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Date: July 26, 2015 Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Location: #4 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC Costs: $10 for Nanaimo Arts Council members, $12 for non-members Description: Meet at 10:00, draw for your downtown heritage location and spend the day bringing heritage to life. $500 in cash prizes, 1st to 3rd in painting and photography categories. […]
Date: August 8, 2015 Time: 10am to 1pm Location: Ferry Building Gallery and surrounding area (map) Costs: $35 +tax Description: In a traditional Three hour Plein Air painting competition, painters must originate, paint, complete and frame a piece of art that they create outdoors. Artists will be painting in areas surrounding Ferry Building Gallery and […]
Plein Air Painting with Brigitte Desbois Plan ahead for a more successful painting. Learn to develop a strong concept that will help you make decisions before and as you paint. We will explore how to make use of shape, value, edges and color to serve you idea. Date: September 10-12, 2015 Location: Delphine Lodge, 9221 […]
Date: August 14-16, 2015 Location: Hidden Cove Lodge on Vancouver Island (map) Costs: $500 Description: Landscapes in oils or acrylics: Friday evening August 14 through Sunday morning August 16th plein air retreat at beautiful Hidden Cove Lodge on Vancouver Island with award-winning Instructor Teresa Knight. $490 includes 2 nights accommodation (2 people sharing a room […]
Date: July 25, 2015 Location: The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach (map) Costs: $25 Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm Description: Our Grand Prix d’Art is a “race”; competing artists must complete a work of art “en plein air” (working outside on location, not in a studio) within three hours. Each Plein Air Painter will […]
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
-Ambrose Bierce
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
-Edgar Degas
