Boston En Plein Air: Watercolor Landscape Painting *Offsite*

Hopper, Cézanne, Turner, Milford; all artists renowned for their watercolor landscapes. The inherent ability to capture vivid colors and moods all within a small window of time on location is known as plein air painting. In this class we will paint on site at a location in Boston or Cambridge and look at different methods and practices of painting foliage, flora, architecture, and possibly even people. The main focus of this intensive will be understanding, through step-by-step demonstrations, a way of controlling watercolor as a means to achieve the desired effects in painting light, color and shadows. So come paint, be social, and see the world around you with new eyes. The instructor will email you the meeting location before the class starts. Instructor: Russel Whitten

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Russel Whitten studied art at Maine College of Art, Heartwood College of Art and the Art Students League of New York. He is a member and showing artist with the Ogunquit Arts Association/ Barn Gallery and The Wright Gallery in Cape Porpoise. His painting experience include scenic artistry in theater painting at the Ogunquit Playhouse, Good Theater in Portland Maine and Prescott Park , Portsmouth NH. Russel has been teaching watercolor painting for the last 20 years in Southern Maine at several public schools and art institutions including Rivertree Center for the Arts, Sanctuary Arts and The University of New England.