Private Plein Air - Outdoor Painting Lessons
​for Beginners

Linda's class are always great fun with new exciting learning experiences. Linda is a skillful teacher who is always well prepared with many teaching strategies from demos, guided step by step painting, written hand-outs with practical tips to individual one-on-one help on how to make your painting better.  Absolute and utter newbie Plein Air Painter -Marilyn

Exciting yet challenging but so rewarding!
Painting outdoors is one of the most exciting and rewarding ways to work.  However, it can be challenging and a little bit intimidating to leave the studio and learn  how to decipher so much visual information!

Learning foundational skills while on location.
I will show you how to get started by walking you through my process for creating lively, vibrant paintings. The emphasis will be on developing a strong foundation of learning to see colors and mix them with a limited palette. Learning how to use certain artists' tools like a view finder, a sketchbook for small thumbnail sketches and even your smart phone for understanding value. How to simplify forms and editing to capture the essence of a location. 

Each session will start with a brief discussion about one of the key elements of painting - design, composition, value, color mixing, color temperatures, and edges. I will include a hand-out with helpful exercises to practice and  additional references to take with you.  

We will select a spot to paint and set up our easels. You'll receive step by step instruction from how to set up your easel , arrange your palette, sketch to paint, how mix accurate colors and apply the paint.  Each lesson we will complete one painting study. In the Beginner's Plein Air 5 lesson Package, each lesson will build on the next and you'll see how quickly you'll be able to capture the natural surroundings and enjoy creating outdoors.

Materials and Supplies
Each student will be responsible for their own supplies and easel. Below is a recommended supply list. 

Tides are Changing Study, Stony Creek, Branford, CT, 9 x 12, oil

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What Does "En Plein Air" Mean?

The French call painting outdoors "en plein air" - "in the open air" - some say plein -air others say plain- air. It doesn't really matter. According to art historians, there are  many records of artists' sketches done outdoors dating before the impressionism era but these sketches were done for practice or recording. It was the Impressionists that considered a painting done "en plein air"  as a finished work. 

 Currently, the Plein Air Movement is one of the largest art movements in art history.  As the Publisher of Plein Air Magazine says "It's the new Golf". Groups of artists are taking their easels and art supplies to venture outdoors to paint their surroundings. There are several groups in Connecticut to join.

On a larger scale there are  Competitions, Paint Outs, Quick Draws, Invitationals  and Festivals held throughout North America for Plein Air Painting. There's even an annual week long convention where well over 1000 artists attend. 

My goal is to introduce  you to the wonderful world of plein air painting and to help grow your artistic skills and painting confidence. By spending a few hours outdoors, observing, seeing and creating a painting, you'll be nurture your soul and refresh your spirit.  Your painting becomes a personal  response to your surroundings and a treasured memory is created.

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Private Painting Lessons

$200 per three hour session - 
or purchase a package of 5 lessons- (15 hours total) for $850 (save $150)

Gift Certificates for Private Plein Air Lessons are available

for more information about private plein air painting lessons and schedule availability
please contact by email  Linda@lindasmarinoart.com
or phone 203-444-5705

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