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| Fall color doesn't get better than this! Red Rock Crossing / Crescent Moon Ranch |
I've seen some good fall color in Sedona, but for our plein air painting workshop last week, the color was the best I've seen in years. Gold, crimson red and lemony yellows, all at peak saturation. Combine that with the deep blue sky, and you have a situation that verges on being Van Gogh-ish. Vincent once wrote, "There is no blue without yellow and orange," and the color we saw this week illustrated that statement perfectly.
I had eight students from Arizona, Kansas, California, Indiana and even Austria. We met each morning in the studio, where some of us also lodged, for lectures and critiques. After that, we went out to one of several beautiful locations, where I demonstrated how to handle Sedona's spectacular scenery, followed by everyone painting. One night, we gathered at a new Thai restaurant in town to celebrate our new-found friendship.
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| We also had some spectacular storms one day. |
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| One of my pastel demos, just begun. I'll show some of the finished demos in a later blog post. |
I am offering this all-level workshop again April 7-10, 2020. That's not too long from now, and I'm already accepting registrations. The price is only $300 for four half-days—we work from 9 until 1, but you are welcome to paint longer, and I'll gladly suggest locations for the afternoon—which is a perfect schedule if you wish to bring family or friends. By the way, the studio does have inexpensive but limited lodging. (You can find out more about the studio and lodging at https://gandolfosartstudio.com/ .)
If you'd like to join us, I urge you to sign up right away. You can find out more details and register here: http://paintthesouthwest.com/sched_reg.html
By the way, if you are an experienced outdoor painter and would like to improve your craft or get help with your career, I do offer a Private Painting Intensive. For this, I customize a program for you, and you get to work side-by-side with me at my New Mexico studio. I have more details plus my full schedule here: http://paintthesouthwest.com/sched_int.html
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| Morning lectures |
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| Morning critiques |
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| Raku was an added extra and provided entertainment |
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| Painting by Oak Creek |
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| Painting by the Verde River |
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| Our happy group |
