COMBO Plein Air Class

Service Description

DATE & TIME: JUNE 20. 9:30 am - 12:30 pm; 1:30pm - 4:30pm SIGN UP DEADLINE: JUNE 13 Instructor: Deena Ball COST: Members $110 (***MEMBERS use coupon code COMBOMEMBER at checkout***) Non-Members: $120 Capacity: 12 Location: Start at Maine Art Gallery then on to painting location Level: Intermediate to advanced Materials List: Please bring everything you need to paint outside plus a sketch book and writing implement. Description: This class combines "Watercolor Simplified Plein Air" and "Plein Air - All Media" classes taught by Deena Ball. The morning session is introductory, catering to all artistic mediums. You will do preliminary work that's adaptable to any medium. Actual painting will happen in the afternoon session. You will learn to simplify landscape and create a painting plan by working from life outside. You will also learn principles to apply during the afternoon painting session. The afternoon session, for any medium, continues the morning's lesson, and is designed for beginners to advanced students. You should know how to use your chosen medium (the instructor can assist with oils and watercolors). The session will include two short demos: one with water-mixable oils on oil paper, and another with watercolors. Students select a subject, plan their painting using tools discussed in the morning session (such as notans, value studies, color proportional squares, and directional lines), and then have time to complete a painting. The goal is to create a painting that captures the feeling of the day in your own style. About Deena Ball:​ Deena Ball is a nationally renowned landscape painter. After 35 years of painting in the beautiful Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania, she returned to painting the mountains and shore of Maine. She holds a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Colby College in Waterville, ME, and continued her studies at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and Tyler School of Art. Her paintings have been exhibited throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region and can be found in “Watercolor Artist” and several annual publications of “Splash”. Deena is an active teaching artist for both adults and children. Recent presentations have been for Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Onodaga Art Society and Salem County Art Society. Deena is also a signature member of Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and is a Pennsylvania Guild Master Craftsman.