(Summer25) Visiting Artist Workshop: Dynamic Skies & Seascapes in Oil

Visiting Artist Workshop: Dynamic Skies & Seascapes in Oil with Douglas David
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, August 16 & 17
Time: 9:30AM - 4:00PM each day
Location: Art Barn Painting Studio
Fee: $375 plus materials for 2 day workshop (link to materials list below and option to purchase Supplies Kit).

This studio seascape painting workshop will yield several waves and seascapes with dynamic skies over a 2 day period. Sunrise, sunset and various cloud formations will be included. Class will cover the basic principles of oil painting with regard to seascape painting. Discussions and lectures on basic 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 you painting). Students will work from photos that Douglas supplies in their own style/technique so that the finished work is their own.
Douglas will overview his palette and concepts his work entails. After a brief morning intro and adequate time to mix and set up the palette, Douglas will demo a seascape and have the class follow along. Much time will be allowed for individual discussion and review in a systematic rotation. Various seascapes will be painted over the 2 day workshop and some incredible paintings will be accomplished. 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 to begin to reach the preliminary goals they are striving to meet. Plan to produce several paintings. 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.
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Recommended Materials List and option to purchase a Supplies Kit online as well as Course Outline can be found here.
​Learn more about Douglas here.