October Plein Air Painting with Janet Iffland

Instructor: Janet Iffland

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023

Time: 9AM - 12PM

Member: $63.00

Non-Member: $70.00

Description: 

Janet Iffland will be offering a monthly Saturday Morning Plein Air Class from late summer to fall. This October weekend date will be the third in a series of three. Janet will start class by explaining plein air concepts, the setup of palette, color choices and layout, brushes, canvas choices and mediums. The class will include a 30 minute demonstration. Participants will work independently with individualized critique. The Five Points Arts Center's rural campus provides several areas on site which are great for focusing in on trees, rocks, and field subject matter. Janet will also teach how to incorporate objects not in view, such as building structures. Janet Iffland's class is great for both participants with no experience to those who have been in the "field" for some time.

Bio:

Janet Iffland is an award winning landscape artist. She has been plein air painting (on location) and in the studio for the past 15 years. She has taken classes and workshops from nationally prominent artists, including Douglas David Mark Boedges and Paul Batch, as well as attending Plein Air Conventions in Santa Fe, NM. Janet was born in Connecticut and has been a lifelong artist here, as well as spending winters painting in Naples, Florida. She has been honored with numerous show awards, and has been on the cover of Litchfield Hills Magazine. She is represented by Center Framing & Art, West Hartford, CT, 100 Main Street LLC, Falls Village, CT, and High Tide Gallery, Naples, FL.

Materials:

Plein Air Participants must bring their own materials and painting kits. Artists will need an outdoor easel.

Paints: Brands: Gamblin, Windsor & Newton or Lukas Oils. Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Cadmium Orange Hue, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Transparent Red Oxide, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Olive Green, Viridian, Cadmium Green, Burnt Sienna, Asphaltum

Brushes: Janet's prefered, Rosemary & Co Evergreen brushes. Any brand is fine. Long flat #2-6, Long Angular, 1/4 and 1/2, Long Filberts 6, 8, Long Rigger long #0

Miscellaneous: Gamblin Safflower Oil, Gamblin Solvent-free gel, Gamblin Gamsol odorless mineral spirits, Palette knife, Gray paper palette 9x12 disposable, Plastic grocery bags (2), Blue Shop Paper towels (buy in hardware store), Outdoor Easel (Wooden French or your choice), Stretched Canvas 11x14 or Oil Primed Linen Panel 11x14, Small folding chair (if you want to sit), Portable Brush Washer or solvent container for on location.

* All workshops are held at the Five Points Art Center, 855 University Drive

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