En Plein Air Oil Painting with Christine Lafuente - Aug 2022
Experience the magic of Mount Desert Island as you paint En Plein Air with renowned artist Christine Lafuente. A basic review of outdoor set-up, paint application, composition, and atmospheric color theory will be covered; however, most of the time spent together will be “hands-on” in the field with individual instruction at four select locations on the Island’s beautiful coves and shores.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 8:30am - 11:30am
August 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2022
$600 for a 4-day workshop ($590 for members) plus independent painting time on campus in the afternoons.
Artists of all levels and styles are welcome, experience working in oils is recommended.
The half-day sessions provide you the opportunity to work in the mornings with the instructor, leaving you the afternoons to continue to work independently, as you develop your own individual style. Pack a lunch and paint all day!
Masks, vax'd (over 5), and distancing for staff and participant safety.
About the instructor: A native of Poughkeepsie NY, Christine Lafuente received an A.B. in English from Bryn Mawr College in 1991. She then moved to downtown Philadelphia to earn a Certificate in Painting and Printmaking from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. There she was awarded a Louis S. Ware Memorial Scholarship for European Travel. While Artist-in-Residence at the Fleisher Art Memorial from 1997 to 2002, she began teaching and studied at the Barnes Foundation. In 2003 she moved to Brooklyn NY, where she earned a Masters in Fine Arts at Brooklyn College. Christine currently lives and works in Brooklyn throughout the year and spends summers painting in Maine.
En Plein Air with Christine Lafuente
Suggested Materials List
Notebook or small sketchbook to take notes
Outdoor Easel, preferably with a flat surface to place palette
Umbrella to shade palette and canvas
Camp Stool and/or good standing shoes
Bug Spray!!!!!!!!
Sun Screen
Hat with visor
Viewfinder, any kind
Suggested Oil Colors, USE ARTIST GRADE!
- Burnt Sienna
- Ultramarine Blue
- Titanium White or Titanium/Zinc Blend AND/OR Lead/Flake White
- Yellow Ochre
- Ivory Black
- Cadmium Red Medium or Light or Scarlet* *AVOID “HUE”s
- Cadmium Yellow Pale or Light*
- Lemon Yellow
- Cobalt Blue*
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Yellow Medium or Deep*
- Cerulean Blue*
- Raw Umber
- Raw Sienna
- Rose (either Rose Madder or Permanent Rose)
- Greens: Sap Green, Terre Verte, Viridian
- Tints: Kings Blue, Jaune Brillant
Brushes
-A decent range (at least 10) of mid-size to large (#4-#12) Hog Bristle brushes in a variety of flats, rounds, and filberts. Use good quality, good condition brushes.
-A few Sables or synthetics are fine, but the majority should be hog bristle.
Basic Mediums
- Odorless Mineral Spirits/Turpenoid/Gamsol
- Cold-Pressed or Refined Linseed Oil (Artist Grade only)
Surfaces
At least 4, but as many as you like:
-Mid-Size Surfaces: ex. 12x12, 11x14, 12x16, 14x18. Suggest WHITE GROUND
-Cotton or Linen Canvas. Must be adequately primed with either acrylic or oil ground.
LARGE Palette: 12 x 16 or 16 x 20 Disposable white paper palette pad for making color charts
Board to put under palette pad, and clips to clip the pad to the board
Palette Knives: 1 or 2, should be metal, tapered, with a “dog leg handle”, good for mixing
Double Palette Cups, 2-inch diameter, can clip on palette
Brush-cleaning container preferably with interior porous cup or coil so that sludge can settle
Large glass Jar with Lid for used turps
Rags: LOTS! Should be absorbent cotton and/or a Roll of Viva paper Towels or Shop Towels
**ArtWaves has many supplies on hand at the studio that are available for students to use. Please reach out if you would like to learn more! We are happy to help make this class a fantastic experience for you however we can.
If you need to cancel your registration, please email office@artwavesmdi.org. Your account will then reflect a credit that may be used toward future classes.
If you already have a credit and would like to apply it to this class, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org before registering!
