28/2018 

LOCATION
Marshall High Studio #202 / Marshall, NC
115 Blannahasset Island (Old High School) #202
Marshall, North Carolina 28753
Marshall NC
United States

Please join Jim Ostlund, (a very accomplished painter: jimostlund.com) and I, as we take students through a step-by-step process of creating a painting, en plein air.

 Working directly from nature can be an inspiring experience but requires patience, and the knowledge of some basic principles~ that we will discuss throughout the workshop.  We will help you to look for balanced shape arrangements, composing with line, as well as help you see and achieve a sense of atmosphere in your painting.

Individually, we will address your use of color when keying (light and dark values of color) or assessing light and dark values, to achieve the overall tonal composition.

Jim’s and my teaching is always tailored to your specific needs. Beginners and advanced levels are welcome.

Please come with an openness and a readiness to capture nature through color, line and atmosphere on canvas. Learn about seeing and painting en plein air as you record the beauty you're witnessing.

Friday morning's workshop will consist of a demonstration in approaching a landscape directly from nature.  Friday afternoon's painting session will consist of everyone setting up and painting selected areas.. (9am - 4pm)
Both Saturday morning and afternoon sessions will comprise of painting from the outdoor landscape, while being individually critiqued, (9am - 4pm)
Sunday morning, and afternoon's workshop will also consist of painting en plein air, and finishing with a group critique (9am - 5pm)

Plan on making two paintings a day. Panels should be primed using Raw Umber (think Mocha) base~ Please don’t hesitate to call or write if you have any questions..

You may register here on-line.

Note:  Cerulean Blue paint as noted on Material List is optional 

Material List: 

Mitchell/ Ostlund Fine Art Landscape

Painting Supply List

Oil Paints Whites: Titanium or Cremnitz (Lead White)

Cadmium Yellow Medium

Cadmium Orange

Cadmium Red

Alizarin Crimson

French Ultramarine Blue

Cerulean Blue

Ivory Black

Raw Umber

(Purchase Windsor and Newton or equivalent quality brand paints)

Do not purchase Winton or Student Grade Paints as they have a poor tinting strength.

Painting Mediums/Solvents

Cold Pressed Linseed Oil

Turpenoid or Pure Gum Spirits Turpentine

Brushes

Long Bristle, Flats or Filberts (2 of each) #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12

Recommended:

Robert Simmons– Signet

Raphael – Series #359

Easels

Original Julian French Easel or a sturdy Field Painting Box

Panels/ Canvas Sizes: 8x10, 9x12, 11x14, 12x16, 16x20 (your choice)

Panels should be toned with a light or a middle tone of Raw Umber

Canvas Recommendation: Claessen Double Primed Belgian Linen, type 13 or 15

Miscellaneous: Palette Brushwasher Palette Cup(s) Brushes

Soap

Palette Knife Trash Bag (small)

Small Hand Mirror Backpack

Sketchbook/Notebook

Umbrella

Paper Towels (Viva) Sunblock

Bug Repellant