The highlight of the summer was spending 10 days at a painting workshop with Scott Christensen in Victor, Idaho. It was a painting vacation for me, and Scott is a great painter and teacher. If you don't know his work, check it out at www.christensenstudio.com. Scott is one of the top landscape painters in the country, and it was quite an honor to work with him.
The class was in plein air painting, which is painting outdoors to capture a scene at a particular moment. Generally I work from photos due to the time consuming nature of my work, but it was great to be outdoors and practice my lessons. Scott works with a limited palette of only a few tubes of paint, and that created an interesting challenge. It was a great experience and I hope to continue taking workshops. You're never too old to learn something new.
The class was in plein air painting, which is painting outdoors to capture a scene at a particular moment. Generally I work from photos due to the time consuming nature of my work, but it was great to be outdoors and practice my lessons. Scott works with a limited palette of only a few tubes of paint, and that created an interesting challenge. It was a great experience and I hope to continue taking workshops. You're never too old to learn something new.
Many thanks to Scott, Kristie, and Charlie for their hospitality and inspiration.
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