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Scholarship to Plein Air Workshop in Rocky Mountains

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Instructor: Jerry Markham
Date: July 19-22, 2013
Location: Okanagan Valley

I am excited to offer a scholarship program where one spot in my plein air workshop in the Rocky Mountains is provided free for someone between the ages of 17 and 25, from Canada or the USA, who is currently enrolled in an art program and interested in pursuing art as a career. We also provide $500 towards accommodations and some art supplies.

I have a passion for painting the landscape as well as helping artists that are just getting started. I had a difficult time finding the training I was looking for when I got started in this career, and I believe that painting the landscape from life is the best way to become a better landscape painter. For those reasons I am offering this scholarship.

This is a unique opportunity to paint in the Canadian Rockies where Carl Rungius, John Singer Sargent, the Group of Seven, and other masters have painted. In the workshop I will teach the fundamentals of landscape painting in some of the most beautiful places in the Rocky Mountains, including Moraine Lake, Bow Lake and Lake O’Hara. My hope is that this experience will help educate people in not only how to paint the landscape, but also the importance of painting from life and experiencing nature first hand in art, and learning about the artists that have come before us. I also hope to inspire others to continue to paint, enjoy art and move forward in their artistic endeavours.

Entry deadline for scholarship: April 15, 2013

For details see http://www.jerrymarkham.com/scholarship.html

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Rocky Mountains with Jerry Markham

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Instructor: Jerry Markham
Date: July 19-22, 2013 & July 22-25, 2013
Location: Okanagan Valley
Cost: $600 + tax

In this workshop we will follow in the footsteps of master painters, such as John Singer Sargent, Carl Rungius and J.E.H. MacDonald, through their travels of the Canadian Rockies, painting at Bow Lake, Lake O’Hara and Moraine Lake.

At Bow Lake we will paint in the same places as Carl Rungius, to study what he saw and why it is important to study the masters to better understand our own work. At Lake O’Hara we will stand at Sargent’s Point and paint one of the most beautiful, and most painted, places on earth. Painters from around the world have come to paint and study these wonders of mother nature. We will study the works of some of these artists and then learn to create our own interpretation of these majestic places.

You will receive a lot of helpful info and tips on landscape painting, plein air painting, and how to paint mountains, as well as on painting techniques such as creating compelling compositions, working with values, edges, color, and more.

Length: 3 days + evening presentation and meet & greet

For more details see http://www.jerrymarkham.com/summer-plein-air-workshop.html or call Leah at 250-558-0350.

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Okanagan Valley with Jerry Markham

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Instructor: Jerry Markham
Date: May 23-26, 2013
Location: Okanagan Valley
Cost: $490 + tax

The Okanagan valley offers a diverse landscape to paint including rural farm scenes, picturesque lakes, vineyards and orchards. In this 4-day workshop enjoy comraderie with other painters, wine, warm weather, and all that spring in the Okanagan has to offer.

This workshop is suitable for oil, acrylic & watercolor painters.

Includes:
– 4 days of outdoor painting including group & personal instruction, valuable exercises, and demonstrations
– Lunch and wine tour at a local winery one day inbetween painting sessions
– BBQ dinner at Leah & Jerry’s home one evening (will have a later start to painting that day with a session before the BBQ and then an evening paint).
– Refreshments and light snacks throughout each day

* Accommodations, other meals, and transportation to painting locations is the responsibility of each participant.

For more details or to register:
Phone: 250-558-0350
Email: contact@jerrymarkham.com
Website: http://www.jerrymarkham.com/okanagan-workshop.html

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The North Shore Plein Air

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Instructor: Nicola Tibbetts
Date: July 2-5, 2013
Time: 10 am – 3 pm
Location: North Vancouver
Cost: $329

Event Details :

Enjoy early summer en plein air in this fun and inspiring course, and add to your painting repertoire. During this four-day plein air course, Nicola Tibbetts will offer demonstrations and individual critiques, helping you improve your skills and find your individual voice in landscape painting. Open air oil painting presents unique challenges to the artist as the changing light and unpredictable conditions require a specific technical approach in execution. This course will help you to render the essence of a scene through acute observation both intellectual and emotional. Course will include off-site classes that will be determined by the group during the first on-campus class.

Supply List:

Please come prepared with a set of oil paints which include: burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow ochre, titanium white, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow (middle), cadmium red (middle). If you have a transportable easel please bring it as well. We will supply solvent, medium, brushes, canvases, rags etc but please bring your own if you have a specific tool you like to work with.

Download the Supply List (PDF)

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Register now by calling 604.984.4901

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One Sunday Last Summer

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by Sheree Jones

As a plein air painter and a resident of the North Shore here in Vancouver, BC, I am constantly reminded of the unbelievable beauty of what I call “my backyard”. “One Sunday last summer” is an example of one of my adventures. I head out the door early, to paint in Lynn Canyon near my house.

As it’s a Sunday, I am here to worship Mother Nature. It’s early enough for me to find the perfect location, nestled alongside the river. There is no one near me but avid hikers and dog walkers eager to be on their way. I find a cool spot and begin my composition. I anticipate the rising sun deep into the gorge as I work. I am soothed by the sound of the river rushing between the rocks, and I remind myself just what a lucky girl I am.

During my three hour study, many dogs come down to the river beside me, to slake their thirst and cool off. After this study, I am ready to start a new work, facing in another direction. It’s just after 11am. This place is truly magical, and it feels like my own personal slice of heaven.

My new vantage point and new painting starts out pretty well. Slowly curious onlookers begin to peer over my shoulder, one at a time. Suddenly it’s 12 noon in my beloved slice of heaven. It seems that my “solitary profession” ( to quote Scott L. Christensen) is not quite so solitary. Can you spot my easel among 12 of my new found friends? I guess I picked everyone else’s slice of heaven too.