Mini Plein Air Artworkshops

NEW for Summer 2009
Mini Sessions WATERCOLOR Journaling and Oil painting pochades
in Niagara Falls, Canada and Niagara Falls, NY

Read newsletter online HERE

Niagara Falls plein air painter

Click on image to see full painting

American Contemporary Landscape Artist
WET ON THE EASEL

"NIAGARA BRIDAL VEIL FALLS"
12 x 12
Oil on Linen
J.R. BALDINI
Painted in Niagara Falls, Canada .
You will find that J.R.'s landscape paintings have many qualities that will enhance your living space and connect to a moment in time,
that you can enjoy and live with in your environment.

See J.R. BALDINI'S paintings on the next stop of the WORLD TOUR OF CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PAINTERS
www.jrbaldini.com

Niagara on the Lake Artworkshop

Always wanted to take a plein air painting workshop ?
Here's your chance to work in the prettiest little town in Canada.

A list of supplies will be emailed to you with your confirmation.
This workshop offers instruction in either
Oil or Acrylic painting
2 day June 22-23, 2009
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost $275.00 US pp - workshop instruction only

If you need more info
Call me at the studio
1 800 393-7270
Sign up now by PayPal conveniently

Plein air painter - World Turtle Day

Today is World Turtle Day
For those of you who know me, you know I love turtles.

From the time I was a kid, I had turtles.
See more about how the environment is important from the Humane Society

I especially like this STORY
If you see a turtle in the road.
I frequently turn my car around and help them across...
Help a Turtle today ! :)

Plein Air Painter - read latest newsletter

Plein air painter artworkshops newsletter CLICK HERE

Still have some vacation time you're planning for ?
Latest artworkshops newsletter has info about upcoming
painting workshops

Who takes artworkshops ?
There have been an 8 year old and an 80 year old.
People who've never picked up a paintbrush
And people who only paint in the studio
People looking to hone their painting skills
People looking for a different kind of vacation
People looking for a new direction in their life
People looking for a hobby after retirement
People applying it as a stress reliever
People looking to start a business
People trying to make a life decision
People who just like taking workshops
and people who have no idea why they're there...

Come join us...
All info CLICK HERE

Plein Air Painting - Niagara Falls art workshop June 6-7

2 day Oil or acrylic outdoor workshop painting Niagara
Falls.Experience level : Beginner to Intermediate

Prerequisite Student Skills: It is suggested that beginners have the
experience of at least one drawing course.


Students bring their own supplies: The workshop is taught using a limited
primary color pallette.
A complete list of suggested oil & acrylic pigments is supplied.
Canvas board or stretched canvas 12 x 16 or smaller. A support for
canvas and carrying materials.
Incidental list also provided. A painting umbrella is strongly
suggested.


Class maximum : 15 students
See previous student comments http://artworkshops.homestead.com/comments.html
and more info on website


Other workshops in Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake listed on
website http://artworkshops.homestead.com/niagarausa.html
Call 1 800 393-7270 or see website for details

Plein Air Painter - Flying into a tragedy

I'll start from the beginning.
I saw the fire from the air approach coming into Myrtle Beach on Wednesday afternoon.
It looked like a tornado from the plane.

On the ground, there was no talk other than it was a fire.
By dinner the fire had crossed a highway and in a 4 minute span, consumed 5 houses.
At 2:00 am were were awakened by a neighbor to update on the fire. At 4 am, we were evacuated. At 5 am were were one of many at a friend's at Little River, with many dogs and cats that were not welcome at shelters set up in the city, including a stray that my cousin rescued.
The National Guard was called in and began water dropping. We thought the fire had changed direction and attempted to return home about 1 pm, by 4, the neighborhood was again evacuated and we went to a friend's seasonal home, by that time I had been up for over 30 hours.

During this time there was very little communication. In the empty house, with no electricity, the portable radio we had, played more music than actual news.
The news updates were surprisingly from the day before.

We were able to return to the neighborhood last night to dense smoke advisory but, at thi time Fri noon, there's talk of evacuation once again.

Over 20,000 acres ave been affected, an entire community in Barefoot Landing has been burned to the ground. Animals left chained when their owners, perished.A few shelters were accepting animals.
The threat is not being able to get out in time, the threat is that the wind changing direction has made the fire unpredictable and routes out would be iffy.

The Horry County area needs to get better disaster response in place. They are equipped for Hurrcaine damage but, not prepared for a fire of this magnitude.

I am not in direct danger but, monitoring the situation.

My workshop has not been canceled.

Tourists are still being assured that tourist areas have not been affected.

My heart goes out to all who have lost their homes during this tragedy.

Plein Air Painter - Plagarism

Plagarism - it exists...
But don't you just hate when someone comes along and takes the words right off your
website and writes articles and BLOGS - My article is clearly labeled copyright and may not be reproduced without written permission.I am so upset ! I found another artist who had written an article on a site called Empty Easel about Choosing an Art Workshop - only when I started reading, she had plagarized an article I had written and copyrighted clearly 5 years ago ! It's also on her blog at http://elicedrone.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-have-great-workshop-experience.html

Niagara Falls to Myrtle Beach - artworkshop for plein air painters

Niagara Falls to Myrtle Beach for plein air painter artworkshop is only 9 days away and counting.
Seems there's always a push at the end to get all my duck's in a row so the studio can function without me till I return.

And inevitably, I have to postone last minute studio requests which always happen to come in when I announce I'm going away for a week or so. Suddenly, everything is urgent. But, it usually works itself out and clients seems to be much more understanding that I'm not just leaving on holiday but, actually going away to work.

Workshops are exciting adventures, each one different, even though I've been to a location before. The biggest variable is the artists that come to my artworkshops.
I only have communication with most over the internet or by phone. I actually, in most cases, meet and work with them the first day of the workshop. This may seem unusual but, it's actually the norm over 90% of the time !

So, I continue to prepare for this next Niagara Falls to Myrtle Beach adventure.
Stay tuned.

My life as an Artist

Myrtle Beach plein air painting artworkshop

Join us in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC for 2 days of plein air painting
April 25 & 26, 2009
Oil Painting and acrylic plein air workshop.
South Carolina click HERESaturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 4:30pm

1 800 393-7270

Locations will be in the vicinity of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Come join us as we paint the quaint towns,marshes and Carolina pines.

Workshop will concentrate on grisaille - working a value plan directly on your canvas.

Ever wondered why your finished painting doesn't quite match your
'minds eye vision' that you had when you started your painting ?

Insure a dynamic composition before your brush hits the color.
Learn to go for the drama in your painting !
This special 2 day workshop is only $250.00pp (reg pricing $275.00 for a 2 day workshop)

Workshop 2 day- Title : Problem solving ‘on your feet’ en plein air painting

Description :
2 day working on location workshop to help you achieve drama in your painting. Demo/lecture each morning.
You will learn to ‘bake the cake ‘before you applying the frosting.
Ever wondered why your finished painting bears little resemblance to the excitement you felt when starting your painting ?
Students will work on location and complete 2 12x16 or smaller paintings per day.


Goals :
What you can expect from this workshop
Students at the end of a 2 day workshop will be able to recognize a strong composition and see values using grisalle. This will enable you to make decisions when doing problem solving on your own, painting on location.
Grisaille studies, directly on canvas will enable you to commit to a composition and value plan instead of constantly adjusting your values and shadows, commonly known as ‘chasing the light’. This eliminates the also common fragmented, unfocused painting.

Experience level : Beginner to Intermediate

Prerequisite Student Skills: It is suggested that beginners have the experience of at least one drawing course.


Student Required Materials: The workshop is taught using a limited primary color pallette. A complete list of suggested oil & acrylic pigments is supplied. Canvas board or stretched canvas 12 x 16 or smaller. A support for canvas and carrying materials. Incidental list also provided. A painting umbrella is strongly suggested.

Class maximum : 15 students

phone toll free at 1 800 393-7270

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Plein Air painting Artworkshops newsletter

Longboat Key/ Sarasota plein air artworkshop video



Check out the latest Plein Air Painter Newsletter for all workshops
NEWSLETTER ONLINE HERE
Locations include Florida, South Carolina,Maine,Niagara Falls,Niagara on the Lake,and Niagara Falls.

Next Workshop April 25 & 26 - MYRTLE BEACH Myrtle Beach, SC

For more info CONTACT
1 800 393-7270

Longboat Key Sarasota plein air workshop

Longboat Key Sarasota plein air painting workshop.
New dates posted soon for Fall 2009

Visit the ART WORKSHOPS website to watch for updates.

Our February workshop was really inspiring - the location, the weather, the artists.
More info coming in newsletter.

Plein Air Paintings- Niagara Falls, Maine and Caribbean

- Have paintings that need that 5% touch before I can add to website.

Niagara Falls artist paints the Ca D'Zan

12x12 M. Graham paints Oil on linen - click on image to enlarge
AVAILABLE FOR YOUR COLLECTION
A recent plein air painting trip to Sarasota and Longboat Key, Florida included painting at the fabulous Ca D'Zan, an Italian Renaissance style mansion overlooking Sarasota Bay at the Ringling Museum.
This is one of the plein air paintings done as a demo for the workshop on Sunday morning.
www.jrbaldini.com
WORKSHOP PAGE

Niagara Falls going green

The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario has banned the sale of bottled water at all city facilities
See BAN STORY HERE

Niagara Falls - Day in an Artist's Studio

Plein Air Painter Niagara Falls - 2nd annual "Day in an Artists Studio"

Plein Air Painter Niagara Falls - 2nd annual "Day in an Artists Studio"

Still a few spaces left for the FEB 15 WORKSHOP on Sunday
See previous posting on what's included in your 10-4 workshop.

This is a fun, relaxing day with goodies to munch and all materials needed supplied for your use.
Why not share the day with a friend ? You'll each go home with your own finished oil painting.
Only $65.00pp
For more info call
1 800 393-7270 or
905 354-8692

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Plein air art workshops dates for 2009 posted

Plein air art workshops dates for 2009 posted
Check out our posted dates for all plein air locations

Day in an Artists's Studio _Feb 15- Niagara Falls

FLORIDA - Feb 21-22, 2009 Longboat Key - Sarasota

Niagara Falls, Canada May 17-18, 2009-

Niagara USA - June 6- 7, 2009

Niagara Falls - June 22-23, 2009

Niagara on the Lake - July 3-4-5 WATERCOLOR

Monhegan Island, Maine August 10-14
All information at Monhegan Workshop
Call 1-800 393-7270

Monhegan Island, Maine AUGUST 15-16

Niagara on the Lake - August 25-26-27

Niagara Falls - Sept 11-12

Niagara on the Lake - Sept 28-29-30 WATERCOLOR
Niagara Falls - Oct 11-12

More details at ARTWORKSHOPS
or call 1 800 393-7270 Studio hours 9-5 weekdays

Art workshops - Plein Air Painting in Florida - Studio in Niagara Falls

Plein Air Painters - Studio Painting from Life
Two Art workshops coming up in February
Tired of the Snow and shoveling ?
The primer - Day in an Artists's Studio - see below (click on image to enlarge)
The Finale - Longboat Key/Sarasota

See all info at STUDIO
or call Toll free at 1 800 393-7270
Local (905) 354-8692
Studio hours 9-5 M-Sat

Niagara Falls Valentine Painting workshop

Niagara Falls Painting Event
2nd annual "Day in a Artists Studio"
Sunday Feb 15, 2009
Join us and escape the cold for a mini holiday - a Valentine for yourself
We provide -
morning coffee
light lunch
1 artist canvas -take your masterpiece home
use of environmentally friendly M.Graham oil paints
use of artist brushes
use of easel
instruction from 10-4pm - 'Painting from life'
Studio:7973 Lundy's Lane
Niagara Falls
Contact us at (905) 354-8692



More info HERE

VISA/MC Paypal available
only $65.00 pp

Always wanted to see your paintings in a museum ?

Museum by dumpr.net

Plein air painter - Florida workshop

Plein air painter - Florida plein air painting workshop.
Sunny Longboat Key/Sarasota area
Feb 21-2, 2009

According to a tourism website the area is culture rich and Longboat Key has 90% more per capita creative people than all of the US.
Sarasota has the beautiful Ringling School of Art and Cultured Gardens.

Come join us as we paint outdoors and soak up some sun and the ambiance of the area.

CLICK HERE ALL INFO HERE

Happy New Year from Niagara Falls

Make a Smilebox postcard

Remembering Mom
My new friends from workshops
My annual trip to Monhegan
My good friends during Charlie's illness.
My family support.
My art.
Have a wonderful, healthy New Year !

www.jrbaldini.com

Plein Air - and painting from life

For the past 4 years, I have painted on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day en plein air.
This year, though this painting was done from life, I was warm inside a second floor room overlooking this pond scene, that was visible in the early morning and quickly became covered with snow. The scene is Higby Hill which runs from Genesse St in Utica to Frankfort, New York
It's called "Home for Christmas"
24x24x1.5 Acrylic on Canvas

Sorry, painting not available
See website for other available paintings

Plein Air workshops- LAST DAY FOR 2009 DISCOUNTS

Niagara Falls NY,Sarasota/Longboat Key Florida,Niagara Falls Canada,Monhegan Maine workshops.

Last chance to receive 2009 Workshop discount.SPECIAL OFFER expires Dec 20, 2008 at Midnight EST

Click HERE for details.

ARTWORKSHOPS WEBSITE

CLICK HERE FOR PLEIN AIR WORKSHOP NEWSLETTER WITH DETAILS

or call toll free 1 800 393-7270

PLEIN AIR PAINTING - 1 WEEK DISCOUNT OFFER

PLEIN AIR PAINTING ONE WEEK ONLY OFFERExpires Dec 20, 2008 at midnight

Thinking of taking a plein air painting workshop for 2009 ?
Well grab a painting friend because this offer is too good to pass up.

Pick any scheduled workshop for 2009 in Niagara Falls, Maine or our new location in Florida and split the SAVINGS

Full description of each workshop is available HERE

Everything from 1 day to 5 day available
PAYPAL or call 1 800 393-7270 weekdays 9-5

New plein air painting workshops- limited time Holiday offer

SPECIAL OFFER
Exciting New location
LONGBOAT KEY ISLAND, Florida/Sarasota

February 21-22, 2009
New plein air painting workshops in Niagara Falls, Florida,and Monhegan Island.
SPECIAL limited time Holiday Offer HERE

and NEW dates for
MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine
August 10-14, 2009

More info HERE
Watch a VIDEO of MONHEGAN HERE

jrbaldini.com

Niagara Falls - Old Stone Inn

click image to enlarge
The Niagara Falls Old Stone Inn held its premier Niagara Artist Exhibit & Sale today.
The Inn was decked out for the holidays with a beautifully lit tree in the main diningroom.
J.R. Baldini display
There were about 7 artists this year.


Jill in front of Lillians exhibit of beautiful Silk paintings and watercolors
Lillian Asquith painting.

Pat Paquin


Jill Crown Pottery and jewelry



The Inn located on Robinson Street in Niagara Falls plans to make this an annual event.

Niagara Falls Art - Free painting Demo at the Old Stone Inn

Niagara Falls paintings

See our ad in the Niagara on the Lake "Town Crier" and "Niagara this Week"

This coming Sunday November 23, I will be doing an oil painting demo from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Old Stone Inn at
5425 Robinson St,
Niagara Falls, L2G 7L6.
Phone: (905)357-1234
Toll Free: (800)263-6208


The Art Exhibit and Sale - a great place to find one of a kind Holiday Gifts will run from Noon to 4:00pm. A special 3 course luncheon is available - call the Inn for tickets.

There will also be a chance to pick up a Gift Certificate or two and sign up for a Special Discount on the February
"2nd Annual Day in an Artist Studio"
scheduled for Sunday Feb 15, 2009

Includes 10-4 painting instruction
1 artist canvas
use of oil paints and brushes
morning coffee
light lunch
$65.00 pp +tax
GO HOME WITH YOUR FINISHED OIL PAINTING
We use only environmentally friendly oil paints made with walnut oil - used by artists since the 1500's.

( Register 1 person and receive a 2nd registration for this workshop for only $35.00) Give one to someone for Christmas
Lots of great Gift Giving ideas - get the jump on your Holiday shopping and give someone a gift that's thoughtful.

If you can't make it to the show, take advantage of this special discount by emailing me at inquiry@jrbaldini.com by Dec 1, 2008 and write 'discount' in the message line.

www.jrbaldini.com
(905) 354-8692 or 1 800 393-7270

SEE OTHER WORKSHOPS

Monhegan Island - Rockwell Kent

On exhibit
"Rockwell Kent: This is My Own"
When: Opens Saturday at the State Museum; runs through May 17

Where: State Museum, Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza, Albany

Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day

Cost: Free

An autobiography by Kent
"It's Me O Lord"is quite an interesting, colorful read.
You may be able to find it at your library.

Kent worked as a carpenter to subsidize his painting and large family.
He built 2 homes on Monhegan Island and worked on many others.
One is owned by Jamie Wyeth and the other with studio, until about 4 years ago, was owned by my dear friend Anne Hubert.
It has since been donated by her estate to the Monhegan Museum.

He was born in Tarrytown, NY and spent his later years in the Adirondacks.
Kent's paintings are amazing.
He died shortly before his 89th birthday in 1971.

My next trip home, to upstate NY will definitely include this trip.

www.jrbaldini.com

Niagara Arts & Culture at Niagara Square - plein air painter exhibit

Plein Air paintings - J.R. Baldini

Niagara Falls Arts & Culture at Niagara Square.
There were many Arts organizations represented from the Niagara Falls area including IPAP, where pamphlets were on hand to let visitors know more about plein air painting and plein air painters.

There was an Open Easel contest and the Niagara Falls Art Gallery staff offered programs for Children during the day at no charge.
The Niagara Falls Arts & Culture Day is an annual event at Niagara Square where the Niagara Falls Arts Wall of Fame is showcased.

www.jrbaldini.com

Niagara Falls Downtown Gallery

Niagara Falls hasn't always been thought of as an Art mecca for artists and paintings.
For a few years International Plein Air Painters brought plein air painters into the area for a part of the WORLDWIDE Paint OutAnd from time to time, you will see an occasional plein air painter out painting the Niagara Falls landscape. But, for the most part, because of the climate and short season, artists in the Niagara Falls area are studio painters.
Many talented artists live in Niagara Falls and with the downtown area being revitalized, you can see many of them in the galleries on Queen St.

We attended an opening for artist Fritz Niemann last night.
photo l to r. Fritz Nieman, Elaine Bald
Downtown Niagara Falls is coming alive with the arts.

J.R. Baldini
jrbaldini.com

Plein Air painting demo - Niagara Falls, Canada

Plein air painting demo at the last plein air painter workshop for 2008 in Niagara Falls, Canada.
The weather was so gorgeous for the plein air painting workshop - hard to believe it was only 10 days ago.
We had a full day at Niagara Falls with fab October clouds moving in and out, making for dramatic lighting patterns moving quickly throughout the day.
On Sunday, we spent the day painting in downtown Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls downtown is the site of the newly formed art community with a fair amount of traffic on weekends.
Nice to see the locals supporting the arts.
The video is from my point and shoot, so not a great resolution but...you get the idea.


For more info on all workshops go to
PLEIN AIR PAINTER WORKSHOPS

Thanks for looking.
J.R. Baldini

Plein Air Painter WORLDWIDE

Plein Air Painting Worldwide organization International Plein Air Painters is celebrating its 7th Birthday.Help us celebrate 7 great years of bringing plein air painters together via the www.

Thanks everyone for your support,the Advisory Panel, Ambassadors, Signature Members, General Membership and especially our Charter Members who have been here from the beginning.

We value all of you as friends and creative individuals and invite you to share feedback with us always, so we can continue on the worldwide scope.

Already there are new plans for 2009 at IPAP and we'll be ready to share them at the end of the year with our year end newsletter, so make sure you have islandartist@yahoo.com in your address book to not miss out on any of the news.

Happy Birthday IPAP...
J.R. Baldini, Executive Director and Founder
aka Jacq
www.i-p-a-p.com

Niagara Falls art workshop

October skies at the American Falls.
click image to enlarge
We were painting in acrylics this time. I finally got the chance to try the Chroma Interactive paints and found the secret to working with them best - at least for me.

Taking advantage of their unique blending and playing with their removing capabilities, there definitely was more depth in the finishing of the spray and water at the Falls.
No medium was needed for transparency of the whites.

A huge improvement over conventional acrylics. Hard to play with new mediums for the first time plein air painting but, though it took me over a year - the timing was right.
Lynne and her Mom in front of Lynne's painting in progress

Next Plein Air Painting workshop Oct 12-13 Niagara Falls
Info at
Artworkshops

Plein Air Painting - Niagara Falls workshop

Niagara Falls plein air painting workshop October 4-5
Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Tomorrow we'll be painting in the newly revamped Arts District downtown.

We'll be in the vicinity of Dean's Niagara Gallery - look for us set up.

So many cool things going on downtown.

Check back for more info.

www.jrbaldini.com

Plein Air Paintings in Orlando at Terrace Gallery

Some of the plein air paintings currently on exhibit by plein air painter J.R. Baldini at the Terrace Gallery show in Orlando, Florida through January 9, 2009.

The exhibit is part of the WORLD TOUR OF CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE ARTISTS continuing exhibit of artists from all over the globe.

www.jrbaldini.com
photo courtesy : Christophe Cardot

Niagara Falls painting - Beaverdams Rd Early Autumn

WET ON THE EASEL
American Plein Air painter

"NIAGARA FALLS - BEAVERDAMS AUTUMN"

12 x 12 Oil on linen

J.R. BALDINI

Painted in Niagara Falls on Beaverdams Road near the studio.
A small pond whose lone inhabitant early evening was a crane standing so still during the painting session, it was first thought to be a tree stump. See painting demo video here.

You will find that J.R.'s landscape paintings have many qualities that will enhance your living space and connect to a moment in time, that you can enjoy and live with in your environment.

See J.R. BALDINI'S paintings on the next stop of the

WORLD TOUR OF CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PAINTERS


Gallery Inquiries welcome

Terrace Gallery
Orlando, Florida
until Jan.2, 2009




www.jrbaldini.com

Plein Air painting around the world

Reports and images, press release, etc. are coming in daily from the 6th annual Great WORLDWIDE Paint Out held this month.

Our largest gathering of artists this year were in Brazil.
Congrats to Sandra Nunes for making this happen !

As the info is organized,a slide show will be produced and available on the internet and the link will be posted here and on the International Plein Air Painters website and blog.

Check back in a few weeks for progress - so much to do - so little...time

www.jrbaldini.com

Monhegan island and Cushing Maine en plein air painting

View August newsletter on maine online here
You will also find the video of Monhegan Island there.

Upcoming plein air workshops in Niagara on the Lake.

Still time to sign up online FREE for the 6th annual Great WORLDWIDE Paint Out.

Remember the 'inner child' ?

Many of you just starting to paint outdoors, mention that you can't find the time to do plein air painting as much as you would like to.

Like anything else, painting outdoors has a learning curve and eventually you learn to paint more quickly and so finding time to paint might become easier.

In the meantime, remember that inner child and the feeling when you got a brand new box of crayons ? Give yourself a new set and a sketchbook and keep it handy to doodle and play - no serious stuff here.

The next time you get a chance to paint outdoors, it'll be more like play than serious work.

Monhegan plein air Painting Workshop

Monhegan Island, Maine plein air painting workshop.

Follow a painting class through a week on Monhegan Island painting the village,the lighthouse and the coves on this tiny island 10 miles off the coast of Maine.

For more info on other workshop locations, visit the WORKSHOP website.

Plein Air Painting Invitational, Door County Wisconsin

The Door County plein air painting invitational starts July 20 in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

40 plein air painters are invited from all over the country to participate.
I was all set to go up until a few days ago, when a serious family medical emergency directed my full attention here at home.

Perhaps next year, I'll get to participate in the event.
Sorry to miss it. Good luck to all the plein air painters participating this year.

www.jrbaldini.com
American Contemporary Plein Air Painter

Plein Air Painting Monhegan Island

"Christmas Cove" Monhegan, Maine
12 x 12, Oil on Linen
www.jrbaldini.com

Participants painting near Lobstercove.

Limited color pallette.


Molly's first oil painting, done of course with M.Graham oil paints.
Almost everyone was using them and finding them extremely user friendly.
Great job, Molly !

See website for next Monhegan workshop

Monhegan plein air painting

The value of a value study.

Monhegan plein air painting workshop participants did value studies to help them 'see' the composition of their chosen subject.
Color was introduced the second day, enphasizing that each painting should be started with a grisaille.

Painting above MICHELE COLLINS

"For years I have saved articles on Monhegan Island. It seemed to fill all my dreams of a perfect renewal vacation, while advancing my art. I needed a boot to get me out of the studio.
I have a much better understanding of composing a painting. But, more important, I have gained a freedom. Jacqueline, you are a wonderful teacher. I think you showed us it is not just a painting, but a view of the day and our feelings."

Michele

Monhegan Island, Maine plein air painting

Painting done at Lobstercove on Sunday
Monhegan island, Maine
Collection of Dotty McNaughton

Plein air painting Monhegan Island

Monhegan Island artists painting on Swim Beach, July 2008. 1st day of workshop video clip.

Plein air painting workshop - Monhegan Island

Monhegan Island Workshop
click on image to enlarge
The workshop starts this morning - what a nice group we have.

This is the first DIVA workshop on Monhegan.
Will post more info after today - paintings, video, etc.

Yesterday, Lobstercove was in fog in the afternoon. Did a small acrylic, as my paints have not yet arrived and Molly lent me some of her acrylics.
The effect of objects in the landscape appearing and disappearing in that atmosphere is such a delight to paint.
I also did some photographs of some of the 'tourist cairns' or 'stones of Monhegan', as they're called. From certain angles, I found them fascinating, in that size perspective could be dramatically altered.

more on Monhegan Island workshop later...

Jacq

Plein Air Painting Monhegan Island, Maine

The Monhegan plein air painting annual workshop will be held July 7-11, 2008.

More information about the island workshop can be had at
MONHEGAN ISLAND INFO
or you can call the studio at 1 800 393-7270.

REGISTRATION can be done online
REGISTER

Plein air painting workshop update

Plein air painting workshop last weekend update.

" Jacqueline - Thank you so much for the photo of Jeanne and me.
We both enjoyed the workshop so much. As my first experience with
plein aire painting, I really appreciated the opportunity to watch as you demonstrated establishing a value study and building up the painting with application of color from dark to light. I loved "in the moment"quality of painting outdoors, even when the wind was blowing my easel over!

Your input was always helpful and so encouraging.
I plan to continue my efforts at painting outdoors and
you can count on me being at one of your future workshops.

Thanks again." Karen Ketchum

Plein Air painting - Art workshops

Latest newsletter about artworkshops and paintouts.
See my current newsletter Click here ->JULY BUZZ

Feel free to pass on the info to an artist friend who may be interested.

Plein Air paintings - a different twist

A good friend recently lost their cat of 20 years.
I did a portrait from their favorite photo.

They haven't seen it yet, I'm taking to NY this week.

Smokey

Plein Air Painting workshop - Niagara Falls Art

We'll be doing a 2 day plein air painting workshop June 8-9 in Niagara Falls.

The weather is getting much warmer here in Niagara Falls and Spring has been short. Plein Air painting has taken a back seat for awhile to getting paintings shipped out for new exhibits.

Now turning attention back to painting - only got out to the Lilac Gardens once and now they're pretty much gone.

Sunday's workshop will be right at the falls. Looks to be a great day weather wise.

More info on the artworkshops website

or call 1 800 393-7270 for more info

Next workshop June 21 and 22

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Plein Air Paintings in Estes Park, Colorado Exhibit

You are cordially invited to view J.R. Baldini plein air paintings at the opening reception of the next exhibit of the
World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Painters

June 1 - July 6, 2008

Reception June 1

1-4 pm

The Cultural Arts Council of

Estes Park Art Fine Art Gallery
Estes Park, Colorado, USA

Plein Air Painting Workshop - Monhegan Island, Maine

Info on upcoming plein air painting on Monhegan Island
July 7-11, 2008

CLICK HERE

For more info and photos.
This workshop is limited to 15 participants

Call now at 1 800 393-7270 or email
inquiry@jrbaldini.com