Painting in the Park
Tuesdays, June 5 – 26 (4 sessions), 6-8:30pm Join me for this casual but informative weekly plein air class! Each week we will meet in a Milwaukee area park to paint the great outdoors. Demonstration and discussion will help students to work toward individual goals. This class will be geared toward oil painting, but acrylics [...]
The Landscape in Pastel at Alverno
Mondays, July 30 – August 20, 6:30-8:30pm Learn pastel drawing while focusing on landscape as subject matter. Materials, tools and techniques will be covered as you learn how to layer and blend pastels to achieve gradation, depth and atmosphere. Color discussions and demonstrations will help you layer color to achieve desired results. We will start [...]
March 21, 2012
A Plein Air Morning
The weather has been phenomonal for March, so I could not resist getting out this morning for my first plein air session of the season. I left my knives behind today and just did a good old fashioned brush painting. It felt good. I was right on a bluff overlooking the lake at Sheridan Park [...]
December 22, 2011
Continuing the Pond Project
This most resent piece is based on a photo of the Humboldt Park lily pond taken about a month ago. This was actually the second time I painted from this photo. This piece began as a demonstration piece for my intro to oil painting class. The painting is larger (11″ x 14″). Also, you will [...]
May En Plein Air
What a great week to be outside painting! May now is feeling like summer and I cannot resist any opportunity to get fresh air. Yesterday I went to Grant Park in South Milwaukee around 9am. It seemed early but the sun was still hot. I of course chose my painting spot in the middle of [...]