Workshops - Plein Air Painting in Ontario

Meaford sits two and a half hours north of Toronto on Georgian Bay, part of the Great Lakes. The Big Head River valley stretches out behind Meaford, meandering through the farms and woods of the Niagara Escarpent, a UNESCO Biosphere site.

We will paint this beautiful landscape for five days. On day one Ian will introduce three gradated exercises that will help you find the colors of the landscape around you accurately and "see" in color shapes. This essential skill shifts your awareness from subject driven to design driven landscapes. (See the article from American Artist.)

Each morning and afternoon session will be an opportunity to work on a new painting. Ten in all. That way all aspects of the plein air painting process will be explored session by session— framing and cropping, creating strong dynamic compositions with dramatic value masses, working and making decisions quickly and accurately, and knowing when to stop.

These five days will give you the tools and experience to work on at home for months. It will dramatically improve your painting.

Maximum number of students: 12

INSTRUCTOR

Ian Roberts has been teaching painting workshops for fifteen years through his school, Atelier Saint-Luc, named after the patron saint of painters. He teaches each spring in Provence, France, as well as locations in Canada and US. In addition to painting and teaching, Roberts is the author of Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision, and Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting, which was published by North Light Books and has sold 25,000 copies world wide. He has also produced two instructional videos, Plein Air Painting and Mastering Composition, which was selected as a feature presentation by the North Light Book Club. Roberts exhibits his work in the U.S. and Canada, and lives near Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada.

ACCOMODATION AND MEALS

Students will be responsible for their own lodging and meals. A list of local motels and B and B's will be provided. Lunches, picked up in town first thing in the morning, will be taken on location each day. Most dinners will be taken together locally each evening.

If you are flying to Toronto International airport you can rent a car and drive north to Meaford.

REGISTRATION AND APPLICATION

Workshop tuition: $500 plus 13% Harmonized Sales Tax ($65.)

Responsibility: Atelier Saint-Luc, Ian Roberts and/or their agents provide services and can not be responsible in part or in whole for any delays, missed carrier connections, delayed departures or arrivals, error or omissions, accident irregularity, faults, loss, damage or injury to persons, or property or negligence of any cause. The company reserves the right to alter arrangements or itinerary if necessary, to cancel tours if enrollment is insufficient to cover costs. By purchasing this tour the participant acknowledges and accepts these conditions.

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