Description
SUMMER PLEIN AIR
Capturing the Essence of the Landscape
Instructor – Jonathan Luczycki
Saturday, June 28
10 am – 2 pm
$20/Members and $40/Nonmembers
Immerse yourself in the art of plein air painting in this intensive workshop, while we paint outdoors and enjoy the beauty of nature. We will cover techniques for successful plein air painting, including how to simplify the big shapes and noisy details of a landscape, how to use temperature shifts and value ranges to make your paintings sing, and how to use a combination of hard and soft edges to help strengthen your painting. This workshop is all about capturing the moment and light with paint. It’s about working quickly to record the scene and to capture the essence of your surroundings. And most importantly, it’s about having fun!
The session will begin with a demo by the instructor, followed by ample time for you to paint, during which you will get personalized input from the instructor. Demos will be done in oil paints, but you may use any paints of your choice during our day of plein air painting in the park.
Artist Bio Jonathan Luczycki (Lou-ziss-key)
“I was always drawing in sketchbooks and on kitchen walls as a kid. In high school, I was the head illustrator for “The Bridge” newspaper at Portland Community College.”
Jonathan attended, on a scholarship, Laguna College of Art & Design, one of the leading art schools teaching classical ways of painting. He received a degree in Illustration with a minor in Fine Art. He studied the early works of renowned landscape painters Edgar Payne, William Wendt, and John Carlson and quickly fell in love with painting outdoors – racing to capture the moving light on canvas like those artists before him. “My art education was a valuable tool, but nature has proven to be the best teacher out there.”
Jonathan has had several solo and group shows and his paintings are found in private collections worldwide. Jonathan currently resides, and works as a full-time painter, in Portland, OR, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Jonathan Luczycki’s website