(Summer23) Visiting Artist Workshop: Painting Seascapes, Beaches and Dunes in Oil

Douglas offers a “BASIC PAINT KIT” which includes all the basic oils, brushes, palette knife, palette and canvas panels and medium for those who do not want to buy these supplies individually. You would need to bring some paper towels and rubber gloves. Price $150 while supplies last. Please reserve your kit when registering or visit his materials list page to for his suggest supplies list below, if you wish to bring your own.

Visiting Artist Workshop: Painting Seascapes, Beaches and Dunes in Oil
with Douglas David
Dates: Thursday-Friday, August 17-18
Time: 9:30AM - 4:00PM each day
Location: Art Barn Painting Studio
Fee: $350 plus materials (materials list below)
Visit our Drawing page to learn about Douglas' Drawing Basics workshop on Wednesday, August 16!

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In this new workshop, Douglas will cover the basic principles of oil painting with regard to seascapes, beaches and dunes. Learn how to build the wave, capture the motion of the sea and better understand the colors in the sand. After the basics are covered, we will start by painting a wave and several seascapes, beaches and dunes in various atmospheric conditions throughout the 2 day workshop. For those who have studied with Douglas before, this overview of principles is always a good review, and no matter what the subject, these principles are key, and new discussions and tips are added each season. Each day’s demo will include simple discussions on composition, massing, building form, light and shadow, near and far, capturing and developing atmospheric distance, and depending on your own style, knowing when a work is finished (learning how to not overwork your painting). Students will work in their own style/technique so that the finished work is their own. Douglas will overview his palette and concepts his work entails.
Students will mix paints and learn to mix basic strings of color to help comprehend the preparation/set up to prepare to paint in the studio. Students will work on small canvases, and the emphasis will be on capturing the time of day, atmosphere, the break of the wave and the various atmospheric conditions. Depending on the skill level of each student, students are able to grow and develop at a rate that is to their comfort. Demos and individual discussions/instruction will help each student begin to reach the preliminary goals they are striving to meet. Plan to produce several studies and at least one or two larger paintings. Douglas will provide photos to paint from. Plan to bring notebook/sketchbook and enjoy some demos, along with some great stories to help you remember these principles that are the foundation of Douglas’ teaching.

Workshop Tentative Outline:
Day 1
1st hour: Welcome/Overview of Class.
2nd hour: Discuss principles and mix palette.
Lunch: Brown bag.
Afternoon: Working in studio.
Day 2
Morning: Working in Studio.
Lunch: Brown bag.
Afternoon: Working in Studio.
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Recommended Materials List and option to purchase Supplies Kit
​Learn more about Douglas here.